The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-04-07
j, Garfield to Teachers.

j. Garfield to Teachers.
Ex-Secretary OF the Interior James
r. Garfield addressed an immense au.
dience of school teachers and citizens
in the Auditorium Friday night on
THE Progressive Movement" after
which he held short reception behind
the scenes. A number of teachers and
prominent citizens shook the ex-secre.
tary's hand.
The evenings program was opened
by an invocation from Rev. j. w. Kirk
patrick and several musical selections
by the girls chorus of the Norfolk
high school.
Mr.. Garfield seemed greatly inter.
ested in the rGurrection in Mexico
and lost no time in requesting infor-
nation from a News representative as
to the days happenings at the seat OF
trouble. The eX.Secretary seemed
very well informed as to the location
of the Mexican cities, but did not
make any statement as to the reason
or probable outcome of the revolu.
ton
Have you heard any news of Tom
l.. Johnson" was the ex-secretary's
first question to the News man. He
seemed very anxious about the we'll
known mayor and was gratified at the
favorable news. The ex-secretary
seemed we'll informed on the far reach
of the Associated Press and in a neat
compliment to The News he said
Let's see, The News is the only
paper out this way which is fortunate
enough to have the full Associated
Press service, is it not?"
EX-Secretary Garfelds address was
well received and many comments
were made on his splendid articula.
ton. Mr.. Garfield left for Ames, Ia,
| and is scheduled to address the Ames
| college tonight
Mr.. Garfield's Speech.
Mr.. Garfield said that there never
was time when there was such soil
darity of feeling in the country as
there is today. a movement exists
| in all the states, and in the national
government as well. making for pro
gress. The progressive movement he
said, is not a movement to tear down
the existing order of things, nor is it
against representative government.
| The very men who created this gov
eminent, Mr.. Garfield said, were reb.
| els in one sense, insurgents in another
and progressive in another England
stood in the way of progress so the
yoke of British rule was thrown off.
Before the civil war, the speaker
said, cotton was king of the industrial
world by virtue of the institution OF
slavery. Later it developed as spec.
ial interest to such an extent that il
controlled not only the industrial life
of the country but also sought to inter.
fer in our political life. And it took
the civil war to change these condi
tions.
With the growth of industry since
the war we have failed to remember
that the special interests would again
creep into political power. The coun
try has been Indifferent to the abuses
which have resulted from giving
large powers to corporations. 1t was
necessary that these powers should be
!
speaker, but the fault was in being in
different to the abuses of the power.
A few years ago the country walked
up and the progressive movement be
gan The attack was made on the baC
special interests. No attack has evel
been made on legitimate business by
the progressives, the speaker said
The keynote of the progressive move
ment has been and is now that every
one of the special interests shall be-
;, driven from public and their efforts
confined to the business world while
the people are allowed to rule them
selves.
II a man is representative o
some special interest, whether that in
terest is a railroad corporation,
street car company, a labor union, o
a gas company, he cannot be a gooC
: representative of the people" said Mr.
Garfield, for at any crisis whether tn,
interests of the people conflicted will
. the interests of the business which h,
is representing he would be influence,
in favor Of the special interest an,
against the people"
Mr.. Garfield discussed the conserva
ton question at some length. He eS
planned the position taken by the pre-
gressives on this question and sal
their efforts have done incalculabl
good by retaining for the use of all o
the people great wealth which tn
special interests sought to obtain fror
the people. He spoke in favor of fec
eral control of the natural resources
< saying that the resources belonged t
all of the people and that federal 81
j pervision would work out better for a
e concerned than state supervision. Tn
S cry of states rights, he said, has bee
i raised by the special interests who ar
e anxious to obtain control of the r,
sources, and not by the people of tn
states.
e In conclusion Mr.. Garfield touche