The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-10

ST. LOUIS, Oct. s--St Louis vast ex-
position Coliseum was crowded tonight In
honor OF Gov. Roosevelt. who spoke a nt-
tie more than an hour. The governor was
tired. having ridden in the parade this
afternoon. Afterward he was the guest
OF honor at a luncheon given by tho st.
Louis Club. He was escorted from the
Planters hotel in the evening by Mayor
Ziegcnheim, National Committeeman kcr-
ems and other prominent Republicans OF
Missouri mounted regiment of Rough
Riders and several thousand citiscns in
carriages or on foot The route OF the
night parade was illuminated with nam.
beaux and coiored fire.
Arriving at the Coliseum. the governor
was greeted with great applause. lie was
introduced by the mayor of The city. amt
was cheered enthusiastically throughout
his speech, at the conclusion OF which nc
was escorted 20 the Union station whore
he took his special train for Chicago.
whence. tomorrow morning, he viii start
on his Indiana tour. The governors adj
dress follows:
''If any OF you are fortunate enough 10
know whether MIR. Bryan. II elected. VIII
pay the obligations OF the nation In gold
or In silver wish you would diynlGe th!s
knowledge for Mr. Bryan won't. There
IL no doubt about where we stand. We
are for the gold standard. and we are for
%
Rocky mountains alike. We stand for u
everywhere. for we are fortunate enough
TO have issues which don't wear thin In
any part of the country. Now. gentle
men. some people say that the silver Issue
In dead. silver cannot he dead when the
people are uncertain ns 10 how a candidate
Of one cf the two great parties would pay
the obligations OF the government No is-
sue is dead when you cannot tell whether
n creditor. or pepsionef. whoever hs
may be. Is 20 set ~ cents or 100 on the
dollar. n is dead 90 the extent that mo-
body ventures to argue in its behalf. But
n they paid oar debts In &s~cent dollars
we would care little M 10 the prectna
arguments by which they reached tho
Bvyss Prophecses usssiati~a.
'Aii / want you 20 do. from q material
standpoint, IL 20 compare Mr. HryRn's
prophecies with their signal non-fuifii-
mcnt
Gov Roosevelt then enumerated some
of the predictions whtch he declared. had
hc~n made four years sso by MIR. nrysn.
which the facts today proved erroneous.
He continued:
Mr. Bryan said mortgages would so up.
and they were the only thsnNs that went
down. Mortgages have diminished IN
amount hs nearly 70 per cent When th.se
other day and n was shown to hsm that
we were prosperous he answered that Il
was not the Republican party but Prov
idenrs that made us 80, New. ! arm per-
rectly willing to admit that there has
been a fusion between Providence and tho
Republican party. The Democracy has
fused with about everything else. har
s0rneho~ Or other Il has never nanasei
90 conpect with FruyideBce.
Now. gentlemen. I DO not wonder ttst
In the hard tifBes when thlnga war4 lock
ing pretty black men turned 20 strange
gods. II has always been 40 nincr tho
DAY that Moesn wrote the fseaiagpe
don't wonder when a man feels sick ard
does not know what r. the matter with
him ard he ssnno, md ost. that shs
should try a1ack medicine once. ba, "
he tries II again ! mast question hts intel.
iRence.
n the people ~ this country want 10
gg hack tnio she slough ~ deepona nut ~
wlAch ~e have 20 painfully emerged ~
they want "a DO that Why. anacf th@ een.
stisNsion Il IL their infaliitie ristss ltsis
when they Eet back these aoa.s lei shsfn
advance the ! ais not kpew !, vas loaded
excuse"