Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1889-07-20
GROWING GREATNESS
JUDGE G. w. sTAPLETON OF BUTTE
SPEAKS OF THE MARCH OF
PROGRESS.
He Points Out the Bright Future O
Great Falls-Unlimited Resources
%. G. Cooper on Wool
Growing.
At the banquet Friday evening Mr..

At the banquet Friday evening Mr..
Collins said:
Gentlemen, on behalf of our guests, the
members of the constitutional convention,
Judge G. w. Stapleton of Butte will re-
spond.
Judge Stapleton-Gen why l
should have been selected for this duty IS
beyond my comprehension, when know
there are so many more men belonging TO
that convention who could have expressed
our sentiments so much better How
ever, as the duty has devolved upon me,
shall endeavor to say few words The
other day when the invitation was read in
the hall Of the constitutional convention
in Helena, inviting the members thereof
to visit your beautiful city, | noticed that
a thrill of pleasure ran through the as
sembly; and | should say from the happy
faces that saw today on the train and
since came to town, that their fondest
hopes had been realized; and on the part
of the convention, allow me to thank the
people of your city, and Mr.. Gibson and
Mr. Collins and Mr.. Maclay, and others
with whom | am personally acquainted,
particularly. There are a great many Of
the members, | am satisfied, would never
have had the pleasure of visiting your
beautiful city. 1t is so young that since
it has sprung into existence there are very
few who have had occasion to visit this
part of the territory. know for myself
that l have not. In the spring of '67 |
came up the Missouri river; but at that
time there was no town and the country
was inhabited only by buffaloes and In
dams, but today believe they are both
gone and in their places we have civiliza-
ton; we have the home of the white man
and his herds and hocks. Applause.
THE YOUNG GIANT.
Gentlemen, must say that am sur
prised and very much gratified at what
have witnessed since left Helena today
had no idea Of finding SO lovely city
find this young glant-only three years
old-that has sprung into existence onthe
banks of the river, and it seems more like
magic than anything else-this springing
out of the Wilderness In '62, when
came to Montana, it was marked on the
map 'sunexplored it was fresh from
natures hand; it was one of the mos
lovely countries that anyone ever laic
eyes upon; but 1t was the hunting GROUND
Of the savage and the pasturage Of game
of all kinds, roaming over the hills anC
valleys with no other keeper save theil
Maker. 1t looks sometimes like sacrilege
to do away with all this natural beauty
but it is necessary, in order that the white
man may have supremacy over this por
ton of the world, as he has over all the
balance. But your civilization, while il
breaks in upon this beauty of nature
brings with it many things which Rome
Nineveh and Babylon, with all their great
ness, never had. The streets OF your city
are washed by this beautiful river. Theil
streets were washed by noble streams
too; but you have got your town lighted
by this magic fluid, which none can de
fine or express, but of which all feel the
influence; you have got your telegraph
and your railroad The cities that
speak of never had these things, and YET
they were very great and prosperous
With the advantages that you have there
IS no reason why you should not be more
prosperous than any of these cities. Ap-
plause.