The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-05-14
SRUMCARD IS
PROGRESSIVE CHOICE
FOR us. Senate
DORR CARROLL, CHAIRMAN, IS
SUCCEEDED BY H. F. TURNER
OF FARGO-NOTABLE MEET
ING OF THE BULL MOOSERS. ~

lNG OF lnE DOAA MOOoCNO.
Prominent Progressives from all
sections of the state attended gather
ing in this city Tuesday and about q
hundred members and guests Of the
party sat down to the banquet and en-
joyed splendid feast at the base
ment of the Methodist church that ev-
ening at o'clock. At the conclusion
Of the spread, an interesting program
Of toasts was rendered, Mark M. Chat
Aeld acting as toastmaster in a very
capable manner.
Among those who responded was j.
N. Devine, who appeared at his best.
Mr.. Devine is a republican, but very
friendly to the principles of the Pro-
gressive party. Mr.. Markellie of Bis
marck, Atty. H. w. Bichfeldt of Tagus
and G. D. Shaft, together with others,
responded. Mr.. Shafts response to
the toast, ."Our Leader" was as fol-
lows:
In answering the toast, "Our Lead
er," l must confess that I am puzzled
to know just what to say in case
where volumes Of first class matter are
at hand with but few moments for
the subject; however, I have one
thought that I will try to make plain
in the few moments I may talk.
The Progressive Party is fortunate
indeed in having as its leader one Of
the few Big men who seem to be call
"a into action by some wise power on
all important occasions in our worlds
history. From the oldest historical
records on stone and parchment to the
present date we have learned that in
every case when nation seemed IN
Imminent danger, from within or with
out, "the man Of the hour" was at
hand and we have in their chronology
ical order, Moses, David, the Lowly
Nazarene, Martin Luther, Washington
an Lincoln, each in one way or an
ether an emancipation of his people.
When conditions seem unbearable "the
man of the hour" appears as if called
by a divine voice.
And so, when this old world has re-
volved on it's axis and around its sun
a sufficient number of times for man
to wax wise, powerful, and in many
cases, fabulously rich, especially in
this, the eldorado of all civilized coun-
tries, at this time, I say, when every
channel Of profit seemed to have but
enc course and that emptying into the
pockets of the already rich, and when
to add to this injustice this money in
part was used to coerce and oppress
the people and finally to control con.
gress, thereby making more laws fav.
sring the few; then we began to long
for and look for "the man Of the
hour who might lend his great wis
dom and assist us in ousting the mon.
ey. changers and the political jobbers
from our house of congress.
My friends, if you will read the his
tory Of Our Leader from the time he
left college to the present date and
also note carefully the great change
IN the tactics used by our congress.
men in making laws now as we'll as the
change in the personnel Of that body
that has taken place in the last ID
years, you will not have to ask the
name Of "the man of the hour" at this
time you will know it. No longer /.
Uncle Joe the tyrant of the house; nc
longer does he have every measure
favoring the people as against the in.
terests pigeon-holed by his trusty
lieutenants. No longer does a Platt
a Depew and Penrose swap blocks Of
Representatives and senator's votes
back and forth for the interests each
are representing; no longer does 8
Coal Baron say "the people be damn.
ed" one day and get out for election
the next. Can anyone read the history
Of Roosevelt's political battles with
these men and their friends and be fail
without giving him the credit for the
exit Of these unfaithful public ser.
wants from the political stage?
True it is that more trusts and mon
opolies were formed during his tern
than in all previous time, but no more
his fault than would be the June rise
in the Mouse river, caused, Of course
by the melting SHOWS in the mountains
Of Canada The seed was sown fol
these trusts when our short-sighted
forefathers allowed the forests, the
oil wells, the coal and mineral mines
the great resources Of this rich land