Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-07-11
PATRIOTIC PEECH !.
Summary Of the Adress Of Congressman
Dolliver Before the State
chautauqua.
Inspiring Discourse on Public Events
And the Glories Of the 5
Nation. ssS

Eloquent Presentation Of the Duties Of
United States il the Present
Crisis.
The Devils Lake, Inter-Oc Ocean pub
lished daily during the session OF the
Ghautauqua, an excellent summary Of
the address Of Cong gressman Dolliver.
OF Iowa at the GhauJau uqua ] as follows:
The speaker said there is but one
real question Of politics and that. is the
right Of men and women to equal
chances They have them in the United
States. He had faith in God and his
country Some say. ours is a govern.
ment by plutocraey or riches. It is
not true. Mr.. Dolliver declared that
he was as much OPP osed to domination
by wealth as was any man. He did
not believe in great campaign funds,
be they repnb blican or democratic. The
American people want politics con
Quoted upon a plane OF reason not
money. However money could not
corrupt the citizens Of this country. II
you give a man money to buy another
man's vote he steals it. Then some
claim thar only the sons of the rich
have a cnance, that they are crowding
the sons Of the poor to the wall, but
the reverse is true. Nothing but
brains succeeds. II you have q boy
and a million dollars keep them apart
1 It will be better for both. You might
help the girl a little but il you have no
girls better put your money into some
institution Of learning and let your
boy dig his way through life as you
have done. The poor boy is the only
one that has any real chance. Bryan
\ himself was an illustration Of this
truth, a few yearssago he was strug-3
Cling against poverty. He was OBJ;
scure and unknown, and now had
made himself the leader OF a great po-s
litical party. When the speaker Wis
tied Kentucky they asked him if there
was any partic IL spot he wanted to-
visit. He told them yes, there was a
house in Hardin county he wanted to.
. see. It was the hut in which Lincoln
was born, hovel more royal than a
palace, far more royal than a king is a
man. Aside from the " Vanderbilts, Mrs.
y Il y 9a.l
Dolliver asserted, there is only one
man born to ease, luxury and wealth
/ in the great city OF n eW1 * ork who is
Il today a commanding figure in either
the social, political or financial affairs
Of that lightly metropolis. The single.
exception is Theod lore Roosevelt. He
4 IS a child Of Fifth avenue but has the
heart of the Dakotas and the west The
environments Of wealth. did not spoil
him But aside from the yanderbilts
and Roosevelts there is not a single
great hnancier ii New FORK who was
not born poo. he bank presidents,
4 the railroad ma agnates. the leading
Il lawyers were, as a rule, farmers sons,
\ all of which goes to prove that this
country is d poor man, s country.
Mr.. DoIliver next touched upon the
subject Of Imperialism Some were
alarmed at the very name They de-
clared they were against ii because It
meant a big navy and a big standing
army. Now lie likewise was opposed
{ to these things. that is, beyond cer-
tain limit. He knew however, that
the American people would have d
navy equal ito the a gnity and size Of
the American repub liz, and that was
y what he wanted He wanted an army
4 as big as the United States needed
whenever it has business IN any part
3of the earth. IL these things meant
imperialism he stood by AnyhoH
the American soldier is the American
school boy with a gun Also, III Inn
\ periaIisn meant that We were To own
and control the Nicarag qua canal, why
then he must plead I'd being ali Inn
periaIist. However. when The nrs tear
agua canal III dug must be presented
To the world d. 4 pledge of peace and
commerce. 81
Mr. Dolliver said aa had not been
very much in favor of war with Spain.
4 but now he was prepared to beIieye
that the American people had acted
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