Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-07-06

shackled. while the ugly vultures OF
corporate power, the rapacity OF trusts
and commercial combines the greed OF
great senators for power, graft graft
everywhere feeds forever with a mon
strous gloating on the vitals of our
people. A journal Of more prominence
} than standing in late issue represent.
ed the American eagle as shackled
and forever bound to imprisonment
and final extinction by the United
States senate. True. some members
Of that body may writhe under the
lash of such press. Nor would of.
fer one word of paliation to any who
had stained the senatorial toga, wheth.
er he came from Oregon Or Kansas.
1t is an awful thing. however. to lose
confidence in the picked men of the
nation. We are slow to believe such
very American idea of fair play. based
upon the theory of our law that all
are innocent till proved guilty, forbids
it. 1t may be that powerful combina-
tons have to some extent been extor-
tionate with the people. But deny
that these influences can exist when
| they become known to this people.
Forty-three years ago today, the rev.
cred Lincoln stood on the field of
Gettysburg, baptized with the blood
of thousands of American citizens
shed as he said, that government Of
| the people, by the people. and for the
people might not perish from off the
earth Again, he also said, you may
fool all the people part of the time.
and a part of the people all the time;
but you cannot fool all the people all
the time Who says that at the core
We are as a people retrograding? How
can he prove it? When the test is ap-
piled, the conscience, the pulse the
heart of this nation, beats true to SEN
timents which show our patriotism
and loyalty to tradition. Since the
great civil war perhaps only one great
genuine test has been applied to US.
At the time when Spanish oppression
could no longer be endured on this
continent, the old American spirit of
opposition to tyranny, and demand for
human liberty, was everywhere prev
alent and pronounced. Ordinarily we
enjoy the ways Of peace. We are sat
isfied to have the blood of other coun-
tries in search of freedom, come here
to take the place OF that which be-
comes stagnant and to be absorbed
with our own. We approach questions
of public welfare with candor and a
desire, nay, a demand, to know the
truth. What the American people de-
mand, they get.
The Future Is Safe.
Woe be to the man, or group of men,
who stands in the way of what "of
right ought to be" in this blessed
land; for before the people they will
be ground to powder like the seed of
grain beneath the upper and the low.
er milestone. We may we'll ask with
the poet:'
What constitutes a state? Not
high raised battlements, thick wall,
nor moated gate. Not cities proud,
with spires and turrets crowned. Not
bays and broad armed ports; where
laughing at the storm rich navies ride.
Not starred and spangled courts,
where low browed baseness watts per-
fume to pride. No, but men; high
minded, noble men; with powers so far
above dull brutes endowed, in forest,
brake or glen, as beasts excel cold
rocks and brambles rude. Men, who
their duties know, and knowing dare
maintain These constitute state
of freemen. Let none of us fear for
the future of this, our country. I'm
til it has fulfilled it's destiny, this
"Ship of State will sail safely on.
God will raise up in his own good time
the men sufficient for every occasion.
In the city of Washington, one of the
most beautiful cities of the world, is
the home of our federal government.
There it is housed in buildings ornate
and majestic, of which We may be
justly proud, which compare favorably
with any in all the world. There. too,
resides the chief executive of this ma
ton; in the old white house, hoary
with sacred traditions. He is Lypi-
cal American Absolutely a benever
in the destiny of this country and its
dedication to a great and free sover-
eign people. More than any other man
/ he stands between you and monopo-
listic greed; between you and any in
huence which would fitch FROM Or
hold itself better than the greatest
number of the American people. AS
no other man he has fought for popular
rights, on the great questions of the
day, SO far as they pertain to self
government He is our leader in bat
ties yet to come. 1t is your sacred
duty and mine to pledge ourselves this
day to hold up his hands; as Aaron
and Hur held up the arms of Moses
when the children of Israel went forth