Salt Lake Telegram | 1903-06-18 | Page 3 | Governor's One to Senator W. A. Clark

gqv::;c:i's o:b to se;;ato'?v w. a. cun:: . -- . Oh the fAlnts who d (ll in Zlon ' And the Ar.cr-la on the hor. Had yearnci to b unlteJ j Full twenty years or more. And financiers from Buffalo,'' With millions at their back. A hundred time had started . Right in to lay the track. And engineers from Swedenborg, ' f And magnates from Cshlcosh. Th hundredth time had ridden down The Meadow 'alley wash. And they rambled round the iron mines, And purveyed cnany a. route.. They first laid out-the Mesert, Then the oeaert laid them out. And the air was full of cinders. And private cars and smoke. And City Councils rranted blocks To companies .that went broke. ' And still the Saints g-ased longingly -Far o'er the sunburnt ground, . If or heard the rustling Angel's wings , Nor locomotive sound. When a little man from out the north. With whiskers sprinkled o'er His face In thick profusion, " Came knocking at the door. "Oh, I hear you want a ranroad, H maii with mod.-nt frajfi; "A road that's warranted to run Full seven hundred miles. . "I'm a little buiy Just rlg-ht now. But if you'll wait and please Be patient till I ret things fixed Out In Los Angeles "m some day come and see you sure And tell you what I'll do. And there's one thin? to depend on I'll own the road clean through. "I want no gold nor subsidy, ; . Nor grounds for city station, I only want your faith and prayers -' And full co-operation." . , Oh, this little man with railroads. And with whiskers everywhere. Is full of million dollar, bills.' But never an ounce hot air. And so like Mary's little ltnb, The patient people waited, TJntll their faith and hopes and prayers And dreams eventuated. - i ' And now Just hear that chorus raise From oft the desert dark. The Batnts and Angels shouting praise To William Andrews Clark. I now propose the health of that great captain of industry, United States Senator Sena-tor William A Clark. t