The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1888-01-27
TREVELucE'S talk
HE ADDRESSES A LARGE MEET
ING AT THE COURT HOUSE
LAST EVENING.
The ssb..eHre Of His Talk-Witty
Comparisons and Pointed Facts
Talks of Lincoln.Abonh
the Land QHest;on-
Etc, Etc,

Etc, Etc.
1t was complimentary is the order, the
large mmbcF III aitehduinfrc las, eycAitns
AT the court house At he k&i,nire Of Cap
tain ileveliftkf, general lecturer OF the.
kaissihts Of Labor. Notwithstanding the
%uintfavorablc weather. and M. a good
many q the isgS',h,ehSec had a long ways to
cH#e, the place was almost packed,
Captain Trevcllick in a few of his re-
marks leading up to the main portion of
his speech said tn, ''hc was not going to
rnsE1c d political speech, For that there
were no brains required. 1t was all hal
looing and shouting. Christ hntl twelve
apostles. twelve wha We're ieakcd upon
as moaels of faith, aid still ne Md one
Judas amDng them. II theh there were
| some i'll the oitlcf Who had proven so,
thai is hb reason Why the whole should
be condemned. Is the ministry to be
condemned because there is to be found
among them a few lying libertincs?
I do not hold IL men are all perfect or
that labor organizations are perfect. i
will admit that they arc not all, but will
challenge any face of human clay-any
man bearing in his form the model of his
Mnkcr-to show file where In all the his
tory of This earth there Was ever one step
| Of hIogFcss III hiiihtii Affairs in the alb
settle bf lhbbr organizations. In the old
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mechanics and ntheys formed themselves
into guilds. They tame together and
| discussed methods; each tho scholar and
school teacher in turn, until by this pro-
cess of education humanity became lifted
up and the enlishtmcnt of men progressed,
Rome became corrupt and vicious, poll
tics became rutien, and shuw lie some
country in Which II Is su. People
said Why is 1t that the sandals we
weave with Dir hands covcfs the feet of
others. while uur Own afc hafe? Why is
it thai the clothes we make; the silks that
we weave. are covering the firms 6f
others. while u m6thcfs. our sisters ahd
our daughters sB nakcd?' The same
questions in substance are asked today by
the X. of l.. We are asking it today, and
there is no one to meet us in debate.
They throw up the sponge and say that
= = r,,,'
they cannot answer ii. h
SoisiliTf bf HOME sAIi,
il Won't do to allow the people to ask
these questions. ahd the Einperbfs dctrecd
ii conspiracy. W%orkinsmcn ought not
to discuss such questions. Rome slid
nay. They had not then the Argus eye
of the press. the .feat tribune IF tie pco-
rle rs watch them. They were drunk in
| their sins and they dug their OWN grave
and dragged down Rome with them. And
so it went on, there was no light to
Europe in this matter until the organiza-
ton of the X. of l.. Look at England, a
litt!e island one-twenty-sevcnth as large
as the United States, controlling onc-tifth
of The population of the world, and one
fifth of her producing lands. Look at
her history, AT the time Of Alfred the
great aud good, for they say he Wis great
and good; they Had only one plough.
There was only two threshing machines
i'll the whole country; n fail and d
woinan's slipper. HID they ! ctatt, tic
waist Was III their alm-pits. Had they a
ship, instead Of having a pointed bow
that would cut the waters, they had
broad blunt bows that retarded theft
progress, set the Atlantic crazy, and she
has never settled since. We are not all
Wcls>ers or Henry Clays. but God holds
us responsible for the improvement of
that talent committed to care. knowl-
edge governs ignorance, and those that
are aware of your ignorance, have
the saddle on you, and they say
aitr Up NEEDY N YoU-aIT.
/ 20 to one town and I find n big broad
shDuldeied cilss. who is always sqnaring
| tt;,,,,jt Cni. d, EttI,} aI,fl suttu .tI'ttt thn
best MAN In town; | ail. l riin lick any
four men,. What does that provey I'll
tell y,n. I'll tell YOU. ! Gait get a ken;
tlcks mule that can lick fniir such mel
as he Is, and that only prdygs that lie il
the eighth of u jackass. go to another
town on election day, and | find some
young fellow with a molstache with a
bundle of ballots in his hands. ! ask him
if he knows what a BALLOTS, and he don't
know. That animal is n voter. Pcddling
tickets at S. a day. and still that same
fellow when you ask him why his wife
don't vote, he will tell you that she dom
understand II, Aud yet that thing is an
American voter. He ought to 60 In dry
dock. get two of his legs removed and his
ears heightened by contract. Now if We
want to remedy evils and vote Alright We
must have an understanding, The ballo,
box is the power of the people. Public
officials are but u licutenants to dc
their duty and our bidding. In my opin
ion there are only two political parties
the skinner and the skinned. Ignorance
cannot control d government. The oatf
Of n X. of l.. is Il will" Your children
must remain at school until they are fit
teen at least. Ignorance must be blottet
out.
LAND QUESTION.