The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-28
anniversary OF /
GENERAL GRANT
Corner Stone of the Carnegie
Foyt Library Building at
GaIena, ILL.,, Laid.
BEvERIDGE THE ORATOR
HoosIER SENATOR VERY MUCH
FOR ROOSEVELT.

Galena, H., April 27.-The birthday
of General Grant was celebrated today
Tor the seventeenth time. This morn
ing the cornerstone of the Carnegie
Joyt $4,000 library building was laid.
The commemorative exercises took
place this afternoon in Grant park. The
orator of the day was Senator Bever-
3dge of Indiana.
Senator Beverage said that it was
fitting at a celebration of the birthday
of General Grant. the meaning of whose
life work was the ever-increasing unity
of the American people into an ever
stronger growing nation" to discuss
the question of states rights.
Plea for Imperialism.
The time must come" he said,
when states must reduce their inter-
ference with national highways passing
through them, or, better still, stop in
reference altogether. That time will
be delayed because of selfish interests.
because of the recrudescence of states
rights with which we are now troubled;
but chiefly because OF demdgOgueS who
seek position and power by attacking
these most conspicuous OF public cor
porations. The American people are as
Iziuch in danger from the demagogues
who selfshly. and ignorantly seek to
selfish interests who seek to exploit
their resources"
The senator discussed the dangers of
.over-capitalization, and pointed out the
necessity of compulsory publicity in
corporate affairs and national incor-
poration OF great enterprises. Another
great reform which the nation must
work out. he said, is prevention of child
labor. He said:
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barisn of child slavery in the republic,
nationality says TO states rights what
Grant, the captain of nationality, said
20 the captains of states rights more
than forty years accommodate and
unconditional suTrender-and, we will
fight il out on this line if it takes all
summer.
Boost for Roosevelt.
present and future problems are
merely a continuation of the mighty
work of Lincoln in the statesmans
cabinet and Grant on the stricken field,
Just as their work was a continuation
OF the labors of Washington and the
great men who achieved our indepen-
dence, who wrote out in constitution
and breathed into the nation the breath
of life. I only voice your inspoken
thought when say that the great sue
cessor of Washington, his time. of
jackson in his time, Of Lincoln and of
Grant in their time. is in our time The
OdOre Roosevelt.
And today, like Washington. like
Jackson. like Lincoln, like Grant,
Roosevelt is similarly assailed by sim
liar men. Like them. he has been
called a despot. Like them and like
all the great men of all countries and
of all times, he has been called ego
tist' and insane To little minds the
great have always been both vain and
mad. But OF our president, who is
great only because he is big enough to
reflect the purposes of 90, 000, 900 of peo-
pie, the final charge that he is child
was made the other day by a brilliant
editor in an acid speech.
IF child he be, God give us more
such children to serve end to bless this
nation. God grant that such stock
shall not run out -