Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-02
BROTHERHOOD OF ST. PAUL
49,. ELECTS OFFICERS.
SENATOR S. 4. HARpER'S ADDRESS
Large Audience Listens to Eloquent
Address on the "Monroe Doctrine
Last Meeting Until Close of Sum-
mer Months.
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From Tuesdays Daily.

last evening at the home of w. Work
$40 North Court street, and officers for
the ensuing year were elected. The
past season has been a most success
ful one in the brotherhood and the
monthly gatherings held at the homes
OF the members have been most help
fdl and entertaining. The meeting last
night was the last of the season and
the organization will not meet again
until September. There was large
attendance last evening and there was
much interest taken in the annual cleo
ton which resulted as follows:
President-John HI. Morrell
Vice presiden+-A. S. Busselle.
Secretary-Harry Thorne.
Treasurer-Fred j. Scott.
Eloquent Address Heard.
AT the close of the election an in
teresting address was delivered by
Senator S. H. Harper upon the Mon.
roe Doctrine" eSnator Harper talked
in an interesting manner, sketching
the history OF the famous doctrine. AT
the close of his address discussion of
the paper was held in which w. A.
Work, George F. Heindel and H. L.
Waterman gave their views. The fol.
lowing is the address delivered by
Senator Harper in part:
Senator Harper's Address.
President Roosevelt said in Chica
go last March quoting an old adage
Speak softly, carry a big stick, and
you will go far If our government is
to enforce the Monroe doctrine on the
American continent it is necessary
that she shall carry big stick in form
OF great navy, and that she shall
speak softly and automatically,
through her state department to the
governments OF. Europe.
The Spanish-American War.
"Uncle Sans big stick became very
conspicuous during the Spanish Ameri-
can war The nations of continental
Europe knew very little of our navy or
our army up to that period Admiral
commander of the German fleet our
big stick during the siege of Manila
Admiral Deidricks was disposed to be
unruly and to stick his nose into things
Forbidden SO Dewey held up the big
stick and said: Deidricks, do you sec
this? The admiral gazed upon it for
few moments. taking in its full pro
portions, and then said. George just
put up that stick and will be good'
II we were nation of only fifteen OF
twenty millions of people and possess.
I ed an insignificant navy, we could not
enforce the Monroe Doctrine England
Germany and France would laugh at
use if we made any attempt to prevent
them from colonizing on this continent
1t is our only strength and power as a
great nation that causes the govern
ments of Europe to respect the Mon
roe Doctrine.
What the Doctrine Is.
LET us see what the Monroe doc.
trine is. In the early part of the last
century, the South American republics
threw off the yoke of Spain and be.
came Independent nations, and in 1922
President Monroe recognized them as
Monroe promulgated the famous doe,
trine that bears his name, in the fol.
lowing language:
I've owe it, therefore, to candor
and the amicable relations existing be.
tween the United States and those
powers (the Holy Alliance) to declare
that we should consider any attempt
on their part to extend their system
in any portion of this hemisphere as
dangerous to our peace and safety
With the existing colonies or depend.
encies of any European power we have
not interfered, nor shall interfere. But
with the governments who have de-
rlared their independence and main.
tanned 1T, and on whose independence
we have, on great consideration and
on just principles, acknowledged, we
could not view any interposition for
the purpose Of expressing them, or
controlling in any other manner their
destiny by any European power il
any other light than as the manifesta-
ton of an unfriendly disposition to,
ward the United States
1.-THE Monroe doctrine is a policy
not a law, either national or interna.
tional, but it has advanced greatly in
scope and acceptance since it was first
promulgated, so years ago. 1t is we'll
perhaps, that there should be no hard
and fast definition of this doctrine.
Let the definition be flexible so as to
fit the conditions existing at the time
the doctrine is applied. These prin-
ciples are broader, stronger and more
comprehensive in 1903 than they were
in 1928, and they will grow in
strength and breadth as the years
go by.
Birth of the Monroe Doctrine
TITS birth came from the conditions
existing in the first quarter of the
nineteenth century.
Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo
and sent to st. Helena as prisoner in
1916. In September 1876 at Paris. a
compact was formed called the Holy
Alliance by Austria, Russia and Prus
STA, and which was subsequently join
ed by all of the powers of Europe ex,
cept England and Turkey The object
of this compact was to exclude forever
the Bonaparte family from the thrones
of Europe. But under the controlling
Influence of Metternich the Austrian
prime minister, the Holy Alliance was
made an instrument to suppress re
publicanism and liberal thought.
Metternich was one of the ablest
diplomats the world has ever produced
He was bold and audaeious, far seeing
arbitrary, relentless and INSCRIPTIONS
Through his dominating infunce
every liberal movement in continental