The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-18
Colonel ROOSEVELT. speech.

Senator Foraker opened the meeting in
the armory, making a strong appeal In be-
half of the Republican national ticket, and
at the close Of his address Governor Roose-
Welt was introduced. The Governor said:
my Fellow-Americans-I am very glad
TO have a chance to see you. 1t seems TO
me tina 1 come here not to try to teach
you anything, but rather to bear a good
message from you, for l shall go back to
Neg York and tell them that l want New
York to try to do as well as Ohio is doing.
Ohio Is going to make the rifle. 1t Is going
To be a washout. Now L come to you to-day
to speak TO you less as a Republican than
as an American citizen. for | feel that in
this contest we have the right TO ask the
support OF all good cirizens, Republicans
or Democrats. to stand with US on more
than one ground.
..In the first place, from the gfound of
material prosperity. L want you TO look
back for yourselves. Six years ago we had
Coxey's army and free soup kitchens"
A V~oice-Once more ask Bryan to answer
YOUR ouestions-make him answer them.
Governor Roosevelt can't make him
answer them. but 1 will Put them to him
again. lApplause.]
Now If you want free soup of the thin
variety you can have it by voting for free
silver" continued the Governor. They
will go together just as sure as fate. lap
plause.l Mr.. Bryan won't tell you out
right what he will do. He puts questions
and l answer every one OF them, put ne
uOGo HUI ia AANNAA "a AS WILL
paw the interest on the government debt
and the pensions TO the soldiers in silver
or I'm gold; whether he will pay them in
1oO-cent dollars or Ascent dollars. He
won't answer why he wants the consent OF
the governed for a lot OF Tagalog bandits
on the other side Of the earth and con-
hives at the denial of the right of self-gov-
eminent TO our fellow-Americans OF dusk
Ter skin in the Carolinas. Now, gentle
men, one reason / have asked your sup
port Is because we tell you what we mean,
and our promises square with our per-
Torrance. lApplause.l
Now / want TO ask your attention Just
a moment TO the question OF trusts. using
the word trust in the broad Specification
as meaning all big corporations. Mr.. Bry-
an saws they are all bad. Then, why does
carrying on his campaign for him. go UNI
rebuked by Mr.. Bryan for being one of
the chief stockholders in the cotton-bale
trust? And again Mr.. Bryan is at this
effort 10 enthrone Mr.. Croker of the ice
trust. No one with common sense is so
foolish as 70 desire the destruction OF can
ital. Every reasonable man understands
and believes that overgrown corporations
should be subject TO rigid supervision and
when necessary 10 restriction.
BRYAN'S DESTRUCTIVE REMEDY.
"Mr. Bryan's declared remedy for the
evils which exist In such corporations is
bearing down in one common ruin employer
and employed. For example. sugar is man
ufactured by such a corporation. Mr.. Bryan
favors the destruction of the sugar refining
and beet sugar and cane sugar-growing in
dustries of the United States by the intro
duction OF free fo~reign-refned sugar into
this country. IL would probably destroy
the corporations he desires to destroy. 1t