Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-13
TEXAS AND COLORADO.
Governor Adams Eloquent speech at the
Dallas shrlners" Banquet.

pie of Colorado Ex-Governor Alvs
Adams of Pueblo; Col, responded to the
toast. Texas and Colorado. - Since
then SO many inquirieshave been made
for printed copies of it that Governor
Adams, at the request of THE GAZETTE,
has kindly furnished it for publication.
IL contains too many good things to be
consigned TO the tomb of oblivion, and
THE GAZETTE is glad TO give its
EShriner'' friends and its readers gen
orally an opportunity to peruse and pre-
serve copy of it:
First, let me express the thanks of FL Je6el
Temple for the entertainment extended by Hella
AS we left our mountain home yesterday win
Ter fred at Us, in last and dying burst OF
wrath binding volley of her white messen-
gers II was the last carnival the hnal festival OF
the Abdicating monarch Of storm and snow. Yes
Jerday mountains and winter. This morning we
were awakened by the warm rays OF a southern
sun, and our eyes opened upon horizon-oo1na
vistss Of hower-decked verdsnt plains. -, 0u VI
good nights were said in the cold ana emil OF
winter air. The morning greeted US with al
the beauty and glory Of budding spring. craze
f,,i as was me voice of singing birds,
the radiant beauty of growing trees
and grasses, the fragrance OF the spring
kissed flowers to our win ter accustomed senses
They give us no more pleasure than does the
greeting and welcome Of our Texas friends and
brothers.
made sad work in their efforts to pronounce and
interpret the name of the Colorado Shrine, III
Jebel. Impelled by the same spirit that mas IN
spIred these attempts l have this evening been
trying 20 fathom tho meaning OF the name hellA
which our Dallas friends bear so proudly upon
their flaming fez. The treacherous meaning OF
my limited reading recalls but two instances
where the name appears. First, Hella was the
name Of the king of Thebes' daughter, who
with her brother fed to Syria astride the ram
that bore the golden fleece. Again IN the old
German Hella meant hades: should you interview
the Dallas police force and the citizens VINO IN
surprise and fear enviroued and the chamber OF
commerce and listened to the pandemonium
that reigned in the hall of the Shriners, they
would one and all testify that from the German
Hella came the name your bear.
Texas and Color ado is the toast given me to-
night / wonder If the toast-master realized the
magnifcence of the sentiment. To our not far
distant posterity these two names VIII signify
two mighty empires.
audience into whose eyes he cannot look and
speak with sincerity and confidence about the
resources and destiny OF his native state, but in
The presence OF the limitless domain, the meas
ureless resources and magnificent future OF the
Lone Star state, even the mighty voice OF COLO
RADIO is silenced. Some elements of superiority
we had intended to present in behalf of our
well-loved Colorado but Grand Commander
Knepfy in his speech at the Templar's ban
quet covered the whole range OF state virtues.
Like lack Chandler in the Tilden cleo
ton contest, he claimed everything in sight,
and as the worthy commander has the returning
board at his back, we must submit and confess
that we are eclipsed and have been ravlshed OF
our patriotic thunder. While Brother Knephy
was spacious and broad in his eloquent claims
for his adopted state, he omitted one of the
most famous as we'll as the one great uncon-
tested virtue of Texas. In fact, from my view,
it is the most magnificent of all the great
sources of the state. This element OF
strength is your 1850 Democratic major
ity in the presence Of all this vastness
We remember the lessons OF childhood when
we were taught to be modest and never boast
ful We will take no laurels from the crown of
Texas' glory Masonically, we are at least your
equal Equality is the great boon Of poverty
and misfortune upon the tressolated floor OF
Masonry; the rich and the poor are upon the
same level. This lesson wish TO impress upon
some Of our brother Arabs, who come down with
the caravan from the mountains. Especially
would ] remind the last speaker that no matter
how heavy may be his pockets from the gains OF
ungodly poker. that in Masonic presence with
all his illgotten wealth, he is no more exalted
than his less skillful and bankrupt victims. At
least the Hela mobiles Will admit that
in all the broad land there is no
those who come from the mountain metropolis.
Those who introduce new sport-a new amuse-
nent into this solemn world are benefactors by
this rule. You should give credit TO the men OF
the North for having widened the field of your
pleasures by introducing the exhilarating and
exciting toboggan. Tenacity OF purpose, that
quality which makes heroes and conquerors, has
been incucated in the beautiful and impressive
While different, both Colorado and Texas are
great, and each state is proud OF their eminence.
Like sisters of different and opposing types of
charms but they supplement and do not
rival each other. Together and in harmony both
can grow in strength and power. Each
can contribute to the comfort and prosperity of
the other.
In summer our mountains can give resort
full OF health, delight and satisfaction to the
sons and daughters of the South. In winter we
can in your genial land find refuge from the
severity Of Northern ATTITUDES. In products
there is an inviting field for exchange. For
your cotton, corn, fruit, lumber and fish, we
can send you our gold, silver, coal and stone,
and while traficing in the material products
there is a hopeful minority of Colorado citizens
that would like TO exchange few thousand of
Republican friends for an equal number OF
Texas Democrats. As am inclined to be lib
eral in dealing with my neighbors am not sure
but what in trade OF that KIND, y
permitted 6 to do the the selecting S9p bis
proposition purely in the interest ofequality-
not that can have any desire to lose our Re
friends indeed, without their numerous and
voluntary support my name would have been
Dennis Sublime as is the destiny which
time will weave for the great southwest, It can
become still more magnificent by the general
dissemination of Masonic principles. Where
Masonry fiourishes there viii prevail the higher
attributes OF civilization. Masonry and igno-
rance are ever in antagonism. immortality and
idleness cannot command where Masonic truth
prevails. Give me the condition Of the Masonic
lodges of a community, and l can tell you the
moral and intellectual status of the people.
Masonry has its origin in the highest and most
chivalrous qualities Of man, and for this reason
Texas should be a warm and genial soil for the
growth OF the order. In the history Of your state
there are woven some of the most heroic acheiv-
mants that ever gloriied American patriotism.
Your past is full of bravery and heroism. You
have your patriotic memories, your heroes,
your mysteries, your shrineS of loyalty before
whose affairs you can kneel as tthe nation rev.
erences Lexington, Bunker Hill and Yorktown.
Your land has been the home of-1nen loyal
and true as ever sought for the lost word upon
Mount Moriaet; as brave and heroic as the val
liant souls who under the symbols of Masonry
have sprinkled the ages with unpar-
alleled examples of courage and sacrifice.
Ever ready as 1 am to pay tribute to every
branch of Masonry, 1 desire tonight to COM
mend that arra of the order in the interest of
which we have been at work to-day, Whether
the Shrine had its origin in the inventive genius
of Florence can be traced to those early days
when the faithful made their first pilgrimsges
20 Mecca, is a matter of indifference to me. That
81 drives away care, inspires cordially and
friendship, gives exercise to the kindly emotions
OF our nature and in genial companionship
makes us forget the burdens and eternal pull of
daily life, makes the Shrine to me q soci-
ETY. worthy our favor and announcement.
Some dignihed mortals say that it is boisterous
and boyish. II is true there is noise and laugh
ter in some OF its ceremonies, but when there is
no longer any boy or laugh left in a man, call
the hearse, as his mission as factor of good in
life is ended. There has been much merriment
and fun to- night, and If these things could be
resolved into the currency of commerce, every
hearty laugh we have had would be worth bale
of cotton mule.
Personally would rather go to one feast than
ten funerals. would rather have one bright,
cheerful, franh Laughing friend than q