The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-06-15
GOVERNOR vESsEYs ADDRESS
AT OPENING OF CELEBRATION

Governor Vessey in his address of
Welcome at 2 o'clock this afternoon,
,aid:
We have with us at this time many of
Dakota: In fact the gathering I'm which
we are participating Is an old settlers
Homecoming and reunion, and in passing
seems fit that We pay them our slight
ales Of the struggles and privations
which the early settlers Of Dakota en-
tured can never be forgotten, for II was
n order that you and I might occupy a
and second to none In our whole magni-
icent country, that these hardships were
Undergone. Let US pause for a moment
tlso and think OF the mothers who left
he old homes in the east and many of
hose they loved and came to the prairie
where they moved into log and sod houses
,r little old shacks situated on the barren
plains peopled only by the Indians and
Wild animals. Recollections Of their sac
ifces live in our memories like bene-
fiction, renewing our faded energies and
purring US on to greater activity.
Present Debt to Past.
The debt we owe to our frontiersmen
AN never be measured, neither the length
,or the breadth and the gratitude of our
he howl OF the wolf was often heard. to
Tim the hostile savage was not unknown,
nd In his mind was ever the inquiry as
whether or not he could Withstand the
ummer's drouth and the winters bliz-
ard.
But now all is changed and the old order
things has passed beyond. The same
road pra.ries which yesterday were the
habitat of the buffalo, today furnish
ZONES for hundreds of thousands of happy
men and women. The whistle of the en-
line has superseded the call Of the wolf
md we find the Dakota which we know
n entirely different institution.
Magic of Dakota's Growth.
In many sections cities have grown,
,eautiful homes have sprung up as If by
magic gardens are In evidence every
where. and fields OF grain and herds of
took testify to success. Yhe old IDEAS of
Instance have all changed until now the
raveler may so into the never never"
ands of yesterday and still find himself
the midst Of civilization.
Wave of New Ideas.
At the present time the country through
ut Is being swept by cosmic wave of
lew ideas In regard to the rights of the
their fellow" and ] believe that the peo-
tle-the great, surg.ng mass of common
,eople-are. slowly perhaps but surely
onger can there be any doubt as to the
:hange which has been accomplished in
he order OF politics. Time was when the
political prestidigitator. smooth in speech
JUS and very often misleading statements.
vas able TO gain his purpose and win the
goal OF his ambition without coming
'quarely into the open and defining his
policy.
On the Square in Politics.
Such tactics are rapidly being elm
mated from the course OF political pro-
.edure, upon which fact we can well con-
gratulate ourselves, and as year passes
rear t Is more and more necessary fer
he seeker of public office, the would-be
holder of political honors, to state his
platform to the people frankly. to let II
,e known without hesitation Just what
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ions Of the day, to clearly define the con-
ines of his policy and various new acts
II legislation now pending throughout
he several states require that he keep
he faith and make good his promises.
rhe people are becoming SO well aware
)f their right to q square deal that they
are more insistcnt In their demand for Il
than ever befVs and as a result I be-