Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-06-18
KANSAS PRESENTS
SILVER SERVICE
TO WARSH|P
GOVERNOR DELIVERS
PRINCIPAL GRAFTON
Glowing Tribute to History
and Achievements of Ameri-
can Sea Fighters by ExeCu-
tive From the Corn Belt,

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tBy Morning Journal Special Leased Wire !
Philadelphia. June 17.-A magnificent sill
ger service, the gift Of the state of kansas.
was presented to the battleship Kansas at
tho League Island navy yard today. Tho
presentation speech was made by Governor
H5th, The governor said;
Governor Hoch's speech.
Among the ricb legacies left to the Amer
lean ueople by their heroes and patriots,
history has embalmed none more brilliant
,r more precious than the imperishable
records Of the annals furnished us by our
navy. The achievements of our navy prpV"
the old provcrb that Truth is stranger
than fiction and constitute a story Of re-
markable bravery and marvellous success,
What American student can read via ut
a thrill Of national pride the story Of par
naval conflicts during the dark days Of he
Revolution, when W. grappled on the high
seas with the %greatert naval power in the
world. as we grappled on land with the
greatest military power in the world. Al
though the royal navy exceeded ours in
number of craft and in armament in the
ratio Of perhaps ten to one, yet the supe-
rior maneuvering and valOr of our officers
and men more than divided the honers of
that great struggle on the sea. and when
the long, unequal contest was over. we had
nearly 1000 British ships, including many
w~arships with their cargoes and crews, as
our trophies OF victory.
In the war Of 1872, with this same great
power. our achievements were relatively
greater even than this. In ell our wars
sur navy has been equal to every emergency
and has. crowded history with magnificent
uvl,rEIg,r fnlaoI is he. 3 81 -
with which our navy has enriched the pages
of history. Do you ask me for a single SEN
tence that has inspired the most struggling
souls in all the walks Of life with new cour-
age Then | give you the immortal vi
terancs Of the dying Lawrence, Don't gle
up the ship" Do you ask me for the most
noted Instance where victory was wrested
from the Jaws Of defeat? Then l tell you
NJ John Paul Jones. whose precious dust
has but recently been returned to us. when
the captain Of the British ship in that aN-
ful midnight battle said to his sinking an
tagonist. Have you struck your colors?'
the intrepid American answered, Il have
not vet begun to fight and followed ~
his courageous crew, clambered from ms
own sinking ship aboard the ~Seraphis and
hand to hand coutended for the mastery
until the British crew surrendered. Was
glad news ever couched in stronger or more
striking phrase than Perry's immortal an
n~ouncement. I'VE have met the enemy and
they are ours2" Was daring ever better
exempIified than by Farragut, lashed to
the rigging Of his flagship in Mobile Bay,
or by Hobson and his associates in san
uaso tiaIpol' Is Il 1t' ,ha
more thrllllhg fecltaI ia nis'oS 'o' 80
hattie IN Hampto Nou"S -" tnu ~ ~
two armoured SHIPS tue H'' ""
Monitor? But perhaps ai'e' az ~ at
remarkable chapler " ~ ""' ,Ea
naval warfare is the marNe'ouS S''iS -,
achievements OF our navy III Tue '''o 20"
ish-American war. Nna'
chapter II is We ""' O. haau
preparation Tor TINS wal ~,
long at peace win al the "'ii"'
no desire TO disturb ln's pe"O''u n.
tion. We hoped TN the last TO aver II
conflict by peacetul diploHlHcS' ""t -"
morning the Maine was blown u9 ana wv
hundred and sixty odd brave American sea
mon were plunged into eternity lhen '"s
message flashed out from the Nhlle mouse
to- Dewey in Hong Kong harbor' 'Flhu '"e
spanish fleet in Asiatic waters and destroy
it, How the heart beats with patfl"llc
pridc as we recall the entrance into Mania
BAY that beautiful May morning; his cooL
calm observation to the commander Of ms
flagship. "You may fire, Gridley' Wheh
ready" The story is soon told. without
the loss Of a life. within a few hours time
the Spanish fleet in Aslatic waters had
gone To- iuin McGinty at the bottom of the
sea. with equal pride we remember san
tiaro and the brilliant page it contributed
f, naval warfare.
Mon Of the navy. come to you from
am interior state. from the central state in
the unlon. I'm fact. because lines drawn
across a man Of the United states from
n,,tb to sontb ana from east to west in
tersect in the very heart Of Kansas. our
chores are washed by no ocean waves; no
ercat rivers flecked with ships Of
trayerse our territory: no battleships greet
our gaze except when we make long jour
news ia see tbem. our cities and towns
cannot be DESTROYED bv any hostile fleet and
we are in no danger from an invading army
because we share with the immortal Lincoln
his enthusiastic declaration that The allied
armies Of the world, with all the money in
the world in their military chest. and with
a Napoleon for a commander, could not take
a drink out Of the Ohio river by force i'm a
trial OF "a thousand years Wars and ru-
NOR of wars have little terror for Kansas.
Kansas is the granary and meat market Of
the nation. No other state equals it in the
combined value Of its corn and wheat, and
no two states equal il in the production Of
the last named cereal 1t sends more fat
cattle TO market than any other state in
the union. Because Of its ability TO feed
armies and the remote possibility of its sur
fering from invasion. there is a marrow
sense in which for commercial reasonf
Kansas might be Indifferent to war nut
Kansas is an inseparable part OF the m