Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-14
OPENING DAY.
Continued From Pogs One,

,an cry, our puzzle bundingp, our
climate. and our great salt sen. When
read the papers this morning anu
learned OF the great probation AMI
loss OF life by hent ana other climatic
ctu,es In the cities from which many
Of you have come, ieol that you Will
have pleasure In the o, i0yment OF
eur pure, cool atmosphere and
the exhiiarating waters OF our
mineral springs nnu lakes. To
those among you VINO nro fortunate
eniugh to be accompanied by y0ut
wives AMI da lighters, you arc especial
Iy welcome, Bnd IL Will afford tn G
iadies OF this city an opportunity OF
wBlcomiuS uDd entertaining 30 many
distinguished women ram abToaI.
Tho ladies' COMMITTEES will look aftor
them with LIVING attention. Gap
plause.)
"Ynur program, az already outlined +,
Indicates the great work you seek 10
perform during the present. congress,
and bid you God speed with II, be-
lieving that your deliberations viii be
tempered with oil wisdom, and that
the resolutions which shall go forth
from this chamber ehnil carry with
them the united sentiments OF the
twenty -four milliopB OF people whom
you Represent.
LEES than fifty years ago the Ma
Il onal Congiess consisted OF les
uumter OF deiegates, represented q
q mailer constituency, lever states anu
FAR lets wealth than you represent to-
day. 1t Ia difficult to imsgine the
M Dcrtanco OF this body, the powerful
a. fluences 1t may WELD, aud the re-
sponsibilit'as which attach to It.
feel sntPfe that your lGbors will bear
God nut. 1t is with great pleasure
that tenuer you the FREE dom OF the
city. Everything ia you're to COM
manJ." (Appiauss.)
JUDGE GOODWIN TALKS.
Judge Goodwin put the dele yntss In
a merry mood by one Of the spec ches
which have made him 30 well kno wn.
He welcomed the congress on behalf
OF the business men OF the city. 1t
was long time, ne said, since many
delegates hed bsen here; anu now that
they we're permitted to least their eyes
on the beauties OF Salt Lake and sur.
roundi0ge they would see how much
they hRu lost. II perchance the local
speakers should give vent to ego,isti.
cal expressions 1t should be
romembered that they were not
natural hat they came from atsacia-
too with Colorado people. (Lnughter.)
He was glad that this congftss had In.
spired the Governor 10 take bath
(lsughter); also the MayUi-lt would
10 them sUou. 1t would slHO benefit
the chairman, as he cane from cuur-
try where a'bOy was never aoIe to tell
his own cgmprxion after he was ten
years oil age, unless he came to a placs
like Salt Lake. (Lsughtef),
The congress should stay here dur.
ing the jubilee and see hny yeArs of
history condensed and portrayed
In three or four days. Afterthat the
people OF Salt Lake would excuse the
delegates long enough TO 60 homo anu
sell out AID come back. The police,
said the judge, had been notified g.
close their eyes to the misdaeds oil the
delegates and padded shutters had
been nut In place where they might
20, (Laughter.) The Solt Lske dele
CATION was anxious TO 90 everything
in its pswer to entertain the congress
except to make long apeeches
RESPONSE BY COL DoNIpHAN.
Colonel John Dopiphau OF St. Joe,
Missouri, then responded to the
speeches of welcome In behali Of the
congress NJ tollOwE.
"Lsdies and Gentlemen: n Thanks
for your generous welcome, which Ia
as brOau as your prairies ana substan.
tiaI as your mountains. We will en-.
10y 1t In the hospitablo spirit In W hich
ills tendered., The iriumphs OF your
energy cannot TAIL to Impress us with
que respect and admiration for the
men Tho have evolved this beautiful
and magnificent lily itOm the chaos
OF the material slemenle found by the
Pioneers OF lS47. Applause.
"For many years you Knocked In
vain for admission TO the, sisterhood OF
siates and at last you have tur,t In
full lruition on the horizon, uecked as
blushing AURORA to greet the king OF
day, clothed with golden jewels aud
ireighted with substantial wealth.
Yaur iniarcy IL no DHr to the honofa.
bic ompetiti0n you have iDaugufat-G
for high position in the race OF state.
hood. Were We to transport ourselves
back bali q century and contemplate
the desola,a and forbidden aspect OF
nature, II were u vivid imagination
that could have pictured the present
gem OF the Jordan valley. Zap
plsuse.)
"What strange romances are woven
by the hand OF tim,! The rock.riObed
mountains have been made to give up
their precious treasurer; the arid
plains made TO smile with golden
harvest and stately edifices an0 giant
temples adorn aud embellish tho eret.
while bleak landscape. Everywhere.
we see the triumpus OF energy, szill
and science. Education and morality
have kept race with the material pro-
gIess OF your development until you
rival the older states and older COM
munities.
"Prtsident Young fret unioldsd the
banner OF progress amid these moun-
tain wastes, TO 5e followed by the
sturdy pioneers md Argonau,s with
tue flag OF freedom anu the elogan Of
progress, that scale the rugged tops OF
tho Sierra Nevada mountaips, passed
the golden shores of the Pacific
anu carried civilization anu culture to
the ut,ermost isles OF the Occident.
(Applause.)
"Lese than century since this
entire transmlssissippi region, repre-.
sentod by tweniy'iour states and tern.
torieP, twenty millions OF people anu
Ut told wealth, was a terra iucoguilo,
whose possibilities Jlmly dawn upon
the great apostle OF Democracy. JET
isTsoh launched the expedition OF