The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-07-09
address, OF HON, NEPHI Il. NOR
RIS OF SALT LAKE CITY

RIs OF SALT LAKE CITY
! After being introduced by Rev. c.
A. Edwards, Mr.. Morris spoke as fol-
lows:
| Cheers, and cries OF "Utah.,)
That is alright. and SO is Idaho.
applause
Mr.. Chairman, ladies' and gentle
men. and fellow citizens: am great
ly honored in being invited to partici-
pate In the celebration of this, your
Diamond Jubilee OF the Gem state Of
the Union.
His Excellency has spoken to you
OF the spread Of the pioneers, SO that
am relieved from doing SO to any
extent. Almost all the pioneers OF
Idaho and the Great Northwestern
country, 1t strikes me, should COM
memorated and celebrate. That the
raising of the first flag and the
preaching of the first sermon should
be recognized and celebrated. It is
fair to the pioneers Of this great en-
pire.
want to say that we live in the
only part Of the United States where
the pioneer-spirit can be found. 1t
has died out In the East. But in the
West the spirit can still be reused.
for you see them all around you to-
day upon these seats. (Applause.
Great things have depended upon
the pioneer and the discoverer. When
Columbus discovered this coutry it
was nothing, until the pioneer made
1t great country. columbus could
MT make 1t. The pioneer could. CO.
lumbus found 1t, they pushed out,
they didn't push In and make 1t pro-
ductive. That supreme work was per-
formed by the pioneers. In this way,
they had the effort and the perser-
verence to make productive that
which the explorer brings into his
possession.
The explorer is man of destiny
as was our great Columbus. But the
two, results OF the pioneer with those
of the discoverer, and / think that
you would all say that he is not as
great as the pioneer, He established
the home In the land that was dis
covered He makes an examination
for country for your nation, and
that must be In the nation. The pio-
neer's work is the foundation OF the
nation.
In some cases pioneers come to un
known lands In pursuit of gold, and
the hope OF wealth and fortune. The
miner discovers the gold, he leads
the way for the pioneer, but he van
Ishes with his disappearing gold, and
The village and the city vanish. But
when the gold vanishes the pioneer
comes and makes the village and the
country permanent.
He Is the one who sees the
possibilities of the country. He
sees what must be done. And
)y dint of hard labor and his
determined effort and industry he
'ealizes the prophecies which he sees.
The pioneer is In some respects
greater than the statesman. He sees
he possibilities of the country, and
he statesman some times fails to see
t. No less person than our great
md unsurpassed Daniel Webster in
peaking OF our great country on the
lOor OF the senate made this express
ion; Mr.. President, will not vote
me cent for this worthless country,
ghere the snow capped peaks defy
he radiance Of the July sun. What
o we want with that waste OF des-
rts and shifting sands, wild animals
nd savage men? would not turr
ny hand to bring 1t one inch closer
0 Boston,"
Not to deract from the glory, or
Judgment or wisdom of that great
but 1t Is the determination
nd power to get results that lie with
ne pioneer. That Is why he leads
ne statesman. The pioneer made
ood. And In that he is the real
ivilizer, he Is the producer and tiller
the soil.
He does what the army can not do.
he army can conquer contending ma
ons, 1t may bring us new territory,
ut 1t Is for the pioneer to bring that
srritory into actual possession, and
lake 1T productive and valuable.
Carlyle speaks of two men whom
e would honor; first, the man who
the son Of toll, who cultivates the
arth with rude made implement,
no clears the earth and gets his liv-
lg therefrom. The man all bent
nd crooked as the result OF his lab
:. On his hands the thick abrasions
labor. His back is bent, and his
ice is burnt by the scorching sun.
eer is the man all faithful to his
lty, in his work. He is God like
n his nature.
The other man whom Carlyle hon
rs, Is the man who with heaven
ade instruments performs his sub
me task. 1t Is the prophet, the
'er, the poet the statesman, and the
,tist, who give us larger life; they
rgely live In the stars.
But when these two men are COM
ned In one you then find the ideal
laracter. That is the pioneer. He
azes the trails, working for his dai-
bread that we might live and have
ys.
Is he not also prophet and seer,
that he sees things that can be
,ne, and by dint of his energy and 4
he makes good that Il
hich he projected He sees and A
,complishes. The real pioneer Is II
9TH prophet and artist and states
an. The country is based upon thief
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