The Washington times., 1902-09-03
WHERE THE PRESIDENT
STANDS ON TRUSTS
Continued from First 2age.)

Lawrence, speaking Of the Fitchbure
speech. said: THAT speech made il
perfectly apparent to myself snd Others
who have been watching the effort Ct
the Presidents speeches at Boston and
Providence upon certain corporation in
terests that the President is not goine
( to be sweryed by their bluffing and
threatening. 1t is a remarkable coinci-
dence that just when certain men OF
mark in the organization of great busi-
ness combinations return to this coun-
try for the fall activity of business the
Hon. Thomas c. Platt comes out with
the announcement that he and the New
York State Republican organization
i;view with alarm the program of the
President as announced in his recent
speech and begins to make dark utter
, ances about not instructing delegates
! and Endorsements and the like.
"a. the same time there are other
eymptomatic demonstrations from the
same spirit OF influence. That speech
at Fitchburg today was notice to the
.whole nation If those people think they
Lean scare the President from the, course
the has laid down for himself and for
them they never made bigger mis-
take in their lives
| The President was greeted by tre-
tmendous crowd at the Worcester Fair
grounds, where he made another ad-
dress at some length to veterans of the
Lciyil war. He had luncheon at the home
! of Senator Hoar.
Salute at Arsenal.
{; The Springfield Arsenal occupied most
of the time In the visit to Springfield
I, "A salute of twenty-one guns was fired
from 6-inch gun when the President
pentered the grounds and when he left
His address on the public square was
rdirected at the Springfield Repub-
lican." He said that he had spent last
.might in Northfeld, which was, 200 years
lingo. the American frontier.
Massachusetts was here now, he said,
Cbecause the Americans Of that day had
sIot been afraid TO bold their frontier.
tThe frontier today is in the Philippines.
and the Americans Of today, notwith
| standing the walls OF some persons of
Eihin intellect, are not going 10 be afraid
&c hold their frontier.
The President also said a word for the
Spanish war veterans Of the Second Mas
sachusetts volunteers. who formed his
escort. They were at Santiago. secre-
tfary George b. Cortelyou was the sub
/ 5ect of large part of the President s
! remarks at Westfeld. Mr. Cortelyou is
} the president of the Westfield Normal
I School. The President told how much
{ Mr. Cortelyou's loyalty and diplomacy
and mRnliness and human sympathy had
meant to the nation 81 its hours of
grief and in its hours of busiest activity.
Mr.. Cortelyou's Modesty.
He said that II the school could only
once in 2 while turn out men like the
secretary TO the President. 1t would be
soon known as the peer of the most
famous institutions in The land. The
text ofHthat speech may not be repro
duced here for the very characteristic
reason that Mr. Cortelyou ordered the
official record destroyed. He also at
tempted TO exercise a power of press
censorship. which is not included in the
rights OF the secretary to the President
From Westiied the train ran swiftly
to the home of Governor Crane al Dali
ton, In the Berkshires. Tho Governor
boarded the train at Westfeld with Rep
resentatire Lawrence. There were bands
and carriages and fireworks at Dalton,
but the Presidents speech was very
brief He wanted chance TO talk over
many matters with Governor Crane at
dinner and afterwards.
Other Massachusetts cities visited by
the President today we're Miller's Falls,
Gardiner, Athol. Lcominster and Ster-
ling Junction. At all OF them the Presi-