Fergus County argus., 1904-10-05

one was right and one was wrong
there could be no middle way betweel
those contending delegations. and ye
they were both seated in that conven
non and each given half vote. Doe
that Indicate independence? Does /
Indicate sincerity? We will look a
Inc other two conventions that were
held few days later and we Sc,
lhere spectacle OF playing for votes
winch has seldom been witnessed ir
any state in the Union. After the
democratic convention had voted
twice against fusion, after il had
placed its stamp OF disapproval upon
1t, fusion was secured in another way
ana by another method.
want TO call your attention TO one
OF the planks in the labor PLATFORM
'C two of them. One plank reads
we endorse the administration OF
Governor Toole." and then il goes on
TO express its confidence in his integ
MY. and SO on. In the very next
breath il says: I'VE denounce the
INFAMOUS sO-called fair trial bill"
Now. | want To ask, where is the
sincerity in endorsing an administra.
uOn in one breath. and in the next
dCnouncing the most important act
~ that administration ats infamous?
PeCause there Is no question but that
the most important act that has been
passed in the present state administra.
uUn Is the fair trial bill. which has
been denounced by the labor platform
lis Infamous" Now, do not under
take TO say whether that bill is a just
one or not. do not undertake To say
Nno is directly responsible for its
passage, but | do say that TO endorse
Ln administration and then denounce
as infamous its most important act,
Is certainly an inconsistent and an
lnsinCere position.
nave not referred to these mat
trls in criticism of the present COVER
nUI OF this state. for he is man
for whom ! have the very highest re-
gard. | refer To them simply as the
records of the different political par
ties with which we are in contest i'm
tnis campaign. The Republican party
has been consistent in every respect,
50 far as our platform is concerned
1t has never made a pledge To the
people that ii has not made an effort
10 keep. and ii it were possible, has
kCri the pledge; while | cannot at This
time point To Il single important meas.
ire that the Democratic party has
passed in the last eight years that
it has not been assisted in by the
Republican party.
one of the most important questions
;ldl confronls MS today, not only in
ullS state, but in the nation, is the re-
iduuns that exist between capital and
labor A man said to ME a few days
ago. Lindsay, | would steer clear
ui that labor question: But. as this
Is The opening of the campaign, so
lar as | am concerned, | want To go up
on record as TO my position on this
labor question. have mountain of
tdilh in the common sense and the
liuolity and loyalty of our people. |
believe that their love for and their
ndeity and loyalty to the institutions
oi our government and 10 our homes,
under the direction of wise leadership,
N,li open the way to a peaceful so
lGiion of any differences that may
e,cI arise between the two great rep
Iesenlatives Of capital. labor and
money. But. if emergency should
mise, such as has arisen in neighbor.
ing states. and ii should be my good
iultune to be governor of this state,
/ want 10 say TO you, without any
qualifications whatever. that the pow.
n of the executive shall never be
used To override the constitutional
r,zhls of any citizen Of this state.
,Loud applansel The humblest in.
dIlidual shall have the same protec