The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-27

Carrot A. Hobart and Mrs. Charles
Emory Smith. Mr.. Payne accom-
panied the president to Lewistown.
Some stops were made which were
not on the itinerary. At Lisbon, Lis
bon Falls and Brunswick. Me-, i'm
mense crowds gathered and the presi-
Gent, In response to their clamorous
Calls, was obliged to appear on the
rear platform and say a few words.
Although the day had been particu-
larly hard one on him, the president
gave but slight signs of fatigue To-
night he is the guest of Gov. Hill. who
met him at the depot and escorted him
to his residence, where the president
made a short address,
The governors house has become
historic because of the fact that it
was the home of James G. Blaine, and
the president occupies tonight the
Identical bedroom used by that states
man.
Refers FeelingIy to Blaine.
The president said this evening: ct
would be difficult for any man speaking
TO this audience, and for anyone in
front of the house in which Blaine once
lived, to fail to feel whatever of Amer
lcanlSm there was in him stirred to the
depths. For my good fortune, / knew
Mr.. Blaine quite we'll when he was sec
rotary of state, and 1 have thought
again and again during the past few
years how pleased he would have been
TO see so many of the principles for
which he had stood approach fruition.
one secret, perhaps l may say, the
chief secret of Mr.. Blaines extraor-
binary hold upon the affections Of his
countrymen, was his entirely genuine
ana unaffected Americanism And
MI. Blaine possessed to an eminent de-
gree the confident hope in the nations
future to fit herself for great DESTINY
He felt that the republic must in every
way take the lead in the Western
hemisphere. He felt that this republic
must take great part among the great
nations of the earth. The last four
years have shown how true that feeling
or his was. He had always hoped
that we would have a peculiarly inti-
mate relation with the countries south
OF US. He could hardly have antici-
pated-no one could haye-the Spanish
war and its effects. In consequence
OF that war Americas interest in the
troplc islands to our south and the seas
ana coasts surrounding those islands,
Is 1ar greater than ever before.
His View of the Monroe Doctrine.
our interest in the Monroe doctrine
is more concrete than ever before. The
monroe doctrine is simply a statement
OF our very frm belief that on this con-
mere
must be left to work out their own
destlnies among themselves, and that
the continent is no longer to be regard
cd as colonizing ground for anv
european power. The one power on the
comment that can make that doctrine
effective Is, of course, ourselves; for. in
The world as it is, gentlemen, the ma
Ilon winch advances a given doctrine
Hkely 10 interfere in any way with
| other natlons, must possess power to
pack 1T up If she wishes the doctrine tn
be respected. We stand firmly on the
Monroe doctrine, and the events of the
last nine months have rendered it evil
cent that we shall soon embark on the
work OF excaVating the isthmian canal
TO connect the two great oceans-a
work destined to be probably the great
est engineering feat of the twentieth
century; a greater engineering feat
imam has ever been successfully at
tempted by the nations of mankind
ana as It is the biggest thing of it's kind
70 pc done, 1 am glad it is the United
States that is to do it,"
Germany Is Alarmed.
BERLIN, Aug. 26.-President Roose-
vets advocacy of government SUPER
VISION OF trusts has caused the Post, of
this city, to discuss anew the "Ameri-
can trust danger" 1t says Germany.
indeed all Europe, must be on it's
guard"
The Kreuz zeitung, in a leader on
american imperialism" says: Amer
lean arrogance is directed not onIv
against Germany, but against ali
Europe. This arrogance is the out
growth of the puritanical belief in the
United States God-given mission. and
us own 1nVulnerable position