The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-10-09
ROOSEVELT AND BRYAN MEET
An INCIDENT OF THE CAMPAIGN
IN ILLINOIS.
The Special Trains of the Opposing
Candidates Unexpectedly stop Along
Sade Each Other-A Quick Recognition
and Waving of Nands in snIuCntfon
Roosevelt Concludes HIS Campaign
I'm tho Ssote
IL, the State.

tn the State.
East ST. Louis, Ill, Oct. 8.-Gov.
Roosevelt tonight concluded his cam
paign tour of Illinois, speaking in this
city to the largest audience assembled
here since the Mckinley Bryan cam
paign four years ago. Various repub-
lican organizations Of this city and ST.
Louis We'd with each other in doing
honor to the vice-presidential candidate.
Gov. Roosevelt betrayed no token of
weariness, notwithstanding he had
made speeches at many towns in the
state en- route, the most notable of
which was at Springfield. There the
governor refrained from discussing
finance trusts and such topics. devot-
ing himself exclusively to the life
achievements of Abraham Lincoln.
From Springfield to Jacksonville, Mrs.
Yates, wife of the candidate for cover
nor of Illinois, enlivened the situation
by riding in the engine cab and arriving
at her home city blew the whistles
which slgnalled the presence of the
Roosevelt special The crowd at this
place was the largest that had greeted
Governor Roosevelt, owing undoubtedly
to the fact that Judge Yates, who lives
in Jacksonville, was on the train. Be
tween double files of mounted rough
riders, Gov. Roosevelt and Judge Yates
rode to a large tent in the public
square. There the procession halted
and the crowd cheered while Judge
Yates introduced Gov Roosevelt, who
spoke briefly and hurriedly returned to
his train.
On his arrival at Alton the governor
was greeted by large body Of citizens
and organizations bearing fambeaux.
A feature was the presence Of sixty
marines and thirty former members of
the regular army, all of the latter hav-
ing served under Governor Roosevelt
at Santiago. The governor then left for
East ST Louis Immediately south of
the city his train was stopped for or
ders. An incident Of interest transpir-
ed at this point 1t was the arrival and
stopping of william J. Bryan's special
train, north bound, Immediately along
side the Roosevelt special. The Bryan
train also had stopped for orders. The
candidates did not see each other until
their respective cars were passing
slowly, but as they passed they recog-
nized each other In the dim light from
the car windows and each, leaning for
ward waved his hand in salutatlon.
The Roosevelt special arrived here at
II o'clock three hours behind time, and
the governor was driven Immediately
to the platform erected in front of the
court house, from which he spoke. 1t
was nearly midnight and the speech
was necessarily brief. He discussed the
issues along the usual lines referring
to the prosperity Of the country, and
urged his hearers not to go back to the
days of Coxey and the free-soup kitch-
en-.
At the conclusion of his speech Gov
ernor Roosevelt was escorted across the
high bridge to ST. Louis, where he Is
guest tonight at the Planters hotel in
company with Grand Marshal L. P.
Philpot, formerly Of Kentucky, who
was a member of Roosevelts Rough
Riders at San Juan.