Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-05-17

II Is great In Its responsibilities.
y love the land In which / was born.
y / learned to love 1t from my mothers
I. knee, and in the presence Of the
4 sword her father carried. l love the
/. land in which have lived and in
= which every right is secured and pro-
d tected to me. My children dwell in
a safety during my months of absence.
a The law makes them as safe in my
: humble home as If men stood guard
i over them armed with muskets. The
a law reaches to the babe in the cradle
0 and out to the pauper, the very dregs
= OF society, and up to the very highest
=, place in the nation with equal power.
Liberty is not guaranty against
, the selfishness and greed of men.
do not defend the evil practices Of the
, railroads and other great corporations
that grow up in the swift rush of our
? daily commercial life. II there are
. evils in our business life we will find
remedy, and II there are injustices
grown up in our business life we will
, correct them in lawful way and in
constitutional way. We must fulfil
the divine purpose Of our nation. And
nations have their place in the divine
plan. believe that 1t was not without
a divine purpose that the revolutionary
war was fought; II was not without
divine purpose that Washington led
his army to victory; 1t was not with
out a divine purpose that the nations
life and the integrity Of the union was
preserved, after four years Of punish
ment for our. own national sins; 1t Is
not without a divine purpose that We
have been given this great power and
this great place in civilization. Believ-
Ing as do then, know that Mckinley
was right when he said in 1889, in .
memorial day address to the people Of
New York. "God keeps no nation in
the supreme place which does not DO
Its supreme duty" Mckinley said at
another time, "Our daily bread be-
comes a daily curse II our daily duty
be not done in the strength Of It."
Oklahoma and Statehood.
what about Ozlahoma" Ono
word concerning Oklahoma. did
vote against the statehood bill as It
was presented to the house. I voted
against that, because thought 1t was
wrong to force Oklahoma to wait till
New Mexico and Arizona could b.
compelled to come In as one state OF
the same time. The only reason given.
for 1t was that some time there might
be four senators from Arizona and
New Mexico. Well, am not afraid
Of more senators from the west.
Oklahoma has nearly 100000 OF
people; she has schools, railroads,
churches and towns, and all the bus,
mess Of state. She has been en-,
titled TO statehood for the last four
years. New Mexico has not q people
that think are ready for statehood.
And am going to stop long enough,
to tell you little history. In 1852
the powers Of Europe were coming
together for the purpose of recogniz-,
ing the independence of the Confed-'
crate states. The congress of the
ConIeoeracy admitted New Mexico as
STATE 10 snow EUROPE tnat the Con-
Leueracy was increasing IN strength
lnen the congress OF the union made
'ne teIritory OF Arizona ana appointed
governor ior II, ana another lor new
MEXICO Inc act creating Altoona
Ierrltory proVAoed a government Ior
Inc terrlOofy ana provided mat tnls
government shai! Do maintained Nnuti
ne people OF TINS terr1toFy Apply or
lomlssion as a staee with a consueu-
ION republican IN FORM and win the
consent OF congress, snail DO admitted
Is a state upon terms OF equality with
ne Original states OF tins Union.
NOW, IL sucn clause had been In
treaty with foreign nation. ana
lad been violated az this bill pro-
'oses' 1t would have been a cause OF
var. l do not believe such q GOV.
nant with the people who have
'uilt up the business and institutions
I Arizona on the strength OF II,
hould ever be violated or changed
Without the consent OF the people.
AS to Oklahoma and Indian terri