The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-10-28
DONOVAN SPEAKS
TO THE BoTTINEAu PEoP PLE
At TIE SCHOOL HOUSE. =

At 4pHB soHoo4 HOUSE:
Notwithstanding the very inclrtnent
weather large and intelligent audience
ct the school house, Saturday
evening to listen to the address of DR.. P
G. Donovan, Of Pembina county, the
of the Democratic party tor
member Of the Council from the 2lst
legislative district.
DR. Donovan, after being introduced
by Col.. Ely, addressed the audience in
scholarly manner which showed him to
be man in every way qualified to merit
the suffrages Of the people at the polls
on the 81 day of November. The Dr.
during the course Of his discourse, stated
tn It he was native; Of Canada, having
been in this country for about Ave years
and gave;his reasons why. after long and
c ,reful considerations, he bad cast his
lot with the Democrats. He said, that
on the side of the Republicans were ar
ray led gigantic haonopolies and r'ilroad
interests which have been fostered and
protected by the Republican, party until
now, o~ ing to the vast wealth they have
accumulated under this protective s!s-
tenn, they are 'sble to. dictate terms to
the workingman, TO keep down the price
Of products of the farmers and to hold
through their ill gotten opulence gre It
h md on the producer and laborer, On
the other hand was the Democracy, rep
resenting the interests of the producer
and laborer in striving to give tht m
the world for a market without the
restrictions of tariff, honestly striving to
reform the abuses of the past, ss has
cen amply showT hyfs saving, during
the facal year of 1884, of Is milliona Of
dollars t" the government and the restor-
alton Of so millions of acres Of land to
the public domain, which had heen
granted to the mon6polies in the form o.
railroads, which has been the policy Of
the Republican party to auhsi'lizr and
strengthen. The speaker eul"giz-d Pres.
i.ient Cleveland in high terms, claiming
tor him an honesty of purpose and .
sincerity in we'll d. ing which h oharac-
terized no chief executive for many years
past; that his official career has clearly
proven that he hss the interests of the
people of the United States at heart. DR..
Donovan c'osed his address with an apol.
ogy for it's shortness, saying it WAS owing
to his feeling unwell having been caught
in rain storm the evening before, =
He was followed by Col Ely, candi.
date for the Legislature from this county.
The Col. said he was better worker than
speaker, and that if he was elected to rep
resent this district in the legislature,
every effort would be made to further its
interests and that of it's people.
Other speakers being called on, Mr..
Lowrie spoke from a republican stand
point, claiming that by the administration
of the land office private individuals had
suffered severely even to the extent OF
losing their land. This wAs replied to by
Mr.. Donovan, sitting that in no instance
where such matter had been laid before
Secretary Lamar had an honest settler
suffered unjustlv, Great reforms were
aeetl.d in the md offiee, and euch reform
honestly c4rried out could not be accom-
plished without some individual suffer.
ing, though none had suffered unjustl,
County attorney Noble m .ds vigorous
address holding up to public view the
record of the republican administration
# sffa'rs IN Dakota and pointing out the
argent necessity tor reform th-,in. He
| wss followed by Mr.. Duncan Sinclair who
seemed in full 8. mpathy with the Demo.
cratic party, Mr.. J. B. sinclair made y
few remarks after which the meeting ad.
journed. pr. Donovan during his brief
stay here made an excellent impression
and many friends, as the canvas of votes
on Nov.'2 will show, He, in company
with Col. Ely, left for OK creek Sunday
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