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sentative j. H. Sinclair, elected by the.
farmers to succeed Patrick D. Norton
in the third North Dakota district,
will be with him.
Congressman Sinclair has been get
ting acquainted with a few Of the POI
litical ropes in Washington and has
been satisfying the anxious inquirers
who have wanted to know about the
Bank Of. North Dakota and the rest
Of the Nonpartisan League program
which the North Dakota legislature
has just written into the laws of that
state Sinclair is quiet, s~oft~spoken
and steady and gives the. impression
Of being prepared to do a lot Of real
work in congress without getting
tired. Among the things that he is
interested in are the railroad ques-
ton, the question Of breaking up the
packers monopoly of the food supply,
and establishing better conditions in
industry for the demobilized soldiers.
He will be heard from when the time
comes.
.... r.. Robins Tells Facts
Raymond Robins testimony before
the senate judiciary subcommittee was
one of the big features of the week.
Robins said frankly that he thought
the BolsheviE were wrong and that
their rule constituted a n to the
orderly government of the world. The
reported reign of terror, he said, was
CRAFTY exaggerated.
Failure of the allies and of the
United States to support the Kerensky
government properly caused it's col
lapse and brought the Bolsheviki into
power, Robins said: Before the col
lapse of the Kerensky government,
Robins said, a British general and q
French general urged him to establish
a reign of terror Of his own to put
down the growing power of the Boil
sheviki. 90
Robins said that it was foolish to
think that any autocratic form of gov
eminent could yer be re-established
in Russia. He said:
"You cannot stamp out ideas by
using bayonets. You can not sup
press the yearning and the demand Of
millions of men for economic better
ment. You must improve the eco
nomic condition Of the workers in
every nation, or they will act for
themselves. They have taken up the
culture Of MARKHAM socialism in every
European country. The whole work
ing class is turned toward socialism
over there. Lloyd George, the ablest
statesman in Europe today, dares not
suppress a soviet in Glasgow nor a
mutinyy in Dover. Ciemenceau may
survive the assassin's bullet as ]
pray he shall, but Clemenceau's cause
is, dead. Here In America we still
are sound and strong enough to meet
the demands Of labor for . better life
by establishing that better life. To
try to suppress these demands, to
curb free speech, to prohibit the dis
play of the red ffag-al1 of this is OF
no avail. The industrial wrong must
be righted." "ae.~s-
Robins warning to the senate sub
committee, in this reference to Eng
land and France and to the possibility
Of an upheaval in America, was dra-
matte in its intensity. The only man
present at the hearing who was UNI
moved was Senator KputA Nelson OF
Minnesota, who indicated that he con-
sidered Robins a dangerous character.
The session Of congress closed with
out any action on reconstruction prob
lens or Of aiding the employment Of
returned soldiers, aside from grant
ing them a flat bonus of $50 apiece.
Money needed for the financing Of the
railroads can not be provided, this bill
perishing in the f%ilibuster, as did
numerous other appropriation meas
ures. G. ~,
There is considerable sentiment
for an early session of congress to
get at reconstruction problems. But
there is no evidence that President
Wilson intends to call such a session.
He takes the position that congress
had a chance to enact it's program,
that it wasted it's time and must take
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