The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-04-23

tNsAA.sE = hN PASStu~itA ui0 hoS W@tb tAA
Memorial day to give his promised
address on the subject OF abuse of pub
lie men. He made the occasion of
laying the cornerstone OF the congress
ional office building the time to speak,
and he spoke in no uncertain tones.
Everybody cfeered and the question
today is can he avoid again leading has
party in the next campaign even if he
is not a candidate of his own desire.
The people admire a brave and honest
man, who trembles not IN the face Of
danger; who dares 20, do when others
hesitate; who dares to speak when 9TH
iers cringe; who dares to fly in the
lace OF public clamor, if need be, and
expose the rottenness OF those who in
:dulge in hapdoodle, furnishing food for
fools, by which designing men seek to
infar1e the people to action. ,S IS
During the recent war on insurance
companies it was said one of the lead
ing men was squandering the money oil
the policyholders with a lavish hand.
The scene is laid in the city OF Mexico.
The occasion bull fight. He was rep
resented to be in a box surrounded by
beautiful women. The matador, just
before killing the bull, selected him as
the gentleman OF prominence" to
whom he tossed his hat. Two Of his
horses were slain before he killed the
animal, The women in the box cow
erred and shuddered. "Not so the
American" !" as they have the matador
tell the story. HE is leaning forward
az, tNn1-l l. a
Goals, he watches my every move.
There comes the onrush OF the mad
5dened bull: lightly step aside and de
liver the death thrust. # / glance at
the Americans box; see him rise; I
hear his voice above the braves OF the
multitude; he beats his hands together;
he beckons me nearer and as I adj
vance he plunges his hands into his
pockets; he draws forth money. He
casts what you call roll at my feet.
1t is large and the bank notes are all
yellow. He drags from his scarf a
jeweaed pin; from his pocket he takes
a watch of gold and these he casts be-
fore me. / ask my cape. He re-
plies: You have fired my blood. The
cape you have worn shall adorn the
shoulders of the fairest of her SEX
bow; | retire, rejoiced that / have
found favor in the eyes OF 50 great a
man. "a -. ,.r 5&t55s ,Ss. . i @
Such stufs servedto6re the hearts and
infiame the minds of men against those
who happened to be connected with the
great insurance companies. Another
was characterized with playing high
stakes at Monte Carlo, and another
group of men have pooled their issues
to misrepresent labor and make; the
world believe that union labor is or
ganized to murder and do everything
vile. n E11 >, = :
], 1t is time for decent men to call a
halt on Misrepresentation and the pres
ident is the best man on earth to lead
them. Even if the Associated Press
has brought you his remarks, let me
give you some Of them here. He said:
8 Il hail as a benefactor every writer
or speaker, every man, on the plat.
form, Or In book, magazine, OF news
paper, with n1erciless severity makes
such attack. provided always that he
In his turn remembers that the attack
IS OF use only if il is absolutely truth
full. S5 35
The liar is no whit better than the.
thief, and if his mendacity takes the
form of slander, he may be worse than
most thieves. It puts premium upon
kilavery tlntruthfully to attack an hon
est man, or even with liysterical ex-
aggeration to assail a bad man with
An epidemic OF indiscrimin-,
ate assault upon character does no
good, but very great, harm. The soul
Of every scoundrel is gladdened when;
ever an honest man Is assailed, or even
when q scoundrel is ultruthfuliy as.
sailed.
One Of the chief counts against
those who make indiscriminate assault
upon men in business or men In pub.
lie life, is that they invite a reaction
which is sure to tell powerfully in fa-s
yor OF the rllscrupulous scounirel who
really ought to be attacked. who ought
to be exposed. who ought, if possible,
e t be put IN the penitentiary
The effort to make financial Or DO
litical profit ont of the destruction Of
can only result in public Gala
NIFTY. Gross and reckless assaults on
character. whether on the stump or in,
the newspaper, magazine, or book,
create 4 morbid and vicioas public SEN.
tinlent, and at the time act as a pro-
found detrin1ent to able men Of normal
sensitiveness aiii tend to prevent them
from entering the public service at any,
price
His speech taken as a whole, was II
great speech. 1T gfaddened the hearts
of men to have him voice SO nearly the
sentiments of the decent men of the
land on the several topics discussed
Some of the stalwart republicans siig-
gested that he had stolen some more
planks from the democratic platform,
and If there were any populists left
they would recognize some familiar
hobbies, but if those hobbies were driv-i
en- alongside Of good republican nags,s
not mixed up with the halt and blind
which made it impossible
for pop team to get over the course,
they would hold their own
/ notice Mr. Kirkeide announces his
platform Tor a reelection to the leg
islature in Benson county, one of the
leading planks being opposition to- the