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

for the masssS. AMI this education
will in turn work the emnnsipa
tion of the whole people from serf
dom. absolnteism aud the rule o
,lespotiSm. We ARE of the opiqioi
that through e.fIrtI ot T ,lstoi.
Gorky, and that nolAe cathpli,
prelate. father Gopon, ths bloO'ly
dawn Of freelon's morning IL
about to he ss-n AMI exp .riehced
by the Russian people. AMI that
their brittle for liberty an equal
rights has a.nost reached its long
deferred fruition; an | that the re
suits will bs tIie com )lcts ov. ar
throw of autocracy. and of tn
establishment of their own 4ih
of July.
The country is properous. ",
are the ri-hest nation in the world
today. and with every revolutions
of the financial siklc. mIe pros.
psrity comes and more gold finds
its way into our co;r1rs. un Ter
meath our great Sealtl there may
be lurking the chiefest menace.
to our nations life. but We ar.
not here upon this lubilant occa
sion to sound any note of alarm,
However. speaking of the national
riches. it may be remembered that
il is written that lit is custer fof u
campbell to 30 through the eye OF
u needle than for rich ulnn to
enter the kihgdoM of Heaven;
we might become 30 rich us to
endanger the nation's chances OF
the bliss beyond; l don't know
though, that all of the Americans
are expecting 10 20 to Heaven in h
bunch. the Clayton people will all
get there of course. but there are
some people who may not gel
there at all. As far as the pres
ent speaker is concerned, that text
has never yet given him any per-
sonal discomfort, and he has no
9 ,rt of fear upon that account, OF
being able to pass by good old ST.
Peter, at the gate, if he ever gets
t. the gate.
l have said we have much to be
thankful for; aud | believe that
among our chiefest joys should be
the fact that We have our pres. Mt
Chief Il: ecutive, for he has given
Us All international prestige WE
never before had, There was ii
time, and some Of you will re-
member that it lS not so very long
ago, when small attention was
paid to our flag by foreign coun.
tries, but is different now. We have
u president who quickly cahled the
sultan of Morocco to produce
Perdicaris alive or Basuili dead"
and Perdicaris was> produced nj
once. Our president eau do other
things too. He can 90 down to the
White House cellar and do a jul
jitsu stunt with u Japanese, then to
Colorado on u hunt for bars; and
coming back TO Washington,
startles the world by at once be.
coming its greatest political po.
tentiality in III It he plays the rol.
of an Occidental Joshua. and II
commanding the Orient and a par
Of Europe to cease disturbing tho
peace of the world.
Forty five stars now bedeck oul
nations herAldic emblem, to which
number at least two more, VT
believe, will soon be added. ant
then, in that twinkling galaxy
there will be one bright particular
star and We will christen it "Th,
State Of New Mexico; and tber
we can say with our whole hearts
Flag Of the freehearts only home
By angels hands to valor given;
Thy stars have lit the welkin
dome.
And all thy hues we're born in
Heaven"
The day belongs to you, my
friends, and l am bid to give yOl
our heartiest welcome. lam tolt
to say to you also, that the latch
strings are hanging low ON tn