The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-12
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the United States the President
said:
IF we are true friends of freedom
we will see that power and produc-
tivity of the country shall be kept at
maximum. Nobody shall be allowed
to stand in the way. The government
won't keep them from doing this but
the spirit of the American people
will.
Must Stand Together.
I'VE must stand together night and
day until the war Is over" said the
President, adding that while we are
fighting for freedom we must ensure
the freedom of labor"
THE horses that kick over the
traces must be put in a corral" he
asserted. .-."- y H.
The President praised the work of
Samuel Gompers and the labor lead
ers' support of the government.
Nobody has the right" said the
President, ito stop the processes of
labor until all methods Of concilia-
ton have been exhausted. And / do
not speak to you alone. have found
labor in many instances more rea-
sonable than the other SIDE"
The President appealed for CO.
opCidL1Ou. ne SAID LIldL ne "OuIu
like to see all the critics exported"
He said 1--WE must get down to bust
ness and everyone must do the right
thing
Never show ourselves Americans
by going off in separate groups, to
talk by ourselves, but by co-operat-
ing in common enterprise which is
to release the spirit of the world
from bondage" he declared.
Denounees' LawIess. ..
The President denounced organi-
cations which he said are trying to
destroy the law, but in every case
he said, they should be dealt justice.
Il am opposed" he said, Ito our TAX
ing the law into our own hands, as
much as l dislike the activities of
these organizations" e, 10
1.-THE man who takes the law into
his own hands is not the man to CO.
operate. in any development of laws
and institutions" the President as
serted. I'VE must not only take
common counsel but we must obey
common counsel"
Instrumentalities must be devised
where they do not exist, said the
President, to bring the proper amount
of cooperation between labor and
capital:
"The reason came away from
he continued, lis that
get lonely down there. There are
so many people in Washington who
know things that are not so. There
are so many people in Washington
who do not know what the rest of
the people of the country want, l
have to come away to find out"
The President concluded by say
Il
me-" explaining he didn't mean he
but as the representative
Of the whole United States govern
ment.
The coming of President Wilson
the interest IN all 9TH
pr proceedings of the convention. AL
-epdy recognized as one OF the most
IMPORTANT conventions in the history
IF organized labor in this country,
.hia feeling was intensified by the
that the President
was coming ito speak to labor and
through labor to the American peo-
Dle."
The Presidents car was detached
rom a regular train at a suburb to-
lay and brought into Buffalo as q
special train. -s -
ESCoTIGO py NTOuP&s ..
Drawn up at the Buffalo railway
rom Fort Niagara, which escorted
he President to the convention audi
orium. The arrival of the troops at
he station soon attracted q huge
hrong to greet the chief executive
Who has not been here since his last
PRESIDENTIAL campaign.
Great crowds also gathered early
1t the auditorium which seats 5000
persons and was to be open to the
public. -..-
Mr.. Wilson was on the program as
he first speaker and his address
vas awaited with the intense inter-
,st by the $50 delegates who gather
ID at the convention headquarters
Ind marched to the hall in a body,
headed by a band and led by Presi-
lent Gompers, Mayor Fuhrmann. and
prominent Buffalo business men.
Next in Importance to the Presi-
lent's address was the report Of the
council, the keynote of the
to be submitted today.
committee meetings had
Indicated that questions arising from |
he war would occupy large part OF |
he weeks deliberations and there
vas every indication that the poll
les Of President Gompers and his |
on the council would be
Ipheld. f..-.. "
Governor Whitman il on the pro-
ram as a speaker.
Introduced by Gompers.
Samuel Gompers. president of the
american Federation of Labor, In
Mr.. Wilson referred to |
lin as this man OF Destiny" spokes-
nan for freedom. interpreter of the /
inns and spirit Of our time, leader
( thought and action among the /
ations of the earth.
Mr.. Wilson began by saying he
1t privilege and an honor
o be present as 1t seemed to him q
lme above all others for common
ounsel. "a time for drawing the
nergies of the nation together"
The President referred to the pres
mt as a time more critical than the
1orld has yet known" "
Ii Is important lin this moment
( counsel to remind ourselves how
he war, came about" he said. and
Last Decisive Issue.
This Is the last decisive issue be-
yeen. the old principle Of power and
ne new principle of freedom"
He said: The war was started by
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