Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-08-30
VISITS SCENES OF
BOYHOOD DAYS
Congressman Smith In Ohio Speech
Pays Splendid Tribute To
Pioneers of Idaho


Pioneers Of Idaho
Fairview, Ohio, August 21-COn-
gressman Addison T. Smith Of Idaho,
who spent his early life in this I'M
mediate vicinity attended the 34th
Annual Pennyroyal Reunion today and
delivered most interesting address,
paying a splendid tribute to the pio-
neers and referred to the benefits OF
woman suffrage in Idaho. This is
the first visit of Congressman Smith
to this section since 1884. Senator
Burton Of Ohio and several other
Ohio Congressman also delivered ad-
dresses. Mr.. Smith said in part:
"The people who rescued that
great west from the impossible bar
riers to civilization, and those who
are now there reclaiming the desert
wastes, opening the storehouses OF
the mountains and harnessing the
mighty rivers possess the same In
domitable spirit of those hardy pio-
neers who nearly a hundred years
ago traversed this great thorough
fare seeking favorable spot on
which they could spread their tent
and make homes for themselves and
families. These splendid houses in
which you rest in comfort, these
great barns containing the treasures
Of your labor, and these broad fields
covered by your stock are monuments
to the industry and frugality, and
habits of right living of your fathers.
"The western country is still in it's
infancy. 1t is only few years since
the wealth in mountain, valley and
river became known. These resour-
ces only need the progressive spirit
of the pioneer to make these oppor-
tunities available and to demon
strate the possibilities Of that re-
gion. Those who have gone there
have not only been active in develop
| ing the material resources, but they
have also made great strides in civil
lization, and the enactment Of laws
for the betterment of society and
the civilization Of the spirit OF
greed and domination which is so
| prevalent in older communities. The
pioneers have always been the re-
formers as the history Of the hui
man race shows, and those OF the
west are no exception to that rule.
Among all the states in the new
west Idaho proudly lifts her head.
She was one of the first states In
the Union to give woman her right
full place in the affairs Of govern
ment. For nearly twenty years wo'
man has been on an equality with
man at the ballot box, and she has
brought to that responsibility a de-
termination to have those laws en-
acted which are intended to improve
the morals of the people, to protec,
the public health, to give her child
rem better opportunities in the strug
gle OF life, and to accomplish many
other things which will benefit hel
community, which the man, because
of their disinclination or indifference
or their time being too much occupie
in their business affairs, have mo-
done.
"Her natural ambition for the edu
cation and success of her children
and the improvement of her surrount
ings, which has made the American
wife and mother the best guardian
of the home in all 1t signifies, ha
spurned her on to accomplish he
great work. She constantly has i
view the welfare Of her home, tn
: welfare of her children and the gen
} eral welfare of the human race
. Through her active cooperation a
!, the polls, there have been placed O
! our statute books many laws FAR !
t advance Of thos in the older states
n Our pure food laws, which are
s stringent as any in the nation, ou
/ anti-gambling laws, which have pra'
8 tically eliminated this vice In ldi
g no, our local option laws, which hav
l. driven the saloon from three-fourtf
8 of the counties in the state, our q
l. rect primary laws, which have piace
> the elections Of the state and count
l. officers in the hands of the peopl
d the widows pension law which pc
Il units the children to remain VIII
N their mother, their natural guardia
le instead OF sending them to an !
< stitution. our fruit inspection law
prohibiting the sale of wormy fru
,e and requiring the systematic spra
p. ing Of fruit trees, our Sunday ne
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