The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-25
ROOSEVELT ANNOYED.
Printed Lists Of Questions
Thrown Into His Carriage.

not heretofore marked in his reception
ct other places At nearly every place
al which he stopped en- route there were
huge crowds Of people
In this city last night instead of
speechmakng the days work ended wiki
q view OF an immense demonstration
This was entirely agreeable to Governor
Roosevelt, who during the day had made
nine speeches, some CT them extremely
long ones. while travelling through three
counties - Chenango, Madison and
Oneida There was a precoReerted at
tempt at Rome to compel Governor
Roosevelt to answer questions concern
ing the letter Of Mayor Van WICK the
prosecution Of the ice trust, the prose
cution Of the alleged canal thieves and
others relating TO the Office OF governor.
That this attempt was preconcar1ed is
assured from the fact that men in the
crowd asked questions holding IN their
ure TO compel the candidate to answer
numbers Of these slips were thrown into
his carriage. The governor positively
declined to give any expression Of opin-
ion as to the circulars or their author
ship or to answer any Of the questions
contained in them
With the exception Of short trip Of
half an hour to Herkimer, where a brief
speeches Of the day were at two i'm
mense meetings in this city. Senator
Depew, preceding the governor. spoke at
some length on trusts Governor Rose
Welt followed, ard said.
Mr.. Bryan has gone about danouncing
our little regular army, cur gallant lit
tie army, and as a leader Of that kind
always draws followers Mr. Bryan has
had adherents who have gone about this
state repeating sianderous falseh0ods.
which they knew ia be sIandero91s false
hoods when they made then-that our
army in the Philippines was an army Of
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been doing foul wrong there. Mr.. Bryan
has said that the purpose Of creating
the present army was to put it in force
near our great cities to overaWe the
working man. 7 should laugh at that
statement if my blood did not burn with
indignation that any man should make
it and yet he q candidate for the high
est Office in the gift Of the American
people That army was voted for not
only BY Republicans but by Democrats
Half the Democrats in the house voted
for II; the Kansas City convention had
not vet made the diSh0n0r Of the flag
one Of the cardinal principles OF tneir
policy, and / viii guarantee that not
one single man Of them dreamed Of such
a purpose when he cast his vote. The
army was created TO meet the exigencles
Of the Spanish war and the struggle that
succeeded the Spanish war As 2 mat
ter Of fact the army Is not in this c0un-
try at the present time For the last
three years the army has been terror
to the Spaniards, the Aguinaldoan Ma
lays. the Chinese bQxeTs. and N this
country only the sympathizers with
those three classes have had cause 70
feel uneasy about it,
Rome, n T. Oct 25-The Roosevelt
train was greeted at Canistao by the
largest crowd Of the day, and for the
first time the governor alighted from his
car ard went on 3 stand that had bean
erected.
The train was q trif1e late at Oneida
ar n he. asked ThaEH
in charge OF II to cut his remarks short
When he saw the crowd that greeted
him he refused to do Il. saying that he
was going to take the twenty minutes
allowed him to talk to such an intelI
gent audience. He dwelt at great length
on the trusts and Mr.. Bryan's attitude
assuring his auditors that If Mr.. Bryan
theory Of an open market was put in
the Iabor1ng interests in Oneida being
thrown out Of work He touched briefly
on militarisrn- using his former argu-
ment Of the small proportion Of soldiers
TO the civilians
At Rome a huge crowd gathered at the
public square and the governor ad-
dressed them from the balcony to which
he was driven from the train. The
crowds Of small boys followed his car
rage those on one side shouting:
ssHurrah for Bryan, while those On
the other side tried 10 drown their
cheers with counter cheers for A1ckIn-
lev. While the governor was speaking
a crowd Of juveniles who had gathered
Immediately beneath the governor kept
trying to annoy him by their conduct
The governor finally referred to them
1T Is perfectly characteristics that
those who are afraid to hear the truth
should try to drown it By noise, and
that those who are afraid to talk them
selves should send children Of immature
age to yell for them The boys con-
tinued their cries Of .Hurrah for
Bryan What's the matter with
Bryan" Hes all right" etc, and the
aCns thing. IL Mr.. Bryan should come
here again ask that every Republican
give him & respectful hearing, Wnlcn
remark was loudly applauded-
Continuing when the applause ceased.
he said.
because the man or boy who takes
the opposite course shows himself either
TO be or about to be thoroughly dis
reputable citizen"
The governor said It was ern1nentIy
proper that the advocates OF Mr. Bryan
should seek by disorder 70 prevent free
speech and called attention To the dis
order as being an object lesson Of great
er value than he could preach
Some men in the crowd tried to ask
the governor & list Of prepared questions
IN printed form He never heard them
because the noise was too great in the
mems vicinity but several OF the cir
cuiars were flung into the carriage
" n1ch the governor Occupied On lis r.
turn from the platform. He said to the
Associated Press reporter that he would
not discuss them and that the majority
OF them wer for the attorney general 10
make answer to II he desired Here are
the questions
81 Why did you not prosecute the
canal thieves as you promised when you
were a candidate for governor
q Why did you not commence action
before the claims we're baTrad2
ss3 Why don't you have a summons
issued against the ice trust7 The only
way to commence an action IS by sum-
mons None has ever been served
- Why don't you remove the mayor
Of New York for his connection with the
ice trust2
Is. You have been only thirty-six
hours at the capitol attending to bust
ness since June L Do you think it
honest to take full pay during that
tima2
g. Don't you think a candidate for