, 1908-07-09

tico and Importance within a little
more than a decade
Senator Warren's ~peroration was
strikingly beautiful, as follows:
These suggestions of the smiling
victories of peace may find vivid and
concrete illustration in the present
impressive but pacific parade of our
battleships and cruisers around the
world. Dur navy has girdled the South
American republics with the visible
steel-clad evidences of u W friend
ship toward their domestic institu
tons and their Industrial and CONNER
cial aspirations, and that today we
have thrown around them. not only in
theory but in stern, armor-clad real
ity the protection OF the Monroe doc
trine-a doctrine which is itself a
logical outcome OF the first great In
dependence day Of our country.
This naval demonstration girdling
the earth. absolutely unprecedented In
the worlds history. lends special sig-
%niicance to today's celebration.
"On every occasion Of this kinJ-in
fact. whenever / reflect upon the com
Ing growth of our country, and partic-
ularly the future of Wyoming-I am
filed with sadness that I am to be de-
prived from Witnessing in this life the
fruition Of dreams and hopes. How
envy the American child of today
who has before him a half or three
quarters OF a century In which to wit
ness the wonderful growth OF the BEAU
tiful su~perstructure for which we pho
neers of this state of Wyoming have
prepared apd builded the foundation
This American child Is entering upon
a heritage grander than any ever hand.
ed down from king to prince. He en-
tiers into the great heritage of the
American constitution and of a sys-
TEN of government of which he, him
self, forms a part, and the continuance
of which depends not upon the nod
of a z or the dictum of a king, but
| upon the will of the people them.
selves. Such a child, whether Of ma.
iNc Vt ioictSH pitu, WHttncT HIS du'
cestors were at Plymouth Rock or
jamestown, or whether they came
from rock-ribbed England, the green
FILLS and dales of Ireland, the high
lands of Scotland, or the fislds and
forests OF Germany, should rejoice that
period of this worlds history when
ideals Of human liberty have become
realities, and In a land where no bar,
r.er Of class or caste stands in the
way to prevent him from reaching the
highest summit Of success in CONNER
cial, political or social life. In that
wonderful American institution, the
~non-partisan, no~n-sectarian, public
school, he learns that just as legisla
lures, state and national, are inviolate
as agencies Of the public will, SO the
| judicial branch of our government is
equally fearless and independent in Its
Interpretation of the laws, while the
executive performs its own functions
within the limitations Of Its prescribed
powers. 1t Is this harmonious correla-
ton of the three governmental
branches of this republic which comes
to the American youth as an accom-
plished fact that has been taught the
world by that declaration OF July 4,
1776. and by over a century of the life
history of this nation. 1t has been a
lesson hard to learn by the world. IT
has demolished the old theory Of the
divine right Of kings. and has substi-
tuted the triumphant principle that 1t
is the right OF the people which Ia di.
vine.
But with this development in the
United States, since the first Fourth
Of July, has been kept ever in mind
the fact that the right of the people
must be truly right The popular will
must be illumined by popular educa-