Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-10-28
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Eloquent Speakers, Good Attendance
and Plenty of Euthueiasm.

Eloquent Speakers. Good Attendance
aud Plenty of Enthusiasm.
The Republican campaign vas aus
piciously opened in Devils Lake last
Friday night. The court house was
crowded with ladies and gentlemen,
and the enthusiasm frequently mani
tested during the evening augurs we'll
for the succe Of the entire Republi-
can ticket in this county on the 9Th OF
November. Governor Devine and
Senator Hansbrough were the speak
ers of the evening. The senator, in
substance. said:
We hear it said that this il an off year. and
tina, tho vote will BE- light; that tho people arr arr
not trouble themselves by going to tho polls.
The fact that existing conditions are salts
factory y in itself the best Of reasons "a. why every
ballot box: II they wero unsatisfactory Y
would hc his duty to change them, as he did
two years ago whom he voted out an incompetent
administration and put In ono that knew Its
business. But there is another reason why
every American citizen should cast a ballot this
year: We have We J.. had a War with a foreign
stance Of the kind We have been victorious. A
large vote In November will DO notice to the
world. that Uncle Sam Is indOrsed at home.
boys ut Manila and ut Porto Rico and In Cuba.
l do not bclievc theru Is n man in this audience
who would, want his neighbor to say that no
polls aud vote In this patriotic yoar of 1899. AT
this very moment, when tho peace commission
is sitting ut Paris, tho Spanish diplomats arc
In tho hope that the elections next. month will
result unfnvorably to the Mckinley admins
%ttration.. They want an adverse majority ~ our
unfortunate as to meet with such n disaster
our peace commission would find it impossible
to conclude their negotiations and they would
new. Instructions. The. Spanish diplomats
would thus he in control Of the situation and
il they received tho slightest, oncourngement
be renewed. Tho thing for tho people OF tho
United States to do is TO stand by the prcson,
notwithstanding en-. ,
patriotic servant 81 tho Isop!!o IN Those times OF
grave responsibilities. Ho is anxious for tho
election Of n Republican congressman from
Spalding to Washington by n large majorlt,
with Spain, Ny. spalains Is an honorable
afteen years, and have yet to hear Of his vic
lation Of the rules Of decency or Of his infractior
Of social ethics or defiance Of law.
Now when the Republican party rescued til,
county from tho grasp 81 Grover Cleveland tn
public interest bearing debt Ind been In
In addition to this tho balance Of trade wa
against US and as q result we were shipping
credit Of, tho nation had been destroyed, ant
tho people were impoverished and All army o
tramps was marching over tho land. No.
tho moment the Republican party came int
power conditions began to change. Tho nev
tariff law is producing revenue almost up to tn
arc open sa and fi IN fall hRsusu again. Tho TIS'I peopi
arc busy. Tho army Of tramps has been at
CORDED by tho Increased and constant deman'
Gently. aTLle job now hunts Tho man instea'
Of tho man hunting the Job" Tho balance o
trade has stoadily grown In our favor until !
the last fiscal year. There is not a land VINE
in this audience who has not marked up til
value Of his farm from five to ton dollars n
Dc you want e exchange these condition
} vote the Republican. party out OF power an
threw iaass' it, dark shadow over s" Tic land in iso2. ~
> Is it any wonder that SO many people ig tlei
distress. cried out for NOR. money and thu
policy CHAD had DEPLETED tn, Ysr Volume OIL Of money @inssi in ii
country, and had 80 narrowed the standar
! that II panic cnsucd. It was clear that IL hi
!. would bo necessary. Il was worse than va
Had al! the silver bullion In tho country bee
7 step would have boon an issue Of paper none!
I for all our gold and silver as, we'll would ,has
, gone over tho water to satisfy our creditor
: Tho Republican managers foresaw the dangt
: and at st. Louis they put a plank into tho pla
: form plcdging tho party, to tho promotion
bimetallism. The party kept its word. II ser
, n commission to Europe To negotiate. an agre
! ment. That commission did its work honest
and conscientiously. We have been charge
with insincerity in this matter. But what d
: W encounter France was willing to come j
and tho Bank Of England, itself in sore strai
about that time, favored an international u
dcrstanding; Germany refused to co-Operate,ar
10 the astonishment Of all India would not {
SO. After much discussion the cOmmissit
found itself in this predicament. Ono natit