The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-10-09
A. All.'STIR''R|lNG SPEECH i
y. ~. Va. N. N.
Made by Governor Roosevelt ut East
~ st. Louis, Last Night.
ISSUES THAT ARE AT STAKE.
The Material and the Moral Side.
Il f The Dishonesty Of Free Silver.
Bryan's 1895 Prophestes shown
3@Up-The Difference Between Prom
Use and Performance-The Trusts
and the Philippines. "A

EAST ST. LOUIS. Oct. s.-Goyernor
Roosevelt addressed large meeting
here tonight, speaking In part as fol-
lows: a z. 4 s i
.aafy Fellow countrymen: II up.
peal ITO you less as Republic
cans than Us citizens Of this great coun-
& trytSfor, feel that in this year We haYe
the! same right to appeal to all men
4 %lthout regard to their political past
aSzWe had lhf,Gi, thirty-six years ago..
Then. us now, the Issues at stake were
SO great that they superseded all ques-
TORS Of mere party afflliation. y
- nave TO nsk you to look ut lust two
!aideS on these issues-- tho material side
1 ~ and WHAT Is greater than the material
slae.. the moral Side: the side OF tho
I Sreatness and honor OF the nation. Now
!, one moment. as TO the material side. \
Ladies and gentlemen. 1t Is q bit .litii-
cult TO know what Issues to discuss, be-
cause Eour opponents change the para
mount Issue 50 often. (Applause). i
am perfectly willing to meet them on
any;yissue-l f they will only let US know
what Isis and stay long enough on It..
SApplause and laughter). Yet, after
all What need Is there for me to dis /
cuss economic, and financial questions,
when they do not dare discuss them
themselves? applause and ,laughter).
Take the question Of free silver. IL
any Of you are fortunate enough to
knowlwhetherj Mr.. Bryan, II elected,
J Will pay the obligations Of the nation In
gold Or silver. i wish you would dirulge
this knowledge, for Mr.. Bryan won't.
r lAppiause and laughter). There Is no
doubt about where we stand We are
FOR the sBold standard md we are for
U on the Atlantic seahoard and In the
= Roc.;y mountains. [Applause). We.
stand for 1t everywhere, for we arc
fortunate enough to have issues which
DO not wear thin In any part OF the
country. (Applause). Now, gentle
7: men, some people say that the silver
issue Is dead. Silver cannot be dead
when people are uncertain as to how n
candidate OF onetof the two great par
ties would pay the obligations of the
government. No Issue is dead when
I you cannot tell whether creditor or
q pensioner, whoever he may be, Is to
get IS cents or 100, cents on the dollar
4 II is dead to the extentIthat nobody
ventures to argue in its behalf. Laugh
teri. But II they paid our debts in
Is cent dollars we would care little AS
10 the precise arguments by which
they reached the conclusion that war
ranted that conduct.
5Bryan's Prophesies.
All I want you to do from material
standpoint Is to exhume Mr.. Bryan's
prophecies Of four years ago and then
for yourselves. compare those 2rophe-
gctes with their signal non-fulill..nent.
s(Cheers and lnughter). The spirit
d moved Mr.. Bryan. and he prophesied.
IIaughter). He protested that un-
Z less you had free silver the wage-work-
crEoulu stand idle in the market place
EyHhnt was the prophesy. The fulfill
/ rent was that the wase-@orlser has
had .nsy nearly double as much work
as before. And he prophesled again.
Z, He. said that II we elected Mckinley
the farmer would find the products of
his farm diminishing in value; but they
have increased from Is to 20 per cent
In different products. CApplause). You
do not have to take my. word for any
thing of this. Simply look at the sta
tlstics, or find out what has happened
among your friends.
And MIR. Bryan prophesied again.
The savings banks attracted his attsn-
ton, and he said II we had not free
silver the deposits Of the savings banks
would diminish; and they have in
creased 25 per cent. He said that the
z amount of money in circulation per cap
Ito would diminish, and 1t has increased
from 20 to Is dollars. So far Mr. Bry-
an had been saying that everything
would go down. He said mortgages
would go up; and they were the only
things that went down. Uaughter).
Mortgages have diminished In amount
{ by nearly 40 per cent. When these
things were pointed out to Mr.. B. yam
the other day, and 1t was shown to MIN
y that We were prosperous. he answered
that it was not the Republican party,
but Providence, that made us So Now
am perfectly willing to admit that
there has been q fusion between Provi-
dence and the Republican party. Jap
plRuse and laughter). The Democracy
has fused with about everything else.
tLaughter) But somehow or other it
has never managed to connect with
p Providence. (Renewed laughter). -
To Do, Not to Promise.
Now. gentlemen. do not wonder that
In the hard times, when things were
looking pretty black. men turned to
strange gods. It has always been SO
since the day when Moses broke the
decalogue. I do not wonder when n
man feels sick, and does not know what