Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-12
c,r,,ror Wells Quotes Dave Eur
'V ,,y On ,he Subject aud Bids
Them Welcome.
Vns. JOHN HENRY SMITH SPEAKS
. q, r. tho Achievements Of thc Pio-
~ oeers ia Settling utah-Elec'
ton Of officers.

,nNon of Ticket Agents
hv first Vice President W. +.
uor,brlsht. No time was lost IN ge'tins
mo- "a business. In a few brief words
w. 81 NJ Wells was introduced inc
S.,orror was in very happy mood
.,Mo from words Of praise for utah
% salt Lake, which were well re-
c.hea. he said In part'
,,yo less a celebrity than Dave Burnley
10, told me that you can 40 us more
na'L good than any other set OF men on
TN he saws that when II comes 10
suostiop NJ ruling the world the hand
w rocks the cradle Is an understudy
we. ,ho hand thar sells the railway tick
" aNon may come and men may CO.
| ~ sovs bur unless they interview the
r,a,, man at the grated window, they
AM 60 very far, have long tme
u.,,ing there and a good deal OF trouble
eec ,he way He says that while time
"a Tide wait for no man Tor woman,
ai,horl none OF them can start suc-
cessfully without sign manual FROM
,on, also that 50 per cent of the people
,hat 60 anywhere don't know where II
"a they are going til you tell them. But
,he most significant and valuable BIT
n lnformaton that this Nestor Of rail-
yoadng has let fall Is that IL we treat
/ Won right you viii send all the people
among whom you live through Utah.
| Relieving that all railroad men, and Mr.
hurley in particular are Incapable OF
untruth. | bid you thrice welcome ana
All hail We would as soon think OF
shutting out the golden sunlight from
our lives as abrldging In the smallest
4 measure the quality of your welcome. II
mo form OF It doesn't suit you Just
4 il, lis know what other form you would
prefer and II is yours.
On conclusion, good friends, your
visit is one that awakens the kindliest
feelings We are essentially western
people with the instincts and impulses
which are imbibed from and flourish in
western atmosphere, hut there is no
thought of aectIonalism here. The tie
that binds Is none the less binding
because those whom We are proud 10
greet are from other points of the CONF
PASS You are indeed welcome within
our midst and II you don't see anything
YOU want ask Burley or Benton for II.
MAY you enjoy your visit 10 the fulleu
limit and In your lfe's diary this occa-
sion be set down as the brightest ana
cheerlest in the whole category The
hand-clasp Of friendship is yours, and
the heart goes with IT,.
HON. JOHN HENRY SMITH.
In introducing Hon. John Henry
Smith the chairman remarked that
there We're a number of Smiths the
world over, but the only one, the gem
ial and large proportioned Smith, was
present and would address the dele
gates.
The speaker remarked by way OF
commencement that he was happy to
meet so many representative ladies'
and gentlemen and that ladies" IN
this country were considered full
grown men, Continuing, he said
THE governor who has addressed YOU
represented the state; | am here to rep
resent the Church. The Church and
state are said to go together in Utah.
however that may be, ! will say that
'he governor and ] are one inasmuch
as we are both Republicans. However.
we ART not perhaps, one In all things"
continuing he proceeded to take up the
subject OF the early experiences of the
Pioneers In Utah and stated that they
came 10 this territory because the peo-
PIE IN me east did not want them and
~ t1ey leIt Tor new country. The
early experiences when potatoes were
az sihall as marbles and wheat grew
WIN such short straw that IL could not
be leaped and threshed In the ordinary
manner, were then dwelt upon I'm a
manner that interested the auditors
nom the east and the speaker went on
TO pay glowing tribute TO the header.
SNIP foresight and administration of
President Brigham Young, whom he
uvalBnated as one Of the greatest men
VINO devolepd this vast commonwealth -
me result Of the following of the mol
lcg inaugurated by President Yoinr
allrmed Mr. Smith, was that todov
lhere was no state in The Union which
could 90 so far In the direction OF TAX
Tug care Of the people who resided in
y man could Utah with ali her resoi,rr'
~ natural and developed Coming
oaok to his theme he stated that The
so-called 'Mormons" were moi tbe frsst
70 come to Utah. That distinction he
lynsea TO representatives of the cath
,,., church which left traces of its de-
aaglupinent IN the form of potato plants
a'uuB the Escaante. There was also a
t m named Goodyear who lived whore
TIsueh now stands, who broke soil in
IAN prior to the advent of the nio.
s,yv's" win the coming of the mining
a.a,ethly Utah commenced TO develon
e,,. eNonange commodities. and the
,v,,uly miner and brawny farmer grew
tp sue py side, Then came experiments
~ ~, l,rlgatlon which finally grew until
N'ah Today was the foremost state IN
'He matter Of artificial warorlng -
crops Watering OF
lHe speakiler went on to state that
n',e PRESIDENT Brigham Young had Of
eu ueen called the Father of Utah irri-
ssfI.upn could truthfully be said 10 be the
o., OF the State of Utah. The pol.
A. :. vi PRESIDENT Young in the early
~ IelatlVe TO settling the country was
MY. luuched upon There were men
IN uVed here In the early days. 'he
al,I med, who left the state and then
,alBtd mat Brigham Young was au-
auc and cruel | want To tell Won
..snt now that he was wise He had 10
~ lnat laws and regulations were on
.9'Sed Tor the safety OF the conmunitv
I, !arge' He would not permit man To
.,dVe MS wife and family exposed 10 the
y ases Of the Indians. while he went
VII 10 work away from home Rules
'nl regulations were necessary I'm tho
tiers" w P'"'SNt the set
,,,ohlinuing the speaker PAINTED word
p.otute OF the growth OF Salt Lake CITY.
nnu m the process related conditions
y ven the bowery was FIRST bullt on the
a. rL,lHple square, From the pursuits Of
~. settlers he passed on TO the amuse-
,m,llts and stated that while some might
laNe exception to dancing. thcater 20
,nE ana kindred recreation. no main.
s'ned That innocent amusements tend
~ 10 me Improvement and education Of
,nhe young people, with the result that
,ley grew up 10 he broad minded men
anu women. In defense OF his position
~ related conversation he had win
General Low Wallace. the noted author
~ we SAT- Lake Theater sonne tim 10
" that gentleman turned n Rim ana
= .ated mat he elwavs pictured brigham,
Jung as long stIff-necked presby-
Ian preacher but now that he had
'''"e 70 Utah and seen things for him