The Glenwood post., 1919-11-15
Large Crowd to Do Honor to Garfield
County's Soldiers, Sailors
and Nurses
PRESENTED BY COUNTY

and l ask whether you found anything
in the government of these countries
that surpassed the government of our
own United States. Is it not q fast
that the government of the Unitad
States with the freedom accorded its
people, its just and upright laws, over
come and outweigh anything that ths
foreign countries had to present, II
so, ought you not to support that
which is the best, that which sur
passes conditions elsewhere on earth.
1 say to you that the perfection IN
American government is the result Of
evolution, is the result of slow pro-
gress from time immemorial down TO
the present. It is impossible in
spasmodic way to jump from what we
have to that which is ideal The Uto-
plan period has not yet come, nor will
it reach us until after the lapse Of
millions of years yet to come, and for
the steady growth of the Government,
for the people and by the people, I
urge upon you to be builders, to ss-
sist in bringing about results, and ON
all occasions to support and vote aye
for the now and regular advance Of
ideas and endeavors. It takes . man
of ability to construct, but one who
votes mo is an obstacle, and does moro
to pull down than twenty can do 20
erect. 1t is impossible to pass at once
from the sapling to the enlarged AMI
majestic oak tree, it is q matter of
slow and steady growth. The petals
Of civilization are slowly unfolde !;
oh, very slowly indeed; and so it is
with ou, government, slowly but at
all times constantly better.
| / urge upon you to turn st.rr
face against strikes, connections and
activities against existing conditions;
but, on the other hand, to cheerfuily
obey the lays and bow to the filal de-
crees of the courts of justice There
are no laws ojS.e- er more advanin-
geous for civilization than exist AID
are enforced in the United States. If
You engage in lisohcy'ng the laws Of
the land, AMI ro1 yourselves Judge
Of the right AMI wrong Of such action.
this, under present conditions, may
lead to revolution IN this country,
where you w,,l' ha;i'e aga 1s. zach
other and tn, result, h suca fight
ing men as yo- woulG be that which
happened to the Kilkenny cats, The
annihilation Of .ou all i,u nave had
enough of battles and bat.le alarms
When others find fault in your pre-
sence, claiming themselves to be bet
ter enabled to say what ought to be
than those we have selected to repre-
sent us in Congress, or as Chief Ex-
ecutive, either rebuke or leave them
to their own cogitation. They are un-
worthy Of consideration.
When our chief officials in Wash
ington have been advised by our am
bassadors from abroad, our councils
and our secret agents, by men Of brain
and Gbility throughout the United
States and with data thus secured,
have given . course Of conduct to be
pursued; then the opposition offered
to that course by those we locally
come in contact with, shows presump-
tion indeed on the part Of those who
undertake to speak but without author
ity, without data or advice Of any
sort except their own riotous imagina-
tions They cannot be relied upon.
And now once again l bid you .
hearty welcome to Glsnwood Spring.,
and trust that the day win resalt h
profit to you ~ we'll - pleasure aad
happiness to ~ all.
The Ohanbsf Of Commerce q 0lsa-
wood epsines initiated tAis nsvsasat