Evening journal., 1903-05-14
PRESIDENT TALKS
ON EXPANSION
Gets Rousing Reception and
Numerous Souvenirs of
Golden Gate
MAKES BIG HIT IN THE WEST


San Francisco May 14.-Prosident
Roosevelt was rendered a reception at
Native Sons Hall. An immense
throng Of people assembled there, and
as the president came in sight great
enthusiasm was manifested. After
several addresses of welcome were
made Ex-Mayor James d. Phelan pre-
sented to the president souvenir Of
the occasion, the work of native
sculptor, representing a bear hunt re-
produced in gold In accepting the
gift President Roosevelt responded in
a happy manner TO all OF the addresses
of welcome which had been made.
During the day he was greeted by
thousands OF school children, all way
ing flags A little Chinese girl pre-
sented him with a photograph. After
an inspection of the Preside and the
new Notifications at the harbor, the
party went to Golden Gate Park. The
party halted at the Baker street en-
trance, where a large crowd was in
waiting to watch the president turn
his shovelful of earth for the McKin-
ley monument.
At the mechanics pavilion the presi-
dent last night made the most i'm
portant speech he has delivered since
he left ST. Louis. His subject, 'Ex-
pansion and Trade Development and
Protection of the Country's Newly Ac-
quired Possession in the Pacific" to-
gether with the advocacy of a greater
navy. was one that made his discourse
of particular interest to the Califor-
mans, and he aroused his auditors to
high pitch of enthusiasm. He spoke
In part as follows:
Before I saw the Pacific slope
was an expansionist, and after having
seen It, ] fail to understand how any
man confident of his country's great
ness and glad that his country should
challenge with proud confidence our
mighty future, can be anything but
an expansionist. In the century that
Is opening the commerce and the prog
ress of the Pacific Will be factors of
lncalculable moment in the history
of the world. Now, in our day the
greatest of all the oceans, of all the
seas. and the last to be used on a
large scale by civilized man, bids fair
to become in its turn the first in point
Of Importance. Our mighty republic
has stretched across the Pacific, and
now in California. Oregon and Wash
ington. in Alaska and Hawaii and the
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line which makes it of necessity a
power of the first class on the Pacific.
The extension in the area of our do
main has been immense, the area Of
our influence even greater. II only
we grasp with sufficient resolution the
advantages of this position great
things will follow. We are taking
great strides in this direction; wit
ness the cables we are laying and
the great steamship lines we are
starting, steamship lines some of
whose vessels are larger than any
freight carriers the world has yet
seen. We have taken the first steps
toward digging an isthmian canal, to
be under our own control, a canal
which will make our Atlantic and Pa
cific coast lines, to oil intent and pur-
pose, continuous and will add i'm
mensely alike to our commercial and
our military and naval strength. The
inevitable march of events gave us
the control Of the Philippines at a
time so opportune that it may with
ont irreverance be held providential
Unless we show ourselves degenerate
sons Of the sires from whose loins we
sprang. we must go on with the work
that we have begun. I earnestly hope
that this work will always be peace
ful in character We infinitely desire
peace, and the surest way to obtain
1t is to show that we are not afraid
of war. We should deal in a spirit Of
fairness and justice with all weaker
nations; We should show to the strong.
est that we are able to maintain our
rights. Such showing cannot be made
by bluster. for buster merely invites
contempt. Let US speak courteously,
deal fairly and keep ourselves armed
and ready. II we do these things we
can count on the peace that comes
only 10 the Just man armed, TO the
just man who neither fears nor in
fiicts wrong. We must keep on build
ing and maintaining a thoroughly eff
cient navy, with plenty of the best
and most formidable ships, with an
ample supply of officers ana OF men.
and with these officers and men train
ed in the most thorough way to the
the best possible performance of their
duty. II behooves all men of lofty soul,
who are proud to belong to a mighty
nation, TO see 10 it that we fit our
selves to take and keep a great posi-
tion in the world, for our proper place
is with the expanding nations and the
nations that dare to be great, that ac.
cept with confidence a place of leader.
ship in the world. All our people
should take this position. but especial.
ly you OF California, for much of our