The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-21

benefits all earnestly hope that this
great e&hlbiton may prove blessing to
every country of this hemisphere.
and even that the world at large
may profit by the progress Of which we
sNe proof, by the lesson of our efforts
ana thelr results. l trust that it may
become evident before this exhibition
closes that our vast and increasing pros
perlty Is fruitful of nothing but good to
our elders in the brotherhood of nations.
and that our onward march may forever
e&emplify the divine sentiment of Peace
on earth and good will to me-
William Mckinley
kilograms or letters of congratulation
were also read from the governor general
or Canada, the presidents of Hayti, Co
lombia, Peru, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Uru-
quay, Paraguay, Argentine and Santo
domingo, and the governors of Jamaica
and Martinique.
Mayor Diehl next addressed the audi
ence and was followed by Robert Cam
eron Rogers, who read a poem. At the
conclusion of song by the Orpheus So
clety, Vice President Roosevelt was pre-
sented and a storm of applause gave
him greeting as he came forward. He
said:
Mr.. ROOseveIt's Address.
Vice President Roosevelt said in part:
To-day. on behalf of the United States,
welcome YOU here; you, our brothers of
the North, and you, our brothers of the
South; We wish you well; we wish you
all prosperity; and we say to you that
we earnestly hope for your we'll being
not only for your own sakes. but also
Tor our own; for it is a benefit to each
OF us to have the others do we'll The
relations between us now are those of
cordial friendship. and it is to the inter
cst OF ali alike that this friendship should
ever remain unbroken.
Nor is there the least chance OF its
being broken, provided only that all Of
US alike act with full recognition of the
vital need that each should realize that
ms own true interests can best be served
by serving the interests of others.
You, men of Canada, are doing subst4n-
tally the same work that we of this re-
pubic are doing, and face substantially
tile same problem that we also face. Yours
is the world of the merchant, the manu-.
lactueT and mechanic. the farmer, the
rHnchman, and the miner; you are subdu-
ing the prairie and the forest, tilling farm
laid, building cities, striving to raise
ever higher the standard of right, to
bring ever nearer the day when true JUS
uce shall obtain between man and man;
anc VIC wish godspeed to you and yours.
and may the kindliest ties of good will
always exist between us.
To the Republics of the south.
To you or the republics south of us I
wish to say special word l believe
with all my heart in the Monroe doc
trine. This doctrine is not to be invoked
for the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of any one of us
here IN he -
any one else on this continent 1t should be
regarded simply as great international
pan-American policy, vital to the inter-
ests of all of US. The United States has
and ought to have, and must ever have
only the desire to see her sister republics
in the Western Hemisphere continue to
flourish, and the determination that no
one world power shall acquire new terri
tory here on this Western continent We
Of the two Americas must be left to work
out our own salvation along our own
lines; and if we are wise we will make
it understood as a cardinal feature of our
joint foreign policy, that on the one hand
we will not submit to territorial aggran-
dizement on this continent by any Old
World power; and that on the other hand
among ourselves each nation must scru-
pulously regard the rights and interests
of the others, so that instead of any one
of us committing the criminal folly of
trying to rise at the expense of our
neghbors, we shall all strive upward in
honest and manly brotherhood, shoulder
to shoulder.
A word now especially to my own fell
low countrymen. think that we have all
of US reason to be satisfied with the show
ing made in this exposition as in the
other great expositions of the past, of
the results of the enterprise, the shrewd
daring, the business energy and capacity,
and the artistic, and above all the won
derful mechanical, skill and inventive
ness of our people. In all of this we
have legitimate cause to feel a noble
pride, and a still nobler pride in the
showing made of what we have done in
such matters as our system of widespread
popular education and in the field of phi
in that best kind of
which teaches each man to
help lift both himself and his neighbor
by joining with that neighbor hand in
hand in. common effort for the common
good.