The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-14

percentum of the poDulation than has
1ne1 1d peen FURNISHED In time of war by any
civil feud,, was first TO know the battle
was ended and TO draw together I'm re-
Trit,on Gni,eu d dorotherhood In Cuba: 1t was
lsh musketry, refusing to be blindfoldcd
or to bend the knee for the fatal volley,
who uttered the keynote of his race. "a
Kentuckian always faces his enemy and
kneels only to his God" Ii was another
hentuckian the gallant Holman, who.
ai undaiunted by the dread decimation, the
cruel death -ey-lot, having drawn a white
oean Tor himself, brushed his friend aside
and drew another In his stead All, yes;
we have our humors along with our hero
les ana laugh anon at ourselves, and our
mishaps and our jokes, but we are no
wise n bloody minded people; rather q
sentimental hospitable, kindly people
caring perhaps too much for the pctur-
esque and too little for consequences
Though our jests be sometimes rough,
they arc robust and clean We arc a pro-
Nlncial people and we rejolce in our pro-
vlncialism. We have always pqued our
selves upon doing our lovemaknc and our
iaWmaking as we do our ploughing. in
kentucky never encountered darker days
than came upon us when the worst that
can befoli commonwealth seemed
passed and gone. The stubborn war be-
tween the Old Court party and the New
Court party was bitter enough: but It
was not so implacablc as the strife which
strangely began with the discussion OF an
honest difference of opinion touching n
purely economic question. of national. not
state policy. Can there be one living
horror and amaZement upon the passions
and Incidents of those evil days?
What Grant Said.
Gen. Grant once said 10 me. You Ken
tucktans arc a clanniSh set Whilst ] was
In the White House. II a Kentuckian
happened TO get In harms way or want
ed an office the Kentucky contingent be-
gan 10 pour In; In case he was Rcpub-
lican, the Democrats said he was a per-
feet gentleman; In case Democrat, the
Republicans said the same thing; can IL
be that you arc all perfect gentlemen?
With unbGshing candor. I told him that
We were, Tat we fought out battles as we
washed our linen, at nome. but that out
side, when trouble came 1t was Ken
lucky against the universe. Mr. Tildcn
snid of lad in the Bluegrass country
who had fallen from n second story win
dow upon stone paving without a hurt
and had run away TO his play that IL fun
nished conclusive proof that ''he was
destined for a great career I'm Kentucky
politics" Let me frankly confess that,
peacemaker though | am, and at once the
most amiable and placabe of men there
have been times when !. even ]. half
wanted TO go down to the crossroads and
swear at the court" That was when
things did not swing to suit me. That
was when the majority appeared to think
they knew more thnn / did. We grew so
used to blessings that we heed them not
and look beyond Yet when trouble or
danger assail us, or humiliation or sorrow
or when leagues, continents. oceans lie
between ourselves and the vanished land
from whose sacred lintes ambition has
lured us, or duty torn-and the familiar
scenes rise up before us-how small these
frictions seem, how small they are and
how they perish from u.s. ] have stood
upon the margin OF a distant sea and
watched the ships go by. envious that
their prows were westward bent. I have
marked the glad waves dancing to the
setting sun heart sick with thoughts OF
home, and thus wistful, yearning, ready
TO take my dearest enemy by the hand
and forgive him. yea, 10 sop gravy with
him out of the selfsame dish, those words
OF the vagabond poet. whose sins the Re
cording Angel long ago blotted out OF his
book, have come to me and sung TO me
and Cheered me even as mothers lul-
laby:
In All Ny Wanderings.
In all my wanderIngs round this world
of care.
In all my griefs-and God has given my
I stil had hopes my latest hours to
crown.
Amid these rural scenes TO lay me down.
To husband outlifc'S taper at the close.
And keep the fame from wasting by re-
pose.
still had hopes-for pride attends US
Among the SWANS to show my book
learned skill
Around my fire an evening group to draw.
L i
And as hare wnom hounds and horns
pursue,
Pants to the place from whence at first
he flew.
l stnI had hopes my long vexations past.
Here to return and die at home at last"
Home, there may be words ns sweet,
words as tender, words moro resonant
and high. but wIlhln our language round.
is there one word so all-embracing that
simple word homer Home, be IL ever so
humble. there's no place Ike home"-the
old Kentucky home; the home of your ia
theirs and of mine; OF innocent childhood.
OF happy boyhood. Of budding manhood.
when all the world seemed bright and
fair; and hearts were full and strong:
when life was a fairy-tale. and the wind.
as II breathed upon the honeysucklo
about the door. whispered naught but Of
love and fame; the glory strode the sun
beams. and there was no such music as
the low OF cattle. the whir OF the spin
ning-whecl. the call of the dnncr-horn,
and the creaking OF the barnyard gate.
Home
Take the bright sheel
From it's home on the lea,
And wherever IL goes
1t Will sing OF the sea.
So take the fond heart
From Its home by the hearth
Twill sing or the loved ones
To the ends Of the earth.
Home, Home, Home.
For It's Home. home. home" signs the
| home" cries the hunter from the hills
! and the hero from the wars
"Hame TO my ain countrce."
| always home. whether II be tears OF
| trophies we bring: whether We come with
laurels crowned, or bent with anguish
| and sorrow and failure, having none 9TH
or shelter in the wide wido world beside,
| the prodlgal along with the victor-often
in his dreams, yet always In his hope
! turns him home
You. too. friends and brothers-Ken-
! tuckIuns each and every one-you. too,
homo again; this your castle. Kentucky S
Nag, not wholly hid beneath tho folds OF
the Nations. above 1t. this your cottage.
! Kentucky-likc the latch string upon tho
outer side: but whether castle or cottage,
an altar and shrine for faithful hearts
and hallowed memories, BE sure from
Wonder skies they look down upon us this
day: the immortal ones who built this
/ commonwealth; and left II consecrnte. q
rich Inheritance and high responsibility
10 YOU and me, who like the father OF
Daniel Webster. shrank from no danger