The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-19
GOV. ROOSEVELT'S
IR|UMPRAL TRIP.
IS GIVEN A HEARTY RECEPTION
THROUGHOUT MONTANA.
Carriage Ride From Railway Sta
tion to Hotel mt Butte "a Fiatter-
Ing Demonstration-Fou Many
Old-Time Acquaintnnces There.

BUTTE. Mont, Sept is.-Gov. Roose-
velt's special train arrived here about
4 o'clock this afternoon. and the party
was greeted with a very warm recep-
ton. The carriage ride from the station
of the Northern Pacific railway to the
Butte hotel, about a mile distant, was
a hattering demonstration. The streets
were lined with people.
AT the hotel Gov. Roosevelt appeared
upon the balcony. The crowd below en-
tirely filed the street in front of the ho-
TEL and for block in either direction.
The demonstration was the largest that
has been seen here for long time.
Gov. Roosevelt was urged to speak, but
he declined. saying that he would see
the people at the Columbia gardens in
the evening. when all would have an
opportunity to hear him. He spent a
half hour in shaking hands. and found
among the people here many old-time
acqudintances, some of whom mad rough
ed II with him in the Dakotas years ago.
Gov. Roosevelt. with his party, took
dinner at the Butte hotel. and after the
speech at Columbia gardens he entered
the special train TO which his car was at
tached tor the night. The train will
leave for Focatelio at 2 O'Clock tomor-
row morning.
Columbia gardens are situated five
miles from the city limits. Notwithstand-
ing the great distance, the immense
building was entirely filled and standing
room was at premium. Gov. Roose-
welt spoke here for nearly thres-quarters
OF an hour. The governors voice is still
In good shape, and he seems to stand
the hard work of this tour with unfail-
ing vigor
The first rart of Mr.. Roosevelt's re-
marks this evening was devoted TO a
history of MS experience In the Dakotas
and Montana, eighteen years ago, when
he was upon the ranch. He also de-
voted few moments TO the discussion
OF the zee trust and Mayor Van Wyck's
and Mr.. Croker's connection herewith.
while they Were deciaiming in their pub
lie utteranCes against all trusts. He then
proceeded as follows.
Promises FulaIIed.
Now. gentlemen, / have right TO
ask that you take our promises. because
in tho past cur promises have squared
with our performances, and | wish you
10 compare them with their prophesies.
and see the result.
II have spoken to you. gentlemen.
about preaching the gospel of hate. The
foulest wrong that can be done to our
citizenship is done by the man who
breaches that gospel, whether he
breaches. TO the employer TO see to II
that the protection OF his own interests
are against the interests OF the en-
ploye, or whether he seeks to combine
employees and 70 set them against their
| employers, II matter not which, IL is
wrong.
Eight years ago. in the election of 1899,
| | wish 10 recall some experiences which
| you remember. AT that ele stion an effort
was made. not 70 try 20 set the West
against tile East. or the North against
| the South; an effort was made to set the
workinEmen against the capitalists, the
| wageworker aEainst the man who paid
| the wages. We were told that the capt
talists had grown rich; that the capital
ist had prospered, and that we should
| down him. We got him down. The coun-
| try voted that way. We got the capt.
| talist down. There Is no question about
| that. He was down all right, hut the
| trouble after that was that the rest OF
us We're down underneath him, too. There
did not anybody enjoy the next three
| years The capitalists were ruined and
| the waEeworker came to the verge OF
| starvation. II was hard upon the men.
hut 1t was thousandfold harder upon
! the women and children.
Law of brotherhood.
Fundamentally the law TO be preached
| is the law OF the brotherhood. Flindamen-
| tally the doctrine that we need here IN
| this land Is that while prosperity comes 20
as unedually and adversely comes TO us
unequaliy. yet when good times come all
share something, somewhat In them. but
| when bad times come. some suffer more
than others, hut all suffer some what; all
sufer "a some extent. our interests are
/ bound To BE- with one another.
| I'm lSa2 they voted down the capitalist
and when they downed him they found
that they were worse on than before.
| That was the effect OF the action OF mia
| guided men. Now. gentlemen. the only
/ way 10 permanently secure wcil-aelng In
/ this country IS 20 secure conditions that
viii secure the wel-5ejnE % all some
thing can be done hy legislation. much
/ can be Gone hy associations ~ Individuals
| Rut IN the last resort nothing can take
/ 3hc place ~ the mans natural and indi-
| vldub qualities. Every man OF U.s. and
| every man here VIII siin az times will
stumble now and then There IL not one
/ ~ us that toes mot at times need 20 have
( a helping hand street hca 0gt % him. ana
woe 20 the man who does not reach out
I his hand 60 help the man sho is upfor-
inmate. Hut IL ho lies down you may
ny him
I For Nountry's weIi-Befng.
Il would like 20 50 oH. ana appeal to
Won for the sake - anr internal we'll
Z being for the sake ~ tse position of This
nation in the face q The nations % the
/ Nnrld that YOU stand hY us Ia thia con
test we stand at tho Threshold x a
new ccntury. The generation lu the con.
T fuzzy that has tust closed has aaaa a
! ~ 4 a. f.s.s