Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-30
when, within the year, the dark
nd ominous clouds of industrial UNI

when, within the year, the dark
and ominous clouds Of industrial un-
rest gathered round, when lines of
cleavage were tightly drawn between
capital and labor. when mighty COM
binations of wealth arose upon tho
n side to menace 1t and the fcudal-
ism of force on the other hand to
threaten it, it was he that stood the
~unrelenting foe of tyranny Of all kinds
h a tyranny be The tyran-
ny Of money or the tyranny of e
When during the past session of
COMPENSATORY lead but not forgotten
q fOrgiven-a partisan effort was
conceived to ALLEVIATE from our party
Americas adopted sons; when preju-
dices were appealed to n the true
status of our alien immigrants was in
question it was he hat set forth the
r doctrine of Americanism at the
jackson Day banquet when he said:
But we insist that those who come to
our shores shall come in the right
spirit and with the right purpose; that
those who remain shall stay with in
tent to become Americans in every
sense. He must let the spreading light.
from the figure which beckons to him
on Bedloe's island. shine only Upon a
c~ountenance which shall look forever
to the west. He must realize that his
revolution has been fought and won
when he sets his foot upon American
soil.'
Mr.. Chairman, no party could sur
vive today that did not write into it's
platform the magic word American
ISM That power which has agitated
monarchies, crumbled thrones and
brought newborn nations into being
will be the shibboleth of every political
party. 1t will be seized upon by every
den1aEoguc and m~ountebank that APP
peals for suffrage to our people. Every
party will claim it-every candidate
will profess it-aye, eve though they
steal the livery Of heaven to serve the
devil in But the people care not for
judge them by their performance.
Tried in h crucible of danger and
menaced by dire peril. the attorney
general of the United States has o
merely professed. but he has proven,
his true A~mericanism. l call history
for my witness and her annals for my
proof. There they stand without i'm
peachment-mute, eloquent and con-
vincing. While his detractors were
strutting through the land with ma
lign attack, there he stood at the cap
itAl Of the nation bravely facing her
enemie in defense of the ashes of
u fathers and the temples of their
gods
while the violent voice of agita-
ton was being raised against him
for restraining feudal force from
palsying the hand of industry, there
he stood against him all forms of re-
prisal. When more dangerous foes
asserted themselves-the assassin,
the anarchist and the communist,
there. he stood %panoplied in the ar
NOR of q Vulcan. striking with all
the might and majesty of the nation,
confusing the columns of sedition
and scattering the serried ranks OF
reds.
"Mr. Chairman. I profess no gift
Of prophecy. No human prescience
can divine the e of November.
But we can. guided by the lights of
experience, perceive the happenings
OF the future. And, if you select as
your leader for hat conflict the man
Of our choice o will have an in
spiration and a cause far beyond the
platitudes Of a platform.
Il see arrayed against him the en-
emies Of government. In their ranks
the hyphenate and revolutionist will
fraternize. The men who hold class
and creed above equality will there
be found. The malcontent and the
Grim will Join with them. The
eche of the voices on the ark of the
Soviet will mingle with the voices of
enemies of the government and their
master minds, now expiating their
crimes in southern prisons. AS I
look upon this array how my heart
rejoices. They are not Of US, not Of
our party, not Of our following. Our
leader has eliminated them in the
lofty discharge of his duties. His can
didacy is not polluted by their pres
ence or by the proffers of their sup
port. We admire him for himself
and we praise him for his virtues:.
but oh. Mr.. Chairman, how we re-
we're and how we love him because
his enemies r the enemies of our
government ard his foes are here.
But behind him I see q solid
phalanx of true Americanism that
knows no divided allegiance. I see
the humble citizens who worship
their government. I see the worthy
IONS Of those noble sires that sleep
in a hundred battlefields hallowed
by their blood. I see the grim de-
termination hat pervades them as
they resolve that this nation shall
not perish. I see them following a
shining helmet emblazoned with the
light of liberty and adorned by the
'oriflamme of right. A new Navarro
Is upon the field. Ills lance Is that
of law: his shield is that of Justice
and Democracy again triumphs led
and inspired by Pennsylvania
nobblest product whom I now name