Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-11
President Dwclls on Necessity Of
One 10 a Speech Before Chicago
Merchants Club
CAN 'TClVE UP MONROE DOCTRINE
couoIy II Prc'emncu,Iy q Bust mes
One and Cannot Help Playing a
Great Part 10 the World

'nlteEo MNy lU,-'NO business com.
munliy can succeed unless Il ia based
on high ideals, Permanent success
comes only when the average man may
be trusted IN dealing with his fellow.
men, So II IN, IN fact with the succoas
Of the nation"
with these words, applied by many
who hoard them 10 the critical indus
trial situation In Chicago, Precedent
Roosevelt addressed thcNIorchan,s' club
at the luncheon given him By tho NOR.
chants organization at the Auditorium
this afternoon,
II was the only point In hls speech
which was construed at all as refer.
ring TO the strike, ana with these words
The president led up to the theme OF his
talk, the upbullding Of great navy
Tor tho SAKE OF the nations commerce
ana the nations honor llo appealed TO
tho Morohanto club ana the other COM
melelal organizations ~ tho city 10
propagate the idea OF biz navy,
me critical Industrial situation
caused the president TO be subjected 10
close scrutiny by those who were won.
dering whether ho would discuss tho
trouble, and II he did what his atil
tudo would be,
Before the luncheon was ended the
president was noticed 10 be talking
eafnesllN but In low tones with prosl.
dent Wacktr OF tho Merchants club,
ana WIN Mayor Dunno The president
appeared Intensely Interested, and at
IA. Al.
brought hlp hand down upon the table
In vigorous and characteristic gesture,
While the luncheon was In progross
and before the speeches a bell boy an.
penrcd bearing q long yellow envelope
addressed 10 tho president and marked
special" II was thought to be pro.
test fom the Chicago strike leaders
against the uso OF troops here, Nothing,
however, could bo learned during tho
luncheon regarding the protest,
President Roosevelt was introduced
by President Wacker Of the Merchants
olumb The president 0s the keynote
or his speech took w the foreign pol.
Icy OF the country,
A tho close OF the luncheon the pres.
ldont shook hands with the club mem.
bcrs, who formed line and filed By,
After the Merchants club luncheon
President Roosevelt greeted and shook
by the hand 90io Chlcagoans at tho
Hamilton club rooms,
For moro than an hour a constant
stream Of guests at tho roocplIon
passed up tho stairs 20 the reception
room, up TO the canopy under which
the president stood, ana after receiving
n smile, u quick grasp Of the hand
ana O word Of greeting from the ma
TONS executive, passed on down stairs
nnd out 10 the street 10 mako room
for others,
The president was escorted from tho
Auditorium hotel 10 the Hamilton club
by committee including four con.
greesmen, James r. Mann, George Foss,
William Wilson and Martin Il, Madden,
The route from the Auditorium to tho
Hamilton club was lined with people,
The president was greeted with cheers
ana bowed continuously In response,
President. Roosevelt, at tho Mor.
chants club luncheon, spoke OF tho
great pleasure and the great honor OF
being u guest OF such an association,
This country OF ours" he said, "a
prominently n business country and
We can sncceed-.and ! say this IN my
turn, with entire sincerity gontlomon.,-
only n as n country we carry on ma.
tlonal business AZ u member OF this
association carries on HIS business, that
Ia In an entirely practical spirit, IN a
spirit which desires ana commands suo-
cess, but which desires and commands
II NJ nm Incident Of acting with doconoy
toward all our follow.oltilons,"
speaking OF tho navy, tho president
said
~ do not now think Il very necessary
to make any argument for an ofilolont
navy We are NO fortunate thnl IN this
country We can vet along with very
small army with the navy the case In
different We have not the choice, gon.
tlemon, as 90 whether this country win
play q great part In tho world wo can.
not help playing n proot part,
"Wo cannot abandon our position on
the Monroe doctrine; we cannot nbAnd,
on the duties that have como 20 M from
the moro fact of our growth, m a ma,
ton, from the growth ~ our CONNER,
olOl interests In the east and IN the
west on the Atlantic and on The Pa
clnc,"
President Roosevelt, ~ the Hamilton
club, received the consuls at Chicago
resplondont In their varied uniforms,
A. no greeted tho last Of the conmle
the doors were thrown opon and dou.
bic line OF those invited to tho general
reception entered II was an hour
before Tho last man had shaken tho
hand,
When the last guest had passed down
the stnlrs President McGnugor of tho
Hamilton club made brief speech
" Welcome TO tho president IN reply
President Roosevelt, standing ON n
chair, spoke M follows
u doubt II any members Of the Ham.
lton club has longer and plonsantor
citations with II than | have
nave been your guest ngnin and again, |
nave spoken before you again ana |
again, and long before ! had risen 10 |
what we vi call n position ~ notorlo. |
~, II was before the Hamilton club |
nat | made speech with title which |
had no lien would attract any alton. |
Ion but which ala, 'Tho stronuoWs
.ife'-" OOuRhter) ana ! mention II now. |
because from that day 10 thla I hov6 |
mover dared 20 uao the phrase, Tho |
ltrenuoug llfo, NJ ALL
"Nou by your nnmo commemorate |
yront mon--IInmIlton-on NJ tho |
most brilliant and ono OF the greatest
constructive statesmen of the era OF |
lhtesnnnship, n man 10 whom the |
country owes n wcll-nlgh lncnlculnblo |
lobt, and the man who took n chief
)nN I'm writing that valued essay which |
the name Of FodcrnlIst In atIii |
J. guide TO honest, efficient and respon. /
Ilblo government"
A. tho conclusion OF the snceoh tho
PRESIDENT retired under the cnnony he.
oro which no had been received and,
vhilo seated kont uD general, rand.
Ire conversation with n few around
lin while the nnrlors were cleared and
urned over 10 tho Harvard club Of chi.
ago,
The Harvard clubs president Kcl.
ogn Talrhnnks, stood NJ President
loosoyolps lcft and made the lntroduc.
Ions More than ann graduates Of
Harvard Wed by, tho earller classmen
ondlne' when the last graduate Ind
eilrcd 10 tho rcnr Of the parlor, prosI.
lent Fairbanks introduced aamuel a.
lroelv who read n short addroap 10 the