And State Papers 321 



I am a middling old settler. I meet boys, great big 

 strapping men, and mothers of families who were 

 children about three feet high when I knew .them 

 here. It is a very pleasant thing for me to see you. I 

 shall not try to make you more than a very short talk, 

 because I want to have the chance to shake hands 

 with you. Most all of you are old friends. I have 

 stopped at your houses and shared your hospitality. 

 With some of the men I have ridden guard around 

 the cattle at night, worked with them in the round 

 up, and hunted with them, so that I know them 

 pretty well. It is the greatest possible pleasure to me 

 to come back and see how you are getting along, to 

 see the progress made by the State, to see the prog 

 ress made up at this end in the place that I know so 

 well, and it does me good to come here and see 

 you. There is not a human being who is more proud 

 of what you have done, and more pleased with your 

 welfare and progress, than I am. 



AT JAMESTOWN, N. D., APRIL 7, 1903 



Mr. Chairman and my Fellow-Citizens: 



I have only time to develop one thought to you 

 to-day, and that is suggested to me by a letter sent 

 me by a labor organization here in your city thank 

 ing me for some of the work that has been done in 

 Congress this year, in connection- with labor matters, 

 in connection with what is called trust legislation. 

 All that we have been trying to do, with a certain 

 fair amount of success, through legislation and 



