Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-06-21
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to the extortion methods practiced by
our present system Of corporations,
and not to the retailer, middle man
Or farmer, was the contention Of Cong
ressman H. T. Helgesn, Mnday even:
Ing, n an address to the progressive
republicans Of Devils Lake, at the
court house. :. 81 s....%5, 9. ~. .,..'
Mr.. Helgeson arrived in Devils Lake
Monday afternoon from his home at
Milton. He is stumping the first cong
ressional district in behalf of James A.
Buchanan, the progressive republican
candidate for the governorship Of
North Dakota. Devils Lake accorded
him q royal welcome.
. Pregressiveism was the keynote of
Mr.. Helgeson's address. Conservation
not only of the forests, mines and
plains hut of human life as Well as
practiced by the woman suffrage move
,ments ins Colorado, was one Of the
strongly emphasized features in his
talk. That the initiative, referendum
and recall were but a means to an end,
was also one of his contentious.
What is wrong with the American
nation, ;, was the question with which;
NJ. Helgeson opened his remarks. II.
answering 1T he. said, u sSss ;
'.very seldom do we realize that
there is anything wrong with us until
that wrong is pointed out to us. Then
the frst thing that We do IS Ito hunt.
up doctor whoacan diagnose Gus case
|and at least, suggest some remedy.
The trouble with the American ma
ton today is that there Is disparity
of property rights, he continued, "and
it lis the same trouble that has eisted
with every nation from the beginning
Of time. When a line has been drawn
between classes, as there sstoday, be-
tween the corporate rich and the com
mon people, it is the beginning of
revolutionary ideas, and revolutions.
History repeats itself lf-even the mon
eyed power Of Wall street sees the in;
eYitab1e result Of its own actions, un-
less some steps are taken to meet the
emergency. .:..=
4Conseryati Of our forests, mines
and plains, and water power rights, is
lall well and good, but what has been
done for the cons servation Of human
Ilife2 Nothing, i say, except what the
good women Of Colorado have done
lin the way Of placing humanized
statutes upon The law books Of their
state. The suffrage movement is a
Eprotests on the part Of the women
against the condit tons brought about
I by the men. ~ IS a good movement
and i would that there were more Of
1us men back Of It, for I know that good
laws could be enacted BY US men if we
lhad little more Of the hpmanizing
influence of the women with us.
sS1sssI believe ia ref formg. The Initiative,
referendum and recall are good things,
but. my friends. they are hut 9 means
Ito an end. Reforms alone, never can
laccomplish all, for they must be back.
led by the right kind OF men. People
should elect men whom they know
viii enact the kind Of laws that the
people themselves want, not the kind
lof laws that thes operations want.
Tile man that has been raised in
| the offices of the corp ions, and that
today sees the cond itions only through
corporation spectacles. is not the man
we want inS Office, Of the man that We
] want on the bench. Too many OF our
federal Judge see only the things on
1.-THE corporation side. What We wan
3is 4 man that helieves not in property
1rights, as does the cor rporation attorn
j ey, but the man that believes ia the
4 rights Of man against the property
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