SENATOR WHEELER OF
MONTANA DISCUSSES
NATIONAL CONDITIONS
Senator Wheeler of Montana. de
livered al Boston. Mass., recently. .1 j
spewh upon iKHion.il conditions pen
orally which is well worth reading.
Wo airo |v’.ti)lis.liin*4 soiree excerpts ot
tho same, bint the speech ran ho
found in itw entirety n the Con
gressional Reeeird of February 13.
1 ii24 at page 244. It wins printed
in ‘tho Record at the request of Sen
ator David 1. Walsh of Massachn
Tlio Outlook in Coiixn'ss
Senator Whoeler spoke as fo Blows :
“Ladies and gentlemca: To-night 1
shalll present the cause of t'ho Wst
and what I believe shot Id be the
cause of nho East—and especially
the cause of Massachusetts—anti t'he
outlook in Congress from a western
standpoint.
“In order, however, to ant»cipai'..e
the outcome of a campaign or to pre
determine the probable result of a
bottle. the military expert matt
know sonnetihing of the cfoarncter
and idtepoaition of the forces engag
ed. in order to discuss intelligently
the present Outlook in Congress’
wo nwist first take stock of the polit
ical elements of wh: !i Oorvress is
compos-d Wher- have t'hwy been,
where are they now. anti where do
they propose to go from here?
"In pbe evolution of ail representa
tive governments the wd! of t.h«
people has come to be expressed
tli-nough the media of poll thrall par
ties. These parties arc organiza
tions. more or less loosely formed
about some central economic issue.
Occasionally it .hum are social or other
factors Involved in the problems,
but these most always can be traced
back to some economic source. Thus
the question of human Mfnvory. while
involving a grea* moral principle
haul its origin in an economic issue
that divided the Nation and was tthe
underlying‘cause of the Civil War.
“It is true tliart th > two great par
tie- tihat came into being during tilie
first years of the Republic- the Fed
eral) i-4 a nd ant'-Federali st Parties—■
divided on the question of a ‘central
ized government.' a purely politfca-l
issue, but as soon as that was thrash
ed out. the people aligned theau
solwis nndu r the banners of the two
great fwrtits which under different
naam - have managed the affairs of
gcvorntmenl up in tin* present time.
And thet-** two great parties have
represented nnt'il recent velars dis
“With tiha* election of Thomas .1 »»ff
erson the olid nuti-Fedoratlist Party
disappeared and in it* place came
the Democratic Party, while the old
Federalists, .after their <l< lent tvap
ptared as the Whig Parly. The Whig
Party died in I860, and the Republi
can.. Dorn in isr.6. was -we.pt into
power on the issue of abolition. Since
then, for more t.'han 60 years, tihe po
litical contests have been between
these -two dominant parti-on reppe
s( n>i Prog divergent and usually oppn-!
sit* economic principles.
mutiny and rebellion in tJhe party j
owmps. Sometimes it has token the |
shape of a new political organization I
—a new political party. At other
times it has appeared in the Halls |
or Congress, where a group of for- j
wand-looking men. known jis pro
gressives or independents or radicate
have refused to submit to party dis- I
ciplino or to be governed by party j
"The Republican Party, dominated j
a« it has been Tor the last 50 years
by t’he ‘vested intenests,* and the
•predatory rich.1 lias been torn and
Vent by repeated insurrections. The
independent Republicans broke a
way and supported Horace Greeley,
the mugwumps kef! the reservation j
and voted for Grover (Cleveland. ]
then the Boll Moosem -led by Rootte- *
velt ca.me within an ace of running
away with the party and its mach
inery. Now there is a bunch of pro
gressives in Congress who are -caus
ing the man at the steering wheel all
kind-s of trouble. But that is not
nil; Hiram Johnson threatens to na.1
ly the B’bH Moosem and do to Cool
idge what Roosevelt, d’d to Taft.
And in the Shadow stand? Rohert M.
lift FoWetite. a potentiail and ever
present threat.
"Owing to changes in the econo
mic conditions cf the country, tihe
Old party lines te-re disappeared. It
1.=: true that, the Republican Party
still stands for high protection, and
tthe DemocruiHe Party for a low tar
iff- a tariff for revenue only. Rut
there are many Reipubiioans who be
Iif>vo ihat many of >*«ir industries do
not neod protection and lihat many
more are overproteetod. and there la
a prbwing rebellion in Republican
ranks a.alnst a tariff sub idy led by
thort** who believe in a tariff <»nly up
to tlhe point of protection under fair
competition. On the other hand,
there are Domoonats who are .taking 1
fur additional protection for some-;
Mr?og in which they or their friends
are •eis.pecfca'Hy lnter*«Lod. The South, i
which was once an advocate of a tar-1
iff for revenue onJy. sends to Con- :
greas several champ oils for protec
tion for southern products and in- j
duatries. So with m a ay of ttie fun-]
da.ine.ntai political! Issues it is becom-1
ing more m.nd more difficult to dls-,
tingu'.-h a Republican from a Demo
crat by wfttat be advocates. It has
b# i*n said of the Republican elephant |
that you can not tell by the look of j
its track whether it is going or com- -
in.' back.* ami this is largely true.'
loo, of tJie Democratic mule. j
"TUve overwhelming Republican |
victory of 1920 was the direct result j
of a national hysteria—the after- j
math of the war. There wore no J
rrconomic. moral or social principles
involved. It was the result of the j
unreasoning action of a mob. U was j
a victory of the reactionary element j
—and was made possible bocaitsv
that el lenient controlled practicality j
u' rho avenue? of pr>>paganda and i
u-*d them to stampede tin* j**ople. J
The election ..f 1922. however, re- '
versed the verdict of 1920. riMlucing
tie- maijority in both Houses of Con-j
grass, and by rj^ason of tihls a mere
handful of Senators and Representa
tives aro iikelly to prove a thorn in
tht side of the* administration. For
this 'handful of Senators and Ropr“
s/ n’nt-ivw are iprogressi-ves—radiccifls
if yon prefer —who hold the Iw.laie.e
of ipoweir in both Houses.
who represent itfi.- same economic
idea*. th« Maine Hu uncial ami imius
1 Kilt tors. t'he conservative who arc
saiteafied with. the the things as they
are ami are shy at. every new idea, j
They siL with their faces to the past. ,
A <*LHi'tig«* to them means retvoluttion. |
however inaioceitt. they imagine the> |
• a eospiracy to overthrow the ,
Government and place a rid flog in j
t he White House. These men. no i
•matter wlvait Choir poHitira.1 align-:
ni*.*ii,t, belong'ito one party —the re
adt-iouary. the conservative .party. j
that is. and always will be opposed
to human iprogress. They represent J
hit*} sarnie type of mind as the royal-j
;<st of Europe, of the Czar. t‘he Kaaser |
and other rubers who have brought i
e to the verge of «rolla|ise. ,
ire for the established order >*f
ntigardUss of w'ho established ,
"Then we have Che progressive Re
puliticans and tihe progressive Ih»n
tVrwand-looking n
the N ait ion. Thei
the rising sun.
the world moves
alike in everything ■
stand f<*r Che siume j
i made up of the j
len ami women of 1
r faces are toward
They believe that |
and that we as a 1
Nation should move with it. They
htture s-.n al>outiding faith in Che great
itess of this Nation and id ithe g.od
sense of Che c-oantmon people, be- j
cause. as Lincoln «aid. God has made j
si' many of thorn.
"I must not fail to mention the two ;
Farmer-Labor Senators. These men
represent an intelligent protest
against the dominance of ithe reac
tionary element in both, old parties.
They are classified with the progres
sives in the political line-n.p and n<>
doubl will be found voting for pro
gressive measures.
“With this marshaling of forces
what is ithe outlook for lcginllation
during this session of Congress?
Whiait measures are demanded by the
peopffe?
“Prat. There is an insist.rmt de
mand that something be done for
the relief of the farmers of the Na
‘•Second. An adjustment of oltr
tax laws tw more equitably dUstrib
irte the burden, so that those wfeo
took advantage of the exigenofc* of
the WT:r do accumulate •profits, pay
out «f tlnxw profits the expenses of
“Thtnd. An adjusted campon sa
ition to those who sacrificed their
I business and their jobs to suffer
! burnish:; s and rtsk their lives aft the
j call of their country.
“Fourth. As a step toward the ro
j 1 *-t of the farmers of the country
| and as an act of justice to the pub
lic gem rally the repeal of the Eseli
('.MnnufiiH law ami a reduction of
: freight and passenger rates,
i "Fifth. A reiViwJon of the Federal
; nftcrve banking law to the end that
these great financial Institutions be
wo run that there will be no discrim
ination against t* e small merchants.
I the farmers and the laborers or any1
I class of citizens.
| “President Cooldgc disposes of
the demands of the ex-service men.
I who fought to a finish the World
{War, in just n.ine words: ‘I am not,
!ic. favor of a bonus.' I do not like j
the word bonus when applied to our i
r* turned soldier*. 1 am not in favor J
of a gif* or a premium or a subsidy
U> anyone, not even to the Steel i
Trust nr the shipping interest*. But
I am in favor of the United States
paying its just debts. If you owe the i
men Who fought the war a further
'•ixnipenwaftion,, and l think we do, tt 1
should be paid oven if we have to .
inorestse he taxes on the profits of j
-buwitu«w during sind after tihe war to j
juiy it. We a?R retiiember what we
promised the boys when they were
called upon to fight for world dem
ocracy. There was nothing too good
frr thieiin— not even the $1.20 per
dav did not thou seem excessive— 1
; would be sufficient to buy them
c garottes white they fougUit in the
truuiChiee. Hut when they caone back J
i* was another story. Tihe interests, j
relieved of the fear of German Ln- 1
vaslon and a (possible indemnity, had
r..i further use for the boys who had ,
risked the perils of war that they j
might pile up -profits at home. It is j
simply a question, of compensation j
for service rendered. If the Xa-ttou ;
owes it. !tec dhie debt be paid, anil
!bait without any more bickering.j
( i ngress recognized the prineiipfte of J
adjusted cwnipensaition when it ;
granted a Inin us of $20 per month to |
einiployees in Washington in recog- ■
n it ion oft the increased cost of living.
“One of the chief causes of the i,
present deplorable condition in the ;,
farming distrDcts is the excessive ;,
freight, rates charged by the rail-],
roads and authorized by the inter-,
static* Commerce Commission under (
the Bsch-Ouawmijns law. Even the :
Pres idem t in his annual mess age t » ■
Congress said 'Competent authori-1
ties agree that an entire reorganizu-!
tion of the reife s>truoture for freight 1
M necedssaiy.' This may nvau some-M
thing ami M may mean nothing. Thai
there is something rotten in Den- M
mark' everyone but the railroads'*
the-mselview admits.
•‘Wherever the Esch-Cutr eins lav j
IS made an issue In flic last i'
nearly every Wester. Stat-. -he pro- j
nonents of ttn law and ‘hos=> who
general rul-'. ictiired to pr;'-ale life.
I do not intond to discuss the '.ratn
portMtion problem, it is too bin a sub
■j; • ■ f to cvr- touch upon p.-r \ bui _
! '>;» want lcadl attention to the
chairman or the Interstate * ir- !
rnerce Committee. Notwithstanding J
the mandate of Mve ix*oi»Te wherever I
they have haul a chance to express!
themselves, demanding the repeal of 1
tliis law, the majority of the Repub- j
Mean Senators and one Democrat— !
Senator Bruce of Maryland—contln- j
i.e to vote for Cummin® for chairman I
of this important committee which
has charge or railroad legislation, j
This was the first test of strength In 1
tihe Senate and the result is uncer- ,
■'Fully 50 per cent of the hanks in j
the North-west have been financially i
embarrassed during Che ka«» two j
yearn anti many have closed their •
doors, and unless something be done |
to roitettre the situation many will i
■oh se. darling tihe coming year. There j
wholesale falluros are the direct re
sult rtf the deflation .policy ordered
by the Federal Reserve Board In
1920. The sudden and arbitrary
contraction of credit so deflated the
ipricee of farm .products that the
i farm ere of flhie Nation were robbed
to tihe tune of more than $5,000,000
000 on a single crop. And property
vs:lues decreased more than $15,
000,000.000 in a oimgile year, this
amount being -more than hailf of the
total debt contracted by our Govern
ment during the war. This is why
the West demands n change ft) the
management of Che Federal reserve
system from that o-r the bankers of
Wall Street Ho Government controls
“What 1* the outlook in Congre*?a
li rosyan* to legidution on these Im
portant questions? It to too early to
reriCure a goefce. We know w'halt the
people want, but will tihe rcafetionairy
fences allow remedial measure* to
oars? Yonr gueas will be as good
as mine. All I cam say is the pro
still hope to accomplish
. so hum hi nn.
•‘No mat tor wihat the. Senate and
i Hmse may do. a hero' stiill remains
I the chance of a presidential veto. In
jt*!s iinnual message the President
I has fraakly joined with the reaction
ar'es of the Nation. On the railroad
situation ho mid in substance. ‘The
f»<>igh» rates aro hitrh in plows—
they tnuts be adjusted, bat capital
must is* protected.’ but ho made no
r* comtinondatiOn about, squeezing the
water out of the railroads.
•‘To the demand of the farmers for
nr:ljeif ho said, in effect. You people
you farmers in the West don’t
know when you are well off. You
an gettin".; a bigieer income chan y.-u
ever had berforo. A.!l> you have to do
i<i to organize and raise less wheat—
diversify, and you wi!l> be happy.’
T-» the soldiers, ?n effort he said,
• You w< re paid enough for the work
you did. and w« do not intend to
take anv of t’ho .f t'*, of ilhe war
profiteers of co^rrey. ifcpping class to
,psiy you any mr:’ far what you did.*
“There are a number of other
qi options thalt are 'ikoly to come up (
in the course of this session of Con-j
cress. Some of thorn ere admims-1
tra-rivo. liloo owr foreign relations.]
vrhfoh affect our markets and busi- j
ness genera illy. Shall we help solve ]
thf conom'ic problems of Europe or j
follow- the Hnghios policy of isola- j
tion. -continue to sins the hymns of ;
hat<> and let the world so to sma'tli? !
“You people* here in the Bust are !
interested in the price and the sup-'
ply of coa.l. You need it in your bee j
in ess—you need it in your homes to (
kee?*1 warm. The coal question j
comes ciliose to you. in his inaiugu-r- ;
al address the President sa*id that |
Me- pr:ce of coal was outra-gooiualy i
hih*;; • TTn eai/1 that the price ought
to he reduced and pro fit (coring elim- j
im.ited. but. all the Government could j
(i.. was to ascertain tb*> facts as it
pad done through the coail commis
sioner and letave it (o the Coal Trust
pi <Lni the right thne. If 'they did
ret do the right thing, then it m'rgh: j
h well to pivblfch that fart also—- !
ft.-n they would be good. We have]
nuehied the point where publHc.ity
hi- th* effect. The coal barons can
'snap their finger at the foeman’s
taunts’ and wit'll Va-nderbilt te.ll the
ipub'iic to be damned.’ The Oovern
rr.ent has. spent $600,000 on the coal
commission and publicity but still
I hr price of coal went up.
“Saiwuel Rrti>, head of the Peiui
sylvanlb Ra'lroad. came to the
White House- to toll the President j
what itim 'policy of the administra
tion Should bo toward the it'uliroad.-v j
Mt/efr tflic con'Oejremie President Cool
icVge said: ‘I told Mr. Flea that rates
L'spiHnailly on coal an d whdat must
be reduced. I told him than the
pcopilje. of Now England, for example,
ice coal beinig drawn pa*# their
homes into Canada for lower rates
than they have to pay. i said to Mr.
Rea t.hat there .may be some sound
?<onom.ic po»cy to justify this but
ll.e fpoondle of tlu> country must newer
be allowed to believe fh'.tt they are
being (treated -U*w favorably titan the
pmtple oif any other coun/try.’
‘‘President Iltxi raUirn^d. to PeHJi
syJvania and ehoiy.ly thereafter the
railroad executives announced that
under no circumstances would the
nAbroad rat«*» be red.ui««d—and there j
is no indication that they will be re-1
domed unless Congress takes a hand, j
You men nnnember how the old Bos- |
•on & Maine and the New York. Ntr !
Haven & Hartford Railroads were
considered among the strongest and
best in the country. Tho.t- bonds
wi re considered as good if not bti
tcr than those of the Government.
You doubtless remember, too, hmv
they were looted, and the money of
the widows and orphans of good eld
New England families that was >’ •
vested therein was taken by ,se
«»trok gamblers in Wdl Street. Nc
thing has been suggested by ‘he Gov
ernment to prevent a repetition cf
tii,t, every effort rs> put forth t°
e ect Senator Cummras. who had
faithfully served the railroads
chairman of the Interstate Com
merce (’••mmiittee by 'he jailnad,
bloc in the Senate..
“In a recent statement giver to
the press, Herbert Hoover tain er. ml
the decline of party solidarity and
. the formation of blocs for the pur
' pose of securing or preventing de
sired or obnoxious legislation. He
| doubtless had in mind the BO-caWed
j progressive bloc which successfully
blocked the ship-subsidy bill during
the last scission, of the Si*ty-sevewth
; Congress and which now interferes
1 v.-iHh tine orderly workings of the re
actionary Republican machine.
! “I dio not oare to discir-s the ad -
| vantages or disadvantages of two
party ruke, but the 'bloc' in Ameri
can legislation is no new thin*, as
the Ser ret airy of Commerce seems to
think. We haw© always had tihetn
The financial bloc has always taken
care of the Uvtecws of Wall a'Toet;
Ithie railroad bloc never lost eight cf
| the tntereo's of the raWroads.
i '‘Just now the progressive bloc is
receiving condemnation «f the reg
; ulars who do not seem to be able to
i uu del* land tfinet {psychology of a pro
! promt ve. What is a ,progressive? A
( progressive is one who does not be
j lieve that aJl vintnm and .honor and
• knowledge is in the past. A pro
gneeoiMe hats tittle rehpeot for old
(things simply betouuse they are rtld.
|He has faiith ip the ultimate triumph
iof the rflght and believes in the fu
Iture. Were it not for the jurogrvvw
j ices this world would be a stagnant
world. The progressive Is not aifrad
jof new ideals—he will try out most
' anything once. Abraham was a prin
| p i essi ve. W hen. the L«>rd appeared
'•and said unite hiitn. 'Get the*? o<ut of
: ihe country and from thy kindred
and from thy father's house Into the
land that. I shall show thee and 1;
[v. M intake tihea a great nation,’ he
did not hesitate but went. He evi- I
j dently wanted to see it he world and.
j better hl» condition—he wanted tw |
enlarge his horizon, get a broader]
view. So he went to Canaan. while
had he been a standpatter he would i
have (Stayed alt home and lived and j
died in Horan.
"We aim hearing a great deal |
about radicals. We hear of red rad- ’
icals. radicals of the pink variety, j
Radfoa'Vs wfith whiske-m presumably ;
fnjported direct from Russia and j
1mt .p’lain radicals without any frin- I
g*\s ot trimmings. These radicals >
ore supposed txi be dangerous crea
tures. forever plotting to overthrow |
the Government. Indeed, we are j
told 'tllnat thiey inter.d to plant a r>d
flag on the White House. What is J
a .radical' anyway? I)o any of you {
know? Did you ever see a genuine I
Tad Seal ? A friend of mine whp is :
an authoriitv on. subject of rad- j
icals 'told me that a radical is a pro- ■
fcrefisive who ludieves in what he ad- ,
"i have been, nailed a radical and I j
rather like it. because It ptact's me .
in *u< h good company. Christ was!
thf• greatest <rad «v»l of aH •tlnue.. He ;
was a breaker of idols, the herald of)
i mew dm: He was miliifant ; He j
pocrisy; -He preached p» a<
and good will toward im
Heved in what He advea
heroes—they were souls
While the men they agonized for
hurled the contumelious stone:
Stood s.-ppnH and down the future)
saw the golden beam incline
To itibe side of |K.»rfect justice. !
mastered by their fa>th divine.
hood. and *to God's supremo design.' '
“As a native son of Massachusetts |
1 am ipriomd erf its history. 1 aim nrou 1 '
of t.h« litile group of rad caU that j
landed at Plymouth Rock. i am
proud to be numbered aimong the j
radicals of the Revolutionary period j
—•men. like Samuel Adams and Han- |
rock and Warren,. ol'd Israel Putnam i
and that fiery radical from Virginia, |
I’afjriek iHenry—a 10 radicals who i
were ready to sacrifice their lives, J
•their fortune® aird Huwr sacntMi lion-j
or for the caiuse in which they be- |
•Moved.
•‘f am proud to b<* c.latfesed as a na«l- j
ioa.l with Paul Revere whose urticl- |
night ridetfo amu«r the minute men !
made us a Nation.. VVe ;.H> do honor j
to /the mdlealR who were nwtpouniWe |
for 'the Boston Tea Party. We aid- j
mire the radidniln who fought at I^ex- '
inigtun and Bunker Hill. We honor 1
Charles Summer for his radical stand |
On the subject of slavery. It is ow- j
ing <bo itfhe work of her radical sons j
that Massachusetts lias been a'ble to .
lead the processHot of national prog- ;
re*s in. every crisis. As a native son |
! rejoice in the good fortune of an j
adapted son of t.he State <Uhat made j
him President of the greatest Nation j
on earth. but I regret that his polit- ]
leal philosophy is so different from i
that of the distinguished sons who ;
haw represented Massachusetts in
the .past. 1 hope his administration
will bring glory to his adopted State,
hut I fear his ipolicy will bring joy
to Wall Street and anguish to the
[hearts of the people as a whole.
“On this occasion that marks the
one hundredth tn>iles(toine In the mis
sionary work of the church, it is
pleasant to iremdraber that the
church has ever been progressive
i< hap neveir beeat af-rold of a neiw
idea. That is the reason why we are
here celebrating the century of pro
gressive and aggressive missionary
work In every corner of the world.
If Bishop Blake and Doctor Hart
man had been cast in the regular
mould of conservatism. had thev not
the cmra*r° of !*?»*• con
victions, the MethodVe of this reen
try might stM1* he believing the men
dacious propaganda about Russia,
framed «up and broadcasted by the
lying sleuths of Burns’ detective
agency and the paid propagandists.
"The Methodist Church has a won
derful opportunity to be at service,
not only in Rumfe. and other foreign
mfcsi unary fields, but right here in
I America. You 'have am opportunity
[and 1 believe It is you.r duty not only
tr> take your Mtrthodtatn wtth you
Into like church <m Sunday, but take
ii wkih. you ln»to the workshop, imto
the store, the hank. »ui1 than into
the politics of Massaichusettts ami
America. Use your united itiftaenco
to send men U» the Congress of the
United: States who are progressive m
thought g.nd bolfcwe in what they ad
Vf>cato; inrtn who are not afraid of
a now idea.; mem who have eonvio
tions and hove the courage to main
tain them; mem who uxe rcMponsivo
to the will of the common musses of
humanity. If you are afraid to d.*
so. »if the economic tpr«j«»ure is too
•strong for you, itf you are too weak
kneed to etiuiui up and be counted;
if you luck the'intestinal .■eiainina to
fight the good tight for the economic
freedom of fhe mass, a as y<mr f o re
fit hors fouglill for political 'freedom
m 1776. then the ChruM. When He re
turns will net recogni/,*1 you as hia
followers, nor wonId John Wesley
recognize you as a Methodist if ho
could reLurn to the materia'listie
“I*«t the spirit of seventy-six be
abroad m .the land and let ,the proud
sons and daughters of old New Eng
land load the vanguard of progress
toward intellectual, politica1! and
economic freedom.
"You people feel that as Christ
iana and MeKJhodists you sliould "be
charitable; that yo-u should, out of
y.oir abundance give to the poor and
needy; that you should comfort the
v.idmiw -and care tor the faUierh-ss;
that the State should provide homes
for the Hndigent and hiolpkise, pemi
tentiliairJosrfor the. orimiinals, and as
ylums -for t.he unfortunate. We ber
lf.-ve in tfrfl do n.ll "h?ri* and
wt preach morality from the puljpirt,
hut we oil know that ithese are only
..ufward applicaltions to relieve tihe
1 .ttiefnt for the time being. Why not
pr deeper u.nd remove the cause?
•The paojple of Now England
f,Night 'to free the, chattel slaves of
rh-e earth. We honor Charles Sujn
ner for it he hrave and constant tir-'ht
he .mode for individual and poli tical
freedom of tho'negroes of the Souith,
but wbtut are you whio honor hi*
memory dotaur to free the worker* of
the North aiTid South from economic
“When malaria and other forms uT
disease are prevalent it is well and
proper to adimin tetter to the. sick and
do all we cam tin assist them to re
cover their truanth.. hut who will Hay
that it is n«*t 'infinitely better to
spend money ami effort to remove
the caiuso of the disease?
“I>o you realize h..w mi» a tiling
conragie is_real courage*—the cour
age thalt will ldad a charge against
overwhelming odds? The mwt of
r.s would rather follow th« lines of
least r<«sistan.on. We had much
mother go around the hiTl *5tnm over
it. Our ministers are perfectly safe
. long an they con fin * their preach
ing's moral ethics and hand out
ihomeapaChdc doses (»f m«na.l ■phiti
todes, hut the moment they attempt
t:» apply the surgeon’s knife and out
out the core of the disease, if that
disease ha pin -ns to have an economic
origin, the lB»ng»‘*st contributors are
likely to object and the da-ring min
ister. the dteotpie of truth, is called
| to another charge.
■ “ But I honor the man who is will
| Half his present repute for the
freedom to thi'nk,
I An when he has thought, be hia
cause strong or weak,
j Will risk tother half fof the frea
| doni to speak.
1 Caring naught for the vengeance
: the mob has in store.
Be that mob the upper ten thous
and or lower.’
“The of her night I spoke ill Balti
more. In opening the meeting the
chairman, said that ij>nior to the time
when the people hiad a chance to vote
directly for United States Senator*
their Bail'll m our system of represen
itative government, although not
(broken, was badly bent. And wheat
'we remember the eternal struggle
j between tihe forces of right and ^
( wrong with—
I “ ‘Truth forever on the scaffold,
j wrong forever on the thiroou*-’
••But let us remember always
“ ‘That scaffold sways the future,
and behind the dim unknown
Stan doth God within the shadow
keeping watch above his own.’
During the last three years tiho
] faith of the people of the- West in
t'he power thait run* the dhtop of
I State has been badly bent . Their
j property has been ruthleeefy taken
! from t!h«etm by a- financial olgarchv
by a system of deflation that has no
parallel In economic history. They
have repeatcirfly asked Wa^Ungtton
for breed, am' so far they h«*n
given a stone. Their only hope now
rest* in the influence off ** enHght
er.ed publte sen/tiiw«nit that will force
from a reactionary, majority a ipofcey
of common joetice’ and a square
deal.”