The Topeka state journal., 1900-10-19

spend the final week of the campaign in
New York state. The Boston visit has
been eliminated, and If possible Cover
nor Roosevelt will spend next Sunday
with his family at Albany.
After a hard days campaigning
through Ohio and West Virginia, Gov
ernor Roosevelt reached Parkersburg g
last night and addressed a large audi
ence, paying special attention to Sena-
tor Jones' denial that the American Cot
ton company is a trust. The Rough Ri
der produced a statement of the com
pany and argued that Its own ngureH,
prospectus and plan of procedure enti-
tied 1T to the name of trust. He said
that in floating it's stock the American
Cotton company had boasted ar its abll-
ity to control the price OF cotton ana
entered the market with the expressed
intention of cornering the crop and mas
tering the market. To this end, after the
established methods of trusts, the Amer
lean Cotton comapny, had he SAID,
bought out and gained control of three
or four smaller factories having patents
which enabled them to make the round lap
bale of cotton. Roosevelt accused the
cotton bale trust Of first securing lower
freight rates and securing foreign mar
kets.
Governor Roosevelt made two speech
es to vast audiences. In both speeches
he dwelt mainly on two points-the ma
terial side of the campaign and the hon
or of the flag. He appealed to the vo-
ters as American citizens rather than as
KeDu ana laQQGQ the utlB IttClN-
ed from Democrats in this campaign. He
contrasted JEFF erson who made the sane
tity of the ballot the touchstone of the
ballot with Goebelism in Kentucky.
From Wheeling, w. Va, the run was
down the Ohio river and stops were
made at Benwood, Moundville, New
Martinsville, Sistersville. St Marys and
Waverly. The first two named are In
Marshall county, which is strongly Re
publican At Moundsville, Governor
Roosevelt was handed a copy of the
same circular which created such a SEN
sation in the west a few days ago, in
which he is accredited with some severe
remarks about What should happen to
strikers, etc.
These circulars had been literally cir
culated in this part of the state. Cover
nor Roosevelt denied that he had ever
at any time said any word which might
be construed into anything like what
was printed in the circular and he said
that the man who got it up knew he was
lying.
New Martfnsvi1le is situated In Wetze1
a strong Democratic county, yet Cover
nor Roosevelt was greeted by a large
and orderly crowd.
A stop of 80 minutes was made at Sis
terSville, the center of a comparatively
new oil region. Many WOrkingmen were
present, a fact noted by Col. Roosevelt,
for he spent most of ten minutes dis
cussing the trust question. There were
no Interruptions.
A crowd Of probably 25 hoodlums coll
lected on the outskirts Of the crowd at
st. Marys, another oil town and under
took to prevent Governor Roosevelt
from making himself heard. They were
partially successful for a while despite
the governors scathing shots at them.
The town and county are largely Repub-
hcan, however, and crowd of McKin-
ley men took hand in the matter and
going back to the disturbers, gave them
the alternative Of keeping quiet or TAX
ing a drubbing- There was no further
noise
Few people had gathered at Waverly
and the stop was brief.
The demonstration at Parkersburg is
considered to be the biggest political af-
fair in the history of the state. Preced-
ing two meetings there was a big pa
rade, participated in by marching clubs
and a rough rider escort to Governor
Roosevelt and other dfgnitaries-
Governor Roosevelt spoke first to 5000
people in the wigwam and then was
hurried to the Auditorium, where he ad-
dressed an audience Of 1000. Governor
Roosevelt stayed in the car last night
declining several invitations from resi-
dents.