Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-12
KELLOGG GIVES
FINE ADDRESS
Minnesota Senator Urges
Cooperation For the Bet
terment of Farmers.

At a meeting in the city hall audi
torium last night, Senator Frank B..
Kellogg. of. Minnesotasspoke in the in
terests Of the republican candidates.
He was greeted by an audience that
packed the. hall, to capacity.
lican national candidates. condemned
the one man" rule Of President Will
son ard advocated a a n program for
the. betterment of the farmers.
1T a be a., platitude but it is
nevertheless TRUE, that the prosperity
of the nation depends on the prosper
ity of the farmers" said Senator Kel-
logg. II believe in cooperation anon
the farmers. Cooperation, not gov,
eminent or state ownership is the
thing to remedy what evils may exist
at h present time.
Like Russian Soviet
take the program of the Working
Peoples Nonpartisan Political alliance
to which a candidate was asked to
subscribe. 1t calls for government
ownership of railways, telephone and
telegraph lines. packing plants, mills,
and other public utilities and for the
repatriation of large land holdings.
whether with compensation or not, is
not stated.
This program approximates that
Of the Soviet government of Russia.
League Of Nations
In regard to national issues. Senator
jKellogg discussed in detail the League
LOT Nations, and the IA reservations
which were proposed by the senate,
laying especial stress on Article x
under which the territorial integrity
and political independence" of the
league members were guaranteed.
Il say I am not willing to subscribe
fo c,,11t n f~oofU xxyhioh 1ryoV11 ron,Iiro
US to go to war, unless the war meets
with the approval of the American
people, declared Senator Kellogg. II
am not willing to sen our boys to
foreign soil in order to bolster up tot
terings governments~in Europe.
IA treaty is a sacred obligation. If
signed it should be strictly observed.
For that reason we should make our
reservations before we sign the treaty,
instead of failing to meet our just OBJ
legations as has now been done by the
league powers in the case of the Rus
sian attack On Poland.
Russian Horrors
TN this connection let me say that
in Russia today there is no liberty,
no protection to life or property. It
is a dictatorship Of the proletariot,
more bloody than the French revolu-
ton"
Senator Kellogg then took up othe,
articles Of the treaty showing how the
senate reservation were necessary tC
safeguard the interests of the United
States in connection Herewith.
Wilson Autocrat
He also laid especial stress o thu
autocratic powers assumed .5by sPresi'
dent Wilson: s
.This country is too big for one mar
to govern" he declafed%~S'During tn,
war, congress-. Republicans as well a!
Democrats, stood loyalty behind tn,
president, giving him greater power,
even than were given to Presiden
AT the end Of the war. bills wer.
it rightfully belonged, but the presi
dent vetoed the bills, with the result
that we are still technically at wa
with Germany. ~
at is time to bring this ~autocrati
y power to an end, and after MarchNA
next Congress will pass a bin to en-
the war powers Of the.president, an
that bill will be signed by Presiden
Harding" .-~
Sullivan Prestdcd
T. A. Sullivan of East Grand Fofk.
presided at the meeting and Introduc
ed Senator Kellogg, as the "trua
buster" Of Minnesota. 3: TLorin
of Crookston also spoke briefly
The meeting was opened with tn
playing Of the 'Star Spangled Banner
by the Grand Forks Municipal ban
and a large number of other Gran
Forks residents were present at til
meeting.
Athens-King Alexander's- cond!
ton took a turnk for the wotse:;