The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-31

Iof meeting the needs Of the farmer
OF the business men. and of the mar
or on the railroad. in the factory OF
in the shop. There is not a promise
We have made which cannot be kept
There is not a promise We have made
that will not be kept. Our platform
is q covenant with the people OF the
United States. and II we are giver
the power We will live up to that COW
enant in letter and in spirit.
Remedy Some Injustices.
We know that there are in life In
justices which we are powerless te
Is much injustice which can be rene
died. and this injustice We intend t.
remedy. We know that the long
path leading upward toward the ligl,t
cannot be traversed at once. or in 4
day, or in a year. But there are Ger.
tain steps that can be taken at nce
These we intend to take. Then, hav-
Ing taken these first steps. We shall
See more clearly how to walk still
further with a holder stride. We dc
not intend to attempt the impossible,
But there is much. very much. tina,
is possible in the way of rightine
wrong and remedying injustices: and
all that is possible we intend to do.
We intend to strike down privilege. to
equalize opportunity. to wrest Justice
from the hands that give injustice. to
en- for the hard battle Of life. We
stand shoulder to shoulder in a spirit
OF real brotherhood. We recognize
no differences Of class. creed Of birth
place. We recognize no sectionalism.
Dur appeal is made to the easterner
no less than to the westerner. Our
appeal is made to the southerner no
peal to the men who wore the gray
just as We appeal to the men who
wore the blue. We appeal to the sons
OF the men who followed Lee no less
than to the sons of the men who fol-
lowed Grant; for the memory OF the
great deeds OF both is now part Of the
common heritage OF honor which be-
longs to all our people wherever they
dwell.
Hostile to No Honest Man.
I'VE firmly believe that the Amer
lean people feel hostility to no man
VINO mas honestly Won success. We
PIE ask only Justice. justice each for
himself and justice each for all 9TH
ers. They are against w~ickedness in
rich man n poor man alike. They
are against lawless aud murderous
Violence exactly as they are agains,
the sordid materialism which seeks
wealth by trickery and cheating.
whether on a large or a small scale.
Ihey wish to deal honestly and in
good faith with all men. They recog-
nize that prime national need is
ior honesty. honesty in public life and
In private life, honesty in business
ana In politics. honesty in the broad
est n deepest significance Of the
word. We ~progressives are trying to
represent what We know to be the
highest ideals and the deepest and
men and women. Of the good men and
women who work for the home and
within the home.
Our people work hard and faith
FULLY. They do not wish to shirk their
work. They must feel pride in the
work for the works sake. But there
must be bread for the work. There
men and women are young. When
they grow old there must be the GER
tainty Of rest under conditions free
from the haunting terror. Of utter pow
erty. We believe that no life is worth
anything unless 1t Is a life Of labor
and effort and endeavor. We believe
In the JOY that comes with work; for
ne who labors best is really happiest.
We must shape conditions so that no
one can own the spirit Of the men
who loves his task and gives the bes,
there is in him to that task; and It
matters not whether this man reaps
and sows and wrests his livelihood
rom the rugged reluctance Of the
soil, or whether with hand or brain
he. plays his part in the tremendous
industrial activities Of u great cit
leg. Wa ara RfRtH,fnO ~ ~eno 49,
needs Of all these men and to meet
them in such fashion that all alike
shall feel bound together in the bond
Of a common brotherhood, where
each works hard for himself and for
those dearest to him. and vet feels
that ne must also think Of his BROTH
ers rights because he is in very truth
that brothers keeper.
Repeats Former Statement.
Seven months ago in this city, al.
most at n beginning Of the present
!Ths isa ! spok e, as follows:
whoever he may be. is but an instru-
ment. to be used until broken and
then to be cas- aside; and IL he is
worth his salt he will care no more
when he Is broken than a soldier
cares when he is sent where his life
is forfeited in order that the victory
righteousness the watchword for ali of
US is spend and be spent. It is of
little matter whether any one man
fails or succeeds; but the cause shall
not fail. For 1t Is the cause Of man
kind: We. here in America. hold in
our hands the hope Of the world, the
tate OF the coming years.: and shame
and disgrace will be ours IL in our
eyes the light Of high resolve is dim
med. II we trail in the dust the golden
hopes Of men,
friends what I said then I saw
now. Surely there never was a great.
Ier opportunity than ours. Surely