Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-05-09
RI A BE DONE.

m CAN BE DONE.
There need be no doubt that political csnditions In
Nortn Dakota can be mended, and. that, during the APP
preaching campaign. There arc always those WHO are
humorous and fearful. who fear to undertake a task be.
cause there is a possibility that their efforts may not
succeed. Tnere has never been a time In the history of
North Dakota and it may be said, in the history of any
1Ate' when II the sober sentiment of the majority Of
the people in favor of sane. stable. and orderly govern.
ment could be organized and asserted, it would fail to
effect any needed reforms.
1t Is true that desirable reforms ara not .,r.vs
brought about at the right time. Sometimes there is
long and costly delay. The reason for this in nearly
all cases is not that there is not sufficient sentiment
in favor Of reform. but that it is not sufficiently ~.
serted. There has been in progress for the past four Or
hve years a fight against socialism in North Dakota,
against permitting the affairs of the state to be used
Tor the promotion Of vicious political movements ana
Tor the exploitation of equally vicious economic policies.
1t ID true that the state has suffered because the control
OF Its affairs has been vested in the hands Of men com
mitted to socia1tstic doctrine: But it is equally true that
the friends Of good government have been making a
winning fight ever since the fight started.
The Townley combination started in with a state
wide and very compact organization which at the BE-
ginning swept everything before it. Townley had his
forces organized; his opponents did not: and orsaniza-
ton won. But ever since the friends Of good. govern
ncnt really undertook seriously to combat the Tovnfey
propaganda they have been gaining in strength, q fact
which 10 deEnonstrated by the returns from succeeding
elections. -
In boxing over. the records Oh the bex1nninksA OF
this active contest. the Herald has come acroas a copy
~ W OAV As - AlV0L o. w &QQSs
ton 1T a meeting held in Grand Forks April Is. 1917.
Tho nsht then was re6lly just beginning. There were
those who were discouraged by the successes at the
polk Id the previouS campaign Of the Totnley fraction.
Tho Grand Forks meeting was held to devise methods
to conabaG this movement and to organize 4 real cam
Epatsn.. Mt. Ddvet reviewed the history Of the rown1ey
movement from the beginning, told particularly Of the
high commanding methods which had been undertaken
during tho legislative session just closed. and urged all
those who were in favor OF restoring order and sanity
to the government of the state to bestir themselves, or
GaHiZe for a n infensiCe cannairn and foL suck o.%;4~
as would avert dangers which then Threatened the state.
In closing his address, Mr.: Divet saidy
Some say to me, This is a big undertakings that
1t is to be q big job, that it cannot be done. that this
organization spent half a million dollars in building IT.
self up and entrenchins itself, that it Is beyond the
ability Of any organization that can BE formed here and
now to go out and combat 1t SUCCESSFULLY. OH. my
friends, that is the spirit Of the shirker; that is the
spirit that We might have adopted in the legislature II
we had seen at and come out unscathed and uncrihcised
by those who, 40 it has been, arc heapinR abuse and
making enemies; there il no use Of hurting ourselves
but gentlemen. as your representatives we did not do
that-we took the Tight up and made it, ana took our
chance upon wnat the result might BE. Are you. as tho
principals, going to do less than your agents did 2. Are
you. Is the masters, going to shirk a responsibility that
your servants took upon themselves? The job is not
too big. It is not too big If It is approached in the right
|spirit-f it Is approached in the spirit that possesses men
to do things in the world. approached in the spirit Of
determination to do"
II know 4 verse; do not know who its author is,
but it reads like this: &
Somebody said that it could not Be done,
But he, with = chuckle, replied
That maybe it could not.
But he would be one.
Who would not sy % till he tried;
So he buckled right in with q bit Of a grin
On his face: if he worried. he did it:
And he started to aing rs he tackled the thing,
That couldn't be done: I'D he did it,"
"rhat is the spirit in which this Job must be tackled;
and II, with that spirit, You mon who are here today
perfect IN organization for the pronulkAtion Of the truth,
f.SI Hr ..s-a 49, Y>.si 49, - ALx 90 .t....
socialisAc movement in North Dakota will have dis
appeared when the svotss IRE cast at the next general
lelection."
The faxs stated BY Mr.. rtvet we're then undeniabl4.
The task tb be undertaken vas one which called for
hard work and lots OF IT, and success wAs assured II
proper eRott4 ware put forth. This 10 equally true to-
day. the words uttAred BY NJ. Dtvet four years aso
Apply e4uaAy % the e4rApaign o. this year. Moreover,
ths prAdistlon OF success made by Mr.. Davst has been
tv1nAtd It u true that because Of peculiar conditions,
the 1oeiaauts bettersd their standing in4ofAr ~ It a.
feGtsd control Of the letiaiAfufe. but the record shows
that their naajorihes At elen t~ictAedint election have
tbAan st4adily diminishing uuti1 IN the lat campaign they
es1Ap4d total defeat ~ the nafTowast possible lAaxe4n.
and wAfG sctually defeated by ! large majority on every
lpropoats4n which did not Involve national party poNues.
rhA zine IL ripe NOW 70 bring forth sexual ana practical
results 81 TIE iabors which have been put forth during
the pAsk years. The prospect has never been better,
and iii that u neceAaay to Insure success is unity Of
spirit ana unity OF effort. With the unconquerable de-
lternt1aton to win.
speatans q prices, sugar Is bsing sold q $i4a Z
tpound. This II not the ordinary sugar that people put
ltn thSr sa66se, but . substance called Mannose, which il
made from the shaytnEs Of the Ecqiador ivory nut an
esrssa sfrcna the button factories. The sugar IL used IN
csrfsin cAeniaI Laboratory work. ana there Is NO known
l6ukAttAte fe III Ihs redpcn0n insthe cot Of living has
no sasesssa ~ prfce sf mis- stu6. J.
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