The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1900-09-21
MADE QUITE PLAIN
E. ". Martin, the Republican Candidate
for Congress, Delivered a Fine Ad-
dress Monday Night.
Presented the Issues Of the Campaign in
a Clear, Concise and Convincing
Manner to Good Audience.
Seems impossible to Convict a Man For
heins Drunk--Had Three Different
Trials and Discharged.
Mr.. MARTINS ADDRESS.

Clean, Honest Presentation of the
Issues in the Campaign and
Ably Discussed.
The manner in which Hon. E. w.
Martin presented the issues of the cam
paign to the audience at the court
house Monday evening was pleasing to
the gentleman's friends and supporters,
and none of the opposition could have
room for objection.
Mr.. Martin is the republican candi-
didate for congress, and coming from
the Black Hills, practically stranger,
he made fine impression with the
people who heard his address. The
court house contained fine audience
and it was not long in coming into
hearty sympathy with the speaker.
Mayor VanAlstine and T. J. Spangler
occupied the platform with the speaker.
Mr.. Spangler introduced the orator OF
the evening and made some splendid
remarks in the introductory speech.
Mr.. Spangler said that he was proud of
the fact that he belonged to q party
that had a past, present and future. it
was with some pleasure that he Gould
look back over the achievements of the
republican party and not have to offer
any apology for it's acts. he referred
in high terms to the good standing and
character of the speaker, and all that
was good said of him Mr.. Martin bore
out during his speech. When he arose
to begin his address he was greeted with
prolonged cheers.
In his opening sentences Mr.. Martin
referred to in a ageneral way OF what the
republican party had accomplished in
the years of its existence in contrast
with the democratic party, which was
always intending to do something but
never got around to it. While the
democrats talked OF doing the rspubli-
can party acted for the good of the peo-
pie. a comparison of the national debt
OF this country with other countries he
stated that in spite of the large expense
this country was put in its the civil war
and with another war on it's hands the
national debt only averaged Sl8 per
capita ia the United States while with
other countries ii averaged from five to
twenty times that amount.
The speaker also referred to the in
dustrial condition of the country in
1896. when things were prostrated and
the various remedies that were offered
fora e sumption of business activity. He
did not believe it to be case of over
production but one of under-consump.
tion. The tinkering with the tariff
had much to do with the conditions, as
was proven by the change which
occurred in our finances and the con.
sequent improvement of the industrial
conditions. In substentiation of this
he referred to the fact that our
export, trade in the past three years
was four times the amount than in the
previous l07 years. Sixteen to one was
dead, he said, and prosperity was the
blow that killed it. He believed tha
financial matters and the tariff were
equally as important for discussion
today as ever, for they both entered
into the active business life of the
nation every day Of the year, and under
| it's ministra tions he showed how the
laboring men had gained by being con
stantly employed at his trade. 1t wa
conceded that either Mckinley OF
Bryan would be the next president an6
it rested with the people which they
believed to be the safer man to put il
the presidential chair. 1t was no on.
question which would take either mar
into the position but the ability of tht
man to grapple and successfully cop,
with the various monumental question
that are coming up for settlement.
Mr.. Martin offered some kindly criti
cisms on Mr.. Bryan's position on ques
tions, which the eminent gentleman
has been forced to change on accoun
of the trend of events that did no
shape themselves IS the leader antici
p atedfour years ago, none of which
had seen their fulfl!ment From
prostrated nation in matters of in
dustry, such as predicted by Mr.
Bryan, the picture of prosperity ant
good times was the result.
The speaker referred to some OF tn,
inconsistencies of the democratic plat