Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-14

and the blessings and benefits of self
government. (Applause)
If it be true, as we surmise that 1t
Is true, that our Heavenly Father Gre
ated Christopher Columbus. created
our pilgrim forefathers, created George
Washington and Abraham Lincoln, and
those who have gone before us, as
part of the Divine plan to Christianize
and civilize the world. He has. indeed,
created little folks like you and me
and has shifted on us the burden of
perpetuating this monumental work
which those who have gone before us
have undertaken. (Applause)
Il feel that you and | may be as
sured that the United States of Amer
lea is now standing in the position
where there has come a time that its
citizens must stoop down and pick
up the white mans burden and go for
ward, come what may, and meet the
obstacles. come what will and over
come them, as our Heavenly Father n
his divine wisdom has shaped our
course for Us.
VITAL TO AMERICA.
We here in the United States of
in the outcome of this war, because
our right to self government is inn
mediately. cast into the balance, and
it has taken us, America, something
like three years to discover it. How
did we discover it? We discovered
1t because diplomatic correspondence
between Germany at home and the
German representatives. in our own Of
ficial family in Washington developed
that plot was on foot to procure
Mexico to invade the southern part of
the United States upon the promise
that if it were successful Texas. New
Mexico, Arizona and the lower part of
California should again become Mexi-
can territory. And what else? If
Japan could be prevailed upon to in
wade MS from the west. our own be-
owed Idaho and Oregon, and some Of
he rest of the north Pacific coast
should become subject to Japan.
What does that mean to YOU and to
ne, my frienGs? What does it mean?
tell you what it means. II means
hat our beloved ones would be sub
ected to the same outrages. the same
ndigntes. the same .unspcakable !
horrors, at the hands of lot of van
ials from Asia and half civilized Mex
can nisgers from across the Rio |
irande that their French and Belgium |
listers are now suffering at the hands |
# the German troops.
Now, my religious friends if I may
Irop into the vcrnacular Of the old west |
which | knew a quarter of a century I
go. I will say that when a condition |
# that kind came up bought a little |
tack of white chips and set in the
anne and declared war on Germany /
myself. Applause).
WHAT WOULD THEY SAY7
81 don't know what the great mar
ncrJ Columbus, would say as he look
d down from the coming towers of
he kingdom Of heaven upon the PEG
lie who populate the western homis-
here If we did less than to offer to
ly down our lives to carry on the
york which God Almighty had set him
bout, II we did not take up arms to
rotect the honor of our women folks
nd to protect our right to self-gov-
rnment and to protect our right to re-
gious liberty. What would the great
commodore say as he looked down
'om the coming towers? Wouldn't
e say: ooh, God, was born into the
orld that spawn like that should lit
'r the earth@' l think he would. II
ondcr what our revolutionary fore
Cthers would say, as they look down
ON the nattlements of the great he