The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-05-21

en- with the fate of an TO O degree ncv-
or even approached I'M amy previous stage
LOT history NO better proof could Doe given
than by this very exposition. century
ago no such exposition could have been
thought Of. The larger part OF the ter
ritory represented here today by 80 man,
free nations was not even mapped, ARA
very iuch of it was unknown to tue
hardest explorer. The Influence of Amer
lea upon Old World affairs was impou-
derable. Word politics still meant Eu-
An that Is now changed, not merely
BY what has happened here in America,
but ev what has happened elsewhere.
II Is not necessary Tor us here TO con-
slider the giant changes which have come
elsewhere In the globe; TO treat of the
rise in the south seas OF the great free
cOmmonwealths of Australia and New
zealand; Of the way Ia which Japan
has been re1uYenated and has advanced
by leaps and bounds TO "A position among
the leading civilized powers; Of the prob
lens, affecting the major portion of man
kind, which call imperiuusy for solution
in parts of the Old World which "a Ctn-
tury ago were barely known 70 Europe
even by rumOr our present concern
not with the Old World, but with our own
Western Hemisphere America We mCot
today, representing the peoples ut tliis
continent from the Dominion of Canada
In the North To- Chile and the Argcutiur
In the SOUTH representing peoples who
huVe travelled FAR ana fast lao the past
century, because In them has been ptac
veeture which is the maker 1f common
we1lths; peoples who are learning uud
striving 90 put Ina practice the vital truth
that freedom is the necessary first step
bat only the hrst stop, in successful free
governments
During the last century we nave on the
whole made long strides IN the right die
rcctiOu, but we have very much yet 90
learn. We look forward 20 the day when
there shah he "A nearer approximation
than there has ever vet been 10 the
brotherhood or man, and the peace of
the world. More tund more We are lcarn-
ing that 90 love ones country above am
others is in no way incompatible with rec
srectlng and wishing well To- am others.
and that as between man ana man, so
between nation and nation, there should
i've the great law of right. These are
The suuls toward whisht We strivei and let
pcs at least earnestly ondeavOr 20 realize
them here on this continent From liud-
sons BAY 20 the Straits OF Magellan, we,
the men OF two Americans, have been
conquering the wilderness, carving IL into
state ANA province, and seeking 20 build
up I'm state and province governments
which shall combine industrial prosperity
and moral Wen being. Let us ever most
ViVidy remember the falsity pf the belief
thut amy one OF us is 90 he permanently
hcncntted hy the hurt ot another Let us
strive 10 nave our public men treat us
uNiomutic the truth chat 10 is FOR the iu-
Western Hemisphere 90 see every other
commonwealth grow in riches and Iu
happiness in material wealth and ln the
4-ocr strung sels-rcspcctin muuhneas
without which material wealth lyails so
little
To-day on behalf of the United states ]
welcome you here. YOU. our brothers of
the North, ana you, our brothers of The
south. we wish you Well, Wc wish YOU ah
prueperitNi ANA we say &C. sou that We
earnestly horc for your wei being mot
only for your own sakcs but also for our
own, for ID is "a benefit 90 each of ua 40
have the others do WtN. Tho relations
between pos now are those of cordial
tri,ndshin ard 10 ie 90 the interest of ana
alike that this friendship should ever re-
main unhrokcu Nor is there the least
chance of its being broken provided only
thlt an uf us alike act with recognition
7 the Nitol need tnat euch should rcalize
thut his own true Interests can best De
served 10y serving the interests of 9TH
You. men of Canada. are doing suhstan
fiaily the same work that Mc uf this re-
Public are doing ANA face Substantially
Che same problems thnt we also face,
Yours is the world OF the merchant the
thc runchman, and the miner. you are
auhduiug The prairie and the forest TN
ins idrm lhnd. building cities striving to
ruee eYor higher the standard OF right
90 bring ever nearer the day when true
Justice shull obtain between muN and man
ud we wish God speed az you nnd yours
iod may We klndiicst lies of good win
~ Ays exist between as
lo you of the republics south ef us
wish to say "a special word l believe with \
AN my he0u in the Monroe doctrine rhis
iociriAe Is NOT 40 bo invoked for the age
sfunei2tmtnt of any one of us herr, ul
hig continent az the expense OF any une
lfe on this continent il should be rD-
tAiutd SIMPLY rs great international
fnn-Amercan policy vital 90 the Interests
9l all of us. The United States has. and
aueht 40 have, and must ever have. onN
the desire 90 see her sister reInhliga n
hc Western Hemisphere continue "a
flourish and the determination thnt no
lno world power shall acquire new terri.