Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-09-30

| nation which boasts of it's prosperity
labor has right to be well paid for
days work. Labor has the right to
enjoy the privilege of wearing good
clothes, having plenty of food and a
| comfortable home which does not bear
more than a just proportion of the
| taxes Of the state
LABOR DOES NOT GET ITS SHARE.
From this platform some years ago
that great friend Of labor, Henry
George. declared that labor asked no
favors, all labor asked was a fair
| chance" and by fair chance is meant
reasonable hours of toll at Just COM
pensation. Labor has the right to ask
for justice and justice means that he
shall have a fair proportion of the
| earnings of the sweat of his own brow
and the products Of his own Drawn.
The right of organization to secure his
| own rights must not and cannot be de-
MED him. 1t must not be denied him
| In Minnesota. Pennsylvania or Colo
RADIO. and the denial of that right
means the absence of human liberty.
In the great end indisputable doctrine
of equal rights to all and special priv
| ileges to none labor must not dwell in
poverty, while capital rolls in the lux
ury which wealth may bring. What
| constitutes a nation? Surely not bars
| of gold and bonds and stocks-a great
nation can only exist when those who
work succeed and this nation, with
| 100000 of prosperous and happy
I uy{n ho
labor grovelled in poverty and ignor-
! ance.
NON-PARTisAN JUDICIARY.
The Democracy in it's late conven-
ton took advanced ground looking to
the ultimate divorce of the judiciary
from politics. l am not of those who
believe that judicial tribunals are in
fallible. But | am Of those who think
that the judiciary Of our own state is
being dragged through the mire of
partisan politics to the disgrace of and
| disgust of the people. The spectacle
Of judicial nomination being held up
to barter and trade has recently been
emphasized in our own state and in a
I manner that calls for the most severe
denunciation and condemnation. The
courts of our state should be above
! reproach and men should be chosen for
the bench because Of their learning in
the law, Of their known integrity and
the purity Of their lives TO this end
the party which I represent tonight
has not only declared for non parti-
san judiciary but has shown it's good
faith by suiting the action to the
word. The action will appeal to the
reason of Intelligent men and must
be followed eventually by the dominant
party for the reason that a people be-
lieving in high ideals will sooner or
| later demand that the judiciary be
placed beyond the realm of trade and
sale. even though a party in power
must be rebuked to bring about that
end. If judicial nominations can be
made goods for the bargain counter
it will follow that the Judge will be
open to barter and sale himself The
supreme court of the land is the high
est protection of the people and when
as men beyond the slightest question
of reproach, the rights of the people
are no longer safe.
CANADIAN RECIPROCITY.
In the speech accepting the nomina-
ton offered me | suppressed a hope
; that the time would speedily come
when our country would remove the
barrier to free trade relations between
Canadian Americans and United
States Americans. This question
opens up q discussion Of our present
tariff system for which have not the
time now, but will limit myself to
brief reference to the question of Ca
madam reciprocity. For years we, OF
! the Northwest have labored under
tariff system which ut best benefits
us but indirectly. No one has dared
to argue that there has come any d.
! rect benefit to the Northwestern pro-
Queer, even under this system, and
! amongst those who have favored it
there has grown up desire for q
| nearer commercial relation with those
near by. The Democratic platform
urges tariff conventions with Canada
and especially demands the removal
OF the tariff on coal and lumber For
years tariff has been maintained on
lumber which, while small, has made
combination possible and, the price of
lumber high to tho oppression of the
builder. I believe with President Nc
; 1AHlley. WIZ III llDS ldSL AuuICSS he
made to the American people, said
that reciprocity treaties are in har-
,, mony with the timeo,' that "by SEN
sfble trade arrangements, which will
not interrupt our home markets, we
shall extend the outlet of our increas-
, ing surplus Of prodUce" The man
who builds a modern home must not
be placed at the mercy Of combine
lumbermcn. No man should be per-
mitted to represent q Minnesota dis
trict in the congress of the United
States who is not pledged to reciprocal
trade relations with Canada or who
should be returned there If he was I'M
true to that pledge. Northern Mime
sofa is an empire whose development
begins when the Canadian border line
Is no longer a barrier to a free ex-
change Of products. Remove that OBJ
stacle and the Twin Cities and Duluth
; are the commercial keys to that vast
country reaching fa1 Off to the Behr-
ing sea. A natural growth made pos
sible by one system and utterly impos-
stble under our present tariff policy.
Under one system wa NAV work ont a