Show r l OOSEVEL TIN it ILlINOIS Governor Concludes Campaign Tour of State I at East St Louis Where a Great 1 Meeting Was Held At Springfield Me Refrained from Discussing Finance Trusts and Such Topics Devoting Himself Exclusively to the Life and 4 Achievements of Abraham LincolnGiven Magnificent Reception Recep-tion in Yaless Home at Jacksonville Ti East SL Lous Oct S GovRoose < v l tonight concluded his campaign tour of Illinoisspeaking in this city to the largest audience assembled hero since the McKInleyBryan campaign of four years ago Various Republican I I organization of this city and St Louis vied with each other in doing honors to the VicePresidential candidate Gov Iloosevelt betrayed no sign of weariness 1 weari-ness notwithstanding he had made many speeches In the State en route I tho most notable of which was at S Sprlngflold There the Governor refrained re-frained from discussing finance trusts and such topics devoting himself exclusively ex-clusively to the life and achievements of Abraham Lincoln of whom he said ACHIEVEMENTS OF LINCOLN 3 He sacrificed himself In death that I his people should leow not only liberty but the union that symbolized order as T well Fundamentally every great question ques-tion that arises can be settled by following fol-lowing his advice Lincoln came into z prominence by his great debate with Douglas when they were opposed to one another but when the honor of the i flag was at stake Douglas turned and shook the hands of his great rival So have we a right to appeal to the Democrats Demo-crats today to put imperialism above partisanship WELCOMED AT JACKSONVILLE From Springfield to Jacksonville Mrs Yates wife of the candidate for Governor Gov-ernor of Illinois enlivened the situation by riding In the engine cab and on arriving ar-riving at her home city blew the whistle 1 whis-tle which signaled the presence of the Roosevelt special The crowd at this = place was the largest that had greeted Gov Roosevelt owing undoubtedly to the fact that Judge Yates who lives In 1 Jacksonville was on the train Be ten double files of mounted roughriders rough-riders Gov Roosevelt and Judge Yates standing side by side In their carriages and receiving the applause of the multitude mul-titude were driven to a large tent In the public square There the proces P Bion halted and Judge Yates Introduced Gov Roosevelt who spoke briefly and hurriedly returned to his train GREETED BY COMRADES On the arrival at Alan the Governor A was greeted by a large body of citizens i citi-zens and organizations bearing fiam 1 beaux A feature was the presence of r sixty marines and thirty former members mem-bers of the regular army all of the latter S lat-ter having served under Roosevelt at Santiago Proceeding thence en route tx to thin city Coy Roosevelt mndo 1 Bhort speech and Immediately south of the city his train was stopped for orders or-ders WAVED HATS AT EACH OTHER An Incident of Intcrcat occurred at this point I was the arrival and stopping stop-ping of Mr Bryans special train northbound 1 north-bound Immediately alongside tho Rooseyelt special The Bryan train also had stopped for orders The candidates can-didates did not see each other until thtlr t rc pf ctvc earn were passing slowly slow-ly l but as they pafscd they rocognlxed wch olher In the dim light from the t car windows and each leaning forward waved his hat In salutation Mr Bryun and Judg Yates however held quite r nn extended conversation and tho women i wo-men courtesies of the and icspo I bouquets tlve parties exchanged c SPEECH AT EAST ST LOUIS l The Roosevelt special arrived here at 1 oclock three hours behind time and the Governor was driven immediately w to the platform erected In front of the 1 courthouse from which he spoke Apparently Ap-parently the entire city had turned out t to see and cheer the candidates rhe Governors speech was brief owing to tho lateness of the hour and was in part as follows TRIBUTE TO SOLDIERS J I see before me here men who a served in the navy and in the regular army near me or under my personal command on the battlefield at Santiago 1 Santi-ago Hero are brothers and sons who wore In the army that you have been told lo be afraid of These brothers and sons who fought to uphold the I honor of the flag arc coheirs In all t the honor that Hag can shelter t MUST NOT FLINCH They arc coheirs too In all theo the-o shame of failure You too arc the heirs of the men who fought under pi Grant and upheld the arms of Lincoln fI We hold our heads high because of what those men did Are you not going ir1 to leave to your children in their turn 0 heritage of honor We must do our share of the work of the great world j powers I we finch from the task we shall show that our loyalty to the Tiilghty men who were equal to the mighty task is a loyalty of the lips and not a loyalty of heart or deed Remember Re-member the conditions of the Coxcy armies and the frccaoup houses of six years ago I 1ti TALKS OF PROSPERITY Think how reciprocity made by our p people four ear ago has been falsified by the present events Then ole around at your own prosperity Remember iS Re-member how the glassblowers In this 31 very town have I raise of 15 per cent I in thoir Wages and that there Is i twice ns much employment ns there wau four i1 years ago And with all this In mind 1 you cannot but realize that It Is four f1 your material Interest to keep unchanged 1jS un-changed the policies of President Mc Klnlcy and that It would be folly unworthy 1c un-worthy of a serious people to trust i yourselves to the exploded fallacies of our antagonist LET WELT ENOUGH ALO EWe E-We have a right to appeal to you on more than ono ground 1 often happens that different Issues will be S in seeming conlllct with ono another L but in this contest we have the right to challenge your support of every 1s HUe raIsed in lie campaign 1 n man has to choose between wealth and honor of COUIHC he should cliooao r1s honor but as 1 nation we should tand both for material prosperity and for honor and renown abroad We have the right to uppoal to yon SIi from the standpoint ot YOu material liboing ant ask you to leave well gh alone to oak you to rompm S her the prophecles of Mr Bryan four years ago and compare them with the I actual facts and then to make up your i mind of you can afford t trust any further the prophecies of the Bryan I Ized Democracy of tho present day In r the old days false prophets had hard 1 times today they ate nominated for I the Presidency by the Democracy Now dont go back Into the slough of I despondency In which our people were six years ago four years ago Dont go back to the days of free soup kitchen kitch-en and the Coxcy armies STAND BY THE FLAG We appeal to you to stand with us because wc uphold the principles of orderly liberty for which our fathers fo glit for which the statesmen who founded this great Government stood I because wo stand for orderly liberty under the I law at home and abroad We stand for the privilege of seeing a great nation do a great nations work We appeal to the young men now In curly manhood not to dishonor the deeds don by the men who In their youth and early manhood fought to a finish the great Civil war From the way In which Illinois has turned out today I cannot but feel that next November she will be true to her previous traditions We have a right in coming hare to this State to ask you that you not only fall In with the Republicans but that you lead themthe State of Lincoln and Grant must pay to their memories more than I Up loyalty The Itinerary today Included speeches by Gov Roosevelt at other Illinois points viz 1 Jollet Strcator Eureka Peoria Lincoln and Lltch field Upon conclusion of his talk at East Sl Louis tonight the VicePresi dential candidate wa turned over to the chairman of the Republican Stale committee of Missouri and tonight Is n guest of the Planters hotel St Louis Gov Roosevelt will spend tomorrow to-morrow tn St Louis |