The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-10-10
TEDDY SHOWS
UP BRYANISM
Fusion Between Providence and
the Republican Party.
BRYAN'S POSITION UNKNOWN
Refuses 10 Tell Whether He VIII Pay the
Obligations Of the Government 10
Ascent or IOO.cent Dol.

ST. LOUIS. Oct. 9.-The ST. Louis
vast exposition coliseum was crowded
tonight in honor Of Governor Roose-
welt, who spoke little more than an
hour. The governor was tired, having
ridden In the parade this afternoon.
Afterward he was the guest OF hon
or at luncheon given by st. Louis
club. He was escorted from the Plan
ter's hotel 10 the coliseum in the even
Ing by large procession. At the con-
ciusion Of his address he was escort
ed to the union station. where he took
his special train for Chicago whence.
tomorrow morning. he will start on his
Indiana tour.
Governor Roosevelt spoke in part as
follows:
III any Of you are fortunate enough
10 know whether Mr.. Bryan IL elected
VIII pay the obligations Of the Nation
IN gold or in silver / wish you would
divulge this knowledge. for Mr.. Bryan
won't. There is no doubt about where
we stand. We are for the gold stand
ard and we are for 1t on the Atlantic
seaboard and In the Rocky Mountains
alike. We stand for II everywhere, for
we are fortunate enough to have is
sues which do not wear thin In any
part of the country.
Now. gentlemen, some people say
that the silver issue Is dead. Silver
cannot be dead when the people are
uncertain as to how a candidate OF one
OF the two great parties would pay the
obligations Of the government No is
sue Is dead when you cannot tell wheth-
er a creditor or a pensioner whoever
he may be, Is to get As cents or 100
cents on the dollar II is dead to the
extent that nobody ventures to argue
in its behalf. But II they paid our
debts In As cent dollars we would care
little as TO The precise arguments by
which they reached the conclusion that
warranted that conduct.
All want you to do from a mater
ial standpoint is to exhume Mr.. Bry-
ans prophecies with their signal nom
fulflment."
Governor Roosevelt then enumerated
some Of the predictions which he de-
clared had been made four years ago
by Mr.. Bryan. which the facts today
proved erroneous. He continued:
Mr.. Bryan said mortgages would
go up and they were the only things
that went down. Mortgages have di-
minished in amount by nearly 40 per
cent. When these things were pointed
out TO MIR. Bryan the other day and it
was shown to him that we were pros
porous, he answered that it was not the
Republican party but Providence that
made us so. ESw l am perfectly Will
ing TO admit that there has been a fus-
ion between Providence and the Repub-
lican party. The Democracy has fused
with about everything else but some
how or other 1t has never managed to
connect with Providence.
Nov, gentlemen, l do not wonder
that, in the hard times. when things
We're looking pretty black. men turned
to strange gods. It has always been
so since the day that Moses broke the
decalOgue. ! do not wonder when a
man feels sick and does not know what
is the matter with him and he can
not find out, that he should try quack
medicine once; but II he tries 1t again
l must question his intelligence.
IF the people of this country want
to go back into the slough of despond
out OF which We have so painfully
emerged--if they want to do that, why
under the constitution II is their inaI-
ienable right But when they get back
do not let them advance the I did
not know 1t was loaded excuse