New-York tribune., 1910-09-03
Says Canal Must Be Fortified.

We now have further duty TO perform
in connection with 1T. and that is 10 for
tify it. We are in honor bound to fortify
il ourselves, and only by so doing can Ve
effectively guarantees its neutrality. andy
moreover. effectively guarantee that "
shall not be used against us. The chief
material advanta Ee-certainly one or the
chief material advantaEes-which we sFiat
gain by it's construction ts the way IN
Bile the power Of the United states navy
To refuse 70 fortify It, and above an 70
consider for moment such an act or
utter weakness and folly as 10 invite ot'eT
nations to step in and guarantee the rsu.
traIity of this purely American work tand
thereby really to make II certain ~, ma. ssrsI si
used against US as our fleets would Be
forbidden to pass through IL, or else our
opponents fleets permitted tor. would %
to incur. and quite rightfuily. the con
tempt OF the world: IL would mean tns
complete abandonment Of the Monroe DOG
trine: IL would be wicked blow 70 oun
prestige on the Pacific. and. moreover. "
would be in it's essence treason 10 ths
destiny OF the Republic
/ want the good Will OF all natiOn< anu
I want to deserve II. But in times OF crisis
don't want TO depend solely upon u -.
We built the canal ourselves we oon
have to ask anybody else to come IN arr
say how ii shall be used II u M,
our intention 70 have our say so IN reSaTh
TO the canal We had no business 20 uIloer-
IA ke the work. It is not act SHOWING
peaceful disposition 10 ask others what We
should do. II Is showing tiTiid dlspcsl-
ton :,
I want Uncle Sam 70 be peaceful, but
want peace In the irst place that VIII 90
wrong to no one. and in the second pldCe
that will submit us to wrong from no one
When Mr. Roosevelt began speaking
the entire audience arose to its feet ann
cheered vociferously, and when re
finished it gave another demonstration
of it's abundant enthusiasm
After Mr.. Roosevelt had finished there
were cries Of "Do1iiver. Dollrver." The
Senator said:
1T is a great pleasure TO sit on the
platform and listen to such magnificent.
patriotic utterances as those of Colonel
Roosevelt. / can only say that il feels
mighty good to have Colonel Roosevelt
back with us in the Middle West. We
missed him a little while he was 4n
Africa. I was afraid that etther the
lions or the warthogs would get him
There have been three men in Amer
lean history who have stated the CEN
trail doctrine of our institutions so that
all could understand. Thomas Jefferson
gave us the doctrine of equal rights for
all and special privileges for none
Abraham Lincoln restated this doctrine
II is q GOOD PROVIDENCE tIdt III oui rlilio
that doctrine has been stated asain-the
doctrine of square deal
The mention of the square dear
brought forth a tremendous burst--er
applause from the people Senator Dol
liver closed his speech by saying;
I'm the next ten years the young men
of the United States will see to IL that
the doctrine OF a square deal is made
true and kept true for all time"
AT $50 o'clock the ex-President was
the guest of honor at a banquet at the
Omaha Club, and at 9 p m. was con-
Quoted to the den of AXIS Ben. where
he was initiated into the mysteries OF
that renarkab BILE and somewhat grotes7ue
order. After the initiation there followed
a burlesque in the nature of a brief
dramatic skit. which contained many
pertinent references and which the for
mer President enjoyed greatly. All
those present were pledged TO secrecy, 50
that the stunts through which they
put Mr. Roosevelt must remain myS-
terv To the rInjnftfated G. G.. H.