January 30.

Missionaries have increased the regard for home; have strengthened the sacred ties of family; have made the community well ordered, and their work has been a potent influence in the development of law and the establishment of government.

January 31.

The best sentiment of the

civilized

world is moving toward the settlement of differences between nations without resorting to the horrors of war.

February I.

Steady work and good wages are the test of the nation's prosperity and the happiness of its citizens.

February 2.

We propose to sustain public order and public tranquillity and stand by the federal judiciary—that tribunal which is our anchor of safety in every time of trouble.

February 3.

We have

We are a reunited country. but one flag-the glorious Stars and Stripes-which all of us love so well, and that we mean to transmit in honor and glory to our children, North and South.

February 4.

I want to assure you young people that there is nothing so essential to your easy advancement and success in after life as a good education.

February 5.

Fortunate as our condition is, its permanence can only be assured by sound business methods and strict economy in national administration and legislation.

February 6.

The services and the sacrifices of the missionaries for their fellow men constitute one of the most glorious pages of the world's history.

February 7.

We have the best country and the best men, and we propose to continue to have the best money.

February 8.

The greatest creditors of this country to-day are the workingmen. Aside from what is due them upon investments and savings, their current wages make them the largest creditor class in the United States.

February 9.

The prophets of evil were not the builders of the republic, nor in its crisis since have they saved or served it.

February 10.

Are we not made better for effort and sacrifice, and are not those we serve lifted up and blessed?

February II.

Loans are imperative in great emergen cies to preserve the government or its credit, but a failure to supply needed

revenue in time of peace for the maintenance of either has no justification.

February 12.

When confidence is shaken misfortunes come not singly, but in battalions, and suffering falls on every community. No part of our population is exempt. It may come from one thing or it may come from another.

February 13.

Parties are not as strong as business ties and the good of the country is more to be desired than the success of any political party.

February 14.

We do not want in this country antagonism between capital and labor; they ought to be close together all the time.