Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-08
A LODGES SPEECH

ON III
dfBfontent with all forms of govern
ment or control and In, the readiness
and eagernees to destroy even the
fundamental principles of a free and
orderly civilization without which law
and order organized society, the pos
stbnites OF progress and the chance
for happiness cannot exist. This state
of mind born Of the war is the gravest
o~hstaclosin the essential work of res
tor1ng . shattered world and making
the great victory a blessing to man
kind. In order to succeed at all We
must understand this mental and
moral condition. We must allow for
1t. We must be very patient. We
must steady our efves We must be
tolerant and above all, open-minded.
We must call on a common sense
and self restraint. The complex prob
lem cannot be evaded n it must be
dealt with in such q way rs to pre-
serve the foundations of society and
enable us, those once secured, to ad-
vance steadily. hurriedly but al
way In order. toward every reform,
every Improvement. every form of
true progress which will help man
kind. 1t is a gigantic task for any
government or n party. No party
and no government can succeed unless
they a it bravely, looking facts al
ways In the face and determined to do
heir best-never promising what they
cannot perform and never yielding to
the facile temptations Of momentary
success
One Of our great political parties
has failed to meet-nay. is in a con
siderable responsible for, the
perilous conditions Of the hour. The
only other organized political force
encircling dangers is the Republican
party. II that too fails and breaks
down. the Russian descent into BAR
barism will begin to draw near. Such
en- end Is uncomfortable with the
American people but they must real
lie III peril and drive it back into
the darkness whence it comes. We,
therefore succeed. We u not know
defeat when the great responsibility
comes to u hands To the service
of 1850 we must add a like service in
1920. No larger victory at any time
could be won by any political party.
We nus both earn and deserve it. We
did not fail in the Civil war. We
shall not. must not fail now.
In order to render to our country
the service which we desire to render
and which we can accomplish in large
measure, at least, If we undertake it
with all our ability and in a disinter-
ested public spirit, we must have the
opportunity for service. That oppor-
tunity can only come through our
being entrusted by the people with
both the legislative and the executive
authority. To this end Mr.. Wilson and
his dynasty. his heirs and assigns, or
anybody that is his. anybody who with
bent knee has served his y purposes,
must be driven from all control, from
all fuenc upon h government Of
the United States. They must be
driven from Office and power not be-
cause they are Democrats but because
MT. Wilson stands for a theory of ad-
m1nlstration and government which is
not American. His methods, his con-
slant ii indirect assaults upon the
constitution and upon all the tradi-
tons OF free government, strike at the
very life of the American principles
ways rested. The return of the Demo-
Gratis to power with Mr.. Wilson or one
of his disciples still the leader and
master of a great party, which before
his advent possessed both traditions
n principles, would be a long step
in the direction of the autocracy for
which Mr.. Wilson yearns and a heavy
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resentative government as we have
always conceived and venerated 1t.
n peril inseparable from Mr.. Wilson
ana his system goes far beyond all
party divisions, for it involves the
fundamental question Of whether the
government Of the United States shall
be a government of laws and not Of
men. whether it shall be a free repre-
government or that of a
dictatorship resting Of a plebiscite
carried by repellent methods. Mr..
7 Wilson and the ~autocracy he repre-
sents, and all which those who believe
in his doctrines and share his spirit
represent must be put aside and con-
clusively excluded from any future
throughout the campaign, for it is
the first condition of our ability to
enter upon the path which will carry
us Onward to true progress and to
Wiser laws. 1t is the path of Wash
ington, OF Lincoln and Of Roosevelt
from which Mr.. Wilson has sought
to drag us. We can only regain it by
and his associates who have thus en-
deavored to turn us from the right
road into the dark and devious ways
which with all nations lead to de-
struct1on. We therefore make our
appeal for support to all who love
America. to all. whatever party name
they happen to bear. who are true to
faith of the fathers, to join with
us In this great work of redemption.
The defeat of the present administra-
ton n all it means t~ranscends in
importance every other question and
all immediate and dominant issues
are bound UP with it. Without thai
defeat every chance of the right
settlement Of the mighty questions
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not later, will depart.
Our First Duty As Americans
The ground thus cleared, 1t Is our
drst duty as Americans to ~re-establtsh
certain essential principles which have
been both shaken and invaded
shaken by the shock of war, invaded
by those who had their own selfish
thes country's danger.
The earliest beliefs Of men reveal
the trust Of mankind in order, as the
divine conqueror OF chaos and eternal
night. A famous poet tells us that
order is Heavens first law" and his
tory repeats the same injunction. All
the civilization ever built up and
treasured BY mankind has rested upon
the establishment of law and order.
Law and order, the supports Of true
liberty. the hrm foundations of pros
perity and progress have always
ruled in the United States and have
been very dear to the hearts of the
American people. They must never
be weakened or impaired unless we
are ready to see all that We have
CAREFULLY built up go down in. ruin
and men forced once more into the
strusgie against chaos. followed by
the slow and toilsome climb out of
tho darkness Of anarchy to the height
OF freedom and accomplishment. To