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

for justice and justice means that he
shall have 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 and ind1sputable doctrine
Of equal rights to all and special priv
1leges to none labor must not dwell in
poverty, while capital rolls in the lux
ury which wealth may bring. What
constitutes nation3 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
toilers. will be greater than though
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. I 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
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 q non-parti-
san judiciary but has shown its 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-
1ieving In high ideals will sooner or
later demand that tie judiciary be
placed beyond the realm of trade and
sale. even though a party in power
must be rebuked to bring about that
| end. II judicial nominations can be
made goods for the bargain counter
1t 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
we can no longer point to our judges
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 I e1pressed 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 a discussion of our present
tariff system for which I have not the
time now, but will limit myself to a
brief reference to the question of Ca
madam reciprocity. For years e,.of
the Northwest have labored under a
tariff system which Ut best benefits
US but indirectly. No one has dared
to argue that there has come any d.
rect benefit Ito the Northwestern pro-
ducer, 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 boon maintained on
lumber which, while small, has made
combination possible and the price Of
lumber high. to tho oppression of the
builder. believe with President Nc
; Kinley, who in the. last address he
made to the American people, said
!, that reciprocity tf0ties are In har-
mony with the times" that ''by sen
sible trade arrangements, which viii
| not interrupt our home markets, we
shall extend the outlot of our increas-
Ing surplus Of produce" The man
who builds moderA home must not
be placed at the mercy OF combine
lumbermen. 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 thore If he was un-
true to that pledge. Northern Mime
sofa is an empire whose development
begins when the Canadian border line
is no longer barrier to q free ex-
change of products. Remove that OBJ
stacle and the Twin Cities and Duluth
are the commercial, keys to that vast
country reaching fa9 OF to the Behr-
ing sea. A natural growth made pos
sib1e by one system and utterly fmpos-
stble under our present tariff policy.
Under one system W. may work out q
manifest destiny with will float our
flag at Hudson's bay =:
THE: mEaeER.
! Two years ago the one important
issue in that campaign was that OF the
iso-called merger of the Northern Pa
) cific and = Great Northern railways.
The people Of the state spoke in no un-
certain sound in the election which
followed, and .indorsed the present ex,
'ecuttve and his of1iaal action with q
majority Unparalleled In the history
Of the state. The party which gave
Him such a phenomenal majority two
years ago has as its candidate to sue
coed him, one who 10 every interview
land sutterance by. him has taken his.
stand In opposition to the policy Of
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