Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1889-05-09
INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF GOV.
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assuming the duties imposed BY virtue
of the ofice to which / have been ap.
pointed BY the President, l fully recog-
nize and appreciate the hoDors conferred,
as well as the grave and important duties
that assume and undertake to discharge.
Ii undertaking to discharge the var
ious important duties that will present
themselves to me, I wish to re assure you
fellow citizens Of Idaho, that will
know no East, North, South or West,
but vii, in the discharge Of my official
duties, undertake to treat all matters aud
persons with candor, justice and fairness.
Happily, I am not identified 10 any
way with any local issue where difference
Of interests and opinions prevail, and can
treat all such matters without prejudice
aud in accordance with law and justice.
will make an earnest effort to pro
mote and advance al industries and law
ful enterprises that will 10 any way aid
10 the material improvement or advance
ment Of Idaho.
In undertaking TODD this, l will cheer
fully confer with you, and will pay
proper respect to your views on matters
that will be beneficial to you oil. Every
man can; il be will, do something toward
tbs advancement OF this territory,
county. city, or community. Aid me all
you can, and ! pledge to you my honor
that no effort Of mine that can 10 any
way add to your progress or happiness
will be neglected.
That We may better comprehend the
situation 10 which We find ourselves to-
day, and in which we hope to find our
selves in the future, will it not be well
to livery briefly review the history Of
our territory up to the present time.
Idaho was, by act Of congress, created
. territory March 3, 1863, from part Of
Dakota, Nebraska ard Washington Ter
ritories, embracing within its boundaries
over $4,000 square miles. Had we
retained all the territory We then pos.
sessed We would now have population
Of about $50, 900 souls.
We have, however. lost large portion
Of our original territory, and with it a
proportionate amounted population.
The fair and prosperous territory Of
Montana. which will soon become state
adding another bright star to the clus-
ter on our national Aag-was taken from
Idaho. A large portion Of the territory
of Wyoming was also taken from us,
leaving rs to-day with about $4,000
square miles.
10 1861, the first settlements were
made in Idaho, composed principally Of
hardy miners from California and
Oregon. Their vocation was placer
mining; no one come to remain. Each
man came with the intention of soon
returning to his former homo. His con-
templated stay depended npon the rich
ness Of his claim, and the amount he
must accumulate as stake to carry back.
Thus you will see that the first influx Of
people to Idaho were Of the adventure
some class, who did not come with the
intention of remaining or for the purpose
of securing permanent homes. Few
families came with the first immigration /;
but as years past by, many of the sturdy
miners and iradcsmen, who had como
with them, appreciating tho superb eli
mate, the great value and extent Of our
mineral resources and the productiveness
Of our soil. concluded to make permanent
homes in idaho and send for their wives
and children. It then became known
through an occasional article in news.
paper, or by letter from some one here
TO . friend, that Idaho possessed a
salubrious climate; that her rich valleys
offered homes to thousands of people !;
that the plains, bench lands and noun
tain slopes were carpeted with IN abund
auce Of sweet and nutritious grasses !;
that large fields Of placer miues were
daily adding to the worlds wealth that
there lay dormant aud undisturbed in
our mountains an untold number of gold,
silver, galena and copper lodes; that pure
sparkling rivulets, noble and grand rivers,
great water tails and broad placid lakes
were abundant.
These, with other attractions, brought
to our territory fearless, determined, cr.
ergetic and iutelligen, men and women,
aud this is the prevailing class Of citizens
that we find in Idaho to-day.
After the losses you have sustained by
being short Of SO much territory and SO
many people, you many well be CON-
plimented for the advancement and pro-