The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-05
President Warmly Wel- cOmed to Minnesota.
tn His Address He Says That the United States Must Maintain Military Control of the
 Southern Waters.

Nin,eanolis, Minn., April A.-Presldent Roosevelt was enthusiastically "eicoiiieo in inc Twin Cities today. From the tune ,,a orr,ved at St. Paul until his departure 4ron, Minneapolis at Il o'clock tonight TOT .,o Uest the President was the recipient .f continual ovation, the streets through which he passed in both cities being mass of people, while armory haiI a' the University of Minnesota was erowaed .,,+h solaiers. The speech at the armory an tariff and reciprocity was warmly re- .eived. The President toucneo on 'he C,uhan situation, declaring We must nay v v Soi'itarv control of Southern waters ana -.sSr +hat the United States was the .t ,rosperous nation known to history E,srv nause in the delivery or the ao- s.aSs vas replete with applause. IL was as follows:
 inc special session of the senate ne'r s. ', l., March the Cuban reciprocity ueasy was ratitied. When this treaty goes sr.tc .nt srTect if will confer substantial econo4i,e S the benefits alike upon enos' srEst I in the United ofnt .nd upon the United states pc se1,sa of the equal widening ana the pIo- Sressive control 1t will give Io our peto- tr, nle in the Cuban market: a ,,,stjess benafcial to both parties ana lustsnss sssaIe nn several grounds. In the nrst nlace We offer to Cuba her natut 0, .et,, H.os ket We can confer upon hel and which no other nation can .na oo aka rtad for the very reason that ',hI,c Mv ana that n'a net are rich. prcsperous, and poweriui. ', hehooves us to stretch out a ne'p'Is hand to our feebler younger r,,:. 1oT inc next place 1t widens the ma nT tSs nur products, both the products ot .ne Hu. Sr,,, snd certain of our manufactures. snd 1t is therefore in the interests oA oos .d karmers, manufacturers, Inerclans ra Wage-workers. Finally, the trsaIy nd not merely warranted oIt atinns by aoart from all other considerat ations' r. Us inc enlightened consideration or our AV V,,, sdan poIIcy. More and more Tn the Iu lure we must occupy predomihanI PV eition in the waters and along the SaInr cJaSc, tn the region south of us; not posluVSl nf control over the republics of the south hut of control of the military situauoi 90 as to avoid any possible com oncation l In the future. Under the PIatt ameho ment Cuba agreed 10 give us certain na s-aI stations on her coast. The Navy De nartment decided that We needed but two and we have specified where these tw' arc to be. President Palma has con rinded an agreement giving them to u Isn agreement which the Cuban legis Iative body will doubtless soon ratify., Il other words, the Republic of Cuba ha ess,ued a special relation to our inter national political system: under whicl she gives us outposts of defense. and " are morally bound to extend to her in degree the benefit Of our own economi svstsm From avery standpoint of wis and enlightened home and foreign pol lev the ratifcatIon of the Cuban treat, marked step of substantial progress I the growth of our Nation toward great ness at home and abroad,
 Politics and Philippines.
 Equally imbportant was the action o the tariff upon products of the Philip plnas. Wa gave them a reducuon nf