, 1901-01-29
SENATOR
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sition is to me of increased significance
because a reelection carries with ii
not only some measure of APPRECIATION
and appreciation of past efforts, but al
so, and rightfully, a still greater meas
ure of expectation of more and better
service to be hereafter performed. You
expect this of me because of enlarged
experience in service, as well as in
proper return for our renewed conf,
dence and support.
Il am not unmindful of the obliga'
tons and the very great responsible,
ties involved in an acceptance of the
place to which you gentlemen with
such friendship and unanimity have
elevated me and since you have shown
SO large a confidence in me, It's but
just that l should take you into my full
confidence and confess that | appreci-
fear and trembling and in some mo-
ments with even reluctance. These
feelings come because of the ~realiza-
ton of the responsibilities | must as
sumo, both as regards the public du,
ties and private duties and affairs, in
which others and those who come af-
ter me, are so vitality interested,
"To properly represent in the United
States senate, a young and growing
commonwealth and to push its inter-
ests to the fullest extent, there and
elsewhere. require all the ability. en-
ergy and industry allotted to the most
vigorous manhood. Private business
and home affairs require thought and
toll, and hence the tax upon brain and
body is continuous and most exacting,
when performing this dual service.
"In weighing the pros and cons I
have realized that in no years succeed
ing the next six covered by this con-
templated term, have | right to expect
greater mental or physical vigor for
myself, or greater possibilities for
bountiful harvests from business pur-
suits, If personally and well handled,
but, my dear friends, when thinking
thus, I long for relief from public du-
ties, and greater ease and surer sue.
cess of private affairs, l am reminded
that l have. in times past invited po-
litical preferment, and am also remind
ed that the places I hold-in trust for
my state-upon standing committees
and elsewhere, and which is the valu-
able increment derived from service,
would be lost to the state, should I step
aside and a successor be elected, no
matter how much more able than l,
that %uccessor might be. This because
the United States senate is a continu-
GUS body with seniority rights and priv
ileges, and still further because with
new states added, a larger body, and
changes in the percentage of party rep
resentatives we could not hope to re-
gain for another. in less than three
terms, the present position and COM
mittee places now held in trust for you.
as before stated.
$50, my friends. with your continu-
ed confidence and favor, I accept the
trust with solemn vow and purpose to
do, with Gods help, the very best I
can for my state and for it's people, at
all times and places and under all cir
cumstances. (Applause.)
ITO be a senator from Wyoming is an
honor of which any man might well be
proud. It carries with it the distinc-
ton Of representing a commonwealth
as large as all the New England states
with Indiana and New York added; of
sharing in the privilege Of shaping the
institutions Of a state, which will In
time have as large a population as To-
wa or Illinois: of aiding in the devlop-
ment of it's vast deposits of coal, iron,
petroleum, and the opening up Of 9TH
err mineral riches to home seekers its
wonderful growth in land and water,
greater by far than that Of any Of the
~undeveloped states.
"a senator from the state, blessed
with the most invigorating and health
full climate; which contains in the Te-
tons the noblest mountains of the con-
tinent, and in the Yellowstone park the
most magnificent scenic spectacle in
the world; is not cast down because Of
a few sagebrush solitudes or bad land
hills, nor because she was once desig-
mated as little sage brush, sore-eyed
Wyoming
"Since the days of that cognomon
Wyoming has won a prouder distinc-
ton than any which mere national
greatness could give. This young,
sparsely settled and inconspicuous
state, so far as numbers or tax rolls
are concerned, is known in educational
circles as the Massachusetts Of the
west, and among economists and ~jurists
as the law giver Of the arid regions.
Added to a school system among the
best; a percentage Of illiteracy among
the lowest; we have shown courage
and justice In our leadership in legis.
lation by recognizing the equal politi.
cal rights Of both sexes, and wisdom in
dealing with the complex problems o.
Irrigated agriculture. More than any
other state, Wyoming has attempted
to work out the social and industrial
institutions upon which the future de