Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-08-28

+ ENNM iHAlI AI american AiAAt nv At'lN
every part of the United States as his
own. and that he Is honestly desirous
10 uphold the interests of an other
Americans in whatever sections OF the
country they may dwell.
"a hundred wears ago, when men
spoke Of the west they meant the
country between the Alleehanies and
the Mississippi Fifty years ago the
white mans west 90 IN Minnesota,
Iowa ana Kansas. ana then skipped
across 20 California and oregon. The
country of the great plains and the
Rockies, the country ia which YOU
" hum ! am now addressing lead your
lives and do you work, has grown mp
within my own lifetime. I myself saw
and took part IN the closing years OF
I the pioneer period, and it was my
I great privilege to work side by side
with the pioneers-the ranchmen. the
miners, the -~puHChers. the mule
SINNERS. the oull-Whackers - who
! actually opened up the country. ] have
seen the nerds and flocks of the cat
tlemen and sheepmen supplant the
game / have seer the fOrtuHte move
meut by which the small farm has
tended gradually 10 take the place OF
The great unfenced ranch. now
travel in every comfort on railways
across lands which when ! first rode
across them. were still the home Of
the indian and the buffalo; n | find
cities where one can obtain NOT mere
Is comfort. but luXury, in the places
where thirty years ~ there was not
4 building beyond a log hut or q dobe
house. The men who ala this work
were engaged In the final stages uf
eonquering the continent. and It WIS
their privilege To do one OF the great
works of All time, 10 do their part IN
the performance of an epic feat IN he
history OF the progress OF mankind
~ have used the word progress. me
west stands for growth. for progress.
SO must the whole American people
stand. \ great democracy must hc
progressive or n VIII soon cease %
be either great or democratic. No ma
ton. no state. no party, can stand stu.
II must either go forward or go back
ward and it becomes useless II lt
goes backward. Therefore ] greet 20
men pf the west. and ] stand for pro-
gress as all men must stand VINO are
progressive.
THE pioneers me their immediate
successors won victory only by PROV
ing that they possessed the great
masterful qualities which JIG ~ inc
foundation of national greatness.
There are certain well-meaning men
of Intellectual cultivation. hut laek-
ing mental and moral robustness, VINO
COMPLAIN continually that they tfnd
American life. and especially the lie
of those American communities
emerging from the pioneer stage
crude and without genius or beauty
uS $50 fs a sin finer thing
- .Ea,nh has,,tv Ia GOOD streneth
~ e,eater good The men
who have made this great republic OF
the west what IL rs, and especially the
onmonweafth have possess
tfsitHi Iietns, 9ag,ea The preat
e in ne - s~trength courage en-
: -naanntad ana +n~nwaVering
t,ton Tbrir fVnieal leaders-of
'om 1h-, Nam lincoln though the
avecrtfonol vas the most typi-
w .~aaad taen Intelligence. !
W - ~ ,,eral,, strong hut
auu " 'h"re.to evaItrd nv the racf
~, nau.er ,,as mpan by
81, ana fiua determination to uHp
~ araat nnvyer TOR the common
- H.. .d,.a pf man
E""ti' m tooaer davs arc over.
KIM rue IA ~. moro
t.aev calls for "a
o-naparN ,ari.t of 5ond Qualities than
aa =, ,ba frontier There
W'io sont "a encourage the
NJ ~ ~ new abilities which
ho htonebt tn high perfection only
~, MA 81 t~raiuine useless i'm pion-
" t thasa nev onaItfps can
n - aa,ant ,na never supnlan..
"iS -. yirt+ea. The need for
we Vlu.i "a distfnctive p{oneer cir.
a r. sreot al ever In other
luva = "' 49, stviiivation grows older
VI nan,nlev while it is true
~ 80 A., dcveion men whose
&c 5.,,tea vvbouv 10 ne pnr-
ilN's nhtects !, il vet also
sun $50 aaed "a Greater and act
80 deveioDment of the fundamental |
= w ue' ,t,ins these virtues in
,,aa, nr salf-heIp. together
tluue ~ 49," of tofniny Win others
WIN f.in ana what Is espec-
y ,ut.,nn ~ tbe feeling Of com.
iN'ls so,t,I eood-feUowship.
tau'9n'P' MA me rood fortune /
~, 10, ~ No MA rrontier condi-
~ ~" go H. inotino hack. realize
t'"h9 .rts feeling III general
NV Nl''l ""s social fellowship.
ou"'i mon and had men
i",,' -, ro,,nltfas inst as In the
i1' Wy ara tf,p conditions I
"ld n"atar vors s,,rh hat the
ON w ~ oad ma had alike
Hu"l''. s~str{kinpiv manifest
J" aianr communities: but
'u ,,.n vino tried To lead
".'', 5nocnt lives there was
n.lu, ,,tu. a-enocracv. which
. lo't"1 w rnnroaeb ~ the Amer
trpl csrtafnIv should
'''' 49, "a nur mower To pre-
"' we 49,. 10 say that /
sew W wv mo- fbnv were not /
men Wttf fAA"' NHN' ., ]