Gunnison news-champion., 1918-05-17
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every repoft issued b. . govefamsnt
buFean or departDent.
Do not believe that any Okher mam-
boe u either hsass ever ATTEMPTED
saeh . hereulean task. Nam carried
tAe burden for yeaxs an1 yandeFed .
great p1hlie service.
IN quitting Tie Hease, II delivered
| b speech - full u Wisdom md potrio-
tism that made No apoaogy Tor re-
| lprodnciAg the following paragraphs:
sWhnt we IN need, whs& yea nesd,
in tie House, Whak the administra-
tien needs, what the country needs, b
dseerninatioa and patisnce. Human
ity 3 ~ - mnde that yea can svolve
| great organixakions ofR-hand. We are
Engaged b . struggle With prpbably
The most efficient er9ani1at5da II
fpeople In the world We have had
faith that Yankee ingenuity, Ameri-
can genius. the inventive skill Of our
own people might largely win the war.
It may become Q great factor. It II
not unlikely that this war viii be won.
as many past wars have been won. by
something entirely new, which devel-
oped after the war had begun. But
whatever il done, we must all keep our
minds, set On the firm determination
never TO quit without complete victory.
(Applause.) II cannot de expected
that the greatest struggle the earth
has ever seen will not have its rises
and its falls; that there win not come
times Of great optimism and times Of
low pessimism.
But there II one thing for us to do,
one thing for our country to do, and
that IL to exert its utmost effort and
never quit until it has succeeded.
And then, we must have patience.
We are appropriating here unbelieve-
able sums Of money. There are being
expended by our government these
enormous amounts Of cash. Mis-
takes will occur here, mistakes will
occur there. You cannot build up
great army and navy and the ereat
orGanisatjoh that goes with Il With
out mistakes. Let NJ help to correct
them. but never forget that they ars
natural and cannot Be avoided. We
must have patience. We must not BE-
tog hurried y our Judgment. We must
net condemn TOO quickly where mis-
get that we have made mistakes, both
personally and legislatively. 1 know
the feeling, ! think, on both sides Of
this house: In the war there q no
Pastisanship: (Applaase)
I'VE stand - united. eounry and
. united people. unwilling to let bick-
erings at home affect oar determina-
ton to win abroad.
There, ara many things which I
would Ike to say to the House, many
things which have occurred to me "a
my retreat, but ! do not propose. to
obtrude myself upon the delfberation
Of the House. / have watched, Ia =
way, from the outside, the sections of
the House and the dofngs Of the Ad-
ministration, the buildtng of tie army
and the navy, the failures that have
occurred here, the too great optimism
which has sometimes sprung forward
there. the reports semetines shout
what We were going to do ~ though
pie Do not need 70 Be misinformed and
led into hopes which arc not realisedi
y order 20 keep their determination.
They are bound 70 win the war"
fprolou1ed nnnlause