Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-17
GOV. GuMMINs' ADDRESS
81 oc,.lENT ADDRESS DELIVERED
AT DIES MONIES
THE GOVERNOR SUGGESTS NEED
ED CHANGES IN TARIFF.

THE Government Should Take
Hand in Settling the Labor
Problem.
suggests Many Changes In the
Law Governing Railway
Taxation.
senators, Representatives aud Fellow
appreciation OF the confidence and good
will Of my fellow men, and / am Soiemnly
conscious OF the obligations have under
taken ana the RESPONSIVENESS 4 nave as
The honor of the Office now enter Is out
ranked by but one OF all the places OF trust
and Observation-Disclosures to the Institutions of
the public; and II it's duties We're as diff
cult as Its honor Is great, | would have lit
satisfaction or my own; but. happily for YOU
and for me-, government In this state has
me courage to begin the work SO generously
committed to my hands. While the prob
lens of organized society are not less intri
cate here than elsewhere, and while law
breaking Is not unknown to us, it is still
true that the case with Which the laws are
executed in this state is a superb testimo-
nial to the sound character of its people,
The men and women of Iowa are, believe,
beyond all their fellows. either of this ceun
implicit aud instructive obedience to the
, ordinances of both God and man, which
makes the enforcement of statutes, the
preservation of peace and the maintenance
Of order task so light in comparison with
the labor attending the duties of chief
executive in many parts of the world. that
one may, with confidence aud hope, take up
the work incident to the Office with which
II / have been infested
pride which has become the habitual garb
!. Of the citizens of this state. We would in
deed Is t. The
expand with pleasnrable emotions under the
influences which surround u.s. Our beloved
state has barely passed the pioneer period
of its development, and vet 1t occupies POI
sition. in all the affairs of the republic, so
commanding and so honorable that it's sis
ousy. graciously yield to Iowa a pre-emi-
nence that it modestly accepts. and will
1ablisi,ed making that of the things men
most want, Iowa has the most to give. With
an empire of farms. which, taken as IL
parallel on - the face '' OF the earth1f,rms
whose productions can be multiplied again
and again without serious strain upon the
enduring strength of their fertile fields:
with Il population steady in growth and
permanent in character. prosperous beyond
the uncertahNcs Of the future as the imag-
ination can conceive; with poverty and ig
norance reduced to their minimum: with
education and Intelligence universally diff
fused; with love of country in every
heart and the weapons uf industry in every
hand: with genius for the science of gov
eminent, leading as well in congress as in
cabinet: with a growing tendency toward
the best forms of learning, and the nobest
wo%der hat nros a.u Wv, - s1
level progress its most uniform pace, con-
tent its serenest phase, and happiness its
tAptsns0 IN Mi1no4I
OF other states 1t can truthfulIy be said
for the bmmau ~ rano tba, nav t1
icted for tn m pne an, IIan Mo may 'us.s 9s pre-
VIII ,beautify and enrich this garden Of the
"E = 10 "; - .,,,no,oa san.,,non+s 90 ,,a 49,
eratitnde sneak If me ran, ii pr and tha
csfigans n lrn sapfounu and sustain ITS
natons nav sannear and i,sannear nu ra ane,
nsfs blisi,eI one nrnnnsiti"n tho+ viii na ID
arain he donhted The s+nIan+ nf stota.
craft viii hereafter aI,Tays assume tSoi
renub,ic NAV ha free imsf stronn ,n M AZ.
during. We have 7soivedsthe problem for all
time ana our people will be renowned in iii
ages for the snlcndn, Of the perod in which
The story or the marvellous transition
from the.puny power OF colonial days to the
cry memsry. and need not be retold. irhe
magical development IN material Shinys
which has raised us above all the nations Of
the earth. has been the theme Of SO many
an oratorical epic that the echo OF the sons.
Is always in our ears. The wonderful pros
perity Of the people is theme so fascinat-
Ing that we rest continually under its
charm and detail only makes the romance
sordid. The maintenance of our high stand
ard OF manhood. so essential to the preSer-
walton of free institutions. is so manifest
and satisfying that the evidences Of our
senses needs no supplement -
i therefore check a natural tendency to
fall into the language of eulogy and CON
tent myself with these plain statements.
The men and women of the United States
have reached higher point in the pathway
of progress mora lIy, intellectually and So
cialy than vase before touched by the
human race: they are the creators of a
mighticr physical and material develop
ment than was ever before known; and
they have established and now maintain J;
government that has more liberty, Justice
and Improvement in it thar any other gov
ernment that the world has ever seen.
These observations. however do not mean
that we have finished the fight. The years
be crowded with opportunities to be en- EN-.
braced turn from an inspiring retrospect
to n hopeful future 80
II ia cminentlv onnronri,+e ,,nor this o.
casion to review some Of tho duties Of elf.