Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-03

ence, addressed you just as he would an
audience OF ladies' and gentlemen in the
state of New York, but in the state of
otah there is a higher and more ad-
vanced form of civilization daughter
and a~pplause); a form of civilization, the
beneficial effects of which have not been
recognized by older communities of less
courage than this; a form of civilization
and advanced thought SO ably considered
in the governors message Of the state of
New York, and for the first time in the
history of any of the thirteen colonies,
when u candidate for the vice-presi-
dency. recognizing the justice and the
wisdom of h policy, recommended to
the legislature of New York the granting
fefna.e suffrage in that state. 1 hin
1t was a wise thing to do, because I think
the wOmen of New York would come
nearer controlling the Tammany ele-
ments n the thugs around the Five
Points than the politicians of New York
have succeeded in doing in the last gen.
eTation. (Applause.)
10 ADVANCE OF THE RACE.
This advancement coward the west
reminds me of a thought worthy of ex-
preston here. This race to which we
belong has been moving westward for
nearly two Thousand years. About two
thousand years g the humble Naza-
rene told the fishermen of Judea to go
forth and preach the gospel to all men,
everywhere. In Obediellce to that COM
mand. these humble fishermen swiftly
turned toward the west. Under the doc
trlnes taught by them, a civilization was
built up such as the world had never
before known. The race conquered the
wilds of Europe. 1t conquered the isles
adjoining; and finally the Pilgrim
Fathers in the north and the cavaliers in
the south landed respectively at Ply
mouth Rock and upon the palm covered
beaches of Florida. During the last four
hundred years this race has been engag-
ed In conqusring this continent: the saw
age, the forest, the wild beast, the sterile
plain. the rocky mountain, each and all
the obstacles have been broken down and
conquered by the steady march of this
masterful race.
we are now upon the shores of the
mighty Pacific with our civilization, At
ter twenty centuries of march from Asia
around the globe. we find ourselves back
again at the rear Dor of Asia 1t is only
ten days sailinc from San Francisco or
Seattle to h very heart of the Orient:
the place from whence our fathers start
ed. We have developed upon this CONT
nent a civilization and a rule of law as
contradistinguished from license, which
VIII shed benediction over all the wide
World when that influence shall be estab
llshed. Our civilization we could not
stop If we would. The influence that
was c~rystallizsd into phrase at indie
pendence hall at Philadelphia in 1776, can
no more be confined to continents thar
can the sun that shines above us be con-
fined to continents. This civilization of
ours, this spirit of liberty that found its
greatest expression in the Declaration of
Independence, cannot be monopolized by
us. The influence that emanated from
that little brick hall in Philadelphia has
been steadily ~permeating all the peoples
of the earth. nD.
SUPREME DUTY OF THE HOUR.
e".Rut ra special mission and specia
work attaches to the people of his Pa.
cific slope; a work that we cannot sto,
II we Would, because we are the van
guard and in our proud moments of SELF
consciousness we believe that we are
the best expression of the civilization
ard progress of all the ages. This boas,
is to be determined an idle boast or thu
announcement OF a fact by our actions
on the 9Th day of November. applause.
IF we turn back from the supreme
duty of his mighty hour, if we decline
to discharge the responsibility which, un.
dow tho nrnriJo,,oo ~e C~J -. n L.
us now, we shall be entitled tC
the just maledictions of posterity. II
on the other hand, we show that we zeal
ize that we will reap because others in
their day did SOW, and as we reap the
fruits of the power of other generations,
so we must in turn plant that others
may reap in days to come.
x This generation has built the railroads
across the continent. Within the sound
of my voice at this moment there are
hundreds of men and women who re-
member the day of the push cart and the
bleeding feet; of the OK team and the
mule team, and the pony express and the
stage coach. Since those days within a
period eff time too incredible in the
worlds history. to scarcely bear meas.
urement, the Southern Pacific railroad
the Atchison railroad. the Union and the
Central Pacific, the Oregon Short Line
and the Northern Pacific road. the Great
Northern road. a string of roads OF
mighty capacity. v been constructed
connecting he Atlantic with the Pacific
Ocean. 1t is scarcely possible to believe
that fifty years ago there was not as
much railroad west of the Mississippi
,;,,D. ~ toN,o a.
today. Just fifty years ago there was
rot as much railroad track west of the
Mississippi river as there is street car
track tn.salt Lake City today. The strug-
Cling people who ca,ne here first lived on
such game as they could get, and the
game was frequently reduced to grass
hopper pie. But today what can be said
of the beautiful buildings and streets
and homes of this city, can be said of a
hundred more in the west.
MApKET NOD TyTAu nnorr,~ro