The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-05-28

comfort, enjoying wealth ana an q.
brings, refuses TO see ar s,,,no,,...
win the conditions Of those win, :, -
must OF world OF plenty are hordari,,.
on the line of hunger and miser, M
refuse 10 see the new conditions ~. ,ha
new problems which mus, b,. ,.., "a
ue"i' with IN the same spirit and with
te s"iiie courage and prograssivenass
.i'at our fathers met the pro 5len,s az
'iieir age The great and almost sn-
pelhuiiiah task, my friends. is ms, the
gathering OF wealth but its sur and
equitable distribution.
Oh the one hand, we have tloSa who
oelend monopoly. those who have
grown up with ii and are ent3yir, -.
eNtorted comforts. They say We yin
erect some kind of a bureau ,, ,r,
bunal and we Will dole out 10 1.hor ana
those who do not enjoy or own ,,o,,o.,,,
lles whatever seems right ana pronar
ne heafliess irony Of this scheme ma
been recorded time and time a.ai,, in
me experiences of the past The re
sun mas always been in the end 10 es-
'apAsh TWO classes of citizens. Tn
property and government class living il,
luxury and ease, the other cBss cir
cumscllbed and tied down by the mon
bands of necessity AT the o her and
| opposite end from the monopoNsts are
/ those who disbelieVe in our government
/ who disbelieVe in our whole Industrial
system, who disbcieVe the basis nnon
which modern civilization has p en- butlt
up and would uproot and DESTROY them
in the broad temperate zone which
Hes between these extremes is To be
FOUND the happiness and ultimate pros
perity of the human race, where men
are still free and opportunity is still.
open What We need in this ncnr is a
party with the vision to see and the
courage to execute
Stil Able to Administer Justice and
Right Wrongs.
The southern slave driver d .nouncei
Lincoln as tyrant and IA lurdere,,
The abolitionist denounced him as a
spineless trimmer and coward But
between these two forces, either OF
which would have destroyed the govern
ment and brought disaster to our who'll
people, the stopped figure OF the states
man, patriot and saint passed on Ia
that niche which awaited him beside
the father of his country. He believed
there was strength enough in his gov
eminent to insure freedom an justice
to all men. He knew there was loyal
ty and patriotism enough am ing the
people to insist upon that freedom and
to distribute that justice. Be not de
ceived. Conditions have not changed
in this respect, This Old government
is lust as efficient as il was those
days. The strain upon it may be great
but it is strong enough to endure it
Its maintenance is just nee .ssary t.
your happiness The people as whole
are just as loyal and patrioti' and il
the end will support just as faithfully
. the righteous course. The metropolis
at one end of the political pole Wit
his Internal scheme to make all me'
, his slaves, in turn for which ne is t
give them such as he thinks heir dir
necessities require only. and the MAJ
at the other end OF the pole with hi
mind bent upon chaos md destruction
monopoy's legitimate but oisownet
, child, will neither prevail lat w
want in this country is party whicl
will do the simple but profound Trims
which Lincoln did-that is, gather u
the common sense, the common hon
, esty. the common patriotism, The com
mon courage and the common righteous
, ness of the common people of this coun
a try, and organize it into militant. pro
| gressive disciplined force for legal an
social justice. and do it all u.der tn
I constitution and laws Of this biesse
Q old republic.