The Glenwood post., 1904-10-22
the committees Of congress and the
members that it is SO.

the committees Of congress and the
members that it is SO.
While l was struggling along in
this matter and hoping against hope
along came a man from Colorado, he
called himself Grubb and he had the
characteristic Colorado determination
and energy, which all you Colorado
people have.
He came to Washington and said
he wanted a government breeding
| station established at Fort Collins
that he wanted an appropriation of
$4,000 for the purpose and a main
tainence appropriation in addition
And what is more he wanted 1t at
once, he did not want to wait as
had been content to do for years; he
wanted to be able to go back home
and say it was done, not that 1t was
coming up, but that 1t was done.
Well, l steered him up against it,
wondering what would become of that
Colorado farmer after he got through
with those dignified senators. You
got through with the senators he
went after the representatives, and
when he got through with the repre-
sentatives he had it. He had accom-
plished the thing that | had been
dreaming about for years, and | tell
you fellow citizens the work started
by Mr.. Grubb is going to be of the
most far reaching benefit of py work
started under the direction of the
agricultural department for years
After he got through with the mem
bers of congress it was no trouble at
all for me to get what money want
ed.
l wish there were some more
Grubbs on the boards of supervisors
of the agricultural colleges of the
other states, and while there are some
good men on those boards | wish II
were possible to transplant some OF
the Colorado energy and determine
tion to their soil
OF course it will be necessary fol
me to say something about politics
but you will find that l am a poor
political talker. | always talk shop
and even though | get started fairly
well on the other lines you will fine
me edging back to the weather anC
the crops before | am through.
l will say, however, that when yor
come to cast your vote this fall looh
are asking for that vote. The repub
lican party has record, and you will
not go to the polls blindly. If there
were two entirely new parties appeal
ing for your votes this fall it NIGH
be nice academic question whether
the one or the other was 10 be giver
the reins of government, but we are
not confronted by that dilemma ant
when the voter goes to the polls this
fall he will go there with the knowl
edge of the accomplishments of the
| iSpubii'dl party anu lle ldlluTeS vi
the democratic party.
Whatever else may be said you car
rest assured that whether right OF
wrong the republican party will carry
out to the complete end the things
that it says it will carry out and you
can feel certain that the democratic
party is sincere in it's declarations that
it will reduce the tariff. They have
been fighting protection ever since
1851, when | came to this country
and | have been told upon good au
thority that their record as protec
tion destroyers was complete up tc
that time.
Whether l talk to you from the
standpoint of the workingman, the
capitalist, the business man, the man.
ufacturer or the farmer, the argu.
ments that | would present would all
be the same, for the interests of all
those classes in your society are in.
dissolubly welded together, and a blow
that is aimed at one of them is aimed
at all
| come from Iowa, where we have
less commercial enterprise. We are
simply farmers there, but we shall