The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-04
FAIRBANKS IN FRISCO.
He Addresses a Large Audience in Me-
chanic's Pavilion.

San Francisco. Cal. Oct 4.-Senator
Fairbanks. Republican candidate for
vice president, and Senator Fulton of
Oregon addressed an immense audi
ence at Mechanics pavilion in this city.
Senator Fairbanks devoted much of
his time to the Panama canal ques-
ton and to extension of American
trade in the Orient. He also made a
general contention for the continuance
OF the Republican policy of protecuon
and for the maintenance of the gold
standard and defended the course Of
the Republican party in the Philip
pines With reference to the Oriental
trade he said in part:
1t has long been the belief of the
Republican party that great com
mercial opportunity awaited US De-
yond the seas. The importations Of
Oriental countries amount TO over
twelve hundred million dollars year
Prior to 1896 the United States
mad a beggarly six per cent or TINS
enormous trade. 1t was the opinion
of President Mckinley now held by
President Roosevelt and the Republi-
can party that we should obtain an
increased share of the inter-Pacific
and trans-Pacific commerce and the
last seven years increased our exports
to countries in the Orient until they
now represent over ten per cent of the
total imports of those countries And
yet this is not our proper share. IN
der prudent and conservative admin
tstration it is destined TO be largely
increased
The open door in the Orient has
been carefully preserved through our
wise and just diplomatic policy. Our
consular service has been used to ex-
tend to the utmost commercial trade
throughout the world. Our fOOthOld in
the Philippines has increased our in
huence and given US point of vantage
in the Orient
accomplished by Republican admins
tration tend to give US a large partici-
patton in a fast commerce which has
hitherto been largely under the control
large this trade in the interest of the
products of the farm and the factory;
in the interest of American wage earn
ers and American capital.
THE extension of our trade into the
far east is a matter which concerns all
sections of the country and we ShoI@ I
spare no honorable effort to expand it
to the utmost degree. We have but to
thus far secured and we shall come in
to fun share of the commerce there
which now belongs to u.s.
After detailing the negotiations with
Colombia over the canal strip and not
ing the rejection of the canal treaty by
the Colombian congress the senator
said:
The president acted quickly but he
deliberated well upon the subject He
studied carefully the trend of events.
He was watchful of our national inter
est. He made himself familiar with our
rights and obligations.
He knew perfectly what we should
and what we should not do. When he rec
ognized this independence in Panama
promptly he only made what had been
done by the government before and many
other governments when people had sue
cessfully asserted their independence
When he gave directions to the comman-
der of our vessel in Panama waters to
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vent injury to American citizens and TO
property, he acted absolutely within our
treaty rights and to his appreciation of
the gravity of the situation and his cou-
rageous and prompt action we and the
world are indebted for the prevention of
bloodShed- BY his course he put. END
TO the efforts obviously made by the Bog
ota government to hold up the canal on
terprise indefinitely and he paved the way
Tor its early construction in the interest
of the commerce Of the world
The opposition seeks to condemn the
president for adopting the means by
which we acquired our present rights and
franchises upon the isthmus, yet they
pledged themselves 10 carry forward the
work of construction They challenge the
morality of the course of the adminiStra-
ton. but are willing to go forward with
the enterprise which that course has been
made possible.
The great undertaking is essentially
Republican enterprise and its completion
will mark new Republican contribution
TO the commerce OF the United States