The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1900-10-26
TWO NOTABLE SPEECHES.
Delivered by Senators
Hanna and Frye at Mitch
ell, Oct, l8.

man of integrity and ability, the speak
ers and newspapers of this state insult
ed you by saying that Governor Roose-
velt was intoxicated when he was fh
South Dakota. That is an Internal lie.
Governor Roosevelt is a temperate
man. Why, my friends, almost hate
to utter 1t. utter it with shame in
my voice, that they would even 60 so
far as to charge things against our
president. Another more Internal lie.
think know. (You bet you do) do,
and am ashamed to have to utter any
defense for President Mckinley, but 1
know there have been some minds in
which these falsehoods have found
lodgment, and wh,n they are repeated
from mouth TO mouth they gain some
credenoe, but want to say to the people
uf South Dakota in both those instances
the charge is utterly and absolutely
false. Put that in your pipe and smoke
it.
Now, my friends, but few words
more. I believe that the issues in this
campaign, as effecting the interests Of
our whole people, are OF greater i'm
portance than any which has preceded
it in the history of our country, be-
cause, confidence having been restored, I,
the wheels of industry have been start.
ed up, bright hopes and expectations
on every side for glorious future, hsv-
ing secured the highest position as an
industrial nation of any in the world, if
anything should happen now, our fall
would be that much greater.
In 1896 We did not have very far to
fall. We ware at the bottom then but
we have risen with rapid strides. We
have achieved what even the most san
guine had not dreamso of, and placed
ourselves in the front ranks of the pro.
ducing and manufacturing countries
All of this is of equal value to the farm.
or, because the more men that are en-
plOyed the more men cone to oul
shores seeking employment-the more
they commune.
While in 1896 the average consump
tion of wheat in this country per capits
was only 81 bushels, in 1898 1t. was 81
t bushels-an increase of over ITO, 600, oct
of bushels Of wheat, simply on thu
, change of the conditions existing in thi
country, and you know that the labor
, ing man, the head OF the family, will
, economics in everything before he will
take bread from his children. There
| fore, what must have been the ratio o
consumption in the manufacturing pro
: ducts in this country. And that Is tn
reason why we had hard times, bscaus
3 owing to this laok of confence, which
have described, there were no new en-
| terprises started, no expansion of busi
ness. Capital, always timid, was hid
| den away in bank vaults, and stockin
3 legs, and here we are with the wheel
3 all running, everything bright for tn
: future, and here we are within tw
' weeks of election, when we will be calle
3 upon to decide whether we will have
continuation of these conditions o
< whether we will go back to those OF fou
8 years ago. This is your campaign, thi
9 is your business. 1t affects you, eac
J. and everr one OF you just as much as
8 does Senator Frye or 1 and we ar
# only here TO impress upon you the in
e portance of this campaign, and to tie
e you in all sincerity, don't for Gods SAX
!. make mistake.
;. I don't care what party you belong tt
d We are all after the same thing. W
j. want good times: plenty to eat: and
!. that comes to one it will be shared b
v all, therefore all join and help us in tn
v continuation OF prosperity, and yo
U will be blessed.