The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-23
BUILD ROOSEVELT
Ay AID ~ KEEPING PEACE; a
WEED IF VAR DOES CONF.
President Talks nj Tacoma OF t'c ." ,..
tance Of Our Interests an the Ta. ,..s
Head OF Northern Pacific Road n'ue'
in Pilot Train Ahead OF Noose'e'"

Head or Northern Pacific Road "ne"
In Pilot Train Ahead OF hoose''''
TACOMA. Wash, May ?2,-'The Govern,
nent of this nation'is not and never SIC
be a government by plutocracy' Nne.
II Ia not and never shall he soSe' =, ~
nv a mob. Cheers and applause Az Is
and II ever shall be a government, ny '"'
neople. by and through the law li'o
longed cheers and applause
Tbese we're among tho concluding "oIuH
os President Rooscvet's speech on 'ne
s,ens of the Capitol of the state OF maei
ington, at Olympia, this MOI h'hs'
we're delivered and received win NV,
.nthusiasm and more feeling than mas
accompanied any other sentiments Oh VIC
President since he LETT Washington
The President has spoken to-day d.
Chehalis where his rostrum was s.en'
fr stump, eleven feet in diameter al vel"
tralia and here, at Tacoma.
Here the President dwelt on the navy
md it's effect on our foreign relations h'
said in part
II wish TO say Just one word this alter
Noon to YOU here in this city OF destiny
in this CITY by the Sound, on our foreign
policy and upon what must ever he the man
prop of any good foreign policy the A"'''''-
% In old DAYS, when | first came to Little
Missouri. there was motto on the rHagee
Never draw uness you mean TO shoo',
That is a pretty sound policy 1or a ~ non o.
in foreign affairs lappla u%el DO not thren.t,'
do not buster, do not Insult olheI p,oHI
above all. hut when YOU make up your NINA
that the situs ton is such as to require you
to take a given position, take i ana keeF'
il Iapplausel, and hive it definitely lnaei
stood that what you s"y you are ready
TO make good appl. usel .
shown thSt whether We wish or not, we mus.
play a great part in the world II Is no1
open to lis to decide whether Or not we WI.
play it, All that is open TO us to decaoe i
whether or not we will play II Wen ana =
know nv countrymeu too Thoroughly 10
have any doubt as to what their answer
will be. Applause =, a., or,,
and navy ia 'es and years Immediately loi.
lowing, by what, you did yoH gaze y ct e,,i
have acquired in no other way. ana you
made il infinitely less liable. not more iia'le
that we should ever. for instance nave
serious trouble with any nation as 10 lhe
Monroe Dos, , ., lA ,Rp, war moreover
showed that the United, states had to DC BE-, &
dominant power on the Pacific Ocean
Our interests in the trade that goes dcroS-
the Pacific Ocean are such, our POSITIONS %
command in reference to the ocean arr
such, that we must have decisive say II
it's future We can only have that say II
peace ty building up an adequate navy.
If we fail to build an adequa," navy
then some time some great Power THROWING
OF the restraint of intern9tiohai "or,,.i,s ),
will take some step against Ms, relying
upon the weakness of our navy. .,ga'l'
know nv courtrymen, and ! know tina
in such cases they would fight ANYHOW
IApplausn, and, therefore, IN your owl
Interest ask you TO gee 10 ' nav, you ~
above all by preparing s,fi1ciehtiv
obviate all need what ever OF fighting a
all. The surest guaranty Of peace L. a.
adequate navy, I ask for navy PrImaru
because it is the surest means OF keeplhl
peace and also because. II war does colne
surely there can be no American who WI
other than successful issue, Applause,
aIn the fighting in Manila Bay and !
Santiago in 1893. in which such ships as IN
the northwestern coast. bull, on the paG ;,h
ocean, did their part. What controlle
the issue OF those fights? What was don
at the moment? The preparation fo' thel
had been made in advance Inc SNIP
that won the victories of Manila and Sa1
tiaeo had been built years before, whe
there was no thought and could have Dee
no thought of war with Spain,
an 1889 we had a navy comp osed
antiouated warshps, unfit to 20 against
modern battleship If at that time we ia
been put in such position as we were
1895, bitter humiliation would have been
store, for us before we eventually wo
for mind you, think we would eventual
win anyhow (applausc,, but do not wa,
I'd see a generation of Illumination pTtcet
the victory. We won because We prepare
In advance.
Since the President train left PortlaI
President Mc!en of the Northern Pa"i'
Railroad has been riding in plln ira
fifteen minutes ahead This willlngne
to seek in advance all possible diiast
that might b"iali the President on Il
railroad is being commented upon mere
the height of hospitality.
The dispatches have told OF the feeei
Of Senator Simon OF Oregon that v
Roosevelt was discriminating against II
brews. Ore of the rirst things that I
President aid af,er being seated at I'd
nights banquet in Portland was TO 70
for Rabbi Wise, we'll known in New YORK. a
he kept him by his side for more than hi
the evening Senator Mitchell had to 81
render his seat in order hat the Preside
might have DR.. Wise with him. Then a h
the populoce outside the hotel ciam"r
for a speech and the President grant
the request he summoned Archbish
Christie to accompany him 10 the plato
without any other escort, and the freed
of the National Administration from RI
gious pre- judices was amply and dcclsiv