The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1896-09-25
PETTIGREW TALKS
H6 Recovered HiS Voice at Last and Made
His Long Promised Visit to This
Community.
Frank Made -Four Converts but They
Turned Over to bo Mckinley and
Sound Money Men.
A BANK STATEMEN
Declared the Purchased Negro Vote Put
the Gold Plank in the Republican
National Platform.
A RANK STATEMENT
MIR. PETTIGREW IN MITCHELL.

iy Attempts to Eniishten the People.
Saturday evening Senator Pettigrew
made his promised visit to Mitchell
and he was greeted by an audience
which completely filled the corn palace.
J. N. Grow introduced the speaker by
strong eulogy in reference to his pub
lie services in which he declared Mr..
Pettigrew had never proven false to
his c .ustituents and had always acted
houvrably in his position and men who
occupied seats on the stage actually ap-
plauded the statement when heretofore
these same populists denounced Petit
grew in unmeasured terms before he
bolted the republican party and now
they fawn and splutter over him with
the same warmth as if he had always
been the staunchest friend of populism.
Again MIR. Crow referred to what the
senator had done for Dakota University
by assisting DR.. Brush in securing a
donation from Senator Stanford. Mr..
Grow might have given some credit to
the citizens of Mitchell for rebuilding
the university, to whom the greatest
amount of credit belongs.
opening his speech Senator Petit
grew felt that few remarks in refer
ence to himself would be necessary in
explaining how he was justified in de-
serting his party after he had agreed
to abide by the mandates of his party.
In speaking OF the st. Louis convention
he had the effrontery and nerve to
stand before an intelligent audience
and declare that the negro vote of the
south had been purchased by eastern
monopolists and gold men and by which
arrangement the gold plank had been
put in the platform. 1t was an outra.
geous statement for q man in his stand.
ing to make, supported as itwas only by
his word. In view of the fact that but
los free silver men protested against
gold plank in the platform is suffic
lent evidence that the senator made 6
false statement of the situation. From
that he went on to read speech he
made in the senate on the tariff and he
seemed to have some difficulty in max
ing that fit with his present position
Two years ago the senator was agains
the Wilson bill and denounced the very
men with whom today he is keeping
close company. Here is an extrac
from speech Pettigrew delivered a
Howard two years ago in which b,
blistered the popu!ists in an unmerci
full manner:
sThey secured the enactment of
law placing the wool on the free list ant
reducing duties on all farm products s.
materially as to turn large portion O
the market OF the United States owe
to Canadian farmers, resulting alread
in the Importation OF large quantitie
of barley from Russia, great number
of cattle from Mexico, and millions Q
dollars worth of other farm product
from Canada. Kyle and every popu
list senator but PETER, voted agains
continuing the reciprocity provisions G
the Mckinley law under which tn
duty on flour was reduced by Cuba fror
SIS. 81 to $l.O0 per barrel. Under tn
operation of the Mckinley law trad
with Cuba increased month by mont
from 81 600, 900 for the year prior t
it's enactment to 1924, 100000 in 1S9;
and the increase in the expectation c
breadstutfs to that country increase
from 1851, 1000 in 1891 to $3,485,0O0 i
1898; the increase in expectation {
flour also increased from $59l 1000 i
1891 to S2,62l, 900 in 1893. Since th
passage of the Wilson bill Cuba has re
: stored the duty of S5.3l per barrel o
American flour because we have rein
posed the duty on sugar. and this ma
ket has been entirely cut off. Kyl
and all the populists but PETER vote
against proposed amendments to th
Wilson bill placing duty OF So per to
on hay; cents pound on butter; $6 pc
ton on broom corn: cents dozen @
eggs; 20 cents a bushel on buckwhea
Is cents on oats; Is cents on rye;
cents on corn; 3-5 of cent pound c
', flour, and cent on oatmeal. The san
senators voted against duty of
cents bushel on beans, but in favor
duty of 70 cents bushel on ric
The proposed amendments would ha,
restored the Mckinley rate on the
articles, under which the market f
sc, 1000, 900 worth of farm products W
q, taken away from Canadian farmers al