The Topeka state journal., 1900-09-15
DAY IN THE RAIN.
Gov. Roosevelt Strikes Bad
Weather But Keeps on
Speaking.

Fargo, N. D, Sept. 15-Governor
Roosevelt and his party Of campaigners
rested in Fargo last night, after day OF
speechmaling in this state and Mime
sofa. The governor addressed two meet
ings in Fargo.
The first was at the opera house.which
was the larger and the other at the ar
mory. Preparations had been made for
large demonstration but rain put a
stop to the street parade and fireworks.
Governor Roosevelt said at the opera
sTThis nation has gone forward with
the stride of a giant across the conti-
nent and now clasps with her hands the
islands of the sea, as the new century IS
about to open- Are we, the heirs OF the
ages, are we, who claim proudly that we
stand foremost among the people OF hhe
earth, are we now to shrink Dack from
what is but a little tasx,a task not need
ing the expenditure Of more than frac-
ton of our huge mightE
Are we whose f0refatherS saw put
into the field a half million of men and
who fought to a finish the giant civil
war, are we to finch from lesser task,
a task SO much less that it is not to be
counted. which cannot be weighed when
compared with the other. Are we to open
the twentieth century by finching and
saying we no longer claim the right TO
stand amid the great nation Of the world
can people cannot and will not take such
a position. To abandon the Philippines
now would not only be to show them
selves weaklingS, to show themselves
craVens unable or fearful to perform the
tasks that Providence has laid upon Us.
but it would show that we had foully
abandoned the men in those islands who
had cOnfided in our good faith. NO, gen.
tleuen, I appeal TO you to re-elect PreSi-
dent Mckinley because it has been given
him to embody the cause of national
prosperity, and the broad doctrine that
this American nation never goes back
ward
Earlier in the day Governor Roosevelt
made a three minute talk at Wilmot
from the rear of the private car. When
the train arrived at SiSSeton, the ram
was falling fast and an open air meeting
which had been arranged for was inpos-
sible. stand was erected near the
track and a crowd with umbrellas had
assembled to listen to the speakers
The governor attempted to talk but
his sympathy for his hearers, who We're
bravely standing in the rain, caused him
to desist. He entered a carriage and
was driven to the opera house, whittier
the crowd followed him, and there he
spoke a few minutes.
This is on the border of the Sioux res
ervation and a large number of Indians
had come into the little town to listen
and see what was going on. On the re-
turn to the train from the opera house
Governor Roosevelt observed a group of
street. He jumped out of the carriage
and shook hands with the members of
the group, to their evident delight, and
distributed a handful of Mckinley but
tons among the crowd.
The train then tsaTted on it's return
journey to Milbank where it arrived at
1870 p m, remained so minutes and pro-
ceeded to OrtonviIle, Mimi. where it ar
rived at p. m Here more speechmak-
ing followed in the rain. Governor
Roosevelt, in the course of his speech,
said:
You recolIect four years ago the ap-
peal that was made through this coun-
try to one class against another, and the
effort to array the west against the east,
the workingman against the capitalist
and the farmer against the business
man.
You remember in 1892, when you were
also told that some men had made too
much money and they wanted you TO
vote the capitalist down am sorry to
say that the country did vote, and you
got him down, but afterward we found
that the rest of us were down under
him. We all went down-that was the
trouble
1--WE have the right to appeal to you
on two grounds: In the first place, upon
the ground that our performances have
squared with our promises Mind you,
that is what promise is worth. Sec
ond, we have the right to appeal to you
upon the ground that our opponents
have made prophecies that came false
them. Mr.. Bryan propheSied again and
again, at Minneapolis, at New York,
where he addressed that noble band of
reformers, ,Tammany Hall; and at Indian
apoliS, again. and again he said, If you
vote the Republican ticket times Will be
harder and harder
Again, If you vote for the gold stand
ard you vote for four more years of hard
times
And again, IF you vote for the gold
standard, the farmer will find that the
prices of his products will grow steadily
lower
Again, If you vote for the gold stand
ard, the wage worker will find that he
stands idle more and more
Again, If you vote the Republican
ticket the business men will find that the
number Of failures will increase and the
amount of bank deposits will decrease
Now ask you not to take my word
but to think of your own experience, and
compare how things actually were; how
the conditions were in your own state
and in your own town, with what Mr.
that you look over his speech and see
what he said four years ago, and see il
things have come out as he promised
they would, so / ask you to support us
because we have kept our word
What we want today is to continue at
Washington the men and the measures
that have obtained and been put in prac-
tlce there during the past four years.
The train en- route to Fargo, where it
remained over night, stopped at Wap-
peton, where some speaking was in
dulged in.