The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-16
ROOSEVELT CLUB
DISCUSSES OUTLOOK
Speakers Tell the Faithful That
the Prospects are Good for
Republican Victory.


bereavement pervaded the meeting of
the Roosevelt Republican club last night
at the Merchants hotel at the death of
Marcus A. Hanna. His death was feel
ingly alluded to by Senator Clapp in
opening his remarks, and at the close
of the meeting resolution of condo
lence was offered by H. d. Halbert and
unanimously adopted. An engrossed
copy of the resolution will be forwarded
to the family of the dead senator.
The smoker, which was held in the
dining room of the hosiery, was at
tended by about $50 members of the
Roosevelt club, members of the Lincoln
club and other guests. Capt. Cathcart
Maxfield presided, and short addresses
were delivered by Senator Clapp, Judge
Collins, Frank M. Eddy, w. B. Ander
son, of Winona; D. F. Reese and Ar
thur w. Lyman, president of the Lin
coin club.
While wholly political, the clubs Off
GERS were careful to prevent any dem
onstration at the meeting in favor of
either the candidates for governor, and
President MaXfield prefaced the speech
making by asking that the applause be
fairly divided between the candidates.
H. d. Halbert, for the executive COM
mittee, reported that Philander Knox,
attorney general Of the United States,
had been secured for orator at the ma
tional banquet to be held the first week
in June. He declared that while the
policy of the club was not to indorse
any candidate before the primary cleo
ton, he did recommend discrimination
In choosing good men. 1t was the pur-
pose of the club, he said, to take active
steps towards the organization of
Roosevelt clubs throughout the state,
to the end that the clubs namesake,
Theodore Roosevelt, should be tri-
umphantly elected.
A letter of regret was read from
Prof. Fenallosa, whose physician had
ordered him to cancel all engagements
| in the Twin Cities other than the
Lyceum course, and regrets were Of
fered from DR.. Boyle, whose presence
was prevented by an accident to his
| son.
Few men ever entered public life
| under more serious handicap said
Senator Clapp in prefacing his speech,
than did Marcus A. Hanna in the
position that he occupied in the public
| mind. But he met and overcame that
| prejudice. Circumstances had espe-
cially prejudiced the West against
him, but on that famous trip through
| the West in 1900 he overcame all ILL
! feeling and gained a permanent place
! in the affections of the OPEN hearted
J Western people. No man could know
| him without loving him. Stern and
| unyielding where a matter of princi-
! pie was involved. he was kind and ten
/ der as woman in sentiment. No man
| ever left the senate under the shadow
n n
| mourned than he.'' 9rrfg
Defends Administration.
Senator Clapp devoted the time al
lotted to him to a defense Of the adj
| miniStration in it's recognition of Pam
anna. He had just received a tele-
| gram from Washington stating that
| the senate had agreed to vote on the
| treaty Feb. %, and will leave at once
| for Washington to vote with his col
| leagues. He predicted that the treaty
would be ratified by strong majority.
! He believed that the Democrats would
make an issue in the next campaign
| of the administrations attitude in the
natter and he proceeded to give the
Republican defense of the presidents
! action. He said there was no hard
and fast rule for the recognition by
one country of another. He said
| 1--WE had right to take into considera-
4 lIO1 tic 0llOCL lIldI recognition WQulO
| have on our commerce and in our in
| terests. 1t is a given right for man
| to say who shall govern him, and we had
| chance of lending our aid and to main
| tain God given right. Columbia had a
| right to get 1900, 900 for the canal if
| she could, and we had a right, provided
| we acted inside the ethics of international
| law, to prevent her getting the 500 900. 900.
1 But great nation like ours should be
| very careful before embarking in the right
| of eminent domain. Aggression would be
| excused by the strong against the weak.
! safer plan, instead of submitting to ar
| bitration by the nations of Europe, was
| to aid struggling nation and then sub
| nit to that nation how much she should
have for our building the canal. Coming
history will put~the crown of success and
| commentator upon our action in the mat
| ter of the Panama nation"
Collins Says Republicans VIII Win.
Judge Collins congratulated the Roose-
| welt club aid its fofbeaPs in redeemine
| Ramsey county from Democratic control
| He knew what it was to live in minority
| for his home was in a Democratic ward
| a Democratic city and Democratic county
| but he had never known an election in
| which the Republicans did not "save
| something from the muss.' He believed
| st. Paul was now in the Republican col
4 utAlu' duQ VI TIE circuit belonged &c
| the Roosevelt club. He said:
"The Republican party has passed
| through a crisis in the last few months
| and that was the apparent effort to de-
| feat Roosevelt's nomination. Only a few
days ago Republican newspaper of some
standing in the state advocated sending
| uninstructed delegates TO the Chicago con-
| vention. 1t is our DUTY to send in
| structed delegates to that convention
| ard delegates known to be friendly
to Roosevelt. Don't send a man to Chi
cago who is not known to be right on this
| question. The Republican party wants tt
| guard against another thing, and that is
the enforcement of laws to protect the
| people from swindling corporations and
fake stock schemes"
| Judge Collins estimated that at least
$1,000 had been taken out of his home
city in the past five years. The law il
| ample to protect the people against these
and other similar illegal corporations
and the party should meet the issue
| squarely and courageously.
1t was announced that r. c. Dunn was
not at the meeting and Frank M Eddy
| was next introduced. Mr. Eddy spoke OF
the power of organization If all the ele-
| ments opposed to Republicanism could
unite and cohere, he said the Republican
| party would be overthrown. But the
| party will win, not only because it is
| right but because it has the best organi-