Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-02-23

as to call for more than common love
and administration. They are a Sc.
lect, that is to say, a selected class.
The agent of selection is that most re.
lentless Of natures laws--the surviv.
al of the fttest. On Our frigid, wind
swept plains nature deties the weak
to fight for existence and they stay
out. BY this stern method Of elimin.
alton she takes to herself only the
best, and they by application of skill
and science win their reward in stores
of wealth and comfort. What other
state OF our Union heaps upon her
| chosen ones such bounties as the
state of North Dakota? In the last
decade land valuations have increas-
ed 1870 per cent, while in u steady
output Of produce the growth is a
hundredfold.
Moreover, the men who come to
/! swell the numbers within our borders
are not from the sordid atmosphere
Of cities but from the country dis
! tricts Of our sister states, from among
those who love the virgin soil and
broad acres, and from the sturdy, lib
erty loving races of Northern Europe.
And once here it's citizens are happy.
True it is, that we do note have the
palm al d the orange, but the science
of the twentieth century renders bet
ter the material conditions of the cit.
izen of North Dakota than if he sat
in the shade of a literal palm while
the ripened fruit dropped at his feet,
,uJ IN olIfti0n hn fvnS IN tho n1nct
"American state of all America, the
land OF opportunity and equality. 1t
is a state where all the eXcellencies
and advantages of older common
wealths have come to make their
home, and where morality, the true
grandeur of nations, is acknowledged
as supporting all
And so we are exceedingly proud
Of this Dakota and give her homage
only such as she deserves. Because
Of our nativity we hail her and toast
her as, "Our own, our native land
but more, we proclaim her leader OF
all states because she typifies so well
the poets noble idea of the state as
mot high raised battlements or Ia
bored mound,
Thick wall or moated gate;
Not cities proud, witk spires or tur-
rets crowned,
Nor bays or broad armed ports,
Where laughing at the storm, proud
navies ride;
No! men who their duties know,
But know their rights, and, know.
ing, dare maintain
((Much %applause.)
Mr.. Geake, a senior student in col
lege, responded to the toast, THE
Governor" in a happy and forcible
tanner. His remarks, punctuated by
an enthusiastic body Of students,
show the love felt by the great mass
es Of our young people for u chief
executive.
In part, he said:
"The Governor"
Mr.. ToastmaSter, Friends and Eel
low Students, | an deeply sensible Of
how high a distinction has been >con-
ferred upon me this afternoon. !
owe, at the outset the most grateful
acknowledgements to my fellow stud
ents for counting me worthy to be
their organ in responding to the toast
of 1.-THE Governor" A man, who
through his personal perseverance, in
tegrity and gentlemanly qualities has,
by the confidence and free will of the
! people of our state, been honored with
the most exalted position in their pow.
err to grant.
lEx.President Mckinley said, "The
want OF the time is manly men, men
Of character, culture and courage Of
faith and sincerity; the exalted man
hood, that FORCES its way to the front
by the force OF its own merits" In
this great commonwealth the oppor-
tunity or leadership is always open;
it is the glory of American institu'
tons that in our republic every path
leads to the front. tCries of Hear!
Hearty 1t may begin at the door Of
a poor mans cottage, but it may also
end at the portals of the White
House. The spirit of our liberty,
standing before all the aristocracies
of the world, holds up Washington,
and Lincoln, and Grant, and Garfield,
and Mckinley, saying in the words OF
the statesmen, See what l can do. |
have made these out Of the common
people-richer treasures than can be
found among all the row jewels of
all the ages" While Il nation
counts such mel as Washington, Lin
coin, Grant, Garfield and Mckinley
among her treasures, we, as a state,
count men like our Mr.. Hanna, our
governor, treasures richer than
crown jewels" cloud applause.)
Afew days ago l met an early pio-
neer, vino was the opponent of our
honorable guest. in several debates,
given by literary societies organized
in the early eighties, in the vicinity
OF Page and Colgate. He told me
that he would never forget the first
tine he saw Mr.. Hanna. 1t was the
spring of 1882, about five miles north
of Hope. His brother, Robert, was on
a breaking plow, driving a yoke OF
oxen, and he at the end of the field
waving an old straw hat, as he stood
acting as a guide stake for his broth
err. Today we see in him the typical
| American, the true product of this
Great West" as he FORCES his own
destiny on the anvil of Time, tenn.
pering his metal in the fire of nation.
al enthusiasm, and with the arms Of
a worthy and noble ambition welding
the sledge of persistent endeavor,
producing a masterpiece that is wor.
thy of the recognition Of any COM
monwealth. (Cries of Good; %applause)