The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-13
Judge Goodwin s Address.

Judge C. C, Goodwin spoke in part
as follows:
l hold It a high honor to be permitted
to second the welcome which His En-
icellency Governor Spry has extended TO
lour distinguished guest
1t is good for the high officers Of the
government TO go out and mingle with
the people In isolated communities when
possible. s','
II shakes them out of the provincial
grooves Into which people so situated
This proyincialism when long unds-
turbed Is liable to breed provincial
egotism, to. make them conclude that
ney hS te same ahs Gns 5 psoPs pboueb pa o ba fall
which took possession of the old Scotch
ilady who said she had looked the whole
parish over carefully and had concluded
would ever get to heaven were her Jock
and herself. and she had her doots
about Jock"
II is true that we criticise the govern
I heard a man say yesterday; 'In
the Interest OF the people and especially
the poor: the government has advanced
the. price Of coal lands on unsurveyed
sections to s23S per acre, which makes 1t
Impossible for any one TO buy an acre
of such lands unless he possesses so
much money that he does not need any
more"
Financial Problems.
heard another man say: Look at
the work of congress Spending months
Ito investigate whether some pne paid
thirteen dollars for the vote OF ten
man to the United States senate; to
change the tariff on wool three cents
a pound. and all the time the ports OF
the world behind which live one-half of
Ito our exports building mighty
Isthmus canal when it is clear that when
that canal shall be finished we shall not
have merchant ships enough TO take
to witness the opening of the canal.
Dragging about our balance Of trade
when VII we pay to people abroad $3.50
owners $3.50 100000 in fares and freight.
which absorbs all the profits from field.
factory and mine. and keeps this nation
living from hand to mouth"
Those congressman remind me Of the
colored woman who went to the races
and invested 81 on the horse designated
Then she went TO see the horses be-
fore the race was tapped off. She found
that No. was a big black stallion. He
vas paving striking. Kicking nipping
two men who had hin, by the bits and
playing smash generally.
The old eolored woman went back and
horse9'i asked the bookmaker. 90 . yees'S
was the reply. he's all fine enough;
but, Mista, but dat horse don't set his
mind on dis race at all.
Looking to the Future.
7 was pleased exceedingly at what our
honored guest just said There was but
one, thing which / felt like disagreeine
with him about, That was that the
policy which the government was try
Ing to inaugurate and work out would be
approved By our children twenty-five years
hence. II reminded me OF the old story
for his friend Tim and said to him: Tim
In a few days il will be diving ! Will, and
want you to administer upon my estate
You will see that the old woman gets the
cabin and the garden. little Bridget the
pig and the chickens. and little Barney
the pony and the cart" and reaching
feeble hand under the pillow and rawing
out a twenty-dollar pece-''bere is some
money with which 10 treat the boys on
the day Of the funeral"
IAN right Barney" said Tim but OF
fore or after the funerai?"
"Oh, before. I think said Barney,
because you know. that after the fUner-
al / Will not be here.
am glad that Mr., Secretary has come
among us. believe his visit will do
much good. IJe has given us new as
snrances that the executive officers in
Washington are most anxious To serve
all the people and are particularly
anxious that the men OF the west shall
have all their, rights.
lie lItuDiS ~ NIleu tutSc DISn oIIICerS
come they do not remain long enough.
They make a call when they should make
a visit. Il I had my way, I should have
the secretary remain here until he could
see how. when poor man Is flung out
naked upon the desert, he goes to work
10 make living. and ! would have him
visit Bingham and Garfield 10 sec how
the men In the desert hew down the bar
ren mountains and from the debris they
extract product which will buy bread
and give a new impetus 10 commerce.
And I hope that the visit OF the secre-
iarN nlll NOT be iihnut safisfnrllnn Ia