The Portland daily press., 1891-05-11
LIBERTY DOES NOT MEAN LICENSE.
President Harrlson's Speech In Salt
Lake City, Utah.
The Great Work of Adding to the
States Of the Union.
Mormon Land Gave the First citizen
a Royal Reception.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 9.-The
presidential party had a royal reception here
this morning. In which all the residents,
without regard to politics or religion, seemed
to have Joined.
Escorted by Governor Thomas, Mayor
Scott and large delegation Of citizens, the
party proceeded to the Walker House at
o'clock and breakfasted. They then took
places in procession composed of United
States troops. state guards, Grand Army
men, veterans, pioneers and other local or
ganizations, and were escorted to gaily
decorated pavilion in Liberty Park, where
formal address of welcome was made by
Governor Thomas on behalf of the state,
and Mayor Scott on behalf of the city. In
reply to the addresses Of welcome by the
governor and mayor, the President said:
The scenes which have been presented to
US IN the political and commercial metropolis
OF the territory Of Utah have been very full
OF beauty and full of hope. l have not seen
IN all this long journey, accompanied as 1t
mas been with every demonstration of well
come, and ciowned with flowers, anything
that touched my heart more than the beauti-
iul picture on one OF your streets this morn
Ing, when the children from the free public
schools of Sa Lake City waving the banner
we all love, and singing the anthem of praise
10 tnat beneficent Providence that led our
worthy forefathers to this land and has fol-
lowed the pathway of this nation with be-
nehcent care until this bright hour, gave US
their glad welcome. My service in public
life has been such as to call my special atten
tlon to, and to enlist my special interest in,
the people of the territories. 1t has been
my pleasant duty to welcome the Dakotas,
Washington. Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming
into the great sisterhoOd of states. think
It has not fallen to any President Of the
United States to receive Into the Union so
large number of states.
The conditions that surround you in this
territory OF material kind are of a most
hopeful character The diversity of your
productions, your mines of gold, silver, iron,
lead and coal, placed in such proximity as to
make the work of mining and reduction easy
and economical; your we'll watered valleys
capable under the skilful touch of the hus-
bandmen Of transformation from barren
wastes into fruitful fields, all these lying in
easy reach and intercommuDicatioD, one
with the other, must make the elements of
great commercial and political community.
You 90 not need to doubt the future. You
Will step forward confidently and progress
lively In the development of your great ma
terlal wealth. The great Characteristic of
our American institutions and the compact
OF our government is that the will of the mai
orlty, expressed by legal methods at the ballot
box. shall be the supreme law of all in our
community. To the territories Of the United
States measure of local government has al
ways been given, but the supervisory con.
troll. the supreme legislative and executive
power has been continuously, as to territo-
ries, held and exercised by the gem
eral government at Washington. The
territorial state been regarded as
temporary one. The general government
has always looked forward to division of
its vast nomain and this great work of Great
ing states has gone forward from Ohio to the
Pacific and now we may journey from Maine
70 70 Puget Sound through established states
The purity of the ballot box, those wise pro
visions and that careful guardianship which
shall always make the expressions of the
the essential things in the American people.
We are people organized upon principles
Of liberty, but, my good countrymen it is not
license; 1t is liberty within and under the
law. l have no discord, as a public officer,
with men Of any creed, religious or political,
II they will obey the laws. My oath of Office
and my public duty requires me to be against
those who violate the law