The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-03
Our IDEA OF MONROE DOCTRINE
The President Fires Some 12Inch Guns This Important
Il National Policy-If We Have the Right Kind Of
q Navy No Foreign Nation Will Quarrel
b With Us About This Doctrine.

:; Chicago, April Silk Thousand people,
in a hall the seating capacity of$which lis
but 5000, gave enthusiastic greeting to
President Roosevelt when he stepped upon
the stage of the Auditorium last night.
w The great building has held many
Ethrong, but never one that was more
HEARTY and unstinteds in it's applause for
any man than&th crowd that filed 1t last
night FROM the first floor to the roof 1t
was packeds-to its utmost capacity. :.
4 Hundreds !of. men Were3utterly unable to
Shear a word of the presidents address.
All that came to them was the roar of APP
plause from within, and with such loyal
lungs did they accept their cue that sew
eral times they were giving ventt cheers
when those on the inside had died. away,
and the president had resumed his ad-
dress.
J: Thousands of people filled Wabash ave-
nue. in the rear of the Auditorium, jammed
Michigan avenue in front of it,. and block
AIDED, to the best of it's ability, CONGRESS
! street, which runs at the side of it. The
! officers were stretched in double line along
all the walks Immediately adjoining the
building, and no person who could not
/ exhibit credentials emitting him to ad-
mission to the hall was permitted upon
the walk.
The jam at the doors of the hall for
thirty minutes preceding the time at
! which the president was to open his ad-
dress was of a character to test to the
utmost the patience Of the police without
and Of the ushers within.
! 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 its hearty
cheers with waving programs and f1utter-
| ing handkerchiefs:
AS soon. as his voice .coudt be heard,
Mr.. Macveagh, In a few words announced
that the nations chief executive would be
made welcome to the city by Mayor Harri-
son, who then spoke briefly, extending to
the president a hearty welcome and eX-
pressing 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 vacation
The president bowed his thanks to
Mayor Harrison and to Mr.. .MacVeagh,
who introduced him to his audience, and
expressed his pleasure at the cordial re-
ception 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 peculiarly energetic man
ner to deliver his address. He had some
! difficulty in commencing, for the reason
! that the cheers that had greeted his first
appearance In the hall burst forth with
renewed vgor,: and it was several minutes
:! before he was able to proceed. The ad-
dress was as follows =.
:. The Monroe Doctrine.
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen
Tonight I wish to speak to you, not merely
about the Monroe doctrine, but about ou1
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 feat
lure Of our foreign policy; and in particula
T wish to point out what has been, dom
during the lifetime Of the last congress
to make good our position in accordance
. with this historic policy.
d Our National Duties.
u.s. Ever since the time when we defnitel
extended our boundaries westward to tn
= Pacific and southwark to the gulf since tn
stime when the old Spanish and Portuguese
colonies to the south of us asserted thei
independence, our nation has insisted tina
because of its primacy in strength anon
the nations Of the western hemisphere
has. certain duties and responsibilities
which s9oblige it. to take g leading par
thereon. We hold that our interests i
this hemisphere are greater than those c
any European power possibly can be- an
that our duty to ourselves and to tn
weaker republics who are our neighbor
requires us to see that none Of the grea
military powers from across the seas sha
encroach upon the territory of the Amer
can republics or acquire control there
over.
{; The Canal Argument.
This policy, therefore, not only forbid
us to acquiesce in such territorial acquis
ton, but also causes us to object to tt
requirement Of control which would