The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-10
ROOSEVELT ON The
MONROE DOCTRINE
The President Delivers a Great
Speech Before an Audience
of Six Thousand.
rs REMARKABLE OVATION
President Says "ln Times Of Peace Pre-
pare for War;" and Declares Pre-
p~aredness Is the Surest
Guaranty of Peace.

S1iiCdSO, april 4.--SlX thousand peO-
pie in a hall, the seating capacity Of
which is but 5000, gave enthusiastic
greeting to President Roosevelt when
he stepped upon the stage of the Audi
forum Thursday night. The building
has held many a throng, but never
that was more hearty and unstinted in
its applause for any maj than the
crowd that filled it last night. From the
first loor to the roof it was packed to
its utmost capacity. Every seat was
occupied, and although the aisles were
kept clear, all the space in the lobbleS
n on the stairWays was taken, and
even the passageways leading to the
hall from the lower floor were damned
with hundreds OF men who were utter
ly unable to hear a word of the presi-
dents address. All that came to them
was the roar Of applause from Within,
and with such loyal lungs did they ac-
Cept their cue that several times they
We're giving cheers when those on the
inside died away and the president had
resumed his address.
Twice during the evening Chlef or
Police O'Neill was obliged to send word
to the patriots without the door that
they must cheer in better time or he
would be compelled to clear the stair
ways.
In the street outside the building for
more than an hour before the time set
for the presidents address a small
army of policemen was kept busy.
Thousands of people filled Wabash av-
enue in the rear Of the Auditorium,
jammed Michigan avenue in front OF
it, and blockaded to the best Of its
ability Congress street, which runs at
the side of it. The officers We're
stretched in double line along all the
49,. H. :.-.a = - a i~;,i,,r tha h,1i1I-
ing, and no person who could not X
hibit credentials emitting him to ad-
mission to the hall was permitted upon
the walk. The jam at the doors of the
hall for thirty minu preceding the
time at which the president was to
open his address was of a character
to test to the Utmost the patience of
the police without and of the ushers
within.
Tremendous Ovation.
When the president, escorted by the
members Of the local committee, ap-
peared on the platform, he was met
with great enthusiasm, the vast crowd
rising to it's feet and supplementing
it's hearty cheers with waving programs
n 1luttering handkerchiefs.
The president acknowledged his re-
ception with repeated bows, and at once
took his seat between Franklin Nc
Veagh, the chairman of the committee,
n Mayor Harrison, who was to de-
liver the formal address of welcome.
AS o as his voice could be heard
Mr.. McVeagh, in a few words, an
nounced that the nations chief execu-
tive would be made welcome to the city
by Mayor Harrison, who then spoke
briefly, extending to the president a
hearty welcome, and expressing the
pleasure felt by the people of Chicago
at his visit, and offering to him their
best wishes for a happy and pleasant
trip during his two months OF Vaca-
ton.
The president bowed his thanks to
Mayor Harrison and to Mr.. McVeagh,
who introduced him to his audience,
n expressed his pleasure at the COR
dial reception extended to him upon
the first stop Of his long trip, and then,
turning directly to the audience in
front Of him, proceeded in his peculiar
ly energetic manner to deliver his ad-
dress.
He had some difficulty in commence
ing, for the reason that the cheers that
a greeted his first appearance in the
hall burst forth with reneWed vigor,
n it was several minute before he
was able to proceed.
The address throughout was received
in the most cordial manner, and as
much for the ann in which it was
delivered as for the matter it con-
tanned.
The Presidents Address.
The president spoke as follows:
I wish to speak about the Monroe doc
trine and our position in the western
hemisphere, SO peculiar and predominant,
that, out Of it has grown the acceptance
Of the Monroe doctrine as a cardinal fea-
ture of our foreign policy; and in particu-
lar L wish to point out what has been
done during the last congress to make
vs. onoI my 1onSitinn- .
Everaslnce we extended our boundaries
to the Pacific and gulf our nation has in
sisted that it has responsibility to take a
our duty to ourselves and the weaker re-
publics requires us to see that no great
power encroach upon the American re-
publicS.
This policy causes us to object to the
requirement of a control equal to terri
torial ACKNOWLEDGMENT. The United
States has steadily believed the sthmian
canal should be built by no foreign ma
ton, but by ourselves. The canal must
go through one of our smaller republics.
We have abstained from perpetrating
wrong upon any of these republics. We
do not wish to interfere with their rights,
but TO build the canal ourselves under
provisions which will enable US to protect
it and guarantee it's neutrality.
After more than half Of a century these
objects have been fulfilled by legislation
further advanced toward construction
than during the preceding eighty years.
by the H"ay-PauncefOte treaty an old
treaty with Great Britain was a%brogated
and it was agreed the canal should be
under the United States, and this govern
ment should manage it.
Immediately following this treaty con-
gress passed a law under which the Dresi-
dent was authorized to secure a treaty
acquiring the right to finish the canal.
The rights. were obtained ana a treaty
negotiated with Colombia. This has been
ratified by the senate. It reserves all
.Colombia's rights and permits us to take
measures fer defense of the canal, These
two treaties, and the legislation have re-
suited in our obtaining on the terms we
desired the rights we had sought. These
treaties are among the most important
that we have ever negotiated, and mark
a memorable triumph of American dipio-
macy.
The Venezuela Trouble.
About the same time trouble arose In
connection with Venezuela. After. failure
to reach agreement the powers blockeded
the coast. The concern of our govern
ment was not to interfere needlessiy. but
to see that there was no infringement of
the Monroe doctrine. This attitude was
expressed in the two following memoran-
da, the first addressed by the secretary
of state to the German ambassador. the
second the conversation with the secre-
Etary Of state reported by the British am
bassador:
Department Of State, Washington, Dec.
s16, 1901.-His Excellency, DR.. Won Holle-