Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-06-19
FIFTY YEARS or
REPUBLIC
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votes), as it is to commit any of tn
common crimes l have mentioned
When We all come to so believe an
think, there will a new era dawn OF
this republic. When We really com
to the view that to influence a man
franchise by bribery in any form is
crime, when we would no more influ
ence the vote of fellow citizen b,
wrong means than we would stea
money from his pocket, or commit al
assault upon him, then times will be
gin to improve.
believe our president has mapped
out the correct course. It is true there
may be some mistakes in setting these
policies in operation, but this is thu
great question before US today: How
are we going to do Justice between
the great corporations that manage the
business affairs of our country, ant
the mass of American citizens? dt
not believe We will ever do it by con
fiscation; l do not believe we will eve,
do it by passing any unjust law. Il
is no better to steal from a corpora
ton than it is to steal from an indi
vidual, and the converse of that is al
so true, that it Is no better for a cor
poration to steal from an individual
than for the individual to steal from
corporation. When We can really
look at these things without winking,
and see them just as they are, we are
not going to have so much perplexity
as we have had. I believe public SEN
timent is crystalizing, and I believe It
is crystalizing along the lines of the
present Republican policy, and look
for just as satisfactory a solution of
these present difficulties as the found.
ers Of the Republican party gave to
the solution Of the states rights ques-
ton of human slavery.
I am a member of the Republican
party from education and training. and
partly because my profound conviction
Is that this party, which has solved so
many great problems in the past, is
the best equipped and the best dispos.
ed to solve the great problems of the
present and of the future. l believe
1t will do it in a degree that will be
highly satisfactory to all of us, and if
1t does, it will be the greatest achieve.
ment that any political organization
has ever accomplished in the political
history of the world. believe we
may look for that confidently. 1 be-
Aeve We ought to look for it. l be-
heve We should expect it. "Ask and
We shall receive" If we ask these
things and demand them, honestly,
1ntelligently and sincerely, there is
no question but that We will get them,
and get them with entire justice to all.
l do not believe in any remedy that
excludes personal ambition. do not
believe that the human race can afford
to do without it. believe it is right
that the man who has great business
ability should be recompensed for it.
that he should be allowed to accumu.
late property as long as he does it
without injuring any other man. It
is we'll known and long established
principle of law that every man has
right to use his own as he sees fit.
so long as he does not injure another's
right. That we should all, l think,
adopt as our guide in such matters as
this. And I do not believe that we
should allow others to encroach upon
our rights. The doctrine of non.resist.
ance will not do, because non-resist-
ance does not win battles. Men who
are anxious to maintain their rights
must be willing to make sacrifices for
them, because they will never be kept
or maintained in any other way.
When public sentiment has become
such that we regard the crimes of the
great corporate combinations against
the rights of citizens in the same wav
that we look upon individual trespass-
es against the rights of citizens, then
We shall have taken step toward the
solution of this question; and it is the
sincere desire. believe, of every good
Republican and of every good citizen,
Democrat, Republican, Socialist, or
otherwise. of this great country. that
that day may speedily come when
these differences may be reconcilel,
when the rights of citizens and of cap
ital and labor shall all be respected.
We are too apt, l think, to let the
rights of labor and of individuals suf-
fer at the hands of capital 1t is true
the converse may be the case at times.
Mankind is very much the same,
taken as individuals or band
ed together as corporation. AS l
said before, however, it is not any
at all to rail and scold about |
these matters, but when we approach |
their solution in the spirit of justice
to all, I think We shall not be very
long in settling them.
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