The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-06-25

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eight hours ago that he had left
Washington for his home in Fargo,
and ne was more than glad that he
mad reached here
Mr.. Hanna said he didn't intend to
make political speech, that his rec.
ord as a congressman spoke for itself.
he had left here about seven months
ago and it seemed like seven years.
Taft straightforward Man.
In speaking of President Taft. he
said that he was straightforward
man, and that when the people got
to know him as he is, they would
learn to love him, for he believed that
ne would go down in history as, one
of the greatest presidents the United
States ever had When Taft was in
stalled into Office business in the east
was in very bad shape and there was
discomfort, but this had disappeared
and as time passed on affairs in all
lines were better. He then said that
ne was pleased to attend this meet
ing and to greet his friends, for after
all, there is no place loke home.
Mr.. Hanna was loudly applauded at
the conclusion of his short address.
The speaker of the evening was Mr..
Bede, and he is one of the best that
could have been secured, for he was
humorous, interesting and instructive.
5sde's Address.
He opened his address by stating
that he had come here from another
state, because he felt as deeply in
TrpSfP6 in thn eaIna%trv, rF n
States senator and a congressman as
any citizen of North Dakota possibly
could. He would not undertake to tell
the audience who it should vote for
for governor, but he believed that
Senator McCumber and Congressman
Hanna were as much employees of his
as they were Of the people of North
Dakota, because what they do and
how they vote in Washington affects
every state in the union.
Il am one of the employers of your
senator and your congressman" said
he. Some people and particularly
those of Kansas, appear to think that
their own state is the whole United
States. Now, Kansas is a good state
and has good people in it, but let me
tell you If 1t wasn't for the other
forty-five states, Kansas would not
amount to much. Out there we were
holding an afternoon and evening
meeting and farmer came into town
driving his $4,000 automobile, and he
complained of the cost of living. That
night it rained and he didn't want to
drive back to the farm, but he was
heard to kick to the hotel clerk be-
cause he couldn't have a room with a
bathtub and hot and cold water, like
he had on the farm. I'VE had to smile
when he talked of the high cost of
living"
Why Living Costs.
Mr.. Bede attributed the high cost
of living to the fact that the average
man feels as though he must have all
the modern inventions or life wouldn't
be. worth the living, and the wonder
is to me how it comes that the peo-
pie are able to live up to nearly all
OF the inventions.
when all Of the problems are solv-
ed" said he, then the work which
humanity has placed on the globe to
do has been finished and we will be
given wings and cam soar away.
What Taft Has Done.
president Taft has accomplished
more in the short time he has been
iii office than any other president has
ever done in the same length of time
He has seen the railroad bill pass
has had legislation on the white slave
traffic, got legislation on conservation,
and many other matters and / can
challenge you to name any other
resident who has done so much. Presi-
dent Roosevelt didn't commence to
get anything done until his second
term. 1t is difficult to suit every part
of the United States. When YOU get
1000 miles away from the seashore the
tariff is lost sight of and then you
commence to talk railroad legislation.
Members Of congress should not mere
ly represent their own state, but the
entire country. Progress has made
the world better
Fifty years ago $4,000, 600 of people
could have starved to death in India
and we never would have heard Of it
but now the telegraph has come and
assistance is rushed to the starving
ones. 1t took the world 5000 years to
solve the problem OF the cambria
needle, and following that came the
great blessing, the sewing machine.