The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-27
NEW ENGLAND
 HALLS CHIEF President Roosevelt Cheered by Thousands in Three States SLEEPS IN HOME OF BLAINE One Man Who Knew the President When He Was a Cowboy Took
 His S,uvice and Now Has
 Six Children.
 
SLEEPS IN HOME OF BLAINE


 Augusta. Me. August 2s-Presldent Roosevelt today passed through three states delivered eight speeches and re- ceived the plaudits of a quarter of a million people. The greeting which has marked his progress through New Eng land has been fattering in the extreme. and today's experience evidenced his popularity perhaps more than ever be- fore. Everywhere at the regular stops and the smaller stations along the road the people were strenuous in their efforts to catch a glimpse of him or to hear him speak and at Haverhill. Mass, this de- sire assumed such form that the crowds completely overrode the police and surrounded the Presidents s carriage making it difficult for it to advance.
 The days journey was not without it's incidents As the President was about to board his car at South Lawrence, Mass. after delivering his address the leader of the band stepped up and made himself acquainted with him. He said his name was Banan, former cowpuncher and barber at Medura, where the Presidents s ranch is located. The President im- mediately recognized him and greeted him as an old friend. The man evidently desiring the President to know that he had profited by his advice given some years ago. saiL to him;
 As Good as the President.
 You told me to get married and settle down, and 1 did. l have got six children myself" This afforded the President no little amusement.
 While on his way through the streets of Portland the Presidents carriage was stopped and he was presented with an album containing views of the city. He stood up in his carriage and briefly thanked the donor, Capt. Charles l.. Dam. He has been the recipient of many floral gifts, and where the admirers were unable to get near enough personally to hand them to him they threw them over the heads of the crowd into his carriage.
 Conspicuous among those wno boarded the train at Old Orchard 10 extend a welcome to the President was Congress- man Littlefleld of Rockland. His visit was brief and the conversation turned on other subjects than trusts. MT. Little field declined to comment on the Presi- dents speech of last night, pleading that he had not finished reading 1t
 1FGSLeQ Dy FOIlliCdt TiiCHdos
 When Danville Junction was reached the President was greeted by Postmaster General and Mrs. Payne, Mrs. Garret A. Hobart and Mrs. Charles Emory Smith. Some stops were made which were not in the programme At Lisbon. Lisbon Falls and Brunswick, Me, immense crowds gathered, and the president was obliged to appear on the rear platform and say few words
 Although the day was a particularly hard one on him, the President gave but slight signs of fatigue. Tonight he is the guest of Governor Hill, wno met him at the depot and escorted him to his resi- dence where the President made short address.
 The governors house has become hls- toris because of the fact that 1t was the home of James G. Blaine and the Presi- dent occupied tonight the identical bed room used by that statesman.
 Brilliant Reception.
 The Kennebec valleys reception to President Roosevelt tonight was a bril- liant one. From the station to the old Blaine mansion the streets were ablaze with light. Although the train did not arrive until S:55 the President, in re- sponse to urgent requests. spoRe for Tor ty-five minutes from a platform erected near the front of the Blaine residence, place historically associated with speeches made there by Blaine one Of the most memorable being his acceptance of the republican nomination Tor presi- dent in 1884 The President said;
 "It would be difficult for any man speaking to this audience and for any one in front of the house in which Blaine once lived to fail to feel whatever Ameri- canism there was in him stirred to the depths For my good fortune knew MT, Blaine quite well when he was secretary of state and I have thought again and again during the past few years how pleased he would have been 10 see so many of the principles tor which he stood approach fruition. One secret per- haps I may say the chief secret. of MT. Blaine's extraordinary hold upon the af- fections of his countrymen was his en- tirely genuine and unaffected American ism. And Mir Blaine possessed to an eminent degree the confident hope in the nations future which made him feel that she must ever strive to fit herself for great destiny.
 '.He felt that the republic must in every way take the lead in the western Hemis- nhere. He felt that this republic must take a great part among the great na- tions of the earth. The last four years have shown how true that feeling of his was He had always hoped that he would have a peculiarly intimate relation with the countries south of us. He would hardly have anticipated, no one could have, the Spanish war and its effects. In consequence of that war America's inter est in the tropic islands to our south and the seas and coasts surrounding those islands, is far greater than ever before.
 The Monroe Doctrine.
 'The Monroe doctrine is simply state ment of our very firm belief that on this continent the nations now existing here must be left to work out their own des- tinies among themselves and that the con- tinent is no longer to be regarded as colonizing ground for any European pow CT. The one power on the continent that can make that doctrine effective is. of course, ourselves, for In the world as 1t Is, gentlemen, the nation which advances a given doctrine likely to interfere in any way with other nations must possess pow CT to back 1t up if she wishes the doc Urine to be respected. We stand firmly on the Monroe doctrine and the events of the nine months have rendered 1t evi- dent that we shall soon embark on the work of excavating the isthmian canal to connect the two great oceans-a work