Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-10-19

everywhere. If We elect a Demo-
cratic president to congress their
success means the threatening and
final destruction Of American COM
mercial interests both from the
fact that free trade would limit
our manufactures anda cheap dol
lar would not be wanted by foreign
countries. In a century from this
date the student turning back over
the pages of history will stop at
the year 1900 and there at the top
of the page he will see written in
glowing letters the name of Will
liam Mckinley and all the pages of
history during the administration
of this president will be replete
with the success of the party and
it's great strides in commerce.
He told a story for the benefit
of the Democrats and Populists
present saying that a North Dakota
man was recently visiting in
Chicago and he. received the fol-
lowing telegram: "Your mother
in-law died last night; what shall
we do with her body-embalm,
cremate or bury" And the man
sent back the following answer.
"Ill take no chances, embalm,
cremate and bury her" This is
what we should do with the Demo-
cratic party, the senator insisted.
Mr.. McCumber said he chal-
Hanged any man to give him a def
milton Of imperialism as applied
to American interests. He said
he did not know a definition so he
went to hear Bryan and found
Bryan did not know what imper-
ialism in this light was. Imperial
ism and militarism are but spooks
with which the Democrats are
trying to scare voters into their
party. Senator McCumber laugh
ed at the idea Of an army of $4,000
in a country Of 80 millions of peo-
pie constituting militarism.
The trusts he told the people
is another paramount issue Of
Bryan's. He then read a bill
which was introduced in congress
last spring and told the people that
if this bill was passed congress
could with the support Of the peo-
pie Of the United States amend
the constitution and suppress
trusts. That at present the con-
stitution of the United States only
gives congress power to regulate
interstate commerce. This does
not put it in a position to regulate
the trusts which are not interstate
corporations. The bill proposed
would allow congress to suppress
trusts in any state whether this
trust was a corporation individual
or number Of either. Mr.. McCum-
Der stated that the bill was voted
on and out Of l52 Republican votes
the bill received for its passage
$50 and out Of 1872 Democratic
votes it received only 2 the other
100 votes being really for trusts.
This was not two-thirds vote and
SO congress could not let thepeople
!. vote on the amendment and the
!. bill was lost. He said the reason
the Democrats voted down this
bill was because they knew that
they had no real live issue for this
campaign and they wanted one SC
they had to use the trusts for this
issue.
Throughout his speech Mr.. Nc.
; Cumber cited Illustrations and
used figures to prove his assertions
His arguments we're backed up by
we'll known. facts which proved
beyond doubt their truth.
! The speaker was introduced by
: Attorney M. III. Brennan who il
; his introduction remarked tina
! MI. McCumber was a class mate
}. of his at Ann Arbor back in thu
: seventies. The meeting was con
Quoted by the Mckinley Roosevelt
y club.