The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-02-25
JOHNSON HITS
MATERIALISM
AS BIG EVIL
Declares EncrOachment UpOn
Government Must Be Met
With Firm Resistance
MAKES FARGO SPEECH
Candidate for President Opens
His Campaign in North
Dakota Saturday Night

h'''ioh anu Ills llIuc III IQG niue
GUS guise not only Of appropriation
but of purchase of the public do
main" Senator Hiram w. Johnson
OF California, declared in his frs
address on North Dakota soil a
Fargo Saturday night which for
merly launched the "Johnson-for
President" campaign in this state
The California presidential aspir
ant also discussed the agriculture
situation Of the northwest declar
ing that the one hope Of real ait
today is in the McNary-Haugen ex.
port corporation bill.
4 The auditorium was packed K
the doors. and hundreds of people
who had come to hear him were
turned away for lack of room
While the hall was being filled 4
band played several selections
The meeting opened at 8 wher
Judge Leigh J. Monson introduced
Usher l.. Burdick. who in turn in.
troduced the senator.
A feature of Senator Johnson's
address here was that it was
broadcast by the- Fargo Radia
Equipment Compa station
1t was estimated that at least 5000
people listened in on this speech Ia
Fargo alone, not TO mention the
thousands who heard it over the
radio in this state and elsewhere
The senator made a splendid i'm
preston on his audience. Judging
from the frequent and hearty ap.
plause accorded him. He possesses
a splendid voice and he spoke In
all .earnestness.
\ In review of other political
AND economic issues of the day,
Senator Johnson pleaded for:
l. Passage of a favorable adj
justed compensation bill-the i'm
mediate payment OF soldiers
bonus.
g A substitute for the Mellon
Tax Bill which would pay some
attention to the many with small
income"
3. Nonparticipation in the So
called 'League-COurt' which would
bring the United States eventually
into the League of Nations"
Y Scores Administration
The California presidential as
pirant however devoted a large
part of his address on the Tea Pot
Dome oil investigation in bitter
arraignment Of the present admin
istration.
"The time has come" he voiced
repeatedly, "for the entire Repub-
lican party to sweep its house and
keep it clean"
In reciting the agricultural con-
ditions OF the northwest, Mr.. John
son scored what he termed the
telling to the farmer by his Self
appointed friends in Washington
OF how they feel about the farmers
troubles, but that he must help
himself and become diversified
farmer"
"Diversification, where possible.
higher tariff, lower freight rates."
he added "all may be some service.
but Of all the plans presented, the
most promising now seems to be
the McNary-Haugen bill. OF
course, the government cannot
bring full prosperity to the farm
ing regions, but it can aid the
farmer and give him fair cha6ce
to win in the long struggle for
equity.
"The issues of this campaign
were clearly seen at its very, in
ception by the men and women
who have followed the government
tai trend" Mr.. Johnson said in
part. Recent events have etched
them with cameo like distinctive.
ness upon the public mind. The
situation was entirely clear orig
finally to a few but the sharp and
ugly shock of official corruption
had made it equally clear to those
whose attention by pressing neces-
sity is focused upon daily exist
ence. When MY candidacy was an
nounced, / said, Two warning
PHILOSOPHERS of government in the
nation, just as in the state from
which l come, struggle for mas
terly. Reaction and progress must
fight it out again in the Republic
can party in the coming presiden-
stial primaries l then questioned
not pen but their philosophy of
government and insisted that
which obtains at Washington does
not fit present day needs. Those
who have been close to the situa-
ton recognized not only the desir-
ability but the necessity for a
cleansing of the Republican, party,
understood it full we'll. All of the
people now know it full WE'LL
= "The situation had it's parallel,
although not in it's abhprrent. de-
tails in what happened two decades
ago. Materialism- as result Of I
extraordinary prosperity and the
gradual growth of corporate power
arrogated itself then the right of
control; and among
the great services performed by
Theodore Roosevelt for this nation,
none was greater than arousing the |
spirit of disinterested public serv-
ice and quickening the public con-
science. His Imprint was left up
on the times as we hoped indelibly,
to their publication and advantage,
and the benefit Of all the future - |
OPEN DEFENSE
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