Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-09-28
THE CAMPAIGN OPENED
The Republican Campaign Opened
by Hon. ]. F. Cowan at the
Atheneum Monday.
Good, Sound Republican Doctrine
Presented To Voters From the
Lecture Platform.
An Explosion Of Democratic and
Populistic Fallacies, and Of
Reform Bubbles.
An Interesting Address, Which IL
Well and Enthusiastically Re-
ceived by the Audience.
Rally.

EG EA
There was a very good audience at
the Atheneum Monday evening upon the
occasion of the first republican rally Of
I the campaign. The hall was we'll filled
with representative citizens, and they
listened to a series of foreible and en-
Pertaining arguments from Hon. John F.
Cowan, the republican candidate for the
Office Of attorney general. DR.. Harcourt
presided and i'll his graceful and pleas
ing little address, opened the evening.
He alluded briefly to the rapidity with
which the west had developed, and to
the responsibilities of civil government
which had come with this development.
This government was effected by means
spf parties, and it was to present the
plains of one of these parties, and the
&randest CT all, that the meeting was
called. He took pleasure in introducing
Athe speaker of the evening,
HON. JOHN F. CowAN.
MI. Cowan acknowledged his intro
kduction pleasantly, and felt honored at
being able to address an audience in be-
half of the republican party as a candi-
date of the republican party. He had
been a resident Of the state for thirteen
years, q lawyer for ten, and had been in
attendance upon several state conven-
tions, at which he had always been kept
busy in seeing that the Slope didn't get
away with all the plums. Laughter.
At the recent convention, he had been q
candidate, and so busy with his candi-
! dacy, that he didn't have time to watch
the Slope, and it had walked off with
about half the earth. Laughter. But
the ticket nominated was one of the
~cleanest and best, excepting himself, of
course, that had eve been put forth,
and he and all republicans were proud
to stand before the people, and present
the merits and claims of the ticket to
recognition.
He had been campaigning but a short
d time, and that mostly in the western
part of the state. Out there there were
few democrats and fewer pops. Even
fewer of the latter than there appeared
to be, for the pops we're Of such a nature
that. q few of EN- made more noise than a
host Of either republicans or democrats.
In beginning his argument, Mr.. Cowan
stated the two questions which divided
the parties-tariff and money. OF the
/ former, volumes had been written. and
the subject was not exhausted. He did
not expect to add anything new to what
had already been said. Bnt he did hope
to direct his audience to a conscientious
study OF the relative merits Of protection
and free trade, as evidenced by the past
experience Of the nation, under the two
policies
He alluded briefly to the develop
ment Of the country, since the enact.
,ment Of and through the efficacy of the
first protective tariff act, passed over 100
years ago. Since then, prosperity has
always ensued upon protection, adversely
upon.free trade. He pointed out the
crash Of 1867 as a logical sequence OF
the low tariff era. Resumption of an Of
fcient systemof protection shortly after,
and its continuance up to 1892 brought
[. ABOUT an era Of prosperity unexampled.
II and two years ago, the industrial condi.
tion5of the nation was better than ever
before.
But a speculative mania seized the
voters of the country in '92, and
heygconcluded to experiment. They
did SO, and the legitimate and logical re.
syuultfhad come, in the gloom and distress
OF the past two years. It was the out.
ccomeesof a speculative and ill-considered
ballot. And it wal the object Of repub.
licans to ask voters to 60 back, look into
causes and effects, study the history Of
the country, under the different parties
and then vote honestly, and according tc
their own reason and intelligence. And
If this were done, the republican party
would be satisfied, and had nc fears o.
the result.
A neat little example Of the dangers
TO the voter Of listening too closely to thu
howlings Of Performers" and advisers
Us against his better judgment, he gave
sin the experience OF the Irishman, who
attributed the hard times altogether t
Ahe election Of Knute Nelson, as Cover
Abor Of Minnesota, who said that kKnute
eould neither read nor write, and thai
he fact was printed on his ballot. Ask
edi il he had read it himself, replied that
be couldn't read himself, but that thu
Esbhoys towld him so,' and 30 it must be
And Mr.. Cowan cautioned voters against
listening too closely to what the 'bhoys'
might tell them, but to reason for them
~selves, and not allow themselves to bt
led OF talked into voting against theil
Town convictions.
An excellent example Of the merits @
proteotion,he gave,in the comparison Of