Arizona republican., 1902-08-23

Hartford, conn.,, August ZZ.-TGeSl- ] dent Roosevelt and party arrived in the . city this evening on the presidential | tour of the New England states. Ad- . dressing a large audience tonight he said:
 The events of the last few years | have forced the American republic to take a larger position in the world than ever before, and therefore more than ever before to concern herself with questions of policy which affect her in- terests beyond her own borders. As people we now have duties and oppor- tunities in the tropic seas and the lands south of us as well as those in the farthest east. And much depends upon the way in which we meet these duties; also the way in which We take advan- tage of these opportunities.
 Prom the days of Monroe, Clay and the younger Adams we, as a people. have always looked with interest upon the West Indies and the isthmus con- meeting the two Americas, feeling that anything happening in those regions must be of concern to our welfare. There is now ampler reasons than ever before for this feeling"
 MT. Roosevelt spoke of the great sue cess achieved in the government of Porto Rico and continued:
 Tn Cuba the problem was larger. more complicated and more difficult. Here. again, we kept our promise aD- solutely. After having delivered the island from its oppressors, We refused to turn it loose off-hand with the cer- tainty that it would sink into chaos and savagery. For over three years we administered it on a plane higher than 1t had ever reached during the four cen turies since the Spaniards first landed upon its shore. We brought moral and physical cleanliness into the govern ment. We stamped out yellow fever in itself an inestimable service both to the Cuban people and to the people of our own southern states. We estab- lished a school system. We made life and property secure so tlat industry could again begin to thrive.
 Then when we had laid deep and broad the foundations upon which civil liberty and national independence must rest, we turned the island over to the hands of those whom the people had chosen as the founders of the new re- public. It is a republic with which our own great republic must ever be close ly knit by common interests and com
 
 be peculiarly related to us in interna- tional politics. She must in interna- tional affairs be to a great degree a part Of our political system. In return she must have peculiar relations with us economically. She must be in d sense a part of our economic system.
 I've expect her to accept a political attitude toward us which we think the wisest both for her and us. In return we must be prepared to put her in an economic position as regards our tariff system which will give her some meas ure of the prosperity which we enjoy. We cannot. in my judgment, avoid talk ing this attitude if we are to persevere in the course which we have outlined for ourselves as a nation during the past four years. and therefore I believe that it is only a matter of time-and I trust only a matter of very short time-before we enter into reciprocal trade relations with Cuba.
 "The isthmian canal represents what is. probably, to be the greatest engin- eering feat-the greatest feat of the kind-of the twentieth century. Before we start upon the construction of the canal certain questions of detail and of our relations with the people own Ing the SOll WILL nave 10 De SetIleQ. When this has been done the first ques- .tion will come upon the choosing of the commission which is to supervise the building of the canal. Here again We have to deal with an enterprise so vast and so far reaching in its effect that but one thought is permissible-how to get the very best men in the nation. the men of the highest engineering and business and administrative skill who will consent to undertake the work. If possible I should like to see these men represent different sections and differ ent political parties. But these ques- tions are secondary. The primary aim must be to get men who, though able to control much greater salaries than ] the nation is able to pay nevertheless i. possess a patriotism and healthy ann bition which will make them willing to put their talents at the government service.
 ''So much for what has been done in E the Occident. In the Orient labor was more difficult. It is rare indeed that a great work, a work supremely worth doing. can be done save at the cost of not only labor and toll. but of much puZZling worry during the time of it's performance. Normally the nation that achieves greatness, like the individual who achieves greatness. can do so only at the cost of anxiety and bewilderment and heart-wearing effort. Timid peo- pie, people scant of faith and hope, and