The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-09-06

1t was a fair sized crowd that turn
ed out to welcome Col. Roosevelt to
the city today and escort him from the
Great Northern station to the Waldorf
hotel where the former president has
always been a guest on his previous
visits to Fargo. Though his train was
belated in its arrival no rearrange-
ment was caused in the plans of the
programme of the day.
The Roosevelt party was met at
the station by a large reception COM
mittee especially appointed by Mayor
sweet and the local executive COM
mittee in charge OF the day. Mr.
Roosevelt himself rode in the second
automobile in company with Col. Ce-
Gil A. Lyon of Texas, George Roose-
velt, his nephew, who is now his sec
retary; President Creegan A. Y.
More, A. M. Baker and others of this
city.
The parade was headed by the chief
of police followed by the band of the
Loyal Order of Moose and another
automobile conveying members Of the
reception committee. AT the hotel
Colonel Roosevelt went directly to his
suite assigned for him where he was
in conference with a number of the
progressive leaders who had escorted
him from the train.
On the way down the hall he greet
ed Judge Amidon to whom he intro
duced his nephew and after an eX-
change of greetings repaired to the
luncheon given by the committee in
charge.
Spoke at Island Park.
It was a trifle later than was first
planned when the candidate reached
Island park to deliver his public ut
terance to the people of North Da-
kota. In his address there this aft
ernoon he attacked Governor Wilson
on his stand on the democratic cam
didates opposition to a federal COM
mission to regulate monopolies.
"Mr. Wilson the other day." de-
clared Colonel Roosevelt, reiterated
his opposition to federal commission
to regulate monopolies and says, no
body Of men exists that knows enough
to tell this country what the processes
of industry should be- This is without
the change of a word exactly what
the opponents Of progress have always
said whenever we have introduced
public utilities commissions in the
states and without the change of a
word it is precisely what the great
reactionary railroad magnates said
when they were fighting the estab-
Iishment of the interstate commits
sion. The prophesy proved false as
sion. 1t proved false as about the
interstate commerce commission and
it will prove false as regard the pro-
posal to regulate great industrial busi-
ness concerns which have any Mono
polistic tendencies.
'Mr. Wilson's argument is the argu-
ment advanced against the interstate
commerce commission and il true as
regards industrial concerns 1t would
mean that we ought to abandon the
whole work of the interstate COM
merce commission.
Call Peoples Attention.
Il particularly ask the attention Of
North Dakota to center similarities
between the situation now and the
situation in 1864. At that time num-
Der of republican leaders, the progress
sive leaders of their day, Under Mr..
Fremont, the first candidate for the
presidency, and Mrs. WendaIl Phil
lips, a leader in the anti-slavery
cause, were so discontented with Lin
coin and with the action of the mass
of their fellow progressives that they
actually proposed to run a third ticket
against Mr.. Lincoln and when this
effort failed many Of them stood sui
ienIy or supported no one or went
against Mr.. Lincoln.
Now the same kind OF thing is be-
ing done by those men today who
claim to be progressives and yet fail
to support the progressive national
ticket. II a man is not with us he
is against US, and IL he is against us
he Is siding with the reactionaries.
mo matter how well meaning he
may be, no matter how sincere he
may be, he is the ally Of Wall street.
the ally Of privilege, the ally Of boss
ism in politics unless he heartily and
in good faith supports the progress
sive party. Whether the votes against
us are given by men who are reac
tionaries, or by men who, although
they claim to be progressives, are sup-
porting reactionaries. matters moth
Ing. Every vote against us, every
vote Tor either Of the old parties Is