The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-03
An Immense Audience Hears Him. CHEERED TO THE ECHO Many Yelled and They Knew
 Not Why. In the Afternoon the Degree of IL. D. is Conferred Upon the
 Chief Executive by the |, University of Chicago.
CHEERED TO THE ECHO

Chicago, April 2.-Six thousand people in a hall, t,e seating capacity of which is only 5000, tonight gave enthusiastic greeting to President Roosevelt when he stepped upon the stage of the Audito- rium Many of those present stood with out he doors and were unable to hear the Presidents speech on account of the tumult All that came to those in the far hooks was the roar of applause and with such loyal tongues did they accept their cue that several times they were giving vent to cheers when those on the inside had died away and the President had resumed his address.
 In the street outside for more than an of the Presidents address, small army of policemen was kept busy. The off, cers were stretched in double line along all the walks immediately adjoining the building, and no person who couh not exhibit credentials entitling him to ad- mission to the hall was permitted upon the walk. When the President, escorted by the members of the local committee,
 
 with great enthusiasm. the vast crowd rising to it's feet and supplementing its hearty cheers, waving programs and futtering handkerchiefs.
 Welcomed by Harriscn.
 The President acknowledged his recep- tion and at once took his seat between Franklin McVeagh. chairman of the com mittee; and Mayor Harrison, who was to deliver the formal address of welcome. As soon as his voice could be heard, MT. Macveagh, in a few words. announced that the nations chief executive would be made welcome to the city by Mayor Harrison who then spoke briefly. extend- ing to the President a hearty welcome and expressing the pleasure felt by the people of Chicago at his visit, and offer ing to him their best wishes for happy and pleasant trip during his two months vacation.
 The President bowed his thanks to Mayor Harrison and to MT. MacVeagh and expressed his pleasure at the cordial reception extended to him on the first scheduled stop in his long trip Then turning directly to the audience, the President proceeded to deliver his ad- dress. The address throughout was re- ceived in the most cordial manner. The address dealt with the Monroe Doctrine, and was as follows
 The President Speaks.
 MT Chairman. Ladies and Gentlemen:
 Today l wish o speak to you. not merely about the Monroe Doctrine, but about our entire position in the Western Hemisphere-a position so peculiar and predominant that out of it has grown the acceptance of the Monroe Doctrine as a cardinal feature of our foreign pol icy; and in particular I wish to point out what has been done during the life time of the last Congress to make good ip tcric policy.
 Ever since the time when we definitely extended our boundaries westward to the Pacific and southward to the Gulf since the time when the old Spanish and Por- tuguese colonies to the south of us as- serted their independence, our nation has insisted that because of it's primacy in strength among the nations of the Vest ern Hemisphere 1t has certain duties and responsibilities which oblige 1t to take leading part thereon. We hold that our interests in this hemisphere are greater than those of any European power pos sibly can be, and that our duty to our selves and to the weaker republics who are cur neighbors requires us to see that none of the great military powers from across the seas shall encroach upon the territory of the American republics or ac- quire control thereover.
 This policy, therefore. not only forbids us to acquiesce in such territorial acqui- sition, but also causes us to object to the requirement of a control which would in its effect be equal to territorial aggran- dizement. This Is why the United States has steadily believed that the construc- tion of the great Isthmian canal. the building of which is to stand as the great est material feat of the twentieth cen tury-greater than any similar feat in any preceding century-should be done by no foreign nation but by ourselves. The canal must of necessity go through the territory of one of our smaller sister republics. We have been scrupulously careful to abstain from perpetrating any wrong upon any of these republics in this matter. We do not wish to interfere with their rights in the least; but, while care fully safeguarding them, to build the ca nal ourselves under provisions which will enable us, if necessary. to police and pro- tect 1t. and to guarantee its neutrality, tion was steadfast; we desired action taken so that the canal could always be used by us in time of peace and war alike. and in time of war could never be used to our detriment by any nation which was hostile to us Such action. by the circumstances surrounding it. was necessarily for the benefit and not the detriment or the adjacent American re- puplics,
 Hay-Pauncefote Treaty.
 After considerably more than half of a century these objects have been exactly fulfilled by the legislation and treaties of the last two years. Two years ago we construction of the Isthmian canal on our terms than we had been during inc preceding eighty years By the HavS Pauncefote treaty, ratified in December 1901. an old treaty with Great Britain which had been held to stand in the way was abrogated and 1t was agreed that the canal should be constructed under the auspices of the Government of inc United States. and that this Government should have the exclusive right to regu late and manage it, becoming the sole guarantor of Its neutrality.
 f pXnrnSSiE stimulated more. that this guaranty of neutrality should not prevent the United States from taking any measures which it found necessary in order to secure by its own forces the defense of the United States and the maintenance of public order. Immediately following this treaty Congress passed a law under which the President was authorized to endeavor to secure a treaty for acquiring