The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-08
TEDDY IS SILENT
Aycock Points Out Vital
Defect in Statement.
Our Strenuous President Does Not Say
That the Trusts Are Not Foot
ing the Bills, Says Our
Governor.
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When Governor Charles b. Aycock'
of North Carolina. arose he was greet
ed by prolonged cheers. From the
very outset of his speech he held the
attention of the audience, and he
moved it to the highest pitch or en-
! thusiasm, especially by his discussion
| of the negro question. His tund OF
! stories were heartily laughed at ana
his telling points against the Repub-
| lican party We're applauded to the
echo. After the applause which fol-
! lowed his introduction had finally SUD-
| sided he began as follows:
I'VE have assembled here this even
| ing not SO much to discus the issues
of the campaign, but TO celebrate in
! advance the victory which we expect
! to win Tuesday. (Applause.) me
! Republicans had hoped to keep Mr.
| Roosevelt silent during the campaign,
| and thereby win a victory, but inns
morning he broke loose and we We're
| treated to a SernuouS letter from our
! strenuous President, telling us that
he is good, and that Mr.. Cortelyou is
! still better. But he does not tell us
| that the charges which Judge Par
ker has made, that the trusts are foot
ing the bills of the Republican cam
paign. are not true. We have Pres
him for it-but he is diScreetly silent
on the vital point in the charge. /
said | like our President, and SO | do.
/ like strenuouSnesS anywhere. When
| go to the circuS-and | always do
but | don't go like many of you. You
go to take the children Qaughter),
but | go to see the clown. And when
I've seen the clown | go out to see
the lion. What a magnificent creature
he is! The very embodiment of
strength. But when he breaks out of
| the cage / run. (Laughter.) And
that's the way | feel about our Pres
ident. (Great aplause.) When we
! have him Gagged up in private life we
may like him, but when he is at large
! in the White House ] get scared
| Uaughter.) I'm afraid of anyone
who carries a big stick and walks
easy. I'm also afraid of any man who
wants to rule. I'll be ruled by no
one (Applause) I'll take that back,
! for I'm married (laughter), but III
! be ruled by no man.
1.-The American people do not want
a ruler in the Presidential chair, but
! they want a servant. When Mr.
! Roosevelt says that the Democrats are
| either foolish or insincere he intimateS
| that we need to be guided. l be-
| lieVe the American people sincere
| / even believe Mr.. Roosevelt is sim
books that he believed in free trade
| believe he was sincere. But we need
no ruler. | believe, and the Demo-
! Gratis believe, that the government
ought to place the burdens on those
| who are most able to bear them ana
| to help pthOse who need help. The
Republican party believes the oppo-
site We stand for the weak, the
| masses; they stand for the strong, the
rich and the powerful
Don't Believe in Force.
II could not support the Republi-
can party for another reason. | don't
| believe in force. I'm Opposed TO war
| We hear great deal nowadays about
! the United states being a world pow
err When did we become a world
power? Has it been oily within the
past few years? We became q world
power on that day in July. 1875, when
! the old Liberty Bell cracked in its
! enunciation to the world that all men
are created equal. Great applause.)
| There were no guns there, no swords
were there; no navy; no army; It
was the simple declaration of peace
! on earth and good will to- men. CAP
! plause.) If we enter on this career
! of force, how much of an army AMI
| navy must we have? We must Guido
| Great Britain and Germany and Rus
|
| Every power that has been founded
| on force has come and gone. We
| were a world power before the day
| of Roosevelt, and we were loved by
| all the nations; but today there isn't
| a strong power that does not hate us
and a weak one that does not fear
us.
1.-THE American people want no par
| ty TO make their living for them. Their
! prosperity is worked out by them
| selves. We used to hear the Re-
publican talk of Mckinley and pros
| perity, but you never hear them say
! Roosevelt and prosperity. I heard
one try to say it the other day, but
his tongue got twisted. and he said
| Roosevelt and Booker Washingt IN. ;"
! (Great laughter).
Takes Up Nero Question.
Governor Aycock then launched
! into an eloquent discussion of the ne
gro question and referred to the Book
er Washington dinner at the White
House.
Whatever the President does,' he
said becomes the fashion. If he
! wore a necktie with all of the colors
of the rainbow in it, other men would
! do the same. At the meeting of the
! National Republican Committee in
| Washington a few months ago. q ne
| gro committeeman sat down to dinner
| with the other members. The COM
mitteeman from North Carolina sent
| in this message: I'm a white man
and a gentleman, and he declined to
attend the dinner. But at the con-
vention which followed 1T Chicago he
| failed of election because the Presi-
| dent had sent forth the word that
any white man in the South who
would refuse to eat with a negro
| couldn't be a committeeman Now,