Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-10-28
MAGNIFICENT RALLY.

Gamble, Burke and Phillips Make Telling
Speeches to an Enthusiastic
Crowd.
Last Saturday morning Messrs. r. J..
Gamble, G. H. Burke and Kirk G. Phil
lips, republican candidates for con-
gress and governor, respectively,
arrived from the eastern part of the
state, where they have teen conduct
ing vigorous and vote-getting cam
paign. They bring good tidings from
over there, and feel confident that the
republicans will come to the Missouri
river with a very large majority.
Saturday evening the three gentle.
men spoke ut the court house to a
crowded house, and it was one of the
most enthusiastic, attentive grather-
ings of the campaign.
Mr.. Phillips spoke for little over
an hour and made stirring talk that
aroused the lars. gathering to a hearty
appreciation 0. Mr.. Phillips ability
and candor. He fully discussed the
state issues and his conduct of the
states finances during his management
of them, proving to the thorough sat
isfaction of the audience that he had
been the means of saving the stato's
credit and that the malicious charges
made against him by the fusion press
and speakers regarding the loaniug of
state funds and receiving interest
thereon were wholly untrue and with.
out foundation. He treated the oppo-
sition with dignity, yet in u most forci.
BILE manner denounced the character
of the campaign that was being made
against the republican ticket.
Mr.. Burke discusses state issues also.
contining himself more particularly
to the populist legislature and the ut
ter disregard with which they had
kept their pledges. He was in u posi-
tion to know whereof he spoke for he
was u member of the legislature him.
sell, and he used as proof of what he
said the speech that Judge Palmer
made in the legislature wherein the
judge Denounced the populists for all
that they had and had not done in tho
legislature; how they had broken their
pledges and disgraced not only them
selves but the state. The speech of
Judge Palmer as quoted was delivered
in tho legislature by him as state sena-
tor-and he knew at the time what he
was talking about Mr.. Burke also re-
ferred to the national sanitarium ques
tion and gave the people of this locali-
ty to understand that when that meas.
ure came up for action he would be
found right at his post of duty to look
after it. His reference to the old SOL
diers, their worthiness and their claims
upon the nation, was received with
prolonged applause. His reference to
the gallant Major Picker and how he
was speaking in the eastern part of the
state in behalf of the republican ticket
was also cheered to the echo. Mr..
Burke proved by his masterly talk
that he possessed the ability and the
vim and energy to splendidly repre-
sent South Dakota in congress.
Mr.. Gamble spoke last and because
of the lateness of the hour stated that
hc would not make his customary dis
cussion of the questions at issue. He
spoke principally upon the national
issues, discussing at some length the
the policy of the republican party up
OH the subject of protection, and tho
prosperity that had been restored in
consequence of the election of Mr.. Nc
Kinley. He compared the conditions
of business and revenues of tho gov
ernment under the Wilson aud the
Dingley bills respectively, and pointed
out tho wonderful growth especially of
our foreign commerce under tho latter,
and of the improved business and COM
mercial interests of the country gener-
orally. Tie speaker discussed also
the silver question, but regarded that
issue as practically closed AS the result
of the election OF 1896. He took up
the questions now pressing for solu-
tion us to the result OF the war, the OK
pansion aud the enlargement of our
foreign commerce, and of the necessity
of tho Stale to sustain the IL lministra-
tion, not only ut home, but in congress
looking To the wise and patriotic sulu-
ton OF tho largar problems involved as
the result of the war. He paid y glow
ing tribute to tho veterans of the civil
war, us we'll as to the heroes aud young
patriots of the recent war. Regarding
the national sanitarium he spoke brief
ly, aud pledged himself to use his best
energies aud efforts in behalf of the
measure. His remarks showing how
important 1t wus to have conRression-
al representatives who were in sympa-
thy with the party in power were
heartily received and endorsed By his
auditors.