Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-18

(Great appianse., Ter when tabor IL toppecs
wages are stopped, end wages arc one Ox
the chief factors in the distribution o.
money.
The Democratic party is the most re-
markah,t carry In history. 1t is for any
thing 10 sar power, aud then 1t Is never 10,
anything which got Ii power. Uaughteri
1t was for free silver In 1897 In some OF the
states; and when II used to nave ave t tns
senate and the presidency, they USED 10 20
through the idle remon OF passing a ire
silver bill. but since they have. got INTO
power and can do with silver Just what
they want to do with 1t, instead or giving
to the country what in many OF the states
the leaders of the Democratic party salo
would be done. they have given 10 silver
the worst blow 1t ever rNeceived.
Well, could you expects my fellow cltl-
zens, any other result? Are you disap,,
pointedf Why, who elected MT Mr. oleSeI Ive,
men voted for him, the men VINO ald mo-
believe In silver and believed In the goln
standard voted for hin the state bank
money people voted for a and thHse VINO
were opposed to anything but currency IS
sued by national authority voted for him:
The single tax men voted for him, ana
those who T were OPPOSED nasra 70 al pr Suea %isa
voted for him, for he did not believe the
Democratic party would pursue a poiity
that would destroy the industries OF me
4 aHu IL ShlDt AtS $500 49,
voted for him believing that the DeInocratlc
party would demolish all the custom houses
Of the country. Men in the trust voted Tor
him, and men opposed TO tne trust so for
him, and those who did not believe mucn
In pensions voted for him. Everybody VINO
was dissatisfied voted for him, ana every
body who voted for him has been dissats-
fed ever since. Great applauseD
For the Did Soldiers.
Mob only. INV fellow citizens. has this ad.
ILLUSTRATIONS interrupted the prosperity OF
the country, but 1t has to some extent inter.
rupted the patriotism of the country. "
has not only had the effect of interruptng
our prosperity, but 1t has been cutting IN
and suspending the pensions or the soidlers:
but I believe every nan who served In our
war and was disabled Is entitled to nave a
pension from the government or the uniteu
States. (Applause and cheers. And 1 De-
Iieye that when n soldier has once been pun
on the pension roll ~ the goyern'nent-put
there by competent authority-he must nor
be put OF until after the fullest inyestiga.
ton, In open, broad daylight, permitting the
pensioner to meet face to face his accusers
aud the witnesses against him, and then II
he Is unworthy to be on that roll every
patriotic citizen and every patriotic soldier
would approve. But there must be no pre-
sumption Of fraud against him. Why. they
sometimes talk about our soldiers as though
they enlisted in the service of their coun-
try for greed and gain; As though they en-
tered the army for the pay AMI pensions
that were In 1t. Why, there Is not an old
soldier before me tonight who, when he
took an oath TO serve his country In war.
ever thought of a pension tapplauseL And
certainly he didn't enlist for the paltry. pit
lance that was paid him. He enlisted from
the purest and the highest motives Of patri-
otism-that no harm might come TO the re-
public. And | Indignantly resent, with all
the earnestness of my nature, any attempt
to put the faint of dishonor upon the men
VINO preserved the Union a1d saved the
flag: Tremendous applause and cheers).
assembled than ours. And no army was
ever engaged In a nobler cause than the one
which engaged the volunteer army Of the
Republic and M oAIE aus 3, t ! rf tcnn - ;n th incident
of incidents showing the splendid courage
Of the men who were In that army. In one
of the Connecticut regiments the colonel of
the regiment assembled the entire COM
mand, and In its presence delivered TO the
color bearer the flag he was thereafter to
carry, and as he did II he closed his speech
with these words: 'Color nearer, take this
flag: fight for 1t, yes, die for 1t, but never
surrender 1t into the hands Of the enemy.
| (Applause). And that young soldier, only
early manhood mantling his cheek, and with
patriotism overfowing in his heart, an
swered back quickly, ''Colonel, colonel, I
will bring that flag PACK to you In honor or
Great cheering and applausel. The next
day his regiment went into battle. and that
young color bearer fell. but he fell with the
! flag wrapped about him., bathed In his own
blood. He did not bring II back. He could
not bring 1t back. but he gave the best he
had, the best any one posseses-he gave his
own life blood to save IL. And the God
above him knew the reason why.
$50 nigh to grandeur is our dust.
So lear to God Is man,
When duty WHISPERS, 10, thou must
The youth replier. Il cau!"
Applause.
And two million or more Of men, when
Abraham Lincoln said, "Come and help
save the republic" more than two million
men answered "Yes." And TO say that
that those men went in to loot the treasury!
at Washington in 1865. when that splendid
review of that magnificent army occurred
at the close Of the war, stretched across
that great capitol was an inscription in
returning soldier. in these words: 'There Is
one debt that this government can never
men who saved the nation" Great ap-
plausel That was the true patriotic senti-
ment then, and It Is just as true to-day:
And the voice OF this country says that
My fellow citizens, no party can long
stand In the way of the prosperity Of this
matchless country. With our splendid re:
sources, with the genius and enterprise and
skill OF our people no party can long OBJ
struct the pathway of our prosperity and
progress. They may retard it, they may
doing. but the party that interferes with
the prosperity OF the country must get out
OF the way OF Is prosperity. tApplause.)
That Is the work we are engaged on to-
night. That Is the work we are engaged
upon at this hour. And every Republican
victory means q step nearer to that busi-
ness confidence and that restoration Of pros
perity which we left In 1892.
l adjure the citizens of Minnesota to help
elect a national Republican house Of rep
resentatives. Return your useful and eff
ficient and able member to the house again
(applause) by an increased majority Jap
plause), and give to Gov. Nelson an en-
dorsement (cheers) by a rousing. old-fash-
toned Minnesota Republican majority, such
Of the republic. Applause ard cheers.)