Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-10-11
A GOOD ADDRESS,
Judge G. G. Bennett Presents the
Political Situstion to a Large
Audience.
Pops Ask Questions and Get 20. Answers
Satisfactory.

Last Monday evening Judge G. q.
Bennett of DeadwooI delivered n
poiltical address from IL republican
Stahdromtin the armory to a fair sized
crowd. The political complexion OF the
audience was, Of course, republican.
put there was 4 sprinkling OF POPS.
ana, true to their name, some of them
With heir pop goes the wcazpl" stvIc
arose atthe conclusion of the address
II asked the speaker Il number of
questions, which were answered quick
~, to the point and invariably to the
discontinue OF the urcstiouer. The
llrm name OF the Questioners was
honne.l. Houghton, Morris Il Go.
lhcy heVerIall to be on hand-aultllcy
IRE Wtlcome-tilcy are invited to come
out right along. Ask all the questions
you want. No republican is afraid to
meet an opponent in political discus
SONS at any time and at any place.
Ever since the DAYS Of Lincoln and
Douglas a republican meeting has
nrtn an Opyn one for debate.
The republicans will have Il number
o. Speakers from now on and the firm
Is invited out every time.
Judge Benefits one of the clranest
anu most logical speakers in tho field
IN this state and his review Of the no
litical horizon past and present Was
clear and concise and undoubtedly
made votes Tor the republican party.
He began by saving he did not wish
to call up the past history Of the repub-
lican party, It's achievements. its won
dcrfu! Victories and its onward march
IN the cause Of true humanity. "let
the past bury its dead" quoted the
speaker, and the ever living present
Will be our theme. He then took M
ii speech OF Freeman Knowles the
ropulist candidate for congress in
which the latter took the position that
all the land should revert back to the
government and all landowners should
become tenants. The speaker dwplt
with force and effect upon such "A
soclaii5iic doctrine rs that. He traced
tn" history OF freedom, how centuries
back the land was parcclcd out By the
KING among his Ieudal lords, for q
certain amount Of military service,
Bat the king in reality owned all the
land, his subjects were his yassals
and slaves. No one. stated the
speaker, in the audiences he hoped
favored an inclination toward the re-
turn OF sucha system. 1t was Il wrong
idea, vicious and unAmerican.
III this country every home was q
castle. 1t WAS the mans retreat, in
winch no man dare trcspass without
due process Of law. Ia connection
with this thought the speaker took ip
the homestead law and its beHi,icrnt
elects in developing the west. These
"rr" barren OF population and
would have come and gone
before they could have been pcopled
as now without the aid of railroads,
Grants OF land were made to ale! these
otherwise they would not
been built. These grants were
made years and years ago. They be !
to history. No one talks OF max |
iaId grants now. The day FOR
grants has come Hnd gone and will
never rrtgrn. The public domain has
tilleu up by settlers. In the
days when lani grants were made
was no division in politics with
to IT. II did not form an issue,
loF were ihr people divided upon it.
everybody then thought it WAS for
he best interests of all concerned
less II man than Stephen Douglass.
.lc democratic statesman. Introduced
II" iiigt railway grant bid. The
Lincoln favored them. Gar
Grant, Blaine. Stevens. Grac!y
llrt XII IHyorci grants. Its history
les with the works Of those statesmen.
Vi those ,Inrs. Therefore it is not an
s-ue an,i belongs to the common his
OF otIT country.
II taliing up the money question.
.hc sl.vuhrr aNplt for some. time upon