The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-06-27

the statue of William III. Seward. whose
Iores'Tht gave us Alaska. which conn.
Try vas used at the time Astor was
trading at Astoria by the degenerate
and profiigate sons of Russia as n
tleket-of-leave place for Russian con.
viets and free men who objected In tho
eneroachment of the ear and todax II
Seattle. Portland, San Francisco and
Keno. the names of Lewis and Clark
and Whitman who saved the country
70 the north, and Governor Stevens and
John Maekay and others are engraved
IN the Halls of Fame. and in the differ.
ent towns children gather around their
monuments and are taught the lessons
of heroism and courage
"On May 9TH of this year I went 10
the head of Ellis street in San Fran.
cisco and on that prominent knoll near
Golden Gate park worshipped at
that cross placed in that magnificent
position where Admiral Drake first
planted the Stars and Stripes. and ON
May LIST on a low flag pole in the exact
spot where the Stars and Stripes were
unfuried for the first time to flap in
the breeze of California sixteen silken
flags wavered, one after another. in the
memory of a day fraught with tremend.
Gus meaning. As Old Glory for the
first time offered its beauty to the kiss
of California sun, ii was from the flag
staff of the old Monterey custom house.
whose adobe walls still stand in tho
dignity of historic grandeur Indifferent
to age.
Commodore Sloat raised that flag
In lS46 for humanity. only sixty-two
wears ago. and as it reached its peak it
told all the world that that territory
IN which we are situated tonight. was
claimed as territory of the United
States; and when those sixteen flags
fioated from that same pole. a little
over a month ago. they bespoke a con-
trast whose very thought brought tears
to the eyes and a clutch to the throat
of thousands of Americans whose hearts
know the full meaning of patriotism;
they left a silent message of protection.
"And so. governor, we thank You for
your promises of protection, and we
promise You in return our loyal sup
port. All of us are patriotic, liberty
loving citizens; the father of Goldfeld,
AL Myers, formerly worked in the same
mines as did you in Gibbonsville, Idaho.
Tom Murphy knows as much about the
heat of the smelter as does a stoker of
the heat of a furnace in a battleship.
Mr.. Hayes of Hayes & Monnette. form
erly worked with me in Aspen. Colo,
when ! was acting in the capacity of
an ore-sorter and what is known as a
steel-nipper. j.. p. LOTUS knows the
heat of the desert between Rhvolite and
Las Vegas and has prospected in the
hot sun together with his partner Jim
Davis. in trying to add to the wealth
of the world. Our Harry Macmillan is
a native born Nevadan, and have met
his partner George Holleran, prospect
ing in the Bitter Root range of Idaho.
Mr.. Mackenzie. manager of the Con-
solidated, has spent hours and days and
weeks in the saddle looking upon the
plain, and as the poet says, Il am the
the plain, barren since time began, but
some time man will look upon my
charm and give me cities like children
for my arms Without identifying the
personality of others who have played
the game of mining from South Africa
to Nome. Alaska, it is sufficient to say
that each and every member of this
Chamber of Commerce is a l~iberty-lov-
ing American citizen, that believes in
equality to all and special privilege to
none, and will not be governed by
either a monopoly or a mob.
"Let us try, my hoy, for a wider view,
the view that beseems a man,;
Let us drop the narrow and seek the
true as the prospect now we sean,
Let ms not be serfs of the thing called
class. nor rant in a bitter way,
OF man-made distinctions that mark
the mass as they have since an olden
day.
LET ms never shout that Labor won, or
moan that Capital lost,
For the thing that counts in the END,
my son, as you'll find IN the maj
cost,
Is never a question OF straws awry, as
long as the world shall run,
The question of questions that needs re
ply is solely: Was Justice done!
IF i~ustice was done then good and good;
and class distinctions may fade.
The game we play. or the game we
sbould. is of manhood unafrald.
We are MEN, by the gods we are citi,
zens all: one country we know ana
love;
Too mighty are we to be bound or
tbrall to aught save the right above;
We will know no class, we VIII W no
class. we will hew for our manhood
still;
assured that if freedom is in the mass
the atoms to it will thrill.
u.ye done with distinction OF class, anu
class unworthy are they my son.,
For the questions of questions we dare
not PASS is solely, Was Justice
done!'
Remarks of A. D. Parker
A. D. Parker made a brief but pleas
ING talk. plentifully intersperceo WIN
aneedotes which elected applause ana
lanobter. He spoke of hlmseif as q
colorado.N evadan. his interests oeinS
d;v;dad between the two states
Tho sneaker said that upon each sue
uo Visit to Goldfeld he found the
- Getting more and more upon i
financial basis. .Hs an Industry
in which there can be no ca
Tbere is no chicanery IN what W
foId is doing. The mines are EN-
honestly and economically as ""n
skillfullv operated. ..;h,to
Mr. Parker paid a spieha,u ,
= Tho Governor and to the Chamber VI
Commerce. vos made bv Mr..
i, favor of arbitration OF ~
In hetween capital and labor. ne
1efe,, ,roed that the Chamber 81