Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-11-02

great forces Of progress and adjust
ment. the Democratic party and the
Progressive party. This year there Is
but one. the Democratic party. In the
presidential election of four years ago
some fifteen million votes were cast.
. these. nearly ten and a half mil
lions were cast for the candidates Of
the two progressive parties. only three
and Il half millions for the candidate
Of the Republican party. the party
which fingered iii the old ways and
felt none Of the new impulse of a new
day. More than two-thirds Of the vot-
erS of the United States favored then.
and fa\':' now, a programme whose OBJ
ject is t" serve the changing needs of
humanity and progress.
Tie Democratic party was entruSt-
ed with the task. These powerful
forces of the new age were put under
Its direction. And under that direction
what have they accomplished?
"Ihey have put both the business
and the life of the country upon a
new footing.
FINANCIAL Credit Released.
"Thcy have released the financial
credit. upon which commerce and pro-
duction alike depend. from the control
of small groups of t~inanciers and bank
ers at the speculative rcntcrs.
They have released the
and industry OF the, country from the
domination Of those WHO were building
up their power by selfish and unfair
methods Of competition.
They have supplied those who
wished to conduct their business in
conformity with the spirit of the laws
with friendly guidance and delivered
them from a ervou fear of the courts.
They have released our foreign
trade from the shacklcs of a tariff con.
trivcd in the interest of special groups
OF favored producers, and have created
q Tariff Commission intended to sub
stitute public for private influences,
facts for theories and prctcnsions, in
all future legislation with regard to
duties and restrictions on imports.
"Thcy have made provision for the
immediate and systematic development
of our carrying trade on the seas.
They have at last supplied the
means by which the nation may be
bound together. materially and spirit
ually. by Il network of good roads
upon which both commodities and
sympathies may move freely from com
munity to community.
"They have put the farmer upon a
footing Of perfect equality with bust
ness men and men of all other callings
in respect to his access to commercial
credit; have placed n great bureau of
the Government at his service in seek
ing and finding his best markets: have
protected him by the establishment of
definite standards in the sale of his
products, and have put the scientific
knowledge of the world at his disposal
by practical demonstration ut the ex-
pense of the Government upon the
farms themselves.
Have E~mancipated Labor.
They have emancipated the labor
ers Of the country from the unjustificd
restraints which the courts had put
upon them by mistaken applications Of
old law to new circumstances and con
ditions.
"They have released the children of
the country in large part from hurtful
labor; have sought to safeguard the
lives and the health Of our laborers 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 Il
single administration.
"And still the great work is not finish
ed. 1t can v be rounded off and con-
cluded 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 it shall be prematurely in
terrupted, perhaps for a generation to
come, and all the generous forces Of
the age and of the world thrown back
Upon themselves in Encouragement and
confusion.
1.-THE programme remaining is as great
as the programme accomplished. The
procedure of our courts is antiauated
and a hindrance, not an aid, in the Just
administration of the law. We must
simplify and reform it as other en-
lightened nations have done. and make
courts Of Justice ont OF our courts OF