Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-06

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waste Of Gods rich endowments to
assail ana destroy when allAthe flowers
OF life bloom best in the soil Of sym.l
panty and encouragement
Marion has been unfailingly gen-l
stood before this home before. and
voiced your greetings and encourage
ment. There is running through my
mind recollections Of seventeen years
ago. when you first wished me well as
Va state candidate. Seven years later
you come again, though the. enterprise
later ended in failure. Four years
did succeed, and I was honored with al
commission Ito the federal senate,
where any man might we'll prefer toll
perform his part in public service. I'll
was impossible to convey my reluct-l
ance to leave the senate, and just now
I have cometo realize. that I am leav-
eide. But the Thought I want to en-
phasize, with the very stamp of graft
tude, is that you have come with your
gAeeting again and again., and vet
again, and you come this afternoon
| with a manifestation OF friendship and
confidence which must fill any human
heart to overlhowing: I am SO truly
grateful, I feel it all so deeply, that
words fail to convey all the apprecia-I
ton which is in my heart.
But I must tell you the things old
Marion county did which is the SUI
preme compensation to me. 1t is ex-t
pressive to applaud a victorious Candid
date but you test the metal Of real
friendship when n is initiating al
candidacy. Last April, when the pri
mary was invoked to bespeak Ohio's
preference, this old county CAV to
me that neighborly and friendly spirit
which is nearest approach to one hun
dred per cent loyalty I have ever
seen accorded to anyone. That was!
the supreme expression. If l could
have but one. If it was to choose be-
tween that tribute of the home county
and the final vote In the national con-
vention I would choose the home!
county expression of confidence, be-
cause you knowing me made 1t the
finest tribute to which one may aspire.
Frankly, 1 like your. rejoicing over
a more than usual tribute to a fellow
townsman. Il like it because 1t is in
consonance with our Marion policy.
Perhaps it is in the minds of some of
you to wonder that we succeeded and
the thought is not exclusively yours,
even If I have guessed correctly. You
view the great institution Of federal
government from afar. In that rever-
ence which is the chief security of the
republic. God help us to rivet that
reverence more firmly. it will not de-
stroy it. it will only clarity that rever-
ence and add to your confidence, il 81
tell you after close range observation,
that government is not of superrnen
! but of normal men very much like
you and me, except that those in au-
thority are. or ought to be, broadened
and strengthened in measuring up to
a greater responsibility.
Let me say to you friends and
netshbors--Aye, let me say to any who
may be noting exchange Of greet
ings today-if I believe in one man
government, II I believed the super
man were necessary to appeal to the
sober Of the rpublic and ask u
people to plant their feet in. secure
and forward paths once more, I would
not be here in the capacity which has
prompted your greetings. Normal
men and back to normally, will steady
a civilization which has been fevered
by. the supreme upheaval Of all the
world.
Government is q very natural
thing, and in most instances ought to
be a very normal and deliberate pro-
ceeding. Mo- always. but great emer-
eenctes and crisis mark all the vicissi-
tudes Of life. Normal men rise to
meet them else they never would be
met.
Perhaps I best can convey my
thought by reverting to the commun-
tty Of endeavor which made the city
OF which we rejoice to boast. No su-
perman did it. no one man did 1t, we
worked together, we counselled one
another. we consulted men stamped
with leadership, and in these processes
l We have aNhfavoA on~ ~o@>SA>a kh>-@
at. Now make the APPLICATIONS. This
wonderful land OF OURS is but the ag-
lgregate Of communities. The sum
total OF cities, villages and farms, and
the mutually of interest and the
necessary harmony OF purpose, If we
are to go on, must lie in conference,
In counsel in the concord Of many
minds. in the wisdom Of plural leader
ship, In the v failing righteousness
Of intelligent public, opinion, not in
the glory Of the supermAn.
But I did not mean to drift to
things which nave the SAVIOR Of poll
tics, or the seriousness Of kovern-
mental problems. Let US forget candi-
dactes and political problems and
drink only Of the grateful waters Of
home fellowship and renew the init
macy OF acquaintance which 1--WE years
OF practically continuous public serv-
Ice have very, very much impaired.
We are to be neiEhbors in face, once
more, not with all the old time free
dom.. alas, but let us cling to the ma
torai needs which bespeaks realty,
the day, h occasion. the presence of
the republics defenders In the world
var. and OF veterans Of the, Spanish.
american war and the war for union
2 M onality. all combine 10 remind
me have been observing the annt-
yersary. II the repdblic's Independence.