The Irish standard., 1903-05-02
ROOSEVELT LEAVES IOWA.
It Is Missouri's Turn Now to Give
the President a Good and
Strenuous Time.
MAKES HIS LAST STOP At KEoKuK.
Bids Good-By to Gov. Cummins and
Is Welcomed by Gov. Dockery, of
MissOuri-Talks on the Currency
at Quincy-Arrives in st. Louis and
Delivers Three Speeches.


left Iowa at ten o'clock Wednes-
day morning over the Burlington, en-
route to Quincy and ST. Louis. At the
station in this city Gov. Cummins, of
Iowa, babe him goodbyand Gov. Dock
erS of Missouri, welcomed him to the
state of Missouri. The party arrived
at $3.50 over the Rock Island road from
Ottumwa.
At the station the reception COM
mittee, consisting of city, officials and
prominent citizens, met the party and
escorted them to carriages. In the
carriage with the president were Mayor
Andrew j. Dimond and Hon. John N.
Irwin, ex-governor of Arizona and
United States minister to Portugal I'M
der Mckinley.
Decorations Are Lavish.
Escorted by the old Fifteth band
al guard, the procession moved, up the
steep hill to Main street. The thor
oughfarc, which was lavishly decorate
ed with flags and banners, was
throngcd with fully 10000 people. At
Twelfth street the carriages went to
Rand park. where the president, stand
ing in the pit of a natural amphithe-
alter, made a tcnminute speech which
was heartily applauded.
The grave of the Indian chief. Keo-
knk, from whom the city get s. its name,
is located here. and the carriages were
halted a few moments beside his mon
ument.
Goes on South.
The party was then driven back to
the train and departed southwark at
ten o'clock.
The president while here was given
miniature facsimile of the first Amer
lean flag, as made by Betsy Ross. The
banner was of silk with 10 stars and
was made by Mrs. Rachel Albright, of
Fort Madison, who is the 91-year-old
granddaughter of Betsy Ross.
Talks ON Currency.
Quincy, ILL.,, April .3O.-President
Roosevelt stopped here for about As
minutes Wednesday morning. A large
crowd was on hand to greet him and
amid cheers he was driven to Court
house park, where he delivered short
address. lie discussed the question Of
the currency and said in substance:
Our currency laws have hccn re-
Gently improved by specific dcclara-
tions intended to secure permanency
of values. But this does not imply
that these laws may not be still
further improved and strengthened.
1t is well-nigh universally admit
ted that our currency system is
wanting in elasticity; shat is,
the volume does not respond to the
varying needs of the country as a
whole, nor to the varying needs of diff
ferent localities. Our currency laws
need such modification as will insure
the parity of every dollar coined or is
sued by the government, and such ex-
pansion and contraction of our cur
rency as will promptly and automatic
ally respond to the varying demands
of commerce. Permanent increases
would be dangerous; permanent con-
traction ruinous, but the needed. elas-
ITCHY must be brought about by pro-
visions which will permit bothcontrac-
tion and extraction as the varying
needs of the several communities and
business interests may require"
Arrives in st. Louis.
St. Louis, April 3O.-Presidcnt Roose-
welt arrived here at 4:1O in the after
noon and between that hour and nine
o'clock he ate one dinner and, delivered
three addresses. He spoke first at the
Good Roads convention within 20 min
utes after his arrival. At five o'clock he
was at the st. Louis university for his
second speech, and at six o'clock he was
driven to the home of President David
r. Francis for dinner. At nine o'clock
he addressed the Franz Sigel Monu-
ment association at Music hall.
Russians Fire on Turks.
Berlin, April 30.-It is reported from
Kars, Asiatic Russia, that a squadron
of Turkish cavalry crossed the Russian
frontier 10 versts from Snra-knmysh,