The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-05-05

| Tie orator Oh the uay. Governor
Morrison's speech follows:
Governor Morrison's Address.
The suspicious circumstances at
tending, and the conditions favoring,
the occasion which we celebrate
breed congratulatory expressions
We may this day pour out OBJ
lations to the gods. and give ear to
the harmonies of nature which en-
rich and enoble the ensemble of civic
! society. Figuratively speaking, pride
and patriotism may look to the hills
from whence cometh their inspira-
ton. Literally the physical eye may
wander to the east and to the west
and rest upon snow-capped SUBMITS
glistening in the white sunlight, and
Immediately the monitor, intelligence,
| will announce abundant crops and
the golden grain of harvest. The
silver riverlets, which leap and fall
| down the mountain whose slopes
curve to meet and blend in the fer
tile valleys, sing sweet music in our
ears this day Tomorrow they kiss
the thirsty soil and behold, by some
alchemy of nature, 1t is clothed in
beautiful verdure, and next day, the
sons and daughters of men who hap
PLY have their homes in Canyon,
make harvest holiday and celebrate
the fnatfya1 of Carao
Canyon County's Destiny.
Citizens, look to your tile, secure
your boundaries and lay we'll your
foundations, for here is destined to
be great and powerful population.
Nature conspires to make this an
ideal home land, and the chosen peo-
pie are coming to possess 1t. You
are but the vanguard. Tomorrow's
reveille win call forth added thous-
ands arrived in the night. New fac
es, new homes, new industries is the
record of today, and the token of
days to follow. Days, months and
years will circle away, and ever as
they pass the pageant of progress
and development will fill the eye and
gladden. the heart of him who has
cast his lot in Canyon county.
The Center of Government.
Comparatively speaking, in an or
sanic sense, Canyon county is a new
county, in new state, in new gov
eminent. yet very many of the prin-
cipals which are fundamental to the
organization have come down to 1t
through the centuries, and have done
and are doing service in the constitu-
tons and charters the world around.
Bishop Stubs, in his introduction to
the constitutional history of England,
has written; The roots of the pres
ent lie deep In the past. and nothing
In the past is dead to the man who
would learn how the present came to
be what 1t is." Every student of
government knows that 1t is growth
rooted deep in the past and nour-
lshed by the life blood of patriots
II is an axiom of civics that every
unit of government must have its
center. In our county government
the center is the county court house.
It is the Official home of the public
servant, the repository of public re-
cords, and the seat of local justice.
Let all, therefore. appreciate the sig
nificance of the events made prom
lnent by this celebration.
Like Builder, Like Building.
1t is a matter of pride and salts
faction that the structure, the corn
er stone of which has been laid, is
to be substantial and commodlt us,
and, withal. a monument of archi-
tectural beauty and design. From
the distant reaches its stately pro-
portions will attract the eye and
hold the attention Of citizens and
travellers alike, and the shadow OF
its dome, reversing the sun In bis
course, will ever mark the way Of
justice, serving impartially all who
come within its reach. Public build
ings mark the character and dispos-
itions of the builders, and throw an
influence about those who frequent
them. We read history in art, and
know a people by its architectural
monuments. May the building this
day founded be monumental of JUS
tice and liberty. Let the words of
Lamennais be emblazoned on the
Intel to IFS entrance: HE who
asks himself how much justice Is
worth profaneth justice in his heart:
and he who stops to calculate what