Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-12-01


under Mexican rule. With all the adj.
vanlages of climate which these states
have and with their great mineral and
agricultural possibilities. Texas and
Arizona aud New Mexico aud Nevada
and California would not lie support
Ing the vast numbers Of prosperous
homes We're il not for American rule
aud the protection OF the United States
flag.
In pralsing the climatic conditions
of the great southwest. and especially
of southern California. we may use the
strongest superlatives. We must com.
bine in that description of CALIFORNIA;
climate the inauguration of the tenn.
perate zone and the balmlncss of the
tropics. We must describe climate
beneficial to the well man and To the
sick In this Edenic climatic condi.
ton we find all the atmospheric bless
ings of the arctics cuddling up and
Nesting against all the atmospheric
blessings OF the tropics. while IL Is free
from the destructive blizzards of the
north. which. like an Alpine avalanche
of snow. threaten to destroy the Nor
wegians and the Russians and the
GrcenlnnderS- free, too. from the pes
tiferous miasmas of the equator. which
like the fatal coils Of the Brazilian
anaconda. threaten 10 crush out the
life of the iIlha bitantS Here truly. the
crocuS and the helioirope can grow all
the year around As loving maidens.
they HIT up their lips TO be wooed and
kissed by the same gentle sun.
Are the climatic conditions of south
ern California nil that" says some
one. You are talking like Il crazy
man How can winter aud summer be
married nj the same uuptIa shrine
How. do not know The mctcorolo
giSts tel me that the cause is due e
the Japan current which flows like
great river along the shore Of Califor
MIA But after these scientists have
tried 10 give me rational explanation
for this atmospheric elysium still am
as much In the dark as ever. | simply
state facts rs they are and must refer
you to the scientists for the causes
| know that on Dec. -. 1903. left
Chicago in binding snowstorm to g
and live in Los Angeles. Bundled up In
heavy fur lined ovcrcoat the wind
cut through me like knife. Yet
strange to say, after arrived in Los
Angeles could look out Of my study
window into my yard and see roses
growing upon the bushes. These roses
We're not protected 10y dollhouse glass
but they were breathing the same fresh
air tlIat hreathcd Winter and sum
mer impossible 10 be married. Yot
can sec them as bride and bridegroom
every day of your life in southern Call
fornia. There the Januarys and Febru
arys are not any more wonderful than
the Iulys and Augusts. There the III
habituntS must sleep under heavy blan
kets all the year round. Marvellous
wonderful lndescrihablc are the at
mosphcric conditions of the great
southwest Of our republic
And what a health resort we have.
Our leading men of the west have foi
the most part been the great leaders OF
the east. From overwork In their east
ern homes they have broken down
physically ana have had to seek n
warmer climate or they have gone L.
southern California or the great south
west because there is sickness IN their
family. Rather than be separated from
their loved ones they have gone To the
southwest 10 renew their lfc's strug
giles near to the Pacific coast The re
suit is that some of the ableSt min
listers and lawyers and physicians and
engineers and educators ana fnanciers
and men of all departments of life have
settled In the great southwest The
successful man of New York will not
change his home 10 become the sue
cesStul man Of Chicago. nor will the
successful man of Chicago move to st
Louis 10 start life over again. Why
Like the banyan tree he has become
anchored with n thousand roots. The
human tree cannot without much rip
ping and tearing and breaking lie torn
away from It's home bed. but when
consumption taps Il mans lungs or
asthma chokeS his breathing or Ills be
loved wife or son or daughter is afiiict
ed and the call comes 10 the Invalid
Come TO California. come 10 New
Mexico come 10 Arizona or Texas" the
physician will lock his office, and the
minister leave his eastern pulpit, and
the merchant close up his ledger and
start out to fnd n new home In the
great southwest And II Is through this
means that some OF the ablest men OF
our republic have gone south and west
to build mp our American industries
there My brother cannot you thank
God for the development OF our great
southwest. which came to us In the re
markable way II did,
whiiman's Sacrifice.
But | cannot close this Thanksgiving
talk without referring in just a few
words To the tragic story and life of
one man who saved for our Union ore
gon and Washington, the great states
of the northwest Never was there a
more tragic story than his biography
He saved these states not with battle