Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-10-14
Phillips on
the Issues
Ths Abls, ulsuIaad, Ringing Speech
With Which Tho Republican Can.
4Idats for eevsrnor. opsn.d the
Campaign at Aberdeen.

A0A ~ 410AAOS 0AA NG0tkSS
men: I appear before you tonight as
the Republican candidate for governor
OF this state. I think I fully realize the
cares and responsibilities Of such ON
important ONCE, and IL the people Of
South Dakota see at by their votes in
November to elect me to this position,
you maty rest assured I will serve the
whole people Of this state to the best Of
my ability, and thereby best serve the
friends and party responsible for my
nomination and election.
I feel that I am not entirely unac-
quainted with the duties of the Office to
which ! aspire, having filled the ONCE
which I consider the most important
omce OF trust and grave responsibility
.tp the state, that Of state treasurer. for
the last four years.
In this contest, I propose to treat the
opposition with the greatest respect. I
will have nothing to say against the
candidates on the opposing ticket. It
ts fair to presume that they are up
right. honorable gentlemen. trust
each party is equally honest and sim
cele. The aim Of each should be to do
what 1t considers would be the greaest
benefit to the greatest number Of the
people. I am not going to indulge in
any personal abuse. vlliflcation, or
1uerrAl with any man on account Of mis-
political convictions. It seems impossi-
bic for all men to think alike-they
never did, nor do I think. they ever
will. Thanks to the wisdom of our
torefathers. every man in this free and
enlightened land has the right to pro-
claim his principles and express him.
self at the ballot box as he chooses.
I am a Republican, but IL governor, I
expect to be governor for the whole
people regardless OF party affiliations.
I am e Republican because 1 believe in
the principles Of the Republican party,
because they were founded in simplic-
ity, have been built upin strength and
maintained by the strongest Of strong
men. because their existence proves the
greatest truth with which we have ever
rad to do, namely: that all men are
eorn free and equal. GIN q Republic
san because that party has been and is
The party Of progress and freedom. 1t
has made the American nation the
greatest nation on which the sun ever
shone.
A party that has given the most ben
.sficent laws to this nation that the
world has wen known.
A party that has produced the great
est men in u history or in the his
iory Of the world, the party of Lincoln,
VI Grant, Of Garfield, Of Blaine, of HaY-
:ison, of Mckinley, of thousands Of IL
sustrious statesmen and heroes. Men
Of the great common people who de-
Voted their lives to sustain and build
ap this great republic, and serve the
common people.
I am a Republican because that party
3 and has been the party Of the COM
mon people. Some Of our Popullst
friends say 1t is not the party Of 1860.
Read its platforms. its principles, and
nest of all note its acts and you will
and the party Of Mckinley is the came
grand old party of Lincola. with the
tame aims. fighting the same old fight
u equal rights and freedom for all, and
keeping step with the progress CT our
times.