Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-31
HAS A SORE THROAT
Gov. Roosevelt Speaks in the Rain
Under Difficulties.
Big CROWDS PRESENT 10 HEAR him
He Appeals to Voters to Stamp Out
Organism.
TALKS OF PROSPE RITY

TALKS OF RITY
| ROCHESTER, N. Y, October 31.-Gov-
ernor Roosevelt Is feeling the strain Of his
| continual talking much more today than at
| any time since he started the state tour
| His chest is sore and his voice does not
carry as well as it did. The train left
Rochester at $50 am. and, making several
stops, is expected to get to Buffalo at 4
pm. The rain of yesterday and last night
has left the country roads in bad condition
and the days audiences will be limited al
most to the residents Of the several towns
| where the train stops.
! ALBION, N. Y, October 31.-The sun
came out just after the Roosevelt special
left Rochester, giving promise of pleasant
| day. The first stop was made at Brock
| port. Here the governor said:
| MIR. Bryan invokes the Declaration of
| independence as applying to the Philip
| pines Nebraska was acquired by Thomas
Jefferson without the consent Of the In
dams in It,. and he ought to have known
how to apply the Declaration of Independ-
ence, because he wrote it.
| Appeal for Entire Ticket.
4 appeal to you not only to see that the
| President is reelected, not only that Mr..
| Odel shall be made governor, but wish to
| have In each case the President and the
| Governor backed by Congress at Washing
! ton, and the senate and assembly at AL
| bany. We cannot afford to let Mr. Bryan's
| principles and the present Bryanized de-
| mocracy continue formidable danger to
| American political life I appeal to you
| notmerely to defeatit, but to stamp it under
| foot so that no similar appeal will ever be
made In our time. While we can afford to
dlffer on questions of policy, we cannot af-
| ford as good Americans to differ on the
| underlying principles, the lack of which
| makes any party, whatever it is, a standing
| danger to the country
At Holly, where the train made its second
| stop. the prospects for fine day had van
| ished, and 1t began to rain. Nevertheless,
| the governor spoke to great crowd. Some
| of the things he said were:
| "A year ago 1 went through here against
| my will. without stopping, and then 1 said
| l would come back and have come. We
| do not want to cut in two the national
honor by cutting in two the national debt.
| 1t would hurt our honor and, so far from
| benefting materially it would bring the
most widespread disaster. If Mr.. Bryans
| policies ever should become enacted into
law they would bear with an especial
| weight of woe upon the very people con-
corning whom he affects to be most inter-
| ested."
Concerning the Philippines.
| Speaking on the Philippine question, the
governor said:
Mr.. Bryan speaks Of polygamy in the
Sulu Island and says it ought to be stop
ped. Why, his proposal Is to establish
protectorate over those islands. and there
fore guarantee both slavery and polygamy
in Sulu. He proposes to cut himself off
from the power of altering polygamy and
slavery in the islands, but to establish
protectorate over them which will prevent
any one else from interfering
| The train reached Albion in a pouring
rain. A crowd had gathered, however, and
| listened to the governor with attention.
| The governor devoted most of his time to
| prosperity and said, in part: Il ask you
| to compare conditions in 1893 and now.
[ don't want you to take the words of any
one, but to take your own experience right
around here. In 1893 who was prosperous?
There was not anybody prosperous. No
one portion of our people can be really
prosperous If there is not a good deal Of
prosperity coming to all"
Speech at Medina.
LOCKPORT, N. Y, October 3l-At Me-
dina. where his train stopped for twenty
| minutes. Governor Roosevelt stepped from
had ceased, and the governor occupied the
| full time of the stop in addressing the
crowd. He devoted most of his attention
| to imperialism and miltarism.
| While the governor was talking, man
| in the audience said: Governor, 1 would
| like to have you explain the trust ques-
i ton
What about the coal employees in Penn
| sylvania?' said another
zone at time" said the governor "As
| to the coal employees in Pennsylvania, they
have won a strike for increase of wages
Do you think they would have won that
| strike four years ago?"
| mo, no, no. shouted the crowd.
| The governor then discussed the trust
| question at length, referring to Mr.. Bry-
ans remedy of taking the tariff off articles
| but hA -
| republican party to get at the evil by a
| constitutional amendment. and stated in
| detail the history of the resolution to
amend the Constitution, which was de-
| feated last June.
Reference to Militarism.
! In speaking of militarism, the governor
referred to the posts located near Oswego
! and Buffalo and said the sentiment there
was rather for an increase Of the soldiers
stationed there. He cited the fact that reg
ulars had been stationed at the forts around
| New York for 11S years, and said, referring
to the fact that some had been sent to the
| Philippines, some little time ago number
of our citizens got up petition to the War
| Department to increase the number of SOL
diers in these forts, because the existing
number was not enough to keep the big
| guns clean"
| conclusion of his remarks, IF any of you
has ever seen a single imperialist? I have
never found one from the Rocky mountains
to the Atlantic coast. I have met lots Of
| expansionists, am one myself"
| Reaching Lockport, Governor Roosevelt
was driven in a carriage to the opera house
| where audience was assembled that
| filled all the seats and standing room, while
| hundreds had been unable to gain admis-
sion. The governors address here was de-
voted in large part to the question Of pros
perity, the speaker dwelling particularly on
the proposition that prosperity cannot but
| help even the lowest wage worker, and, in
| fact, help him to greater extent than it
does some of those who are known as the
| middle class.
| BRYAN CLAIMS NEW YORK.