The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-03-04

TIC my mind government is the
harness with which q people draws its
load Of civilization. II the harness
be properly adjusted the load, though
heavy, will be drawn with ease and
no part of the people will be CALLED.
The senate is the binders, intended to
keep the people from shying at imag-
mary dangers and topping into the
ditch our system Of government. So
long as the binders serve this purpose
they are a most valuable part of the
harness, but If they be drawn so close
ly to the yes as to prevent the see
ing of real dangers, then they should
either be spread or done away with
entirely. l am one Of those who think
that we a SO adjust our binders as
to meet new conditions and render is
sanely responsive to every reason
able demand Of the people without dis
turbing any of the checks and bal
ances of our system of government
and preserving with loyalty and fdel-
ity the ancient ideals of the repub-
lie.
with neither right nor desire to in
fringe upon he prerogatives Of the
president 80 soon to be, l beg the eX-
preston of the opinion that whatever
diverse views may be held relative to
the work of this body all persons are
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senate of the United States is stngUt-
larly the guardian of the peoples hon
or; that more and more, as righteous
ness is exalted among this people, the
idea is becoming more firmly fixed
that II is not vast territory, great
wealth nor large learning which mark
the real status of America; that
America is to be measured by he
golden metewand of honor; and, as the
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right of men to rule themselves, that
now she can Ill afford to announce
this doctrine in her own land and re-
nounce it for an instrument of oppres-
sion in other lands.
unfortunately there is no fixed
standard Of honor outside the dictiOn-
airy. The gambler may hold it to
consist in paying his gaming debts;
the member of the smart set, in di-
vorcing his neighbours wife before TAX
ing her to himself; the senator, In
eliminating personalities. But when
we enter the chancelleries of the
world and submit to their judgments
not only our right to be but our right
TO be respected we can hope to be
measured in but one way; and we
must be able to show that the solemn
treaty obligations of this republic Will
be kept with the same Bcrupulous
honesty, both of spirit n letter,
whether made with the humblest
PEOPLE of this continent struggling for
self government or with the mightiest
monarch of the old world. This high
sense of honor constitutes the panoply
Of the American people. Armies and
bhattleships furnish no substitute for
it. These are valuable but the people
| never intended that authority should
use them as accessories to a burglars
kit.
"If any one in the name of the
American people, either in violation Of
treaty obligations or the manifest
taken aught while this body was de-
l~iberating, it is your duty to ascertain
all facts thereto. And If wrong or in
| Justice a been done, even to the
humblest republic, let this people be
brave enough and sufficiently honest
10 make PREPARATION. The real great
ness of this republic rests upon its
| unsullied honor and it is the duty Of
this body to search down rumors Of
bad faith and dishonesty and rectify
wrong wherever wrong is discovered.
Here in this most sacred spot
where war has been made and peace
declared. here in the presence of the
! distinguished representatives of the
| civilized world, here, within the hear
ing of the beauty, culture and ripened
| statecraft of his w land, may one
humble American express the hope
before he enters upon a four years ST.
lence that all our diplomacy may spell
peace with all peoples, justice for all
governments and righteousness the
world around"
Oath to New Senators.
It remained only to complete III or
( ganization of the new senate by adj
ministerins the oath to senator's re-
elected or newly elected to the body.
The returning democratic senator's
TO take the oath were: Bankhead, of
Alabama; Bacon, of Georgia; Sim
mons, of North Carolina; Owen, of
| Oklahoma: Tillman, of South Caro-
lima; sheppard, of Texas, and Martin,
of Virginia
The reelected republicans were:
Borah, of Idaho; Kenyon, Of Iowa:
GORsA neRen