Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-25
|B|RYAN aDE STEPPED
Governor Roosevelt Gives the Nc.
braskan . Severe Scoring for His
Dodging Tsctica
Bryan's Answer Regarding Payment
Of Obligations In Silver Pure
and Simple Evasjen
Great Crowds Greet the Rough
Rider at Oswego Bryan at
Philadelphia S

Utica, N. Y, Oct. 25,-The Roosevelt
special left here at s:2o this morning.
An hour each will be devoted to
speech making at Watertown. oswego
and Auburn. Roosevelt Ii feeling well,
cheerful and his voice is in good con-
dition.
Watertown, N. Y. Oct. z5.-Roose-
Svelts first stop today was at Camden.
where he spoke briefly, fearing 10 In
ture his voice. At Watertown the gov.
ernor was taken from the train to the
public square, where he found a large
audience. The governor spoke on milf
tarism and the prosperity Of the
farmers.
Oswego. Oct Ex-Governor Roosevelt
was greeted by an immense audience
here. He said in part:
Yesterday Bryan was at last goaded
into making pretense of answering
the question as to whether. II elected,
he would pay pensioners and other ma
tional creditors in gold or silver. use
pretense advisedly, for the answer is an
evasion, pure and simple. The evasion
is so palpabie and weak that 1t is as
founding any candidate could have
been willing to resort to 1t. He said: i
want the republican who wants that
question answered to first find what the
law requires. then will want them to
know II elected president will enforce
the law just as will enforce the law
against trusts and put striped clothes
ION the big thieves as we'll as the little
Ithives. but II you ask me to construe a
Republican law / will reply that shall
mot construe the law until it becomes
lmy duty to enforce it,
4 This, OF course, amounts merely 70
saying that Bryan will not state what
he will do until after the election; lest
1.-THE statement should impair his chance
OF election. The whole point at issue ts
1 how the law shall be construed. We
contend 1t is to be construed that the
nation pay its obligations in gold
lBryan's free silver friends insist the
A sIlaw permits him to pay the nations
ldebt in silver. Four years agt
4 siBryan's position was the sam.
lag theirs This position had at leas
1.-The merit OF being entitled to wha
respect can be given wrong minded
i sincerity. Unless Bryan has a convic'
4 ton on so important subject he Is no
4 fit TO be president. If he has convic'
J, tions, by every law of honor and sell
4 respect he should make those convic'
4 tions public when he appeals for tht
suffrage Of the people. In the sam'
Y l5breath that he avows. he finches atte
!. declaring his position on one OF tn
lmost vital points at issue, and he thel
{ boasts that he will enforce the Law
againet trusts apd put striped clothes
& on the big thieves as well as litti
$Ithieves. Surely II Bryan had possesses
a the sense OF honor he would refrail
& from uttering such boasts. at once botl
& cheap and idle, at the very moment 9.
i his evasion he was sho wing the rea
!. Echaracter which, IL 1t marked his ad
+ sministration. IL elected. would lnsur
absolute immunity both to big thleVe
and to little. Bryan knows perfectl'
well he could not do one thing atains
any stockholder or manager OF trust
save what has been done under tn
!, present administration: The only va
Of getting at the trusts on the part
the federal government Is under IN
), Unconstitutional amendment Introduce
hast June by the republican party an
I defeated by the Bryanites for cam
8 paign purposes. Hj,s
8 Bryan's BillingSRate.
Philadelphia, Oct. 25.-W. J. Bryan az AZ
9 rived at the Pennsylvania station ner
4 from Wilmington. Del, at $3.50. IN
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