The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-12-16
SENATOR BlLLUPS' GREAT SPEECH
Placing IN Nomination Thomas Pryor Gore for United
States Senator Masterpiece of OratOry

In nominating United States Sen
etor T P. Gore. Senator r. A. Bill
lups said: Gentlemen Of the joint
Assembly. tbe duty now encumbent
upon me, that of nominating u man
FOR the United States Senate. from a
new state in The American union,
offers itself but onre in a mans life
time. ] deam myself fortunate that
This nigh and seldom afforded honor
should fan upon ny shoulders, yet
Infinitely more fortunate deem the
feet. THAI q personal acquaintance and
intimate nasociahO tunning back
20 childhood'g happy hoer entities
me 20 this distinction
Shakespeare the great world poet.
in one Of his beagtiful plays ia ihe
casket scene. teaches us lat we are.
az any given moment. what OFT pas.
experience and environments have
made u.s. No charnc er Is formed In
day It Is the result of slow and
steady growth, and the circum iances
that are woven into that character.
are largely be result of environment.
Not only IS this true with indi.
viduals, fl Is also true with nations.
There IS at least one race, that has
remained two thousand 5ears ON It's
natlve sol practically mdisurbcd
hy the world and yet has made mo-
progress. The hot winds Of the SD.
hara. aud the lethargy of tropical
climate ARE indeed factors in that
greai result
Ia looking 20 this great office one
Ol ihe most responsible in the glii
of lhe people This great fact which
j have enunciated should not be for
gotten From whence then comes
this man. ihat | woold dgre nom.
Bate 10 this great and responsible
positiOn2
Mr. President May I be permitted
10 Indulge in an apparent disre
sion in order 90 answer this query
lt has been my good fortune TO
lliow my friend that Z shall nom
inafe in his own statei he and ]
having been reared in the same
neishborhood and educated in tine
aame university, and J know some
thing 0f me history OF thai proud
and noble state ! know something
of her noble SONS that have carved
ont for that state an enviaple place
in this glorious and beautiful repuh
BE Of ours.
Situated ~ It 81. on the great
faiher of waters, and on the gult, its
easy accessibility has kept Il in touch
with the most distant ports of the
world. and of The nation. It has
been rather cosmopolitan from it's
earliest history. Passing over its
classic period under the flag of
spain and the lilies of France,
come at once 10 ita territorial career.
1, was then settled hy a varied inn
migration. New England Puritan,
Virginia Cavalier, New Jersey Pres
byterian, Maryland Catholic and
South Carolina Huguenot-all these
united with the French and the Sp2n-
Ssh. from Florida ard louisiana and
m1de out Of heterogeneous masses.
a hOmogencen2 people. that have re-
mained SO to this day
With an origin of such diversified
elements. is Sc wonder That we shall
find IN the history of THAT noble COM
monwealth. variety OF talent and
fiatesmanEhip that constitutes its
g prideg
nost eXchiyely agriclur il
been "a fertile field for forensic
ce and political sagacity irom
otest origin. When The nation
aast, al the political schemes
sl plracy of Aaron Burr, ID was
III eloquent Poindexter, her favored