Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-11-03
CHARGES BRYAN WITH
| BEGGING The QUESTION
Roosevelt Alleges Nebraskan Dare
Net Announce What He Would
Do if Elected.
QuEsTIoNERs ARE ANSWERED
Governor Replies to I-nterrogations or
State and National Matters In an
Effective Manner-Great Crush
Mt Syracuse.

Syracuse, n. Y, Oct. 27.-The closing
speeches Of an arduous day in the
Roosevelt campaign were made at Au-
dubon and Syracuse, after jumps
through widely divergent counties. Al
together, It was a favorable day be-
cause, while in Auburn and Syracuse
there were several Interruptions, the
questions and answers were rather in
a good natured form and there was no
friction which indicated a desire on the
part of either questioner or answerer
to enter into a personal controversy.
Syracuse itself was a blaze of light,
while thousands of people thronged the
streets. The auditorium, where the
speech-making was held. and the
square where the outside meeting took
place, were both much too small to ac-
commodate those who desired to hear
Governor Roosevelt.
In Auburn three meetings had to be
held to accommodate the people. 1t
was at this place that the first serious
interruption Of the day occurred.
The governor had started at the first
meeting upon an eApoSltloH VI the
trust question.
Bryan shouter siienced.
During his remarks a man in the up
per gallery cried out, "Hurrah for
Bryan"
"Why?" retorted the governor, squar-
ing himself toward the place from
whence the cry came, and pausing for
n reply, which was not made He does
not know" said the governor, smiling,
1T means just about that grade of In
telligence,"
The governor said, referring to the
question; I'm his city Mr.. Bryan &C
tually dared to appeal to the memory
of Seward. / wonder; well. l don't
wonder at Mr.. Bryan, but under any
other conditions / should wonder at
any man making that appeal and for
getting that one Of the greatest SER
vices hat Mr.. Seward rendered to this
country was when, under his guidance,
this country expanded over Alaska and
1t expanded without the consent OF the
governed there
How about Metcalf?" came the in
terruption.
"Metcalf?" said the governor, in q
puzzled tone; then remembering that
MIR. Metcalf was president of the -. NJ.
Osborne machine shops n had threat
ened to shut down If Mr.. Bryan was
elected, he said: "Metcalf Is all right.
If Mr.. Bryan was half as right he
would be fortunate"
"How'about the canals?'" came from
the gallery, before the governor could
proceed.
Il will answer you once for ALL" said
he, do you mean In this slater"
Yes" came the reply.
81 said the governor. that
they are administered with absolute
honesty and efficiency, as you know, If
you know anything about them"
Great Syracuse Meeting.
At Syracuse the governor was first
driven TO a stand erected on the square
In front Of the Wieting opera house. In
which he was later to speak. The
crowd was so dense that 1t was only
with the utmost difficulty the police
could open a lane sufficiently wide for
his carriage to pass through. When
the governor got on the stand the
crowd surged up against it with ire
sistible force, and 1t vas not until the
governor himself induced those In the
rear to crowd the other way that the
crush was somewhat abated.
Il don't care who you are going to
vote for for president" said the gov
ernor, don't hurt the women and
children. You know here in America
Ye are especially proud of the way a
crowd behaves itself, and / want you
to show a good example here.
II want, In the first instance" con-
tinued Roosevelt. Ito express my
thanks to the members Of the SYRIA
cuse police department for the courtesy
and efficiency they have shown. l want
TO thank them, and therefore the demo-
npat ic nntnipino1 authorities fnr tha
care they have taken to see that there
should be no disorder, no improper
conduct. Now 1 have to go In and
speak in the hall, and / only want to
say that l am immensely impressed by
this wonderful outpouring."
The governors party and the police
then formed themselves into what a
football player would call a flying
wedge and succeeded in reaching the
hall.
Charges Croker With Hypocrisy.
The governor talked for an hour,
touching most of the issues involved,
but dwelling particularly on trusts and
military matters. He addressed his
audience mostly on the same lines as
he has spoken before on these issues.
In speaking OF the trust question he
said in part:
AVN nv - " lSlG III y Z
York-the ice trust. l have no ques-
ton but that the great bulk Of the peo-
pie who have gone into the Ice trust
went in as investors just as they would
in any other corporation whose shares
were foated on the market.
What l want to call your attention
to and emphasize is the utter i~nsincer-
ity, the base hypocrisy OF men like
MIR. Croker, who denounces trusts in
general in far more sweeping terms
than I-because l intend to make my
words good by deeds when the time
comes-who denounce trusts as an UNI
mitigated evil, and then become the
most prominent stockholders in a trust
that a more indignation than any
other in the state.
Il cannot tell you-nobody can tell
you-whether the courts will decide
that hat trust Is an illegal monopoly
and can be dissolved under the statute.
l cannot say anything about tina any
more than, sitting as l do in my ju-
dicial capacity, l could say, without
any evidence before me whether any
official was guilty or innocent because
Of his connection with that trust. In
each case the decision will be so by the
courts; 1t will be so in my case; and
whether a man is a democrat or a re-
publican won't weigh hat (snapping
his fngers) with me-"
Voice In Good Condition.
Utica, N. Y, Oct. 27.-The Roosevelt
special left here at 500 o'clock this
An hour eaoh uas dayotad IN