Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-04-06

his tour IL is expected that he Will
review the legislation by congress, es
pecially during the recent session. and
the work of his administration in exc,
cutting trust laws.
MADISON, Wis. April s.-The pres
ident's special train arrived promptly
at O'Clock this morning, and was
switched TO a remote side track
where 1t remains guarded by strong
force Of police. The president remain
ed in his berth until late. but was
ready at 9 o'clock to begin his two
hours program here. After usual
greetings by reception committees
the president was driven to the Cap.
itol. The president was first taken
into the assembly chamber, where his
picture hangs bearing beneath the
frame the numerals 1904 This some
what counteracted the effect OF the
chilly weather
The president congratulated the au.
dience upon the fact that the capitol
and seat of learning were In the same
building. 1t was good idea, he
thought, for students to be in daily
contact with the machinery of govern
ment. The president praised the
prowess of University of Wisconsin
athletes, but said athletics must not
crowd ont brain work. 1T is good
thing he continued for young fel-
lows at twenty to be great half backs.
but at forty it is a mighty bad thing
if all You can say OF him is that he
used ~, Ln h,f
After speaking in the assembly
chamber the president spoke from a
platform in front of the Capitol en-
trance, where an immense crowd stood
cheerfully listening and freezing.
CHICAGO, H.. April 3.-In his
speech at Evanston yesterday before
the Northwestern university. the pres.
ident spoke of the value of education,
saying:
The better your training. the better
work you do. We have no room for
the idier. the man who wishes to live
a comfortable life. and if man has
not the right spirit in him. if he goes
from this or any other university feel
ing that that fact hurts him in spe-
cial clash he will fail
But If man feels that he has re-
ceived special advantages TO succeed
in this life and proceed vigorously
with that special advantage In reserve
he will succeed"
Mr.. Roosevelt praised athletics for
their value in success. Intellectual
supremacy. he said, was good. physical
prowess was desirable, but better than
all and without which none could sue
ceed was upright character
The truism of college training will
deveiope to the highest degree any
natural ability one may possess, but
work is necessary to take advantage
of both. There is no room Inc Ameri-
ca for idlers. If you feel that your
stay here has given you any special
privileges, You Will fail. You should
feel that, having special advantages.
you have special responsibilities"
CHICAGO, April 3.-No man was
ever greeted By more enthusiastic
audience than President Roosevelt at
the Auditorium last evening when he
delivered the first of three set speech
es TO be made on his western trip.
The Auditorium seats 5000 people. but
six thousand men and women crowded
into the building while other fhous-
ands were unable to gain admittance.
The president was extended a vel
come by Mayor Harrison and intro
duced by Chairman MacVeaah. The
president in part said
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen !:
Today | wish to speak to you. not
merely about the Monroe doctrine. but
about our entire position in The Wes-
tern Hemisphere--a position so pccul-
lar and predominant that out Of it has
grown the acceptance of the Monroe
doctrine as Il cardinal feature of our
foreign policy; and in particular
wish to point out what has been done
during the lifetime of the last con
gress to make good our position in ac-
cordance with this historic policy.
Ever since the time when we def
nitely extended our boundaries west
ward to the Pacific and southward to
the Gulf, since the time when the old
Spanish and Portuguese colonies to
the south of us had asserted their inde.
pendence, our nation has insisted that
because of its primacy in strength
among the nations of the Western
Hemisphere it has certain duties and
responsibilities which oblige it to
take leading part thereon. We hold
that our interests in this hemisphere
are greater than those of any Euro
pean power can possibly be. and that
our duty to ourselves and to the weak
er republics who are our neighbors re
quires us to see that none of the great
military powers from across the seas
shall encroach upon the territory OF
the American republics or acquire con
troll thereoyer.
This policy, therefore, not only for
bids us to acquesce In such territor
ial acquisition. but also causes us Il
object 10 the requirement of a contro
which would in its effect be equal t,
| territorial aggrandizement. This II
why the United States has steadily be
lieved that the construction of tn,
great isthmian canal. the building o
which is to stand as the greatest ma
terial feat of the twentieth century
greater than any similar feat in an!
preceding century-should be done b,
no foreign nation, but by ourselves