The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-20
CROWD OUT FOR FAIRBANKS.
TALKS TO BROOKLYN AUDIENCE
on PANAMA CANAL.
He and Secretary shaw the Centre Fig
ures OF q Great Mass Meeting-Lat
ter Jeers at the. Parker Tariff Plan
Mention Of Odell's Name Falls Fiat.

and most spirited OF the campaign In the
borough
The demonstration, Of which Senator
Charles W. Fairbanks was the most dis
tinguished figure, recalled some OF the
notable political gatherings in the Cleveland
and Blaine contest Of 1884, and especially
the Cleveland rally in the same building,
at which Henry Ward Beecher declared
for the Democratic nominee.
The doors, both on the Clermont avenue
and Vanderbilt avenue sides Of the vast
structure were opened at o'clock, and
within twenty minutes every seat ana al
most every inch OF standing space were
occupied.
At o'clock there we're fully 5000 people
massed inside. while the outside crowds
extended along Cermont and Vanderbilt
avenues both ways to Myrtle and Will
loughby avenues.
Senator Fairbanks Secretary OF the
Treasury Leslie NJ. Shaw and Col j. l..
Griffith Of Indiana the, speakers, were
escorted to the platform by ex-Lieut. Gov.
Timothy l.. Woodruff. Mr.. Woodruff, who
received a great personal welcome. had
hardly begun his speech when he was in
terrupted for nearly fifteen minutes to give
body Of paraders an opportunity to march
down the aisle in front of the platform,
and salute the candidate for Vice-President
In part Mr. Woodruff said:
Il have returned to-day from trip
through the central part Of the State. and
] have failed to find a man who does not be-
River that WAS cast for the Republican
ticket in 1900 will be exceeded by that cast
this year for Roosevelt and Fairbanks,
and therefore 1t is up to us here below the
Harlem. and especially on this side OF the
East River, to match the votes by doing
only for the national, but for the admirable
State ticket that is before us"
Postmaster George H. Roberts. the pre-
siding officer, made few remarks before
introducing Senator Fairbanks. striking
discordant note in his reference to Frank
Wayland Higgins, the candidate for Gov
ernor. His eulogism Of the Odell candidate
fell fiat. the applause being confined to few
persons, and not lasting more than three
seconds.
In part, Senator Fairbanks said:
Speech Of Senator Fairbanks.
.The Republican party stands for policies
that are not new to the American people.
What they are and what they will accom-
plish we know by what they have accom-
plished in the past. When William McKin-
leyIapplausel = You do well, my country
men, 10 CneeT UnaU name, lot among All vi
the names that the American people have
honored and loved in the ample history
of our country there is no sweeter and
more majestic name or one that will stand
higher among the immortals than the name
Of William Mckinley. Applause. Re-
for which he lived and wrought 30 we'll
are the policies of the Republican party in
this great campaign. Yes. the policies Of
William Mckinley are the policies of Theo-
dore Roosevelt. Applause; ,
THE Democratic party in Its nahon IsI
protective policy of William Mckinley
and Theodore Roosevelt; it has declared
in its national convention that the pro.
tective system Ia the sum OF infamy, that
it Ia robbery and that 1t proposes to strike
down the great protective law enacted
by the Republican party. ..... .r
ROOSEVELT AND PANAMA.
There ia one achievement to the ere edit
OF the Administration of Theodore Roose-
welt to which I wish to call your atten-
ton II is one of those grave achieve
ments which will abide for centuries and
dore Roosevelt has accomplished in the
promotion of the construction Of the 18TH
milan canal. Applause
@Our Democratic friends critioise him for
what he has done, but after they have gone
to their eternal rest, and all Of us have rem
canal will stand as one Of the mightieet
achiev ements OF the century and will bless
the American people for ages and ages to
come. The President and our diplomats
removed a treaty with Great Britain which
stood in the way Of the construction OF this
grea. highway of commerce. Having re-
moved that he proceeded to negotiate a
treaty with the Republic of Colombia for
the necessary rights and franchises for the
construction of this canal.
The treaty was ratified by the United
States Senate and transmitted to the Re-
public of Colombia at Bogata for the ratifi-
cation of that Government 1t no sooner
reached there than the plotters began,
They undertook to prevent it's ratification
in the belief that they could exact more
than were embodied in the convention
under consideration and that they could
forfeit by the lapse OF time the franchises
enjoyed by the French Panama Canal
Company, and then in due time sell the con-
scaed property OF the .ae o nne enc TO
They moderated the intelligence OF
the American people. They underrated
the good sense Of the Administration
OF Theodore Roosevelt. The treaty fail
ing OF ratification, the people Of the
Department Of Panama who had suffered
injustice for many years warranting them
many times in the past in their giving up
their allegiance to the parent Government,
rose in revolution against the Government
Of Colombia.
AMERICAN LIVES TO BE PROTECTED.
The lives Of American citizens and the
property of American citizens upon the
fsthmus were put in peril by the hostile
demonstrations on the part Of the two
parties engaged The President, in order
TO protect the lives Of American citizens
and the property Of the citizens Of this
country, as he was authorized to do, as
he was bound to do under our treaty rights
and obligations, prevented the shedding of
blood He interposed in the interest of
peace. =.
The people OF Panama accomplished
their independence, and the President
quickly recognized their independence.
but he did not recognize it except upon the
most mature deliberation and in strict
accord with his power to do 80. His recog-
milton was followed quickly by the recog-
milton Of other Powers. The new republic
was born, a treaty was made between
it and the United States giving to this
Government forever and forever the neces-
sary rights and franchises for the con-
struction and perpetual maintenance OF
the canal Our Democratic friends, while
criticisng the President, promise. the
American people that, notwithstanding il
ali, il entrusted with power they will carry
the work forward to completion. 1t seems
to me, my countrymen, that President
who has accumulated NO much apainst