Show WEST MUST ASSERT ITS ELF f governor 0 a johnson 1 s i of M minnesota I 1 n 2 1 ta de do clarp T EV empire i r k hast Hase ocen y 0 f eat Sea seattle NJ ash aa Minnesota day t the he seattle itle most notable of the special days da thus far observed at tit th the e alaska yu kon pacific exposition was celebrate ce lebrat ed on tuesday with an elaborate ela 1 program in the exposition I 1 at Itar liAm followed by the unveiling of a bronze bust of james S 4 of 0 equal with thel llyon lp veiling ot of the monument was the address by governor john A johnson of minnesota in the audi borlum 00 governor johnson said in part jt Is time tinie that the west threw on off the chalu eh gh aLkI aLU of 0 t tue te e east I 1 would preach no se sectional Ivis tons and no tec mec dional strafes fes but minnesota and 4 washington and the states staten between them with those to the south of us should arise in their might and claim for rot themselves that fair share ot of in fluence in the halls of congress and in the administration of national at fair fairs to aich which they are entitled by every law of common sense as well as of political economy we as an integral part ot of the american america p people shoula cast our influence and our votes not only to ad vance the material interests or of our own particular section but we should be broad enough and big enough to lafor lalor tor for the common good ot of our common country we have in the states west ot of the mississippi the undoubted balance ot of p r 1 no 0 in matter tier indar what name gle national dional administration at wash ington 0 lists in the yeara years that have passed cur u population and our mater lal at wealth have not enjoyed that tha rei which they are entitled and ano furthermore lurther more our leaders have been content to follow in no small measure the leadership ot of men who represent P relatively small cona titu 1 eceles and commonwealths the speaker declared that the call ot of the west among other things is the call for patriotism and progress for f emancipation from every torn form ot of old olif world end and new world caste and privilege from the tyranny wy ot 0 wealth and birth |