The Nome nugget., 1924-05-03

, understand tire psychology Of a pro- ! Presive. What is progressive? A progressive is one who does not be- : lieve that all yirture and honor and
 knowledge is ill the past. A pro-
 gressih'e has little respect for Oh things simply because they are old.
 He has faith in the ultimate triumph of the right and believes in the fu- ture. Were it not for the progrss- ives this world would be a stagnan. world. The progressive Is not afra'd of new ideas-he will try out most anything once. Abra hahn was a pro- lPressiye. When the Lord appeared and said unto him, Get thee out of the country and from thy kindred and from thy fathers house into the lard that I shall show thee and I will make thee great nAtion. he did not hesitate hut went. He evil
 1ently wanted to see the world and he tier his oondition-he wanted ho enlarge his horizon, get broader view So he went to Canaan, while had he been standpatter he would have stayed alt home and lived and died in Heran.
 | "We are hearing great deal about radicals. We hear Of red rad icals. radicals of the pink variety. : T ! tet- k~l imported direct from Russia and ] just plain radicals without any frin- res or trimmings. These radicals are supposed to be dangerous crea- tures, forever plotting to overthrow l the Government. Indeed, We are told tilat they intend to plant red a radical anyway? Do any of you know? Did you ever see genuine radical? A friend of mine who is an authority on thA subject of rad icaIs told me that radical is pro- gressve who believes in what he ad- vocates
 d I rather like it. because it places me in such good company. Christ was l the greatest rad cal of all time He vas Il breaker of idols. the herald of a new day; He was militant; He itlrove the money changers out of r6e ternphe; He denounced cant and hy- Eocrisy; He preached paace on earth and good will toward men: He be lieved in what He advocated ard they crucified Him. "'Count me OCT ear;h's oh osen lheroes-they were souls that stood alone. While the men they agonized for hurled the cuutumelious stone: Stood serene and down the future saw the golden beam incline To the side of perfect justice. mast cred by their faith divine. i By ona mans plain truth 10 man hood, and to Gods supreme design ! ''As native son of Massachusetts [ ' t"i the little group of rad calls thant landed at Plymouth Rock. am pruid to be numbered among the radicals of the Revolutionary period l-men Like Samuel Adams and Han cock and Warren. old Israel Putnam and that fiery radical from Virginia, | n,k, ,,M xldltn were ready to sacrifice their lives. itheir fortunes arh their sicnsd hon or for the cause in which they be- IEeved.
 1 "T am proud to be classed as q rad cal with Paul Revere whose mid night ride to arouse the minute men made us a. Nation. We ;.H do honor to the rhdicals who were responsible for the Boston Tea Party. We ad- mire the rakiicals who fought at Lex ington and Bunker Hill. We honor Charles Summer for his radical stand On the subject of slavery. It is ow- ing to tIne work of her radical sons that Massachusetts has been able to lead the procession of national prOg- ress in every crisis. As native son rejoice in the good fortune of an addpted son of the State that made him President of the greatest Nation on earth. but I regret that his polit- ical philosophy is so different from that of the distinguished sons who ihave represented ssachusetts in the past. I hope his administration will bring glory to his adopted State, but I fear his policy will bring joy to Wall Street and anguish to the !hearts of the people as a whole.
 "Op this occasion that marks the lone hundredth milestone in the mis-