The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-10
NO TRUE PROPHET
BRYAN's Prophecies ALI FAILED
SAID ROOSEVELT.
FREE SILVER NOT NEEDED.
REPUBTICAN VI, TORN SESr EV-
ERNTHING ~ UUT MORTGAGES.

~. Louis Coliseum Was Grow 1ed ~
Those Who Gathered to Hear the
Republican Vice Presidential Nom-
fnec-Hr WAS Given "A Great OVR-
tion-The Ou-EcPrRtcd 'hnvgs ~
Bryan's FniIurc 10 say uoN He
would Pay the Nations Ohiig9-
usns Aired Once More.
81 Louis oct a-St Louis vast expo
sition coliseum was crowded Tonight Ia
honor Of GOV. Roosevelt who spoke a lN-
tic more than au hour. The Governor was
tired. having ridden in parade given 900
the afternoon. Later De was the guest 81
honor at luncheon given by the ST..
Louis Club.
lie was escorted from the Planters Ho-
tel in the evening by Mayor Zicecnhein.
National Committeeman KeTcns ana other
prominent Republicans ~ Missouri a
mounted regiment Of Rough Riders and
several thousand citizens IN carriages or
on foot The route OF tho night parade
was Illuminated with HambeauN and CO.
ored IRE.
Arriving az the coliseum. the Goyerr@r
was greeted with tumuhuous applause.
He was introduced by tho mayor Of the
city, and was cheered enthusiastically
throughout his speech, al the conclus on
OF which be was escorted 10 the Union
station. where he took his special train
for Chicago. whence. tomorrow morning.
he will start on his Indiana tour. Mr
Roosevelt said.
1T is "a bit diniculs TO know what issue
20 discuss. because our opponents change
the paramount issue SO often. Take the
question OF free silver, II any Of you are
fortunate enough TO know whether Mr.
Bryan. II elected. will pay the obligations
OF the nation IN gold or IN silver ! wish
you would divulge your knowledge, for
Nlr. Bryan won't.
There is no doubs about where We
stand We are for the gold standard
and We are for il on the Atlantic seaboard
and IN the Rocky mountains alike. We
stand for II everywhere. for we are fortu-
nate enough so have issues which do not
wear thin tn any part Of the country. some
Icopie say chat the silver issue is dead.
silver cannot be dead when people are un-
certain as 10 how a candidate OF one 81
the two great parties would pay the obli-
cations OF the government No issue "a
dead when you cnnnot tell whether cred
itor or a pensioner. whoever he may be. b.
20 get as cents or ino on she dollar
"AI ! want 10 do from material
standpoint a. 10 exhume Ar. Bryan's
prophecies OF -four years ago. and then.
Tor yourselves, compare these prophecies
with their signal non-fulhlment The
spirit moved Mr.. Bryan and he pro?hc-
sled He prophesied that unless you had
free silver the wage worker would stand
idle Ia the market place That was the
prophecy The fulnlmcut was that tho
wage worker has had very nearly double
as much work as before. And he prophc-
sled again. lie said that n We elected
Mckinley the farmer would find the pro-
ducts OF his farm diminishing in value
but they have increased from d 10 80 per
cent on different products.
And Mr.. Bryan prophesied again. The
savings banks attracted hir attention.
and he said g. We had not free silver the
deposits OF the savings banks would di-
minish. and they have increased - per
cent. He said that the amoun, OF money
in circulation per capita would diminish.
ana it has increased from - TO - dollars
- far Mr. Bryan had been saying that
everything would 20 down. He said mort
cages would go up. and they were the
only things that went down Mortgage
have diminished in amount ~ nearly 40
per cent
Speaking Of trusts Mr. Roosevelt sald.
"The states cannot deal with them efoc-
lively the nation must Join IL can Cnly
join hy constitutional amendment Such
an amendment was introduced into ne
last House OF Rcurescntatives about juno
Hast ID received tho vote Of every Repuh-
lican hut two. and against it was cast "a
vote OF every Democrat. cave six. OF the
members of the House As ~ needed a
two-third vote. IL failed Of passage and
the Democratic leader, Mr.. Richardson. in
opposing tho passage of the amcHdme n.
ruo,ed with approval from a Democrati.
paper. saying that the Democracy coul 2
not afford to pass that constitution j
Amendments because II it did 90, 10 would
take tho trust issue out of the coming
campaign"
In speech ~ the Merchants Exchange.
GOV Roosevelt said There is always
one feature that is peculiarly pleasant TO
me. coming 10 a city like St Louis
which has among its citizens so many Of
the men. VINO wore the blue. ana SO
many 81 those who wore the gray. and of
their sons think TINT ~ tine Spanish
War hal done nothing else. IL would have
been from our standpoint. wei worth
while. because Of fhe rca.izing sense that
30 gave us of the fact chat nll the dtier-
cncee OF this nation are thing Of the
past and that We stand before the rest
~ tho world as Americans and nothing
cisc.
"It was indeed a lesson FOR all younger
men to sec soldiers Ike Gen Butler Of
south Carolina. Gen Wheeler OF Alabama
aud Fitzhugh Lee OF Virginia in th' uui-
form OF the blue and nghting Tor the old
nlg I think there De- on" thiuE we should
keep perpcmally before us. aud. especial
ly gentlemen. when there is political
contest on n IS tho essential unity OF
our people and the essential solidarity OF
our people ~ prosperity comes 20 us
n honor comes TO us. it will come 10 all
n adversity comes an of ua Will suffer
more or Jess on account OF H."
POWER ADDRESSED STUDENTS.