The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-30

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mating all bills appropriating the money neces-
sary to carry the government T0 the conn
mittee on appropriations has the house delegated
the exercise Of this power and the discharge of
this duty, reserving to itself only the right to
reject, OF amend and accept.
Some Idea Of the magnitude Of this RESPONSE
bility may be gained from the fact that not
dollar OF the peoples money can be paid out of
the federal treasury, except upon the authority
of an appropriation first made by congress-; and
that the last congress appropria ted for all gov
ernment purposes, including permanent appropria-
lions the enormous sum of than ST., Col, 900,
600. We OF the west may therefore be pardoned
II we congratulate ourselves upon this important
recognition in the management OF our national
analfs, ana In the exercise of one of the most
important powers of the government, whereby,
Tor the first time in our history, the position of
chairman of the house committee appropria-
ton has come to a representative west of the
Mississippi river. Atho~ 1 happen to be the
instrument thru which this honor has been con-
feTed upon our state and the west it belongs
not to Inc but to the people, and especially to
the people OF this congressional district who
have so often chosen me their representative
in the congress of the United States To them.
not to me, belongs the honor. 1t is THEIRS not
! mine. I sincerely regret that all who have made
it possible for me to bring to the district and
state this distinction cannot be here and partici
pate in celebrating that which marks another
step III the progress Of the west in its onward
march to national distinction and governmental
power. Temporarily I hold this honor but
hold it only in trust for the people represent
and with the aid Of him who 'doeth all things
Well l earnestly hope will be able to transfer
1t to my successor unsoiled by dishonor and
without faint or dscredit to myself or to them
Loyalty of Friends.
If during my public service have accom-
pllshed any thing to merit part of the COM
pllment implied in this occasion of unusual in:
terest; If that service has brought to the peop1e
{ my home city. district and state anything
o I value. OF of which they have reason to be
pl Oud, the achievement was made possible ONLY
be cause of the intense loyalty of friends
wo Via pc untrue to them and to myself if I
did not take this opportunity to acknowledge the
debt, OF gratitude L owe to home and friends
With 0ut the aid and the influence of both, this
bang. let, if given at ell, would be in honor Of
anOth. VI not me. Friends show us what we
can dc Toes teach us what we should do Not
alone u a restricted sense, but in the sbroa dest
and NJ s<st comprehensive meaning, home and
friends constitute the paradise of earthly bliss
In public and in private life they enable men to
achieve Us tlnction and win success. They cre-
ate oppor tn mites for the development of ability
and the ": |e monstration Of capacity. In short
they are the twin gods that make men,, Without
them, SUGGEST in it's true sense Is impossible and
achievement unobtanable.
But &-.enth are neither made nor retained
by selfish in(A ference to the wants or lust de.
mands OF OUT fellow men. Whether in the
Shop or the. street, in the office, in the leais
lative hall Or in the executive chair we al,
possess within ourselves that which, If not re.
strained by SCI fshness Or dwarfed by vanity
prompts resDech ul attention to the want and
Reasonable den7al IDS Of those about u.s. and nj
those Who have made us, thereby we make for
ou7e1vNs friends in need, who are our friends
indeed.
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