The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-01
And speechmaking at All Important
Towns En- Route to Buffalo,
Where He Spoke at Night.
FEATURES OF THE MEETINGS
SALUTE OF NINETEEN GUNS FIRED
IN HIS HONOR AT NIAGARA.
Introduced rs a Friend of the Work.
ingman, He Speaks to His Audi
ence as a WOrkingmsn.

Roosevelt ended another hard days work
with three speeches III this city tonight. A
great crowd of people greeted him. and
there was no disturbance, fact which the
Governor noted In one of his addresses. He
left Rochester at $3.50 a. m. not feeling in
good condition, his chest being sore and his
voice weakened by strain. Hoverer. he
made himself heard at all stopping places.
| The first stop was made this morning at
Brockport. Here the Governor said
Mr.. 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 1t, and he ought to have known
how to apply the Declaration of Independ-
ence, because he wrote it. I appeal to you
not only to see that the President is re-
elected; not only that Mr.. Odell shall be
elected, bu. I wish to have in each case
the President and Governor backed by the
Congress at Washington and the Assembly
at Albany. We cannot afford TO allow Mr.
Bryan's principles and the present Bryan
ICED Democracy to continue formidable
danger TO American political life. appeal
to you not merely to beat it, but to stamp
1t under foot. so that no similar appeal will
ever be made in our time. While we can
afford to differ on questions of policy we
cannot afford. as good Americans. TO differ
on the underlying principles, the lack of
which makes any party whatever a
standing danger to the country
At Holly, where che train made its sec
ond STOP the prospects for a fine day had
vanished and il began to rain. Neverthe-
less the Governor spoke to a great crowd.
He said: "a year ago I went through here
against my will. without stopping, and
then / said / would come back, and / have
come. We don't want to cut in two national
honor by cutting in two the national debt.
1t would hurt honor, and SO far from
benefting us materially 1t 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."
Speaking on the Philippine question. the
Governor said: "Mr. Bryan speaks of polyg
amy in the Sulu islands. and says it ought
to be stopped Why, his proposal is to
establish protectorate over those islands
and therefore guarantee slavery and
polygamy in Sulu. He proposes to cut
himself off from altering polygamy
and slavery in the Sulu islands, but estab-
lish a rrotectorate over them, which will
prevent any one else from interfering"
PROSPERITY DISCUSSED.
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: ST ask you
to compare conditions in 1898 and now. L
ont xrnl n Ep 10 of
enc, but to take your own experien,e right
around here. In 1898 who was prosperous?
There was not anybody prosperous. No one
portion of our people can be really pros
porous if there is not good deal of pros
perity coming to ALL
At Medina, where his train stopped for
twenty minutes Governor Roosevelt
stepped from his car TO a temporary plat
form. He devoted most OF his attention
to Imperialism and militarism.
While the Governor was talking man
in the audience said: Governor, 1 would
like to have you explain tile trust ques-
tion.'
what about the coal employees in Penn
sylvania?" asked another
Zone at a time" said the Governor "As
to the coal employees in Pennsylvania, they
have won a strike for an increase in
wages. Do you think they would have won
that strike four years ago?"
'.No. no, no." shouted the crowd
The Governor then discussed the trust
question at length, referring to Mr.. Bryan's
remedy of taxing the tariff off the articles
produced by the trusts. and the remedy
Of the Reput lican party to get at the evil
by constitutional amendment and stated
in detail the history of the resolution to
amend the Constitution which was defeated
last June.
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
regulars had been stationed at the forts
around New York for 11s years and said
in referring 10 the fact that some had been
sent TO the Philippines: Some little time
ago a number Of our citizens got up a
petition to the War Department to in
crease the number OF soldiers in these forts
because the existing number was not
enough TO keep the big guns clean"
II want TO ask said the Governor. at
the conclusion of his remarks If any of
you here has ever seen a single imperial
list? / have never found one from the
Rocky mountains Ito the Atlantic coast.
1 have met lots OF expansionists. / am
one myself"
BRYAN'S PROPHECIES.
Reaching Lockport Governor Roosevelt
was driven in a carriage 10 the opera
house where a a audience was assembled
that filled all tile seats and standing room
while hundreds had been unable to gain
admission. Thu Governors address here
was devoted in large part to the question