Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-01-01

the Soviet government of Rus
\ STA or any other form Of govern
ment. in that country until the
peoples OF Russia. through a
constituent or sother form of ma
ton assembly shall have estab-
lished a truly democratic form
Of government.
Organized labor, then. recognizes
the distinction and the a differ
ence between the industrial purposes
OF. unionisms and the revolutionary
aims of Socialism tsee articles by
Samuel Gompers and Ole Hanson In
McClure's magazine, April, 1919. also
Gompers Id McClure's of May, 1912:
Let us cherish and cultivate this
loyalty of organized labor in this
country by c~onciliation, and by con-
cession, not as q reward. but asa
means of c%ultivating a strong, indis-
pensible ally in the coming struggle
for the preservation of our form Of
government. Organized labor has
proven its loyalty to American insti-
as our ally, against the increasing
radical forces of revolution, this great
power which mayfin the final strug-
gle be the determining force and
emerge as the ultimate safeguard of
u government and its institutions.
New Political Parties,
I'm our government by the people
its citizens control by the ballot and
where great issues arise they are rep.
resented by political parties. We now
have two kinds Of parties, o. the
Republican and Democratic parties,
with issues which are minor me
when compared with tho great issue
which Is now pressing upon us. They
differ only as to the methods Of ad-
m~inistration to be applied under a
recognize. Neither of these parties
has in its platform or in its ideals the
purpose to wreck U government
They are both antagonists of (2) the
other classes of political parties
which, under whatever name, repre-
sent the Socialist purpose of destroy
ing our government and to make it
a. government Of u~nrestrained, un-
checked, rule, of the mob with the
stitution of private property.
There is one great social, econom-
ic and political issue now swiftly ap-
preaching for determination by the
ballot. Indeed. it is here now, and the
sooner we recognize the fact of. it's
presence the soon shall we be able
to demonstrate to the world the sta
Ulllly OIL D. OtIlOCIdL1C government ny
Jaw. The revolutionary forces of So
cialism are arrayed, with their
threats OF violence, with their riots
and encouragement Of riots and re-
bellion and. revolution, against our
government. They are strikers, not
against an employer, not for the pur-
pose OF any industrial relief, they are
strikers against the government, de-
flying the government which they in
tend to destroy. 4
The strike is on. It Is for every 10y
al citizen, bourgeoise or proletariaf,
employer op employe, capitalist or
laborer. to unite in a solid front at
the polls and place a man in the
highest executive office Of the ma
ton, and men throughout the nation
and the states in executive offices,
who stand for our government by
law, who stand for its flag and who
will have back Of them the moral
support and if necessary, the physic-
al support. sufficient to preserve that
government. It is necessary to show
the radicals, the r~evolutionists, the
rebels, the strikers against govern
ment. that the sentiment of Ameri-
cans is overwhelmingly against Them
I'm this struggle which is now up
or us, the loyal Republican, the loyal
Democrat, the loyal citizen, should
cast behind him all thought Of pre-
cedent Of existing party lines and.
unite in the new American party in
a fight for Americanism VS.. Social
ISM"