The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-10
ROOSEVELT SPEAKS
AT THE COLISEUM.
Republican Candidate for Vice President Talks
for Gold Standard and Aggressive Colonial
?ocy-Passed Busy Day With
His Missouri Followers.

Theodore Roosevelt Republican nominee
for Vice President. addressed Il large audi
ercc in the coliseum last night The can
! didatc for Vice President in good
voice. and throughout the speech the crowd
! listened with wc!l-nr"d attention. The
| meeting held under the auspices OF
| the Merchants League cub.
The doors of III" Coliseum We're thrown
] open at 6 o'clock. From that time the
| crowd continued to gather. \ large NUM-
| Der of sergeIntS-at-arns were present and.
1 assisted by Police captains Kelley and
| Joyce. III" crowd Was handled with scarce
| ly an incident.
| on the stage were seated the vice prasi-
| dents of the club This stage was raised
| ana extended in front of the speakers
| stand for thirty feet. ON the upper stage
| in the rear local personagcs. including the
members OF the Republican State Commit
| tee. We're seated. Among them were several
! visitors from Seialia and Jefferson city.
| From the balcony ON each side two calcium
| lights We're turned full on the platform.
! President Louis z. Aloe of the Merchants
! League Club called the meeting TO order AT
| o'clock. He asked the audience TO Join
| in singing America After the song was
| concluded Mr. Aloe introduced T. J. Atkins
! OF the Republican State Committee. who
! acted chairman of the evening.
ROOSEVELT
| MAKES HIS BOW.
| Mr. Atkins made Z little speech. but could
| not be heard more than fifty feet away
| lie introduced A. ". Brewster of st. Jo-
| seph. Mr. Brewster had just started into
his address when Governor Roosevelt ap-
| peared on the stage. He was accompanied
| by r. G. Kerens. National Committeeman
| frcm Missouri; Mayor Ziegenhein and Cur
| tis Guild of Boston. The audience arose
| and cheered. Governor Roosevelt bowed
| from the front of the platform The crowd
| cheered again.
1 u oolr on,
| on chair at the front of the stage and
| again bowed TO the crowd. A band or two
| in the arena struck up tunes at this juno
| ture. and not until these had discontinued
| could the meeting proceed. MIR. Atkins then
| introduced the speaker OF the evening. Gov
| ernor Roosevelt took two quick, military
| steps to the front of the platform and be-
| gan his address. His voice was clear and
| distinct He spoke for an hour. after which
| his companion, Curtis Guild of Boston, was
| introduced. Mr.. Guild. owing TO the fact
| that the crowd was leaving the Coliseum IN
| large numbers, quit after few minutes.
Governor Roosevelts speech. in part fol-
| lows:
Mr. Chairman and You. Men and Women
| of Missouri. My Fellow-Countrymen: ap-
peal TO you less Republicans than as
| citizens of this great country. for L feel that
| in this year We have the same right TO ap-
peal to all men without regard TO their po-
| litical past. We had in 1864. Then, as
! now, the issues at stake were so great
| | have TO ask you TO look at just two
| sides of these issues-the material side and
| what is greater than the material side. the
| moral side-the side OF the greatness and
| honor of the nation.
! Now, one moment as TO the material side
| Ladies and gentlemen. II is bit dlfhcuit
| to know what issue to discuss. because our
opponents change the paramount LIS issue ,hn, so
| on any issue IL they will only let US know
| what IL is and stay long enough on IL
| Yet after all. what need is there for me TO
| discuss economic and financial questions
| when they do not dare discuss them them
| selves? Take the question of free silver.
IL any Of YOU are fortunate enough to know
| whether MIR. Bryan. if elected, VIII pay the
obligations OF the nation in gold or in sil-
| YER / wish you would divulge this knowl-
edge. for Mr.. Bryan won't
IN EARNEST FOR
GOLD STANDARD.
| There is no doubt about where We stand.
We are for the gold standard and We are
fer il on the Atlantic seaboard and In the
| Rocky Mountains alike. We stand TOR 1t
| everywhere for We are fortunate enough
/ TO have issues which do not wear thin IN
| any part of the country. Now. gentlemen.
! some people say that the silver issue IL ~
| dead Silver cannot be dead when people
| are uncertain to how n candidate OF one
| of the two great parties would pay the
| obligations of the Government. No issue Ia
dsad when YOU cannot tell whether a cred
| itor or a penSioner. whoever he may be,
is to get IS or 100 cents on the dollar 1t Is
Il lta
| argue in its behalf. But if they paid our
| debts in 4s-cent dollars, we would care little
as to the precise arguments by whlcn tne!
| reached the conclusion that warranted that
| Now, gentlemen do not wonder that IN
the hard times. when things were lookli.s ,TiiH
| I, has always been since the day that
| Moses broke the decalosue. do not wonder
/ when a man feels sick and does not know
| what is th. matter with him. and he cam
| not find out. that he should try auack
| medicine once: but if he tries II again. L
| must question his Intelligence.
| If the people of this country want 70 go
back into the slough Of deSpond out OF
| which we have painfully emerged-if
| they want to do that. why. under the Con
| s;itution. il is their inalienable right. But
when they get back there. do not let them
| advance the Il did not know II was loaded
| excuse. II Is of TO avail to have good In
| tentions if We have not the common sense
| ly talk about things. but do them. You
| know it is said in Holy Writ that the Lord
| commanded his people to do Righteousness. !.
| not to talk righteousness. but To do il. That
is what We want To see in our people.
WHAT TT TAKES
TO RE SUCCESSFUL.
Fundamentally. exactly the same quail
ties are needed in nation i'm indi-
vidual. In the first place. honesty: nothing
| takes the place of that. One OF the least
admirable qualities of any people is the
deification of mere smartncss. unac-
companied by n sense Of moral response
| hlIltN- Honesty. 1fSt. honesty IN the pay
| ment of all obligations; honesty all
through. That is for the nation and that is
| for the man. And honesty is not enough.
| The timid honest man is of but limited
| benefit anywhere. and least of all in a
| community like ours. With honesty has
got TO go couragc-couraGe in a man TO
face difficulties; courage in a nation: homes
" and courage Honesty in the currency
and courage in staying to do our duty an
| the Philippines. And courage and honesty
are not enough of themselves. / do not care
how brave a man is. or how honest if lie
I thing with him. You have got to add the
saving grace Of common sense. Common
| sense. courage. honesty. those are the
qualities that YOU need in any nation. No
| nation can succeed without them. any more
| than private individual can without them
| make any success that is really wor. n
\ achieving.
| i was struck In coming up here by one of
| the Inscriptions upon transparency car
| ried in the procession. That motto read
| Labor. more than Legislation, brings sue
| cess The best of legislation cannot bring
| success save TO those who labor and bad
| legislation can make il absolutely impossi-
BILE for those who labor to produce any re-
| suit.
MILLENIUM NOT
HOPED FOR SOON.
] 1t is n safe rule to diStrust any man with
patent remedy for bringing the millennium.
| We have been a great many thousand years
| in struggling up to where are, and We
| are not goiLg to get over the remainder of
| the distance in our march toward the mil
| lenium by one jump. There will be a good
| deal of walking before We get there. We
can take long strides in advance. but We
! can do only by facing the conditions as
| they actually are.
Fundamentally. after all has hear