The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1896-08-14
THEIR FIRST GUN
DAWSON County Republicans Open the
Fall Campaign With Attorney Gen.
eral Crawford as the Orator.
He POurS Some Hot Truth and Good
Argument Down the ThroatS Of
Over 1000 People.
AROUND THE CIRCLE
Republican Leaders Express a Favorable
Opinion in Reference to the Situa-
tion Over the State.
AROUND THE CIRCLE
THE CAMPAIGN OPENED.

An Excellent Discussion of the Money
Question Given Tuesday Evening.
Without any demonstration of torch
lightprocessions, withoutany fire crack
er attachments, an audience Of 1000 peo-
pie gathered at the corn palace Tuesday
evening to listen to discussion of the
money question by Hon. Coe. 1. Craw-
ford, the republican nominee for con-
gress, and it was probably the best at
tended meeting ever held in Mitchell
so early in the campaign. Previous to
the meeting the Juvenile state band
gave an open air concert in front of the
corn palace and the immense crowd of
people rushed into the building at it's
conclusion to secure seats. Ample pro-
vision was made for large crowd but
many were forced to stand through the
lengthy but excellent and thorough
discourse. Upon the stage were seated
H. E. Mayhem, Mayor Fullerton, J. E.
Lockhart, DIR. W. L. Graham and W.
81. McKeel. In the rear of the stage
was large oil painted picture of Major
Mckinley, which was the handiwork
of Roger Powell. A campaign quartet
consisting of Messrs. W. E. Lott, A. h.
Pehrson, F. T. Windle and J. A. Brown
sang several campaign songs with good
effect, their voices harmonizing we'll,
and they were cheered and encored to
the echo. The quartet was big sue
cess and we hope to hear more of them
in the coming campaign.
Mr.. F. A. Bidwell acted as chairman
of the meeting and in his predatory
remarks made some splendid points on
his side Of the question, and he was
loudly applauded. At it's conclusion
Mr.. Crawford was introduced to his
audience and without having to explain
any recent Hopping or boiling he al
once went into his subject taking uI
the theme of what caused the depres
sion of prices as compared with free
silver. Mr.. Crawford laid the founda
tion for his later remarks on the facts
and igures submitted by such eminen
writer's of political science as Davit
Wells, Edward Atkinson, Prof
| Walker. Adam Smith and others ant
having read these authorities, to which
the audience paid close attention, thu
speaker launched with vigor into hi
argument. Taking up the heresy a
maintained by the opposition that sine
the great crime of 1873 prices had fallel
correspondingly, Mr.. Crawford DIRE,
attention to the other conditions whicl
had brought about the revolution il
prices. Pointing to the fact that dur
ing the past 80 years such wonderfu
Improvements had been made in labo
saving machinery and other device
there was little wonder that there ha
been reduction in prices of comme
dities. The force of his argument wa
clearly apparent that the demonetizs
tion of silver had but little effect o
the price of wheat, showing conclusive
ly what the farmer of America had t
contend with in the foreign countrie
where cheap labor and cheap transpol
tation had the best of the bargain
His ground was we'll taken on thi
point and was greatly appreciated b
the audience.
| Coming around to the administration
of Cleveland and Harrison he compare
the wastefulness and incompetency {
one to the clean. cut and business lik
manner of the other. He contraste
the splendid reduction of the war det
under the splendid financial aystem {
republican rule to the deficit and bon
issues under Mr.. Cleveland's misrule i
a very earnest manner. Mr.. Crawfor
paid some attention to the Wilson bill
which Cleveland said was ''fraugh
with party perfdy and dishoncr," bu
which was championed by Willia1
Jennings Bryan, the presidential car
didate of the Chicago convention
Under the bill the surplus in the treas
ury had dwindled away and the govern
ment debt, when the republicans ha
given up control, had been reduced t
$5S5,000,000, was increased to owe
$500, ,0OO,0 900, and that was what Brya
stood for, but he thought the paopl