The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-11-03

lives and the health Of our taborers In
dangerous occupations; and have put
agencies Of the Government itself at
the service Of those who seek employ
ment. And most Of these things have
been done within the brief limits OF a
single administration.
And still the great work is not finish
cd. 1t can never be rounded off and con
Guided so long as circumstances change
and the fortunes and relations OF men
shift and alter. The question you have
to decide one week from next Tuesday
is whether 1t shall he p%rematurely In.
terrupted, perhaps for a generation to
come. and all the generous forces Of
the age and Of the world thrown back
upon themselves III encouragement and
confusion.
"The programme remaining 10 a. great
az tho programme accomplished. The
procedure Of our courts is %antiquated
and a hindrance, not an aid, in tho just
administration Of tho law. We u
simplify and reform 1t as other en-
frightened nations have done, and make
courts Of Justice out Of our courts Of
Jaw. We must seek and find the means
Of bringing capital and labor to a clear
understanding Of their common inter
csts, which are no other than the in
terests of the nation itself as a COM
munity. We must release our great
undeycloped natural upon
some sensible plan Of use and conser.
walton.
Need Votes Of Women.
w must recruit the votes Of for.
ward-lookin9 mon by the votes of va.
men 90 that we may have a fresh in.
sight in all matters Of social reform
and move more certainly and more
promptly in tho solution Of the many
new problems Of society with which the
law must heneeforth deal. We must
unite the Americas, North and South,
in q new sympathy and cooperation,
I'VE must seek Justice and the right
through every channel that offers; and
we must put America in all its force,
in all its wealth, alike Of physical pow.
err and spiritual enthusiasm. at the
service of the other nations Of the
world when peace comes on the other
side Of the seas. to make that peace
permanent by establishing It on the
everlasting foundations Of right, CO.
operation, equality and Justice. These
things we must do and all else that
may serve mankind.
And our motto must be co.oPERA.
TON, the union, not tho hostile rival
ry. Of the forces Of society within the
nation and within the family Of nations.
The interests of mankind can never
again be served by aggression: the in,
terest Of 10 nation or group Of nations
can ever again be served by aggres-
sion. The contests Of jealousy are as
bitter and as dangerous as the contests
of arms.
THE world must henceforth seek
the means of accommodation. not the
means OF arresting quarrels merely.
The nation we love and serve must be
among the first and foremost Of those
that rise to the now ideals with spirit
and well-directed force. Our own re.
forms. our own actions In the interest
Of justice and humanity must be the
earnest of our spirit and purpose in the
affairs Of the world outside our own
borders.
Such Is the prospect. such is the pro.
gramme. my fellow-citizens. to which
we look forward, to which It is our
purpose to move forward with enthu-
siasm and Irresistible ardor. We will
not pause in the midst Of our task. We
know that we stand at one of the most
critical iunctures in the history of the
world, when all hopes hang in the bal
nee.
I'VE will suffer no man, no body o1
mon, through timidity or fear or zeal.
ousy. to delay or hinder or embarras,
Us. Reaction can have no place Of tol
france amongst us when all the world
waits upon those who plan justice and
progress.
Il summon you. not only to sustain.
but to swell the hosts that have thei,
faces now set towards the light. their
eyes lifted to the horizons where the
dawn OF a new age begins to brighten
and I summon you with confidence
with a certain expectation of the part
America and her great people nre tc
play when the dawn broadens into
day"
The Republicans don't like the pre-
vailing prosperity. It's Democratic an6