The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-23
SM00T AND CUTLER
GARFIELD'S PILOTS
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would all be properly settled. In conclu-
sion he said:
Now, gentlemen, it is not my pur-
pose to attempt TO cover these various
| fields, but merely TO indicate what our
problems are, as sort OF guidt for
| whatever public or private discussions
and consultations may arise. And L
hope that II An opportunity offers dur
ing the visit of our honored guests,
discussion of these matters will be talk
en- up, If any light has been shed on
these matters by the recent Denver
convention, Utah would be pleased TO
get the bcno6t Of it,
Mr. Garfield Responds.
Mr., Garfield in his response thanked
the Governor for his welcome, and said
| his visit to the great West was TO
learn of its activity and know by con
tact and experience some of its needs.
HHe SAID he had great advantage IN
having the assistance of Mr.. Ballinger,
who was himself from the West. The
many questions before the department.
relating to Indian lands, public lands
and redeemed and reclaimed lands could
i not be solved by any process except
getting all the facts.
speaking of reclaimed lands said
the Secretary with much gaiety, Utah
doesn' need reclamation with the
cloudbursts of today, but rather needs 10
be rid of swamps. He had been
| drenched in the morning
He said he was not a letter writer,
that he detested letter writing, and it
was for this reason that he sought per
sonal advice with qualified men on the
important questions before his Depart
ment, 81 have talked with your Land
commissioners on the train back from
Denver, and ] hope to have confer
ence with others before the day is
al bn /, IL, .,
learning what Utah needs. ~
There is this much to the policy of
the administration and Of the depart
ment, be continued. off Utah wants
what the law authorizes, Utah will get
II; If the law does not authorize it,
Utah Will not. it is the duty of the
President to administer the laws as
they are, and he has been criticized for
not restricting himself to that, but it
IS equally his duty to advance new pol
lcIes and recommend new laws TO car
ry them out. Conditions differ in all
of the States; what would suit one
would not suit another, so it is the duty
of the administrators TO find out what
VIII suit most of the people Of the en-
hre country.
For Federal Policy.
Gentlemen, say to YOU that | an,
8 firm advocate of the federal idea of
segregation; the lines of difference are
rapidly becoming obliterated and we
are becoming. not a great nation of lit
lie peoples, but a great nation Of one
people Our best opportunities in life,
or development of character, the adj
vancement of our commerce at home
and abroad. means that we must adj.
vance the President IS idea, and why
Because it gives equal opportunity to
all TO make the most of life
There can be no settlement of big
questions without an exchange of oppo.
site ideas, and we are here in Utah
seeking to find the facts by just such a
| process. -
Mr., Ballinger in his remarks removed
! the official solemnity from many faces
| BY good story which TO his mind il.
lustrated the Denver convention.
There was a woman 80 he said.
"wbo was asked why she did not
marry.
Why: she said. I've got good
reasons, See how IN situated. have
dog that growls, a parrot that swears.
! and cat that stays ont all night.
| In the seventies, then vonng man,
came As far on the old Denver & Rio
! Grande as the Royal Gorge and climbed
the heights 10 take in it's beauty. This
was before the road followed the course
OF the Arkansas river over the noun
lalns ana INTO the great lands Of the
| west ] have Just made my first trip
| through that gorge and over the lands
OF Colorado and Utah, and ] am firmly
convinced that the public lands Of the
west are the greatest asset lie coun-
| try has, Just as they have been in the
past, They are there for the lsnLless
homeseekers Of the country and produc.
ing a population of THRIFT and charac.
| ter is a wise one. -
T',,tl
! Smoot, but before Mr. Smoot could rise
Mr.: Garfield jumped to his fe>t auG cx-
CLAIMED: No man in either branch
OF congress has done as much TO main.
tam the progressive policies of The
| President as has Senator Smoo.. your
| Senator -
Senator Smoot talked Of the Denver
convention. He said it was diGicult
TO imagine that Commissioner Pincbot
was an autocrat in Wyoming and a
clever gentleman in Utah. But that
was the difference of opinion illustrated
at the convention, Speaking to the
guest, he said:
,;..,0 When ben, ! 60 home tonight and my
Gar6eld'' 1 will probably ind that he
has read in the encyclopedia the life
and virtues of James Garfield. And
he will probably be inspired NOT In
follow exactly IN his footsteps. but TO
learn from hls life TO love his country
and ia fight for it.
Gentlemen, like the National idea.
True ] love my home city. the garden
spot OF the West; I love my country.
and my State, but above all, I love
my Ameics most.
ln' serving the people of Utah, nv
ideas and thoughts have been wider
than state bounds, and on the National
issue | am willing to stand for the
fn ha
Der and President Roosevelt, the great
est American
There were no more talks and the
company went Immediately 70 the Tab
ernacle. Secretary Garfield walking
with Governor Cutler From the Taber.
nacle he walked TO the Commercial
club between Governor Cutler and San
ator Smoot, the "fying squadron"
following.
The reception at the Commercial club
was not large, probably not more than
one hundred being present. The Gov
ernor was assisted in receivins- hv his