Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-06
NEW Y0RK'S
DAY AT FAIR
EMPIRE STATE SENDS BIG DELE.
CATION TO ST. LOUIS FOR
CELEBRATION.

CELEBRATION.
ODELL MAKES ADDRESS
Governor of New York Speaks at Elk.
ercises Held In New York State
Building, Reviewing History Of The
Territory and Its Progress.
st. Louis, Oct 4.-The most sue.
cessful state day celebration at the
exposition, both in point OF interest
and attendance. was that of New
York state, which was observed to-
day. Governor Odell made the princi-
pal address at the exercises held in the
New York state building. He said in
part:
Acquisition Of Louisiana.
"The diplomacy which led up to the
acquisition of the Louisiana territory
furnishes one of the most interesting
incidents in the worlds history. The
establishment of a republic devoted to
the interests of, and affording liberty
of conscience and freedom of action
to It's citizens, was an experiment in
government which could not have sue
ceeded if any restraint had been
placed upon that liberty or If Its con-
stitution had not been broad enough
to meet the demands of O growing
country. From the settlement OF Amer
lea down to the Revolutionary war.
sanguinary strife had been the lot of
the American people. The thrifty
Dutch and the stolid, determined
Anglo-Saxon sought not in this country
a mere temporary home, for, unlike
the Spaniards, their dream was not
of gold, but rather their hope was for
a liberty so broad and Catholic in it's
character that 1t would grow with
succeeding years and make certain
that peace they had sought for in vain
in the land of their birth.
A BIoodess Victory.
"That the acquisition Of this terri
tory was accomplished through peace
full means rather than by bloodshed,
was another triumph for civilization.
While wars have come since and may
come in the future, the plan of arbi-
tration which has been adopted SO
generally by this and other nations
may perhaps have had its inception in
this peaceful solution of n burning and
important question to this country.
The Ties That Bind.
"Our union now is one that is com.
posed of comonwealths bound togeth-
er by all that means common interest,
the common veal and common protec-
ton of all the people. 1t leads to the
hope that when the Representatives of
all the states have decreed by a major
ity that which is for the best interest
of the whole country, then these ques-
tons should no longer be the subject
of partisanship or party differences.
but the government should have the
legal support of all who believe in
America and her future. The same
laws govern us, the same protection
should be and is accorded to every
citizen and there is no individual or
isolated community that does not
share in the prosperity of all others
whose interests are not on the same
plans OF equality.
The March of Progress.
"For a time natural advantages may
unduly favor one section of the coun-
try, but the accumulation of wealth
brings about the development of the
natural resources by which other sec.
tons are built up, and their people
share in the general prosperity. Our
state perhaps<has benefited more
through the development of the west
and the northwest territory than al.
most any other commonwealth The
natural valleys which permitted the
building of the Erie canal and the con.
nection of the Great Lakes with the
harbor Of New York brought this ter.
ritory in close communication with the
Atlantic seaboard. The growing de-
mands of the world led to the cult
walton Of the fertile fields of the west
the development of the mines and the
building up of cities and manufactures
until today we have other ports whose
facilities have been increased by the
improvement Of water ways and the
building of thousands and thousands
of miles of railroad. While there may
be an apparent decrease in some To-
calities and corresponding benefit
in others, yet SO intimate are our con
nections and associations that the
prosperity of one, instead of being a
menace to the growth of any other To-
cality, really aids in building it up. Sc
1 4 nj It'll
full our people. that we may compare
the whole union to a great work shop
one vast cultivated field of industry
all laboring not for the advancement
of separate cities or localities, but for
the continued growth of our common
country.
Ctizenc Nations Assets.
1T is only through ignorance that
people have misconception of these
truths. The development Of the hui