The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-03
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BEFORE THE ADDRESS
One Hundred and Fifty Guests f'resenli
Besides the President and His
Party-Mr. ROOSEVELT s Speech III
Was Vigorously Applaudedd S85s
Throughout Its Delivery fs$ss
and at Close. SSs3S
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8M CHICAGO, ILL., April -Slxathousan09
people in d hall, the sea- ting capacity son I
whlchSls But five thousand gave thusisS
astic greeting to President Roosevelt Ewhens 4
a he stepped upon the sta Sc OF st he $atidi.<
5torium tonight The great building has
held many a throng, but never one thai
was SO heart and unstinted In It's q
Splause for any man.. as the crowd that
filled ltBto-night. From the first foot
to the roof 1t was pa cked to its utmost
capncity. livery seat was occppie ard 4
although the Saisles were kept Is clear q llss
4the space in the Hobbies and on he stair1a
ways was taken, and even the passnge-Ss
ways leading to the hall from he lowerYS
floor, were jammed with hundreds Of
IN en-, who were utterly unable to hear "
a word of the Presid dent & address.
When the President, escorted by the S9
members Of the local commi t tee, appear-
sed on$ the platf form. he vi as me
to its feet and suppleme entings It's hearty
cheers with wing i33s Pre- granlmes s and
Sflutterlng handkerchie iefs.5 The Presla iirs
3aclkno owl dged lis re ecep ton rep t7=s
Sed bows, and at ono nols his sea "a he
tween Franklin Mae Veagh the cha airrr,tn
Sofs the 5comm ttee md M ayor Harrison.s;
who was to deliver the formal addressS
OF welcome. ~
5& As soon as h his voice could be II heard ,s#
Mr.. Macy eagll ina feW$Words, annolinced
that the ions Chief Executive would g
be made Welcome It the I'D ityS} by Nj rsg
Harrison who then spoke briefly, extends-s#S
ing to the President hearty vel come and:
expressing the pleasure felt BY the peo-g5
pie Of Chicago at his visit, and 4 ffer-s
ing him their best Wishes for q happy
and pleasant5t trip during his two nor tlisssS
4Ynca lon ,Ss "A 33sssa
4 The President bowed his Et thank ka3Ss to IA
Mayor Harrison, and to Mr.. Mac 3 Ii, @ss
who oafntrotuced ito his AUDIENCE, and Sex-
pressed his pleasure a t the cordial rece1p-S
ton extended to him upon the first top D
of his long trip and then turning d H.
srectly to the audience In front OF him.
5proceeded3in his peculiarly energetic ma II
sner to deliver his dress. The address b
Throughout was received In a most cor III
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/ pREsIDENT's SPEECH.
fS The address was as blows $ffs
Mr.. Chairman ,t Ladies' and Gentlemen :45S
To-day u wish to speak q u YOU, rs not S
merely about the Monroe doctrine, BUS
faboat our en- tire posi- tion In the; Vestern ls
HenlNp here5-a position SO peculiar ana n;
predominant that out OF It has grown,
the acceptance Of the 4 Monroe doctrine n
rs a cardinal feature OF our forelg lgn 8poll-a5
cy; and In particular 7 wish to point out 81
what has been done during the lifetime OF s
tho last Congress- to make good our post #
ton in accordance with this historic III
policy. ! s4iJ s5 i5s t8 3Ss5sS st4 4; ssa
Ever since the timf when we defnitelysi
extended 81 our boundaries ives twnrd NJ to VA
the Pacific and southwark to the Gulf.
since The time when the old Spanish gS
and Portuguese colonies to the 8southGot 8s
us asserted their Independence, our Ma
ton has insisted that because OF its prl.s
macy in strength among the nations OF sai
the Western Hemisphere 1T has certatH III
duties and responsibilities which ohlig( III
1t To take a leading part thereon WI H
hold that our interests In this hemisphere Al
'are greater than those Of 5any European IL
power possibly can be. and that our duty u.
to ourselves and to the weaker repubt sS
lies who are our nelghbors requires Sui s
to see that none OF the great military S5f
powers from across the seas shall en-, 35g
crouct, upon the territory OF the Ameritigs8
can republics or acquire contr'sl theret5ls
over. ISL 4, S,@ s8
This policy, therefore. not only forblds v
us TO acqulescA In such territorial acqulst..s
tion, but also causes us to object TO he ysS
requirement of control which would IN s&s
Its effect be equal to territorial nggran-
dizement. This Ia why the United States
has steadily believed that the construc-
tion at the great Isthmlan Canal,Ntha s
building OF which Is to stand as the great-8
est material feat OF the twentieth een- Y
tury--greater than any similar feat d In "a
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 sirt Il
republics. we have been scrupulo1sly " Il
CAREFUL to abstain, from perpetrating akyy9
wrong upon any Of these repubics irlfs.
this matter. We do not Wish to inter-
fere with their rights In the least; but, q
while carefully safeguarding them, to-
build the canal ourselves under proSls-
ions which will enable us, II necessary.
to police and protect 1t, and to gnaraI-8 "a
tee it's neutrality. we being the sole 58
guarantor, Our intention was steadfast;
We desired action taken so that the cana \
oould always be used by us In time fof
peaee and war alike. and In time Of war
could never be used to our detrineilt hyf "
any nation which was hostile TO 5us.isssts
such action, by the circumstances sur ~
rounding It. was necessarily far the q
benefit and not the detriment Of The ad@s
jacent American republics. sti " S II ySS
Z w THE CAUSE.
After considerably raoye than half af S
a century these objects have been exactly SS S
fulfilled by the legislation and treaties 81 w