The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-22
WELLINGTON.
Gov. Roosevelt Roasts the Mary
land Senator In Baltimore.

welt spoke here Saturday night to as
many people as could get within range
of his voice. He addressed two meet
fngs, one outside, the other inside ofa
Music hall, the largest auditorium in
the city and everything he said met with
enthusiastic applause.
Governor Roosevelt was in fair voice
and made his points with his usual vigor
and emphasis. His reference to Senator
Wellington was received with mingled
Kisses and applause and when he spoke
Of Mr.. Bryan there was much cheering
and stamping of feet. Aside from this
there were no interruptions. which was
contrary to expectations
He said in part: IT noticed that last
night the Hon. Mr.. Wellington appeared
in this hall in behalf of his new allies.
From the psychological standpoint and
chiefly from that, have been interested
in the mental process by which Mr..
Wellington has just found himself
Joined to Mr.. Bryan. Mr.. Bryan be-
lieveS in free silver. He is trying to be-
heve in it as unOstentatiously as pos
sible, but he believes in it still It rep
reSentS the conviction on his part Will
not attribute to Mr.. Wellington any con-
victions, but his views are of the gold
standard. He loves the gold standard,
while Mr.. Bryan loves free silver. Mr.
wellington was against the war with
his pen; Mr.. Bryan for it Mr.. yelling
ton felt that Mr.. Mckinley had gone too
rashly into it, and Mr.. Bryan that he
had not gone into it quick enough. MT.
Wellington is for protection or was for
protection; I do not know how sharply
he has turned the corner since They
were together on only one point. be-
lieve they both supported the treaty of
peace. and therefore. if either one of
them was blessed with a sense of con-
sistency he would have been stopped
from his present criticism; but on the
currency, on the war and on the tariff
they stood at the opposite poles, and so
they came together.
Gentlemen, if you will read the early
books of natural history before it was
an exact science you will find that the
early naturalists had one group of four
footed beasts who had four legs and then
they had group of birds, the birds hav-
ing two wings, and then there were two
abhorrent species that they classified to-
gether; they put the bat and the os-
trich together, because one had wings
and the other had not, and it seems to
be on somewhat the same principle that
Mr.. Wellington has found himself in all1-
ance with Mr.. Bryan We have lost
some others of little faith.
You are always, gentlemen, when you
follow a. bold course, to slough off GER
tain men, but we have gained others.
1T has been a pleasant thing, indeed,
to see lifelong Democrats like General
Bragg of Wisconsin, General Sickles and
General Franz Sigel of New York, who
the defense of all that makes our ma
tional greatness, as we read greatness
right, when national greatness is I'M
periled, but it is even a more pleasant
thing to have had the experience which
I enjoyed in Kentucky of travelling with
confederate soldiers like the grand
old war veterans General Buckner and
General Duke-men who now clasp
hands with their erstwhile foes who
wore the blue when the strife of civic
righteousness began; such men as Fitz-
hugh Lee and Joe Wheeler, who put on
the blue again when, in 1898, the trump
cts blew for foreign war. feel that we
have a peculiar right to welcome those
men, to be glad that they are with US,
because this is a contest in which east
erner and weSterner, northerner and
southerner, whatever the mans birth
place might be, whatever his creed, his
color or his national origin, is vitality
interested, provided only he has the root
of AmericaniSm in him.
The speaker then commented upon
Mr. Bryan's speech in Baltimore in 1896,
recalling the prophesies made by MN at
that time, which the speaker pointed
out had not been fulfilled and the prom
fses made which Mr.. Bryan would now
try to carry out if he is given the power.
Governor Roosevelt read letter from
e. fhe Ph l% to Senator John T
McLaurin. The letter is dated Luzon,
Columbia, S. C., Daily Record Captain
Sawyer wrote:
printed in Spanish and published in Ma
Mia containing the Democratic platform
and some cabIegrarns from London. Civ
ing some utterances of Mr.. Bryan which
indicate to me that American people are
going crazy. I notice in the Democratic
platform they make three pledges in ref
erence to the Filipinos: First. to give
them "a stable government; second, TO
give them INDEPENDENCE. and. third, to
protect them against all foreign pow
ers' Can this be correct2 Is It possfbie2
What have all these good men from Law
ton down died for? What have We all
suffered for? Did we give Spain twenty
million dollars for these islands to turn
around and present them to the PREACHER
Gus Aguinaldo, who sold out his people
and then refused to stand by his barga 4?
Do you know that the Democratic plat
form viii cost at least 1000 lives of
American soldiers here? a leader said yes
terday that they were fighting to hold out
until Bryan is elected and then all will be
well with them. Every speech he makes
is cabled over here, translated and sent
broadcast "
letter.
Roosevelt made a brief appeal to his
hearers to uphold the flag and to aid in
continuing the present prosperity of the
country, after which he drove to the de-
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