Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-05-09
Mr.. Chairman and My Fellow Citizens
MY Fellow Americans,

Know you wei. for half OF my regimen
came from New Mexico.
was greeted here by those who's,
greeting always touchos me peculiarl,
the men of the Grand Army, the mel
To whom we owe IL that there is {
country or president TO trave
through II, and am sure that ! need
not say a word to them in the wa,
Of explanation Of the fact that the clos
est Of all ties are the ties that knit to-
/ gether men who face some hardship
and a certain risk In campaigns and on
| fought fields. and naturally there can
| be no other body Of men to whom /
/ feel so tightly bound as do To the men
Of my own regiment
have not only enjoyed to the fun
my trip today, but have been greatly
pleased and impressed 10y ~ that |
have seen. Now | come into this thirty.
ing city and for miles since | have
struck the Rio Grando I have been i'm.
mensely impressed by what YOU are do.
ing with irrigation, and when we have
been able TO get on little more with
IT, there won't he the slightest dificul.
~ with my poor little friend on the
outside OF the fence. CReferrng to the
taDleau)
One Of the best acts that in my
Judgment has ever been made a law bv
congress was that which provided that
hereafter the national government
should aid the western states, Rocky
mountain states and the territories
In securing and utilizing the water sup.
ply until we can get the agricultural
resources Of this region developed 10
the extraordinary degree that is only
possible with irrigation. foi | do not
have to tell you that when you get irri
cation properly started. we find that
rain is mighty insufficient substitute
for Il.
The national government will aid
you. you yourselves will have done and
VIII do much and / have no question
that In the life time Of those am now
addressing, We shall see practically all
the water that now goes to waste at
times stored anu utilized, and see this
whole region blooming as only the
most favored regions OF the earth can
bloom.
Already a beginning has been made.
but that is only beginning. and while
much good will come in the Immediate
future, II Is impossible TO estimate how
great viii be that good in a time not in
the Immediate future, and vet Iot far
Instant
! believe that irrigation will do far
more for these states and territories |
than what has been accomplished hy |
any one factor in the development of |
the humid regions to the east and the !
west
lt has been a great pleasure to see
'our country II has been great
pleasure 90 see the cities. TO see the
and growing fertile as the waters are
brought over g. 90 see your hocks and
nerds. the products of your mines. but
he one thing that has pleased me most
has been 10 see the men and women.
lhr best product OF any region IS the
product of its citizenship believe I'm
'ou. ] know you / had some six hun.
ired samples of YOU under my immedi.
'te charge and they PANIED out well.
was glad at Santa Fe. and am
'lad here, TO be greeted by the child
ZEN The two classes that think am
most pleased 10 be greeted with are
irst of all the veterans who have
.hown MS by their lives and deeds in
ne past how we are to handle our.
ielVos, and then the small folks-the
people Of the future. | am glad TO see
our children. | like the quality. and
Is far as ! have seen. I like the ouan.
ity, and important though II is that
We should have the fullest develop.
nent OF the resources of this region.
important II is TO develop the mines
md drive the railways throughout this
egion, and above all 10y irrigation to
Ievelop the marvellous fertility OF a
oil which needs only water to make IL
reduce as but few regions OF the earth
an produce important though Il Is TO
eVelop in every way, our material re.
ources, never forget that the one all
important crop is the crop of citizen.
hip, and according as your children
re trained well or Ill., Just according
'ill this territory, while It is terri I
Dry and after IL has become a state.
urn out well or IN.
have been glad to see your schools {
nd you cannot afford TO neglect them. !
10 matter what else you have to neg I
'ct. the schools you cannot afford to q
eglect, and then you must remember q
nat the schools can only supplement :
he homes You cannot expect the }
1hool teacher TO undo what you do II I
on do your part III. remember that. }
on cannot unload everything on the
'hool teacher. The father and the q
lother have got to do their part de. a
entity and firmly and conscientiously
nd also not foolishly. You have not !.
My got TO have conscience. you also !,
ave TO have common sense, that Is an
nportant element. ! strictly object TO
lrdness of heart, but object quite as =
uch 10 softness of head, and II our :