El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-10

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THE SWIFT SPECIF1C CO.. atlanta, Ca.
live on the same amount of land and
thus have the advantages of life in the
country and yet have the cooperation
! Of large communities. Since that time
l have been in favor of everything to
increase the amount of land cultivat-
I ed l am in favor of reclamation and
conservation of the waters of the riv
ers and the storage of all flood waters.
/ have been Oh the ocean long enough
TO see that there is no need for the
streams that come down into it and
states called arid are going to be great
states. 1 have always favored state
hood ever since I have had voice in
those things. When 1 was in congress
1 voted for New Mexico statehood and
l rejoice that New Mexico is In position
10 achieve statehood. and today at 4:30
in Arizona the ballot boxes closed and
1 have no fear that the constitution
carried by an overwhelming majority
And 1 have no fear that president
Taft or anyone else will put a single
straw in the way of these two terri
tories becoming states.
Z congratulate FL Paso on the po-
sition she occupies as the nearest city
10 these two states and she will reap
the benefits Of the change from the
temporary territorial form Of govern
ment to the sisterhood Of states. am
glad to be here al this time. In future
l VIII see more of Ell Paso than any
CT the other towns (applause). I have
given hostage my son, my only son,
10 Arizona and. with my winter home
in inc
through here, il not from choice, from
necessity.
Rapid Grosvth of Popular Idens.
no one finds more pleasure al this
time than I in the very rapid growth
OF a few OF the things that were
thought very radical a few years 4 go.
I am glad that things are Being accom-
plished that bring the government
nearer the people. The rewards of pub
lie life are ample without the salaries.
The greatest reward is to have his
judgment indicated by the things for
which he has fought. l am not a pio-
neer. There are few things for which
L have stood that were original But ]
have tried to endorse any great thing
anyone else has suggested as soon as
found it out An idea is about the only
thing that has not been monopolized
and / am fighting to keep that free.
An idea is one thing no one can claim
exclusive possession Of l am glad that
this is one thing that everybody can
have. You may see men more wealthy
more intelligent or more successful
but there is no one who mas an ideal
SO high that we may not possess it If
we wish. It is because the idea is pub
lie property that 1 do not protest
against the Republican party taking so
many of my ideas. have been restrain
ed from going into court to replevin
the Republican party from taking our
ideas from the fact that we got several
from the Popu1ists and I don't know TO
whom the Republicans are going to
loan them.
Not Out of Politics.
"You can see the smile that won't
come off, not on the advertising of
breakfast foods, but have been wear
ing it since it has become certain that
the movement to elect the senate by the
popular vote of the people is going to
prevail. Those old dodgers have been
lodging and five times after 1t passed
The house it has been pigeonholed in the
senate. It finally got out of the pig
eonhoie and last week, upon motion of
senator Borah, it got on the calendar
and they must vote on 1t yea or nay.
It does not matter how I am connected
with politics. I expect to be intimately
or unintimately connected somehow. 1
am like the old man in Missouri
backwoods who, when asked by a
stranger If he had lived there all his
life answered not yit' I have not
lived all of my life 'yit.' have never
been more interested in the things 1
believe in than now. The fact that l
can fight for these things without sus-
picion Of private interest makes me
battle more effectively. After all what
we get out of this life is what we put
into it, either in politics or business.
"Duty Well Done"
I'VE cannot fight very long, do very
much or reach a very advanced age
without realizing more and more that
the contributions to the welfare of our
fellow men rather than the honors
count, and we must remember that the
impression we have made is not based
on what we have obtained but upon
what we have done for the advance
ment Of the welfare Of those with
whom we have lived"
Cries of Cobb, Cobb" followed the
closing of Mr.. Bryan's talk Mr.. Cobb.
the host of the evening, was so full OF
over the complete success
# his dinner to the Democratic leader
that for once he did not make a speech.
All he said was: II have brought him
among you. My smile is the smile that
will not come off. Mr.. Bryan, it is
train time"