The Washington times., 1911-06-13
Willing to Aid Friends, But
Couldn't Donate Public
Property.
KNEW PINE BARRENS
NEEDED RAILWAY.
Thought His Vote a Calamity, But
Believed the Bill Was
Ubiquitous.

SO as to make the distance an evsn
four thousand.
Then, sir, there Is the climate Of Du-
luth, unquestionabIy the most salubrious
and delightful to be found anywhere on
the Lords earth. Now, L have always
been under the impression. as I pro-
sumo other gentlemen have that In tha
region around Lake Superior II was
cold enough for at least nine months
IN a year to freeze a smokestack OF a
locomotive. But see II represented, on
this map. that Duluth Is situated exact
ly halfway between the latitude of
Paris and Venice, 30 that gentlemen
who have inhaled the exhiIar rating air
Of the one. or basked in the golden
sunshine of the other, must see at a
glance that Duluth must be a place Of
untold delights, a terrestrial paradise
famed by the balmy zephyrs of an
eternal spring, clothed In a gorgeous
sheen Of ever blooming flowers, and
vocal with the silvery melody Of ma
ture's choicest songsters.
Believes Byron
Sought for Duluth.
In fact, sir. since have seen this
map, I have no doubt that Byron was
vainly endeavoring to convey some faint
conception Of the delicious charm Of
Duluth when his poetical soul gushed
forth in the ripping strain Of that
/ beautiful rhapsody:
Know ye the land Of the cedar and
vine,
Where the flowers ever blossom, the
beams ever shine;
Where the light wings OF Zephyr, op-
pressed with perfume,
Wax faint Ger the gardens OF Gul in
her bloom:
| of fruit,
And the voice of the nightingale never
is mute;
Where the tints of the earth and the
hues of the sky,
In color. though varied in beauty may
As to the commercial resources Of Du-
| luth, sir, they are simply illfmitable and
inexhaustible, as is shown by this map.
see II stated here that there Is a
vast scope Of territory embracing an
rich in every element of material wealth
and commercial prosperity, all tributary
to Duluth. Look at It. Sir, mere are
able veins of silver, impenetrable depths
Of boundless forest, vast coalmeasures'
7 wide, extended plains Of richest pastur-
age, all-all embracing in the vast tern.
tory, which must, in the very nature OF
things, empty the untold treasures OF
IT'S Commerce into the lap or Dulutn.
Sir, might stand here FOR hours ana
hours and expatiate the raptnre ano
depicted upon this map. But human
life is too short, and the time OF this
House Is far too valuable to allow me
to linger longer upon the dehsnuui
theme.
Must Become The
Center of the Universe.
I think every gentleman on this floor
IL as well satisfied as am that Dulutn
is destined to become the commercial
METROPOLIS of the universe, an dthat this
road should be built at once. am
fully persuaded that no patriotic repre-
sentative Of the American people VINO
has a proper appreciation Of the asso-
ctated glories of Duluth and ST Crolx
will hesitate a moment to say thati
every able-bodied female in this land
between the ages OF eighteen and forty-
hve, who Is in favor OF women 8
rights should be drafted and set 70
work upon this great work without de-
lay. Nevertheless, sir, II gr1eves my!
very soul to be compelled to say that i
cannot vote for the grant OF lands pro-
vided for in this bill.
poignancy Of my anguish that am
deprived of that blessed privilege!
There are two insuperable obstacles IN
the way. In the first place, my con-
have no more interest in this road than
they have in the great question Of culi-
/ nary taste now perhaps agitating the
public mind Of Dominica, as to whether
the Illustrious commissioners who left
this Capital for that free and enlight-
ened republic would be better fricasseed.
boiled, or roasted; and, In the second
place, these lands which am asked to
give away, alas! are not mine to be-
stowi My relation to them is simply
that Of a trustee to an expressed trust.
And shall I ever betray that trust?
Never, sir! Rather perish Duluth
Perish the paragon of cities!
Rather let the freezing cyclone Of the
bleak Northwest bury It forever beneath
the eddying sands Of the raging st.
Croix.