The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-06-14
BoRAH's ELOQUENT TRIBUTE TO
THE PIONEERS.

Tomorrow, June Is. is Pioneer Day,
so designated by the law Of Idaho and
Governor Moore has proclaimed it a
public holiday One of the finest
types of the pioneers of the west was
the late Senator George l.. Shoup.
The state of Idaho placed statue of
Senator shoup in Statuary hall in the
national capitol and on January 49,
1910, in accepting the statue, special
exercises were held in the senate.
Among other speakers on that occa-
sion was Senator Borah, who, in his
eulogy on the life and character Of
Idahos grand old man" paid this
eloquent tribute TO the pioneers of the
west:
THE pioneer of the far west is en-
titled to take his place as a common
wealth builder along with the Puritan
and the cavalier. With the love of
adventure and the valor of the one,
the sturdy character and infeNible
purpose of the other California and
Oregon are no less the handiwor< of
the latter than Massachusetts and
Virginia of the former When the
golden sands of California lnred the
emigrant into the far west that re-
gion was not only widely removed
in distance from the states. exempt
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from authority, but it was under the
ban of leading American statesmen.
That a large part of it was reserved
to this country which otherwise would
not have been, and that over IL all
there now obtains the most thorough
ly democratic life, the most univer-
sally prosperous and wholesome civ
energy, the courage the memorable !
purpose and indomitable patriotism of
the pioneers.
"Nost of the pioneers are gone No |
pen has yet paid just tribute to their |
work or worth. We are so engrossed |
in exploiting and enjoying the splen
did estate they built up that we
evince little concern in commemorate
ing the excellent qualities of those who
built it, The result of their work we
and Oregon. Wash
ington and Idaho Montana and Wyo-
ming, Nevada and Utah--but the per-
sonal history of these remarkable
men. the suffering, the fortitude the
clear-sighted, broad minded patrio-
tism are to live. it seems, mostly by
the treacherous tongue of tradition.
No Drawer more resOurceful. no bold
err, more persistent band of explorers
ever wrung from the stubborn grasp
Of waste and desert a great civiliza- 6
ton They found a region without the +
semblanco of government mob ex
cited by the passion for gold, and they
hammered this Wild warning chaotic
mass of humanity into order and Il
shaped order into government They +
'ound q new kind of property and n
Jew phase of property rights con- .
'erning which the great common law
neither precedent nor guide,
md with rare foresight and wisdom Il
hey wrote into the rules and customs n
ll the NAilU AilE iiIiMhlilltS WHICH, sun ] AZ
suide and are sufficient guide to
treat and growing commemorative.
They found mountains and great riv- al
MS and barren plains-the vast forces X
# nature. formidable and uninviting n
and with a courage that has never o.,
Ieen excellent a steadiness Of purpose
eldom equalled. they mastered all ~
nd gave MS an empire of untold al
wealth st
But no reference to pioneer life n,
would be complete. the picture would ~
re- unfinished and unfaithful, without "
fitting reference to the courageous ei
,omen. who shared with fathers, hus- 81
ands and brothers the hardships of dc
hose DAYS. Conditions more out of -,
armony environments more uninvit-
lg with what women would have
onditions and environments to be, ia
Guild scarcely be imagined. The ease, th
omforts. companionship and society co
o essential TO woman's life We're Tia
ternly set aside bravely given over 70
or years of struggle and adversely su
Tot much is told of her in the brief ju
ages of pioneer history; in the pop vi
lar story of those free, venturesome bl
avs little note is given of her pres tn
nee but through all these scenes Id
nd trials the darkest and severest, tn
he inspiring presence of the American in
soman tinted and softened the harsh M
r outlines of the pioneer life with ne
he subtle halo of a woman's influ TT
nee In endurance in patient wait Ia
ng through the leaden-f footed hours WI
f siispense when danger was i'm in
ending, and, above all, in that self