Show I. I I SPEECHES AT THE REPUBLICAN LINCOLN BANQUET I GO GOVERNORS GOVERNOR'S SPI ECIL C to 10 TOt i hr f Tho ie State cUtah c o 1 Utah fl nt Lincoln Day Banquet The following Is s the speech last Jat night by y Governor John JoIn C. C Cut Cut- lei The State of or Utah In one of or his rapturous moods th ti the poet nUns Burns wrote regarding regardinG certain r steps in tI the creation creaton of oC the world an and produced the the- lines Ills His hand han Ho trl trIed d o 01 on man flan And A HI then He lie le made tho the la lasses es esI 3 lit It I was waR an expert opinion b by b on ono 5 S who knew kne the la lasses cs In hi hf his 5 5 they were ero the thc finished product tin Ui output of or skilled hands hand's hants that had madman mad made mademan man and ant other products just for rac Uce And there Isn't a man slUing j here tonight who will vIll wi not agree with WIE Hums Burns that the creation of or woman was the crowning event in the making o ol or orthe the ti world orld and all al that in makinG It is' is Is' Is the S greatest of all al achievements Or I Ic 11 Ir c there is such a n man here I extend exten t tc to him profound pity but ho can cn have ha none hone of or my sympathy 1 It I Isn't that a woman Is the largest largest larg larg- est or 01 the tho gau gaudiest lest or most in awe S or tho the wealthiest or the ol oldest cst I of all al created create things but simply that thai she shO sh is the best the most finished the thc most beautiful the most satisfactory Sho She Is the ne no plus ultra ulra of or cretS cret- cret S ton Tho skill of or the Creator simp simply S could not flOt go be beyond ond the tho beauty and th loveliness lo and arni tho exquisite sweetness sweet sweet- n ii ness t 3 of or a n woman Draws a n Parallel And now I wish ish to draw drw a n parallel Foj Foj- many years rears our nation naton was wa making mak 4 lag ing In states tates From tho the day when the 1 first thirteen sprang into existence like Minerva full ful armed from the thc S h lira il ll of Jupiter down clown n dO through the till tl 1896 states had been med formed from the magnificent reaches of or our splendid l countr country To the East and the West Vest an and the North of or us this thin makIng making mak male ing inG of oC states tates had been going on And 5 then when the tho hand han of or our great Great nation nation naton na na- na- na tion ton was sufficiently skilled with wih the long continued Jong practice when everything everything every every- y thing goo good and noble had iad been is bloush brought t together both in material and andin an k in workmanship lo 10 Utah was formed Its Is prentice hand It I tried on other states 5 t And nd then thon the nation naton made Utah ULah It I isn't that Utah Is the tho largest of or orthe the states the richest the most populous lous the he oldest It I lacks hicks a great deal t. t of being an any one of or these those But like the woman it is the lie best the tho most r I beautiful the finest the most admirable admirable able more possibility more of or the thc productive o quality quam Like the maiden just entering upon the thc ripeness and andS and'S S 'S tho the dignity of or womanhood it I lives In Inthe inS S J the future not tho past past Hope is In Infinitely In- In 5 finitely greater than memory I. I The he state of or Utah is the theme of oC i which I am am prou proud to speak Ever Every I.- I. time our state is mentioned I have haven n IL l feeling of st pride and zinI gratification It I RJ is s a t subject requiring neither explanation explanation tion lion nor nOI excuse Only pral praise e and sanguine In- In san guine hopefulness enter our minds when we think or speak of oC Utah No mailer where we are who our company com corn 5 S pany paly what our surroundings we thrill with pleasure our state Is men inca i And JAnd wh why should we wo not Where here 5 Is s tho the person pelson that Is ashamed of yUh mu mh Can Cal any an man or woman go EO out nh lt the sunshine of tint our Ul glorious lays days l o ot of ot O our nui matche ma ct d gaza upon tho the mountains 5 S God has placed place around our homes 1 or the work man has done one In tn the valS valleys valleys alle al val val- O but bit le leys K between and feel feet an anything S pride and anil thankfulness U Is 18 there one ono IH e who can look with clear cear and unbiased vl vIsionS vision on upon the conditions prevailing pre in our unsurpassed communities and S not ilot feel that thai he lie is In living J 11 here e Breathes s there tho he man with wih 3 such there bo bc he heIs heIs heis 5 otti eoll fo so o lead dead If I 1 He Tie is not of or the citizenship of Utah h ha has ha's not un understood what such citizenship cill citi cil- cil 5 He lie may exist in outS our out l ze means le S glorious state but he e docs cloes not flot live S here Whenever he lie leaves Utah Uth foi fo foia fon a a. distant place he is not hI his n home when he returns he is stillS still stil L aiL alien No matter mater how hov stately i S aT mansion alen he lie may bul build here ho hai haino no home In Utah Attractions of Home You who vho have visited the tile East from home for a afew and be been n absent 4 anc few few tow weeks or ot a few months or 01 a thrill of or pleasure pleas pIcas years remember the the 5 when crossing Ul ure uie you experienced th great gleat plains you OU first caught sight Hockles It snow clad again of or the elal I may JURY have been partly the sense of I 5 strength and grandeur crl ml em anti and ani virgin purity those great white hlo mountains produced In your yom mind but I 1 can not notS S IJ help thinking that n after r nil all al your joy 1 was IVUS duo still more to t the thought that beyond those first peaks peales within the protecting embrace of other peaks and spurs like e a bride nestling II 1 p and In tile the arms of he hel strong an and loyal lies husband husband husban Ies lies Utah StIl of oC all tho ho daughters of Colum 5 fal ct al bio You know knew that It would be only a afew afew few fe h hours hourI on vs before you wo would woul U hi gaze u upon p on smiling villages vii vil l her hoi verdant verd nt valleys 5 hor lages Japs her strongly cleft cleft protecting lakes her herS m mountains her shimmering S S silver rivets rivers her towering churches her splendid school houses houle her thrifty her busy factories her rich farms L fam mines an and teeming smelters the happy hapPY happy hap hap- homes and amI hopeful faces of or her py citizens An And as you ou traveled toward r those mountains your our anticipations rI until your train thundered thun ered Increased In rease YOU through a defile deme an and before you ou lay laya I the first to break upon your yourI 1 a valley thc make malee anticipation rel real Then view lew and I farther and further Into as you went anc after beauty lovo love tho the state you 0 unfolded before you ou an and you beauty of or joy jO the tho thrill know wh why you ou had 5 mountains that prom- prom the at- at not disappoint did much and 5 i Isell el so You understood un er tood ic the lie Joy jO of William Wilc VJ Wil Wil- you OU returning to ht Tell when upon c liam Switzerland after his exile exie he lIe native and peaks cried Yo Ye an rapturously rapturous crag And An after once again again- again aCel OU Im I'm with you k Im wih content to be that you OU were perfectly became long absence Every a n wc weary exile exie 1 5 Uth Utah's Attractions to catalogue ue theS the I Sr shall not attempt which cornI combine corn com and advantages 5 attractions an ad S make malee Utah so 50 choice a spot spoilt spot blue bine to to trying I would woul be like a man lt it the Ike charms that make a aS enumerate the theE tho the dearest thing in S certain woman But there is one thought world worl to him ore He who E 1 which VIlICh I wish to express Utah must truly love Joe her hei 4 truly knows know be hO truly Utah will 1 who trul truly loves wi ho he to toi he who is disloyal j loyal to her in action or I In III thought acton i I Utah Uth either olther nor nOl truly loves os I i knows I truly 3 f P neither biased by hate or malice malce opinion His ills i not worthy worth of oC consid consid- 1 or I Ignorance norance Is for it To io 0 4 nothing i. i oration Wo we 0 care calO Importance Importance imparlance Im Im- attach no oraton we and his views him him can bo he booven ber No o one whatever cr parlance of Utah who hio critic r oven o en n 0 valuable and love her Wo Wa A fear tear docs eloc not hot know oW nn JoVE his hit i we seek seel ns as little his censure as praise raise 1 Trouble Makers Vork ork of I am am reminded ed In this connection President Lin Lincoln of the attitude tho the great refer refer- taken cn with I coIn coln Is si said to havo have wih enc coot to the criticisms which in his da Ia were wIe passed upon Utah We c have hay problems and troubles In Utah as aR there lien are all p problems and troubles everywhere nut But the unfortunate thing h Is that certain certain tain people have persistently tried to make mahe it i appear that our oui troubles are arc those which It I is the es- es es especial espedal pedal dut duty of or everybody o everywhere else els to step In and correct Certain busybodies are arc said Mid to have attempted to 10 impress this Idea Ideo upon the mind of or President Lincoln an and ho he was asked what ho he was going oln to do about I It According According According Ac Ac- cording to the story stor he lie answered by bi telling about the old farmer In Indiana who found on his farm farma a great stump which he lie could neither dig out nor not blow blow up So he ho merely plowed round it i. i I That That hat said President Lincoln I Is what Fin Im Im going to do about that question queston question ques ques- tion ton out In Uth Utah It I isn't particularly my affair an and I guess tho the Utah people can tale take care of or it I so Im I'm Im I'm Im Just going to plow round I it I 1 can not vouch ouch for the correctness of or the stor story as us told but If Ir this hits was Lincoln's attitude it I was as a wise onee one Ve We Utah people can take lake care calc of or our own troubles We e want settlers to and help h lp us take care of or and develop the many good things that are arc here We Ve invite Invie them most cordially We Ve deplore misstatements misstate misstate- meats ments that lint go out from Utah tending to dl discourage from coming here We 0 hope the tide of oC defamation can be 10 stopped and that before long all tIl 1 citizens of or Utah will wi Join In publishing to the world her great attractions and andIn andIn andIn In saying to the people everywhere here o Utah Uth Is the thc best place on earth come core and nd help helpS S us tie keep in tho the van of or re ress s. s I MEMORIES lEI Or OP LINCOLN I I Address of LeRoy LeBor rm J Armstrong Before of Lending Leading Lading Republicans A man three fifty three fr-three or four foul years ear of age can cn have no personal recollections of or Abraham Lincoln but may have o ha memories of oC that remarkable man My ly first recollection of the name is associated with wih a blustering November da lay day in 1860 when hen my lay father rathel an art ardent ardent ardent ard ard- ent abolitionist came home from the polls and brought blought with him perhaps a n dozen ballots each containing at the head hed the name namo of or Abraham Lincoln Lin Lin- cola coin for Cor president president The method metho of ot voting northern in-northern In Indiana Indian must have gleat greatly changed for fox these ballots were simply slips of paper perhaps four inches wide and arid ten inches long with wih the tho names of or many candidates upon them I do not know whether it in included included in- in the county ticket I only know that each of oC these slips of paper papel seemed seemed seem seem- ed I to express the sentiment that ha had been formed In all al of our minds throughout the west middle children is LS well as grow groi n ii people that a very ery Eron Ero and and raYe impended sleat grave problem hat that for all al of the good goo which had intended Americans to receive ho the election of Abraham Lincoln was necessary electon ar I do o not remember the Incidents connected with tho the inauguration father was one tine of oC tion although m my the few farmers in that region then the tho taking tal n a dally dal paper papel and anti although Incidents of that lint event must have been older members mem meni- most cosel closely followed b by family boyS bers of of- the tho The name of oC Abraham Lincoln next appears In m my Tny mon In connection S Seventy venty- with that call for 01 troops troops live thousand cal men to lo be t b armed with wih deadly weapons and to march to mortal martal mortal mor mar the summons of the tal combat was president my father had hal help helped tl elect Intensified of or the strife i I cannot tell teU you 01 of coming coming com corn the rising o a sifted by passions ing lag war var I can not le teU you OU how became neighbors formerly friendly And AndI Intensely hostile to each other I II hoste childish sorrow sorrow sorrow sor sor- of the tho I cannot tell teU you rou o and went when hen our men enlisted anc row arc are memories of to the front There the drums and the fifes of the days ea's seat scat when the soldiers county In our OUI drill and mounted gave gave an exhibition to be he hurried dri south We re the trains railroad and line of or a great gret lived on a alne 3 memories of oC train after ael train there arc the of oC war as loaded e with munitions Lincoln di di- di i- i struggle which Abraham Abrham car vun ij ana anU me y J meted ent forward Ri L' L the mortars The rue cannons rolled by heard from again asin at Vicksburg Vicks Vicks- s- s that we ve woo wooden en stocks for Springfield Springfield Spring Spring- the burg crowded cars o of soldiers sol aol field rifles the cas ca's fel riles hurrying from the great northwest north north- diers troubled front the tho trains to the west vest wet coming coining back These are arc of or prisoners lac the fragments fragment of oC the picture which More MOIe and more memory preserves Lincoln war var More and it I became the a loyalty o of childhood the more championing of youth was wa in that name We Ve and expressed the tho understanding that up Ul with grew wih dominant mind of the nation nation naton na na- the great of oC Abraham Lincoln Lin Lin- tion was Va the mind ton wa through the summer summer summer sum sum- coln cola We Ve grew up mer of ot G 62 and 63 03 reading the reports with of oC union divided rea reading dreadful ul apprehension 1 m. m S the nt reports report arm s J victories victorIe rebel of oC faith the tho darkness with our through when in Abraham Lincoln An And on 1861 the tide e seemed to turn when gathered l forces o of the loyal naton nation nation na na- na- na the finally to answer the hand tion seemed of ton a master captain when one by oue one 0 mater an and the blows of or justice and arid of oC right of nation were delivered deliver deliver- a naton the rising thought of thankfulness ed od e risinG with of Lincoln mingled the name it that thal of him who answers calne earnest earnet t prayer The days ays were tedious the great reat which extended Its it horror of a war extence miles baleful influence a thousand So from the tho battle line was wa upon us lne many of oC out our men had gone never to return So many who ho ha had returned were mai ed and crippled and limped limpel limp limp- ed ell through life pathetic In their tailored tattered tat tat- doing do do- o- o women were wele lored blue So man many tog ing the work that men should do fields were tilled with tender lender So many wih felds hands because the stronger factor Inthe Inthe In Inthe was lighting for the nations nation's keeping Lincoln naton's and his cause V We knew he was right |