Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-09-07

as q formal recognition Of the cordial
relation exising beween the two In
situations. Rector Bredo Morgen.
stierne received 1t In behalf Of the
Royal Friedrich university.
The second lecture was devoted to
a discussion Of present day tenden.
cies In America. Attention was called
to the marked change that had taken
place in the views Of the American
people. The year 1900 might be re.
garded as the beginning of a new
era in the United States, marked by
the demand from the people for a
larger participation in the affairs OF
government, and the consequent ad.
vocacy of the referendum, the iaitia.
tive and the recall. While a pluto
cracy has arisen. there Is as yet no
great prolitariat recruited from the
middle class.
There is still a very real element
of spiritual honest in the American,
despite his contact with material
things that causes him to look to the
inspiration of new things in the main
tenance of democracy, The problem
is how to control colossal wealth that
to strangle the national
life, without at the same time rob-
Ding that wealth Of its usefulness.
The freedom of government must be
maintained.
There are at work today a number
of lettering influences, such as the
Interpretation of the law by the
courts, the presence of many immi.
grants from many lands and the
breaking down of old traditions OF
life. The first is very impor-
tant question because of the fact
in America there has been an
unusual amount of faith in the power
Of legislation to accomplish results.
The machinery Of government in
America is very complicated so that
the business of the courts has been
to keep the machinery going. So long
as the attitude of the courts has been
that of common sense, the people
have accepted their views. but when
regularity OF procedure has pre-
vailed, independent of good sense,
the courts have lost public confidence.
The s%acredness of law is threatened
by this situation, though the courts
today are more and fore endeavoring
to meet the problem. The best
friends of the judiciary do not urge
that the courts are beyond criticism,
but that they should render their de-
on the basis of real justice.
The outcome of the recall and other
reforms depends upon the attitude OF
the courts and the measure of good
sense displayed by the people in gen.
eral in the application of these new
ideas.
Speaking of immigration, President
McVey said that the addition OF q
and sturdy people to the ma
tional stock is a great good and that
indignation laws should be based on
the desirability of the immigrant,
than upon questions of senti-
AS a chance in family rela-
tionships, divorce Is not wholly a men
ace as it is sometimes regarded. IT
may mean the clearing of the air, the
refusal Of women to put up with the
indignities, injustices, and the i'm
moralities that they have suffered
without protest for thousands OF
years. In fact, divorce, in the long
run, may be a means to a higher
type of family life if it means that
men and women are to be held by the
code of forals. Relating also to
tie problem of family life in America,
is the question of the high cost OF
which cannot be regarded
otherwise than as a menace to Amer
better development.
Arrayed against these deterrent in
tluences are the forces of education
represented by the universities, the
colleges, the public schools, the press
and public lectures; the presence OF
great and virile people; an abiding
sense Of the purpose Of the nation
.ld a high moral intent. Through it
all the nation is attempting TO find
a way to preserve it's Republican
character and to maintain its real
Democracy. The people of the United
have passed beyond the point
of letting things so their own way
and are now. endeavoring to adapt
their social and governmental machi-
merry to serve the needs of all alike!
The present decade is a great one
in American history, and will some
day be looked upon as one OF the
history.making epochs in national de-
velopfent.
president McVey left for Europe on
the 10th of June and has been spend
ing the summer in England, Germany
and other countries of western Eu-
rope, investigating business and social
conditions. He will sail from Norway
for America on the sixth and it is ex-
to arrive in Grind Forks on
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