Clayton enterprise. [volume] (Clayton, Union County, N.M.) 1888-1906, 1905-07-07

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This decision is unanimous.
J. w. Evans
0. +. Toomhs
+. W. Fox
COMMITTEES
Soon after the race track was
reached dinner was announced
and the committee on barbecue
began to issue out the meat. bread
pickles and coffse which lasted
about one hour and half. Then
JUDGE TooMsS DELIVERED THE
FOLLOWING ADDRESS:
There was u time in the long
ago when our ancestors were con.
tent to have t,a-parties in the
vicinity of Boston, and OH such
occasions the men were selfish
enough not to permit the la'lies
to have any han'l in the arrange.
ment; but this tea party fad which
the uenfolks had. ceased to be
because it was founded upon has-
culine selfishnrss, and u new fad
and a new order of things came
into existence, in the enjoyment
of which. the ladies' have been
permitted to participate; if you
shall be entertained by your rx-
periences here today, yOu will be
called upon to give large thanks
to the ladies of Clayton, because
had it not been for the efforts
they have made to assist the man
aging cOmmittee, this jubilation
would haye been shorn Of some Of
its prettiest attractions. | said
the fail was new. but when l come
to think. it is not so entirely new
either, but each recurring year the
American people dc something to
keep alive and fresh in their minds
the day thereon they escaped from
the yoke ct tyrauy and establisbe
the first real government "of the
people. for the people and by the
people" the world has ever known.
From a small beginning in 1776.
with thirteen states. We come in
to the 10th 20 tury VI h 4j states
In 1903 president Jefferson initia
ted negotiations with the great
Napoleon for the purchase of the
city Of New Orleans aud the con.
troll Of the mouth of the Missis-
sippi river; but in the deal the
great Frenchman went our presi-
dent one better aud worked Of OH
him the whole of the louisiana
Purchase as it is known today,
rsmarking at the time the trade
was consumated "he asked me for
a city and gave him an empire"
1t was Indeed an empire, and this
imperial repaDlic, If l may s&y
it that way, did herself proud in
1904 when she carried to a com
pletc success the international
exposition at tie city OF st. Louis
in u fitting oommemoration of this
great territory. The Americans
never follow when it comes tc
expositions they always lead. Chi
eago in 1893, St. Louis in 1901
and Portland in 1905, are the thret
largest international expositionI
the universe has ever known.
We have many things to b'
thankful for. The industrial sit
uation Of our country is as healthy
and wholesome Is we can reason
ably expect it to be There is some
friction in the world of industry
but there alwsys has been friction
there, ever since Abraham and Le
had their little spat about th'
range for their sheep.
Russian children kiss today tn,
red flag Of choas and disorder, bu
their action and sentiment tina
underlies It, will prove to hav'
been the harbinger of a wider anc
fuller freedom yet to come Il
the Slavonic races. The recon
! black Friday at LOdz and the rex
Sunday at st. Petersburg, will,
: little later in the history Of tina
unfortunate people, be known .
the red.handed parent of that civi