The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-11-02
The Poor Aycrnue Democrnt

to know what he was doing? tApplausc.l II
even the righteous nrc scarcely safe. where
shall the rest Of the citizens he? Well.
car nnt lie says. You say the Democrats,
although they are bud as ii party, are good
us ,n,,n idivaIs; n bow can % lot Of good men
pretty easy: The finest team of horses that
We're ever hitchc'l to Il wagon never could
get nhca,i If they pulled anl kicked in
opposite q, directions Ai they could do would
smashed the wagon. (Appli,lse.)
Don't you think yOu had better trust for
the next stage at least of Two years t" q
There IL another thing that notice about
the Democracy, AMI that IS TINT they are
all anxious to- get back tn, what l may
paranlr:.sG ga and say was to them lanl Of
the old debating ground when they could
Charge Ms Wit. everything thar could hap
pm, ind then draw Oh their Imagination
All their leaders had been trying that; they
had been saying. we are responsible. and
that by and by the Democrats are going to
do @Sr,S n smr Me % SGn have Nsry got u
lscs! Do YOU want to take refuge with
them? For my part don't believe that
this nation IL going to I've bought In Its de-
men who have done this thing. aud us. for
the FoDulists in congress. they have done
nothing nothing hut tall on behind the , nemocra, ,i,.
,Gsrs i an dr4 the IeY OF s. 1s sesiSn
world arc promises. Wasn't it promises
tlnt led you into the last two years? "ris
not the size Of the figures on n check that
fnsplres confidence, but the name of the man
tllat signs It,. (Applause.)
Many q fellow will give yon a check for
S sS; CD,v TINT mt can q nGt pay S ril II S"
fall of many Of these side parties. every
one Of them promising these millennium
md within short time. ] have seen them
going to have 10000 votes and got three
but ] never saw Il party that promised u
millennium which did not pay with the
% came into business A"!' an! you will never @ sec
isepnSean paPty P0tSss fn the rst s fN' paes
1t Docs Not Need NV Feeble Praisc.
1T. It is a party: It M i a party; like like many many;
efH CURRENCY "e q M sS sns u and md e Proper % % sa
ment OF the people. l:ut there Is one, fac
about It's history ], want to commend ,o
your ,, attention And T. yom are patriot
thirty. y.two years in power, Tor do not count
the little interlude Of Grover Cleveland the
first time, when he was bound. Thirty-one
at that W Wtout re araiel N E0 the s1M is
tory OF the world? Why: when coward Eng,
land rose In mass under Oliver Cromwell
how long was 1t between the death Of
Charles /. and the return OF Charles Il-hc-
tween the accession 10 the controlling power
Of that hero Cromwell and the return OF
the dainty Charles! Not a dozen years.
In 1908 there came up one OF the strongest
phenomena in human history. the French
Revolution; where Il great nation was con-
vulsed; where every Institution was torn
in pieces; where the lives AMI thoughts Of
men were changed as they We're never
changed before iii the history of the world:
And how long was 1t between the rise OF
the French und the retirn Of the lsourl!ons!
Twenty-one. years And the Republican
of tie councils OF this nation. How did it
get 1t under II free government? IN only one
Way-by representing that solid foundation
ON which our institutions rest, the average
common sense Of the Intelligent people zap
pla,ise), and II yon want any. further jnsti-
iicntiOn, compare 1t with the last Nv" years.
(Appiause and lauEhter.)
don't think that need to trouble yon
with any more arguments Tonight. nave
stated to you the facts. anl you will act
uD0n them. Now I am Il stranger coming to
YOU from afnr. If this had been the days
far enough OFT from my birthplace to have
been In a foreign land. but you and the pep
ple who stretch thousand miles miles hc-
y0nd you are fellow citizens OF mine: We In
the East glory In your success AMI power.
We appreciate your greatness. nnd in this
and that help which Is the natural result of
your vig0r anil power, for understand how
great this state ls. I know how sensible 1t
IL. and what 1t can do II 1t does its duty.
therefore summon Won, not only by your
present and your prosperous past. but by
to help the low against the mighty. ZAP
DlauSe.)