Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1923-07-12
GOVERNOR MOORE'S WELCOME
TO PRESIDENT HARDING


( It becomes my most honored
privilege to introduce TO you the
Chief Executive OF all these United
States. This is a rare occasion and
| glory in the magnificent and WOE
derful demonstration of love and
: loyalty OF the tens of thousands who
assembled TO do honor TO our
President. We bow no knee to any
sovereign, we bend no heads to any
king or car, but we raise our heads
in the full knowledge of freedom
and equality TO welcome with love
+ in our hearts the Chief Executive
OF the land we love so we'll.
I We greet this distinguished visitor,
not as the head of party, but all
creeds and all parties today in the
state unite to honor him as the en-
bo1iment of the spirit of government
which has made and will continue to
make this country the great, free
nation that it is.
The people OF Idaho are strong in
their love and support of the great
principles set forth in the American
Constitution and we believe in the
representative form of government {.
We are not radical in any way and
those who drift in who are radical
soon find this is no place for treason
or the exciting of rebellion against
properly constituted authority. We
do not favor any OF the fads or fan
les that would lead the people away
from the sturdy American ideals OF
honesty and peaceful livelihood.
The People of Idaho, Mr.. Presi-
lent, are with you 100 per cent in
rour efforts to bring out of this re-
action stability and order TO their
proper place in the civic life OF
America. We are with you again
when you refuse to recognize most
tadical and dangerous influences
against free institutions and demand
hat foreign nations distinguish be-
tween right and wrong before being
admitted to the conference of ma
tions. We commend you for lot
following into the dark by-ways OF
Sovietism and communism, for those
can plan the dissolution of the Re
public for which so much precious
blood has been split on the fields CT
battle.
Mr.. President, We commend you
for your efforts in the interest OF
world peace and your fight for dis
2rmament and for a World Court.
he people of the State of Idaho are
peace-loving and wish never to see
their sons tied TO the wheels of the
suns of war. Idaho did her bit in the
.2st war and nobly did she pour forth
her treasures, but none so pre-
us as her sons and daughters who
never came back. In the memory OF
these, Mr.. President, the people OF
idaho ask you to stop forever the
internal business of war.
We are with you in your attempt
to stabilize the Industries OF the
farmer and the producer through
the means of a strong, sensible pro
tective tariff. From this time on
the East must depend more and more
on the resources of the West. 1t is
meet for both the East and the West
to change existing conditions so that
the cost of production and transpor-
tation should be lowered in order that
he producer may have a just compen-
Sation for his toll and so that the
consumer does not bear too heavy
burden. If this adjustment is not
made western producers must with
draw from their fields and a most
erious condition will result.
Reclamation in Idaho means life
and happy homes. The people of the
state are not forgetful of the aid
given by the federal government in
the Greater Fort Hall project and
many others. The American Falls
dam, the largest reclamation dam
in the world, will soon be construct
ed at our very doors. Today. to the
Mr. President, you will /
have an opportunity to view the
magic effect of water in the build I
ing of great agricultural district /
from the sage-brush plain. Pros
perity and reclamation are hand
maidens in Idaho.
1t is not l alone, Mr.. President,
who welcome you and your distin-
suished party. but the half million
men and women and boys and girls
Of state carved but a few years
ince from the sage-brush plains and
of a new and wild coun-
-ry. You are standing today where
he pioneers pushed forward TO build
IN empire, you are on the Old Ore
son Trail-the greatest highway of
all time. These pioneers built bet
e. than they know and today
yiatoful people welcome you to state.
IS hills, its rivers. its lakes, its fer