Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-09
BOISE OBSERVES
GLORIOUS FOURTH
Senator Borah as Orator Of the
Day at Riverside
Park.
DELIVERS STIRRING ADDRESS
Strikes From the shoulder at Tendon
cics which Threaten the Welfare
or the American People.

Special Correspondenco)
OIsE. IDA. July 6.-The glorious
~ Fourth with its glitter and ar
ray is now Of the nast Boise
has recorded one OF the most
celebrated events In the annals Of its
history. Five different bands played
from different locations during the en-
tire day and evening. The entire city
was alive and filled with amusement
and jollfcation Everybody turned
loose to have good time and hud H.
one Of the longest and most elabor-
ately nttcd-out pageants that ever
graced the streets of this city stretched
It's length for fully a mile Just be
fore the noon hour A special foa-
z ture OF the parade was the magnificent
. floral display. Another interesting fea-
ture was the mounted drill by the u.
s cavalry and the Woodmon OF the
World. Special features were provided
for the peoples entertainment AT tho
various resorts.
The regular program Of speeches,
etc, was rendered AZ Riverside park
Senator w r Borah was the orator OF
the day, who delivered a stirring ad-
dress upon the subject OF 'Living
Issues"
Fully 5000 visitors. 1t is estimated,
came from the surrounding country
TO help Boise celebrate. All hotels and
roominghouscs were filed to overflow
ing and all the chairs in the hotel lob
dies, the benches I'm the depot and In
the parks were occupied during the
night. while thousands. IT seemed.
paraded the streets until morning
dawned tho day after. The fireworks
at night were enjoyed by many thou
sands and formed a very distinctive
feature OF the parade,
SENATOR BORAH's ADDRESS.
The address OF Senator Borah was a
mastery ieffort, driven direct from
the shoulder. Beginning. he said. II
propose today TO make some observa-
lions on government. ! see that l am
supposed to speak on Living Issues
hut II were 10 give n title TO my re-
marks. / should say that title might
be Some OF the Tendencies which
Seem to Threaten our Institutions
You notice / use the word tendencies,
because | do not concede these things
are established facts. And l use the
word threaten because | do not con-
cede that this government II actually
in danger. | am not a pessimist as 70
the outlook for tomorrow in this ma
ton" 81 think that the words
OF Wendell Phillips are still true: 'Agi-
tation is the life blood OF the republic
Those criticizing our institutions and
government are not doing an injury n
Investigation r. conducted in good
faith they arc doing great service.
Governments are only mechanisns or
the human mind after all Trained men
overhaul and examine a railroad engine
or a great ocean liner. seeing that all
OF It's parts are In working order, but
they do It TO see that II will run right
on the next trip. So II Is with investi
gators OF government. who should OK
anime our institutions, not to embar-
rass or dlscredit, but to improve"
Tho final tenor Of his address was
an exposition OF the theory Of direct
taxation under the government In
which ne showed that at different
times In the history Of this country the
United States supreme court had
passed on this question ana had
upheld the principles as laid down hy
the trainers OF the Constitution, that
in 1894 the supreme court had re-
versed itself on three historic de-
Csons rendered prior to that time,
that in the recent session Of Congress
II was found that SO senators would
vote for the income tax principle, that
then the special interest behind swOl-
len fortunes found that something
had TO be done" that the Coustitu-
tional amendment was thrown before
the states to settle the question, the
men responsible for IL knew at that
moment that II states would go
against H. that the defeat Of the
amendment would mean revolu-
tion," that in this way" the Constitu-
ton would be rewritten that the
united states would be the only civiliz-
ed nation on the globe that could not
tax great fortunes in time Of war; and
that it was through such usurpatious
that the people are coming to dis
believe in the government
The senator rather disbelieves In the
idea so often advocated. that the
mo rF uHa Cd a.
vine guidance said he:
sometimes 1 think that we leave
the public schools with too much Of
the idea that We were a chosen people
and that our government was by a
sort of divine revelation and not the
product of the wit and brain Of man.
This is an erroneous idea. Our gov
eminent IL the result OF the sum of
human experience and wisdom after
countless trials OF various forms. /
believe that Gladstone was right when
he said that the greatest body OF
men that ever met formulated the
Constitution of the United states.
our Constitution can be traced back
"a. the lessons OF Greece ana Rome
ari.efhe Norman conquest Of Ing
land.Nr
senatoisBprah. continuing in his
fearless outpoken way. declared to-
wards the clos OF his address:
Now / come TO ThS message ot
my discourse, Men shtUld not OK
anime government TO tin 10 or To-
impeach it's integritics Nut TO learn
methods of improvement and TO cor
rect abuses
with this solemn dedication TO our
duties OF investigation j. our gov
eminent, / say that there ale tenden-
cies today which seem 20 threaten
our institutions one OF these ten
denotes is to withdraw from tie poo
pie local self government. This is nc-
complished In various devious ways
which are not often openly dFcussed
or exposed
ION the other hand. / thihk that
there are some questions which
should be settled by the gene.al gov
eminent But when a man hes spent
several years I'm Washington seeing
the thousands Of various things pro-
posed for legislation, he wonders what
IL left for the people at horle 10 DO.
IL there is not sufficient wisdom and
sanity and judgment among you 20
control your natural resources. want