The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1920-05-28
\ D D |: FARMERS Al \ De: ! !.
SERVE MUCH THANKS

Iivl MUUll Illhuhu
.s. 5: Fargo Courier News, May 23) /.
III, 1.-THE farmers of North Dakota
ii deserve the thanks Of the Ameri-
can people for having shown them
that the people have the capacity
s5 to rude; for having shown them that
\ they believe it lis the duty of the
American citizen to exercise his
rights" said; Father Martin O'Don-
aghue Of Washington, D. c., in his
address at the Nonpartisan League
meeting in Phenix hall in Moorhead
last evening. Father o Donaghue,
spoke on the problems confronting
the American people at the preseil.
III time. 4. & &.
Father O'Donaghue arrived in
Fargo yesterday and will start on
Is speaking tour in North Dakota nexr
4 week. Those in charge of the
meeting prevailed on him to deliver
an address there. This proved to
n be the principal speech Of the even
ing. He did not mince matters in
discussing the political and econ
imic conditions Of the country to-
day but hit straight from the
Il shoulder:
Unrest Rcal Apprehension
4Es:ss '.s.The unrest of today is not a
Red menace, it is not Bolshevism,
nor, socialism but real American,
ism, declared the speaker. 1T Is
IN a. continuation Of the great Ameri-
n can revolution begun with the De-
claration of Independence by the
sr.- :6:' ~ thirteen colonies. The
II whole history Of the United States
has been striving to make the
Declaration Of Independence lv-
ing thing. s.5 5 r.
sasF ss$ The. speaker then outlined brief
\ " the struggles of the early settlers
on the American continent to set up
+ representative government. He
J defined the spirit behind the declar-
! alton Of independence and the AM
erican constitution which followed.
4ass He showed that the ideals of the
American form of government were
based on the right Of the individual
to enjoy life, liberty and the pur"
suit of happiness. Us
AZ '.'There is nothing the matter with
the American form of government,
# the only real trouble is that we as
people have become lax in the per-
formanca OF our duties as citizens" !"
said Father O'Donaghue. "Wc
have shirked these our duties too
J. much and as a result there has
q grown up q class among US who
have taken advantage of this stu
alton to the detriment OF the vast
majority of the people. .3'3
Cause 81 Unrest
'sssThe cause OF the present unrest
y the dawntng realization of this sit
uation BY. the rank and file Of the
people Of the country and their de-
Termination to right 1t as they have
q perfect right to do under the con.
stitutiol1. There are those who tell
IT is that a democratic form of gov
ernment cannot succeed, that the
common people are not fit to rule
a themselves. We do not believe
this. We believe that the declara-
VI tion Of independence Is the truth
and the constitution of the United
states Isl a practical basis for the
il government of this nation. ,5a
I3s 1.-THE people of this country be-
X lieve this altho for some time thoy
have been shirking their duty as
citizens. The war has reused them
to the danger OF this situation and
u thew are ginning to assert them
B selves. The present unrest is a
symptom Of this awakening.
fs3 I'VE are facing q critical time
and it IS incumbant on every honest
citizen to enter politics and assert
4 himself. We have nothing to fear
from this unrest. The American
people are fully able to solve the
n problems that confront them today
Il IL and they are going to do It. God
SSt has thrown down the gauntlet to us
and IT lis I'D to us to act. s$ ;ssj:
AMERICA Able to Solve Problems
7 4 .",The great problems that con-
IS ! ii ont sus today are the finest praise
S$ to the American people becausd we
are able to grapple with them and
e e solve them. Al The fact that certain
conditions; which we are now fight
Ing have been allowed to arise does
q ssn not to my mind, indicate weakness
M s.l the part OF the people but rath-
ssssS ss er strengt th. !. The Spirit Of the peo-
EDle Is embodied in the declaration
I EOf ind depend dence and the constitu-
Il. tiOn and the TACT that sStan unlawful
spirit has been allowed to- exist and
4 exert its inhuen s;irl s the nation
&4ss does not mean that this spirit will
win.
Strength is al ways 81 orbearing
.ss Il ana the fact that the common peo-
SsiS Die have allowed certain nterests
q ato get temporary contrO Of the g0y-
fS Sernment docs not dicate that this
\; n + state of affairs will be allo "a
Y u continue. The Il strength Of the
~ common people Is I going to- \ assert
Itself and that time 10 now. We
A 81 the American reYolu ton and II
GIN Sis not going to stop until right g and 1
Justice win, no matter b hoWs long sa g
Dbl dxht| we have before us.
FORBES In America To-day
he tories at the time OF the
evoluti i0nary war bell that the 9 hM
4 man people were not fit for
elf.gpVernment d w 9 have tn that
Kind of people with us today I |