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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-12-12

kets which We must supply. and we
must. find the means OF action The
United States. this great people for
whom we speak and act, should be
ready as never before TO serve itself
and TO serve mankind. ready with its
resources, its energies, its forces Of
production and its means Of distdbu-
ton.
It IL q very practical matter. q mat
ter Of ways and means We have the
resources, but are we fully ready to
uSe themf And. II we can make ready
what we have, have we the means at
hand to distribute itl We are not
fully ready; neither have we the means
Of distribution. We are willing. but
we are not fully able We have the
wish to serve and to serve greatly. gen.
erously. But we are not prepared a.
we should be. We are not ready TO
mobilize our resources at once. We are
not prepared to use them Immediately
and at their best, without delay and
without waste
To speak plainly. We have grossly
erred In the way In which We have
stunted and hindered the development
Of our merchant marine. And now,
when We need ships, we have not got
them We have year after year debat-
ed. without end or conclusion, the best
policy to pursue with regard to the
use Of the ores and forests and water
powers Of our national domain in the
rich states Of the west. when we
should have acted, and they are still
locked up. The key is still turned
upon them. the door shut fast at which
thousands Of vigorous men, full OF
initiative. knock GENEROUSLY for ad-
mittance. The water power Of our nav
1gable streams outside the national
domain also. even In the eastern states,
where We have worked and planned
for generations, is still not used as II
might be, because we will and we
won't; because the laws we have
made do not intelligently balance en-
enlargement against restraint We
withhold by regulation.
have come to ask you TO remedy
and correct these mistakes and omis-
sions, even at this short session Of q
congress which would certainly seem
to have done all the work that could
reasonably be expected OF II The
time and the circumstances are ex-
traordinary, and % must our efforts be
also.
Fortunately two great measures, fine
y conceived, the one to unlock. with
proper safeguards, the resources OF the
national domain. the other to eneour-
age the use Of the navigable waters
outside that domain for the genera
tion Of power. have already passed the
house Of Representatives and are ready
for Immediate consideration and &C
ion by the senate. With the deepest
earnestness urge their prompt pas
sage In them both we turn our backs
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-12-12
TRAINED cITlZENRY FOR
DEFENSE.

We must depend in every tina
Of national peril uuon
. eitizenry trained and assu.
toned to arms. W.
should encourage such training
and make il a means Of dissi.
pline which our young men will
learn to value. ka
right, too. that the national
guard of the states should J,
developed and strengthened By
every means which is not in.
consistent with our obligations
TO our own people or with ths
established policy Of our GOV.
eminent.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-12-12
COASTS OF ALASKA
SHOULD BE SURVEYED.
Present Dangers TO Navigation Ought
to Be Removed BY Charts.

Present Dangers TO Navigation Ought
to BE Removed BY Charts.
= There is another matter OF which
must make special mention. II am to
discharge my conscience, lest II should
escape your attention. 1t may seem a
very small thing. It affects only a
single item Of appropriation But
many human lives and many great en-
terprises hang upon It II Is the mat
ter OF making adequate provision for
the survey and eharting OF our coasts
It Is Immediately pressing and exigent
in connection with the immense coast
line OF Alaska, q coast line greater
than that Of the United States them
selves, though It is also very impor-
tant indeed with regard to the older
coasts Of the continent
We cannot use our great Alaskan
domain. ships Will not ply thither, II
those coasts and their many hidden
dangers are not thoroughly surveyed
and charted. The work is incomplete
at almost every point Ships and lives
have been lost in threading what were
supposed to be well known main chan
neIs- We have not provided adequate
vessels or adequate machinery for the
survey and charting. We have used
old vessels that were not big enough
or strong enough and which were so
nearly unseawOrthy that our inspectors
would not have allowed private own
ers to send them to sea This is a
matter which, as / have said. seems
small. but is in reality very great. Its
importance has only to be looked into
to be appreciated
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-12-12
SELF GOVERNMENT FOR
FILIPIN0S IS URGED.
President Says Senate Should Pass
Measure Now Before Senate.

President Says Senate Should Pass
Measure Now Before Senate.
And there Is another great piece Of
legislation which awaits and should re-
ceive the sanction Of the senate /
mean the bill which gives a larger
measure Of self government TO the peo-
pie Of the Philippines. How better In
this time Of anxious questioning and
perplexed policy could we show our
confidence In the principles Of liberty
az the source az well ~ the expression
OF life; how better could we demon
strate our own self possession and
steadfastness In the courses OF justice
and disinterestedness than by thus GO
ing calmly forward 10 fulnl our prom
ises to a dependent people, who VIII
now look more anxiously than ever 10
see whether we have indeed the Hber-
atty, the unseiflshness, the courage.
the faith we have boosted and profess
ed7 / cannot believe that the senate
will let this great measure of construc-
tive justice await the action OF another
congress- Its passage would nobly
crown the record Of these two years
Of memorable labor.
But ! think that you viii agree with
me that this does not complete the toll
Of our duty. How are we to carry our
goods to the empty markets Of which
have spoken II we have not the
ships2 How are we to build up a great
trade II we have not the certain and
constant means OF transportation upon
which all profitable and useful COM
merce depends? And how are we 10
get the ships If we wait for the trade
to develop without them7 To correct
the many mistakes by which We have
discouraged and all but destroyed the
merchant marine OF the country. to re-
trace the steps by which we have. II
seems almost deliberately. withdrawn
our nag from the seas, except where,
here and there, ship OF war Is hidden
carry IT or some wandering yacht dis
plays II, would take a long time and
involve many detailed items OF Iegis-
lation. and the trade which we ought
Immediately to handle would disap-
pear or find other channels while we
debated the items
The case is not unlike that which
confronted Us when our own continent
was to be opened I'D 20 settlement and
industry. and we needed long lines OF
railway. extended means Of transporL
tation prepared beforehand. If develop
ment was not to bag intolerably and
wait interminably. We lavishly sub
Eidised the building Of transcont-
mental railroads- We look back upon
that with regret now. because the sub
sides led TO many scandals Of which
we are ashamed, but we know that
the railroads had to be built, and II
we bad II TO do over again we should
Of course build them. but In another
way. Therefore ! propose another
way Of providing the means Of Trans
portation, which must precede, not
tardily follow, the development OF our
trade with our neighbor states OF
America Il may seem q reversal Of
the natural order Of things, but IL b
true. that the routes OF trade must be
actually opened-by many ships and
regular sailings and moderate charges
before streams Of merchandise wflI
dow freely and probably through
them
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-12-12
1--WE NEED SHIPS; WE HAVE
NOT GOT THEM"

The United States, this great
people for whom we speak and
act, should be ready az never
before to serve itself and to
serve mankind; ready with it's
resources, it's energies, its forces
Of production and its means of
distribution. We are
not ready to mobilize our re-
sources at once We are not
prepared TO use them imme-
diately and at their best, with
out delay and without waste.
To speak plainly, we have
grossly erred in the way in
which we have stunted and hin
dOr0d the development Of our
merchant marine, and now. when
We need ships, We have not got
thOm.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-12-12
GATES or TRADE MUST Be
OPENED.

TbS government must opOn
thooS gates Of trade. and open
them wide, open them before Il
b altogether profitable to open
them or altooStbOr reasonable
% ask private capital 20 opOn
them at Q venture. u b not q
question q the government me-
nopolfxina the iiSId. u should
taIeS action 20 mako Il certain
that Transportation a reason.
able ratss will b pronptiy pro-
Vided, even where the carriage
b not st Hrst pr0atabls, and
thsa, when tie carriage has be-
core Sufieisntly profitable 10 at
tract and engage private capital
and engage Il In abundance, TIE
government oaoht 70 Withdraw.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-12-12
AMERICA FACES NEW
MARKETS FOR TRADE.
Msrohant Marine Must % Built Up 20
Meet Opportunity.

Meet Opportunity.
Z L a Of equal consequences that the
nations whom Europe has usually sup
piled with innumerable articles Of man
gfaeture and commerce OF which they
are IN constant need and without which
their economic development halts and
stands sim can now get only q small
part Of what they formerly imported
and eagerly look 20 rs to supply their
al but empty markets. This Is partic-
1Iarly true Of our own neighbOrs. the
states, grear and small. Of Central and
south America Their lines OF trade
have hitherto run chiefly athwart the
seas. not 70 our ports. but TO the ports
of Great Britain and Of the older con
tinent Of Europe do not step 10 In
sQuire Why or to make any comment On
probable causes Whaf interests %
Just nov IA not the explanation. but
he fact ana our dnty and opportunity
"a the presence Of Il aers are maE
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-12-12
POWERFUL NAVY IS
AMERICAN POLICY
United States Will continus to R'"Is
Strong on the Seas

United States Will Continue to RSnaa
Strong on the Seas
A powerful navy We have alUH
regarded as our proper and na11
means >Of defense, and It has aEa
been OF defense that we have thOGA
never Of aggression or Of cOnq'&
But who shall tell Us now WhaI q
OF navy to build? We shall take laR
to be strong upon the seas In TIE u
ture as In the past. and there VIII x
no thought OF offense or OF pro7os1I
In that Our ships are our na'Dl
bulwarks When will the ezper's q
Us Just what kind We should consuU'-
and when viii they be right I0l %
years together. If the relative e1cel4
Of craft of different kinds and Use
continues to change as We have y.
It change under our very eyes ID 'D7''
last few months? 49,.
But ! turn away from the suV''.5
II Is not new. There Is no ne" Nv
to discuss it. We shall not aI'ef "
attitude toward IT because some auO-s
u are nervous and excited we -
easily and sensibly agree upon wv.
Of defense. The question Oas
changed its aspects because the ~
are not normal Our policy VIII ~
be for an occasion. II will be cons 's,
ed as q permanent and setueo 10 -,
which we will pursue at al 'en, -,
without haste and after a fasniOD - q.
fectly consistent with the peaCe v -,
world, the abiding friendship Oh a
and the unhampered freedom " 40
with whom we deal Let there =
misconcepdon- The country pas - -.
misinformed- We have not Ueen -
ligent Of national defense. we ~ ISuirT
unmindfuI of the great respOnSOnSs
resting upon Us We shan en- "a
profit by the lesson Of ever eAp ~
ence and every new circumstancs.. 80 ~
what Is needed VIII be aosS
done .1,us
I close. As 1 began, Oy rS
you OF the great tasks and ouu .-.J
peaee which challenge our best 49, -
and invite Us TO build what WI .
The asks to which we can addre =,
selves now and at all time WIZ snset
hearted Eest and with all the g -,
Rffts OF constructive wisdom We
Sess. To develop our life and .. ,OS
sources, to supply our own peO ~. nd
the people Of the world as tnsI ..T 4
sriseS from the ABUNDANT plenGS . o
our fields and our marts OF stsss
snr,cb the commerce of our Own -. q
ana Of the world with the pLO pro-. t.etr
our mine. our farms and our -, -.
ries, with the creations Of OOl s-.~ths
md the fruits Of our eharaess "a
"A what win hold our atrenU "A b
our enthusiasm steadily no" - D
he years to come a. We 80 %
now fn our life as q nation smss-
rty ana the inspirations Of ~ - "
dpated spirit may do for men =, Ests
oocisties, for individuals u
and Cor mankind
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-12-12

OLLOWAN0 y EEe3AueuI WI
~ sons annual message. deliver
ed At the beginning Of the
short term Of the sixty third
J Gentlemen or the OOngreB-The S.
sion upon which you are now entering
WI be the closing session of the Six
1-third congress. q congress, I ven
ture 20 say, which viii long be remem-
bGed for the great body Of thoughtful
and constructive work which IL has
done IN loyal response to the thought
and needs Of the country. l should
NE IN this address to review the nOta-
be record and Try TO make adequate
aasessment Of II. but no doubt We
stand too near the work that has been
done and are ourselves too much part
Of Il to play the part Of historians to
ward T.
Moreover. our thoughts are now more
Of the future than Of the past While
We have worked at our tasks Of peace
the circumstances Of the whole age
hav0 been altered by war; WhatWe have
done for our own land and our own
people We did with the best that was IN
n. whether Of character or OF intelli-
Gence. with sober enthusiasm and q
coundence IN the principles upon which
We were acting which sustained N at
every step OF the dffncult undertak-
fnG. But II IL done. 1t has passed from
our hands. IL Is now an established
part Of the legislation of the country.
II usefulness, it's effects viii disclose
Themselves In experience What chief
y strikes ~ DOW. as we look about rs
during these closing days Of a year
which VII be forever memorable In the
history Of the world. Is that we face
new tasks. have been facing them
these six months. must face them In
the months 70 come-face them without
partisan feeling. like men who have
everything but a common
dnty and the fact that we are repre-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-12-12

ton for trouble. This Is assureGJ be
opportunity for which a people nd
government like ours were raised o
the opportunity not only to spesk, Si
actually to embOdy and ezempity De
counsels OF peace and amity and be
lasting concord which is based on iH
tice and fair and generous dealing
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-12-12

upon hesitation and makeshfft ana
formulate q genuine policy Of me and
conservation IN the best sense Of those
wondA We owe tie one measure not
only TO the people o. that great west
en- country for Whose free and sys-
tsmat1e dsVslopment - Il seems 10
m. cur legislaf1on hes done % Httls.
but aIsO - TIE peopls q tie natioR
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-12-12
SAYS SHIPPING BILL
IS VERY IMPORTANT.
e shOuId 5s Passsd 10 PrSat BY opsa.
q oatsa Of Trads.

ID Gates 81 Trade.
Hence the pending shipping bIn, diS-
cussed at the last session. but a. Jet
passed By neither house In my judg-
ment such legislation is imperativsly
needed and cannot wisely Be postpon-
ed The government must open these
gates Of trade. and open them wide,
open them before II n altogether pront-
able 70 open them or altogether rea-
Sonable 10 ask private capital % open
them at q ventura Il - not q question
Of the government monopolixing TIE
neld- Il should take action 70 make
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-12-12
ne Chief Executive DSpIOTSs
The Lack Of Ships, Declares
That tho Government Must
Opsn the Gates Of Trade and
Urges Passage Of tho Pend
Ing Shipping Bill Rural
Credits and Safety at Sea.
Self Government For FlIlplROS
Again Recommended.

- GLOWING b President W.T.
sons annual message, deliver
ed AZ the beginning OF the
short term of the sixty third
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-12
''NUBBMS" By Cobb
Newsy Exclusively to The
By

the fight is be-
strategy splendid
u is backbone
apprentices Bailey
He to town threatening cloud
including
COIqu allegiance cloud
Then Joseph put them The cloud passed and in its place
He played with him his resignation from the senate and IN his former assault
without intent Col
quit against B amendment and the ants him for
a
i in
opposition
he Bailey
with
10 dine at Ferguson's it can't helped.
Bailey
a o strategy
up boys Ferguson, strategy
Cobb.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-12

small crowd Of admirers who WlsI 49, - =
tusst the man who was a Ia-iI - 80
huge workman twenty years dsO -
Hau come all the way along 10 De 5O'
ernor Of the state
Under an arch of the smoking room
ooe BAILEY, sleek, polished ana sLlloI - -
as fine velvet. entertained anolneI
StOWu IN which there were a Ilull -ll',5
u women who took no pains 70 COZ on
zeal their awe and admiration OF tllS
great man of Texas.
standing shoulders above the crow
Is mead stopped forward IN a llsteLliIl5
- uuei Bailey never missed j t-l-L5
Ia was going on in the loDDy, a..
~ ioGsh ne was listening 10 every - -
u the platltudes being poured INTO MS
The contrast Of the two men on the
opposite sides of the lobby was snaI ply
marked Ferguson is a farmer ba44Sy
IS one OF the most polished statesmen
the south has ever produced Both men
are successful and both have anDiliJlls.
1nsy suggested two athletes pfepdLlL5
70 meet each other. One Is a prouuCI
u the gymnasium and the other OF the
Larm- Yet both have the strength OF a
giant and neither fears man nor devil
Lesser Lights Numerous
lesser lights tWinkled in and out OF
me Motel lobby, for a handshake, TO eA-
change tobacco, talk OF crops cam
pdlBnS and cows, but these Two cen
lraI figures held the attention OF lhe
crowd which packed the lobby TO SUI
IocaUon. On the meZZanine floor a beEy
OF women and girls watched the AMI
mated scene below, as a pageant pre-
pared Ior their entertainment
Telephones rang, pages calleQ IoE
prominent men, the orchestra played
music and the air was Ilueu
win a blue haze Of cigar smoke plehu-
-hg Lne scene Into another VIVID picture
Of Fl Paso and its ever changing per
spective.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-12
Col. Bill Crooge Comes
From Nelson County With
His Friend, Tom Fintu

! - Col Bill s Crooee Of Nelson county,
1eAas' IS one OF the distinguished Wis
lLors attending the convention Col
BIZ IS the sole owner and range boss
OF the Barr-Nunn ranch in western
Texas, and he has not missed a conven-
Ton since Roy Bean was justice of the
peace-law west of the Pecos-
Col Bill arrived Sunday IN order to
be IN on Of the preliminary doines of
the big Democratic convention. Hav-
ing made his fortune in cattle and land.
the Nelson county COW man can afford
10 take a vacation each year and he
never misses q state convention when
the roundup is ordered. As an observer
or political affairs in Texas the cattle
man-colonel has no equal He has been
having winners In Texas until he has
corns on his fingers counting them He
mas never missed a single pest bet and
says he expects to continue his record
until his Barr-Nunn outfit puts the
brand Of eternal peace on his career.
Once when Col Bill was in Fort
W Orth attending a convention he was
missed by the Fort Worth newspaper
men, and it was left to a Dallas CORES
pondent to get an exclusive interview
with him That was the year the Bail
ey-Bryan discussion was on and Col
Crooge skinned the present secretary
Of state
Col Crooge is an invention Of Tom
Finty's brain and there is no Nelson
county, Texas. Mr. Finty has been
writing his Col CrOoge Interviews from
all Of the state conventions that have
been held in years and he has a series
Of daily talks with the fictitious Texas
cattleman which appear in the Dallas
News.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-12
States CHOICE
Of OFFICERS IS
FULLY APPROVED
Judge W. P. Sebastian De-
clares Victors Can Afford
to Be Generous.

me pre-arranged program was puI
lLLOugn without a hitch Tuesday aIleI :
noon by the committee on permanent
organization. So well pleased were the
operators Of the steam roller that judge
w p Sebastian, of stephens county
maze a plea for harmony, stating that
t4e victory of Ferguson was so com
pIete That the victors could afford 70
pc generous Judge Sebastian was
erected chairman Of the committee and
tary.
Slate of Permanent Officers.
The slate for permanent officers Of
the convention was then presented and
was adopted without a dissenting voice.
The slate follows:
Permanent chairman. J F. Cunning
ham, Of Abilene. Taylor county
Permanent secretary, c. B. Waters,
Of BeXar county.
Assistant secretaries. W. T. Potter,
Travis county; E J. Huston, Harris
county; J. D. Hamlin, Palmer county;
Z. Smith and z. Coles, Harris county.
permanent sergeant at arms. RhOme
ShleId, san Angelo, Tom Green county.
Assistants sergeant at arms, VIII
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-12

over By the big green divan stood
jim Ferguson, his lOngtailed coat
looking oddly like Lincoln's. He held
his broad Panama hat in his hand and
rocked on his toes as he talked to a
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-12

liam Smith. FL Paso county; Pat
O'Keefe, Dallas county; J. H Maddox,
Tarrant county, and Lee McAfee, Gray
son county.
Vice Chairmen Chosen.
Vice chairmen from each senatorial
district represented were then chosen,
no choice being made in districts 6. s,
y, Is, 10, %, 25 and 80, as these com
mitteemen were absent The following
is the list chosen:
First, senator ]. NJ. Henderson, Nor
ris county; second. Edward Edwards,
Red River county; third, Pat Warner,
Lamar county; fourth, C. L stowe,
GraysOn county, fifth, T. C Andrews,
Mckinney county; seventh, Dr. L. A.
Neil, Van Zandt county; ninth, NJ L.
Richardson, Henderson county. TENTH
B. Y. Cummings. Hill county; eleventh,
H. C. Meyer, Milan county; thirteenth,
Adam Cone, Anderson county; four
tenth, Samuel NJ King. NacOgdoche
county. sixteenth. f A. Reisner. Harris
county; seventeenth, F. K. Marrast,
Galveston county; eighteenth, DR.. R
w Thompson, Austin county, TWEEN
tieth. John Bruner. Williamson county;
tWenty-first, Judge Joe B. DloreH
county. twenty-second, W
o. Murray. Wilson county; twenty
fourth. Otto Flach, Kendall county;
twenty-sixth, J. f Boog-Scott, Cole
man county: twenty-seventh, John Mac
Kay, Bell county; twenty-eighth. C U
Eastland county; twenty
ninth. Ben F. Smith. Floyd county;
thirty-first Judge c. F. Spencer, Mon
tague county.
order of Nominations.
Regarding the order OF nominations
the following order was decided upon:
Governor, lieutenant governor, attOr-
1ey. general. land office commissioner,
controller, treasurer, superintendent of
public instruction, commissioner OF !
agriculture. supreme court judge, rail- J
road commissioners and congressman |
at large
For conducting business Of the per- !