Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-09-14

Tulsa some years ago. when speaking
in the principal thuroughfare. Tulsa
has outstripped my most optimistic
predictions. have great faith in her
This club, organized by the progressive
citizens OF the community will be Il
impulse tn send her along the high
way of industry and prosperity.
we are all engaged in the upbuild-
ing or tn" community. one of the
important things that business men
need to consider is their relation not
TO business, not to the matter OF
bringing in dollars and cents, but their
relation TO the political and social life
or the people. What does IL matter II
| contratulatc you on your commercial
success? | was told. by the way, that
one OF the qualifications for admis-
sion was the possession OF at least
Sl,00O,oO0
Now then, are your lowa salts
factory? | am not speaking politically.
Are your laws rational In state build
ing and nation building? DO your
laws give expression to the highest
Ideals In the community? Is justice
insured Is freedom guaranteed
among the great body of the people?
Are your taxes justly and fairly laid?
Are your public concerns managed
with prudence? do not know the
facts at all, | am simply putting the
question Of the fundamentals Of our
Republican lives
"People viii seek out Oklahoma
more and more for residence when
they iind you are loyal to the best
Ideals or American citizenship. | see
churches here and they are a fine
invitation. they speak no audible ut
terance. and yet they speak in com
manding power. | see your new high
school, or the foundation of one.
MY friends, such bodies as this arc
composed of all political elements. and
am gl1d tins Is so, | am glad tha,
hero iS the composite OF the intclll-
sehce of the community: 1t Ia well to
CONFER one with another regarding
these public affairs. II the puh.i.
business is not well conducted. pro-
test against IT with all the power that
Is within you II the laws are die
trt"d Iy sinister influences. strike
81 hcm down. We want in every COM
'nunity to serve the country. and we
can do IT hy serving each community.
Let each community see that the laws
are just that the people are quick
oned to the Importance OF the triumph
OF Justice
Too Vast a Future.
81 do not believe any of us here
comprehend the future OF oklahoma.
Here you are. nearly three millions In
population. | like to think Of Okla
homa. II is as fine an illustration of
the birth of a state as | think tho
world affords 1t passed with mar
Nelous s"iitness from nothing into an
commonwealth. one which !
stands fully abreast with some of tho
oldest and most respected common |
Wcaiths of the American people. This, |
all in the face OF the fact that YOU
have not begun to grow Somebody
told me that not twenty per cent OF |
the resources of oklahoma have been
subjected, or occupied, If | may say
so. In other words, that eighty per
cont of Oklnhoma's resources remain !
yet for the genius aud skin and the !
energy Of the future Oklahomans.
Here Is community of great
wealth. community of great intelli- |
lencc. as represented at this gathering.
q never fail to say that during a
political campalgn.)
You have come from the four
quarters of America. belong to a
family. No two genera
tlon. of the Fairbanks family for |
many centuries ever came from the |
same state. My grandfather was born /
In New. HAMPSHIRE my father In Ver-
mcnt. | In ohio, my children in dif- |
feront states II was. perhaps |
cheaper for our family to move than |
To pay rent.
The hest hlooded, most energetic |
and most patriotic people Of all parts
Of America have sought this land |
Of promise. as tho swallow seeks the
southland. ana God almighty has en-
liched this country so bouutifully thar
II on'y awaits :he touch Of the |
inspiration and loyal service Of her
'lt'zeI ship to make her still moro
great and wonderful. believe that
three millions will in timo
Ie multiplied millions. and that In
Tulsa In a few years from now. your
opulation will he twice $4,000.
1T Is fine thng 20 help In ma
Ion lui'ding. Your real duty Is to
Nuke the Ideal community You are
free from tho dead and putrefying
'lesh and blood and an inviting at
nc sphere and all the natural and So
'ial conditions which. IL utilized by
fou and your fellows to tho utmost.
AN enable YOU to spring rs Minerva,
'ull fledeed from the brain OF Jove.
strong In every point that makes for
deal youth. You can stand forth as
he idonl city
II thank YOU for your courtesy and
Invite Vou, when YOU are In In
'iHnapolis TO come right up to my
homo on Meridian street. and you are
Welcome"