Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-07-26
He Talks Free Trade and Announces
Him elf Against the D vision
of Dakota.
And Advances tina Cranky Prop
osition That Il Prouectiontst is
Worse than "a Communist.
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CALLED TO ohI)bh'
The meeting was called te order by
Otto Peemiller, of the insane hospital
board, who made some ieclicitous re-
marks and announced that the gathering
would ratify the action of the st. Louis
aud jamestown conventions.
THE ORGANIZATION.
Colonel Hughes East, register OF the
Yuuktop land otioe, was chosen to pre-
side over the meeting aud Nj M. Mat
thisseo was elected 10 grace The aeere.
tary's desk.
THE PRESIDING OFFICER.
TIE presiding officer made 8 epeech |
full Of gratltu ie to the democratic party |
for It's firm grasp upon "them offuses"
aud containing an apology for the ap-
parent pernieious activity exhibited by !
himself in welding the geYel over g
political nssemblage. The presiding
officer reminded his hearers that he came
to Dakota with commission in his
pocket, but solemnly averred that he
brought ell his possessions, all his
aspirations. all his sympatbies with him
aud that he here conducted himself with
the quiet political inoffenslyeness char
acterIstio of beneficiary of the great
democratic principle of civil service
reform, practically illustrated in his
official incumbenoy. Dakota WAS his
home end as DakotAiau he returned
| hL.,-I., -, A., b;,I ,,cncn ~ pranSdino
oyer concourse of Dakotsisns. Alter
extoling the virtues OF the presiding
genius OF the ''greetest and oldest" party,
the presiding officer said: eve have
with US tonight the representative
STANDARD bearer of the democratic
party OF Dakota-one who
with brown hands and sunburned
face hiss turned the sod of your, virgin
prairies (teaehing school in Piankinson)
one who stands for everything the
people regard as best for themselves,
He is here as the representative and
choice of the largest and most hsrmo-
nous assemhlege of democrats ever
gathered in convention in DAKOTA. He
is the representative of that large and
intelligent GLASS of our citizens, the
farmer-peymit me to introduce
PROFESSOR HARDEN OF JERAUbp."
Professor Harden came forward-a
stout, stooky built man with q tan on
his cheek and ink on his iugeTs-wlth q
schooImaster style and the. comfortable
presence of one more accustomed TO the
forum then the plow-with suspicion
10 his manner of the adyenturer in poli-
tics-a free lance for the spoils. He pro-
ceeded to give to his audience an agri-
cultural discourse upon the iniquties
OF the republican party.
Professor Harden said 1t YVES pleas
ure to him to be greeted with snon {
royal welcome. 1t was emiDently proper
taat il this the Oldest city IN Dakota the
irst demonstration should be made. Al
y the pioneers OF the party we're here anC
!, ii WIS appropriate that the fret gan o
the campaign should be trained by them
The speaker went through the list o
national topics. He spoke of Cleveland
and extolled Allen G.. Thurman as tht
greatest of statesmen with record un.
tainted. The subjects upon which b.
dWelt at length were civil service reform
Irepublican corruption, fair vote ant
an honest count, silver for legal money
/, internal revenue burdens md tariff re-
form. Under these various headings
She speaker discoursed with huency
making the Advocacy OF free trade the
l. leading topic. Admonishing his hearer
It that the democratic party did not alvo
cate free trade, he said the differeno
/, between the two parties was that hi
favored q tariff for revenue With Incl
dental protection and the other fayore
tariff FOR protection with incldenta
IT revenue. His theory was that under
protective policy one class OF citizen
must inevitably be protected BY anothe
class of citizens and at their expense
but did not mentio
h that the latter class wei
ve citizens of foreign countries. His FIRE
q. trade argument (tor it was that an
nothing less) ran through the entit
range of democratic text books, embrac
or ing long columns of figures which hay
~ been met and overturned by like Ion
columns in republican text books. 81
! assertion that figures cannot lie did ut
- dissipate the conviction that they q
sometimes politically calculated to d
ceiye, In concluding this branch of b
We discourse the speaker said: "There'
es, no difference between protectloni
aud communist. II am to be reports
wish to be understood. Ihere is |
difference between proteosionist and
~. communist, unless it be that the cor
ses muniet is the safer as an Amerc
citizen to-day"
Here the address of Professor Hard
bic was evidently at on end. Ho had be
- y speaking little over an hour. But
dwelt upon his words and fnal
broached the painful subject of diyiaic
He said:
he nIn the matter of the admission
this territory into ahe sisterhood Of fstat
can conscientiously stand upon
platform OF the jamestown conyentic
consider this proposition eminen
fair 30 any person, whether he be
do fayor OF one state or two. After adm
~. sion the queation may be determined
a fr,. nr,G, ii hos