Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-10-19
Republieaas Have !. Rousine Time and .
Great Speech by Hon. e. ". Martin.
"A Big Crowd Out

on W C0o OpcI6 uOUSos WHICH was al
ready we'll filed. By the time Chair
man Juckett introduced the speaker,
Hon. E. W. Martin, the opera house
was packed to OVERLOOKING, a large
number being turned away for want Of
room. Even the hallway was filed.
MI. Martin began his remarks by OK
planning the absence Of Congressman
Burke-as explained elsewhere in this
issue. He paid Mr.. Burke q very high
compliment and then read the letter,
also printed elsewhere in this issue,from
Gen. Palmer, showing what excellent
work Congressman Burke and Gamble
did for the S~anitarium billiard that
Mr.. Pettigrew's claim for all the credit
toward the success met with by the
bill was not right.
Mr.. Martin began his address by
urging the Importance of looking after
the legislative ticket. That Mr.. Petit
grew is desperately striving to capture
the legislature by all of his we'll known
methods, and that republicans must be
on their guard and permit no trading
on the legislative ticket. He showed
how Pettigrew had opposed the anti.
trust republican legislation SO that the
democrats might retain that as an sis.
sue" for this campaign, thus showing
his and his party's insincerity upon
that question. He quoted many of Mr..
l'ryan's prophecies of the past and left
his auditors to use their own good
common II to decide how good n
prophet Bryan is. Mr.. Martin declared
that 'it makes no difference whether
Mr. Bryan knew better or not, it proves
that he is not the kind of man to put
in charge as the chief executive of this
nation" He then read Mr.. Bryan's
utterances on the fourth of July to the
effect that Observation-Disclosures be VIC
torious in this campaign we would no
longer be justified in celebrating Inde-
pendence day, etc. He said that all of
Mr.. Bryan's talks plainly showed that
he had the instincts of a politician but
not Of a statesman, that as an orator he
stood high and that in the art of soph-
istry he had few equals. In referring
to Mr.. Bryan's Indianapolis speech
and his contention that this country
is drifting to imperialism under repub.
licanism, Mr.. Martin paid a scathing,
yet most gentlemanly, censure upon
the democratic presidential candidate.
He said that the American flag was
never raised over any people except to
bless them, to give broader and better
opportunities for education and deyel-
opment.
He showed the part Bryan played in
having the treaty ratified, and how,
since, Mr.. Bryan has been talking about
the United States paying 50 apiece for
Filipinoes-which, Mr.. Martin de.
clared, is a sample of MI. Bryan's
sophistry, that America does not own
any citizen anywhere-that nowhere
are people SO free and independent as
under the stars and stripes. He relat-
ed the facts as to the great work being
done by this administration to advance
the educational interest of all the new
possessions as we'll Is in Cuba, and
how eagerly these people sought after
such things.
Mr. Martins entire address, occupy
ing nearly two hours time, was a mas
terly one, full of patriotism, inspira-
ton and encouragement-a real educa-
tional treat. There was no abuse. but
it was a clean, manly discussion of the
questions before the people, such a
speech as no u ear do justice to by
attempting to give a synopsis of it.
The audience was exceedingly appre-
ciative of the speakers pleasing man.
ner, his %clean-cut logic, his wit, his
good stories, and the solid force of his
strong arguments for republicanism as
against populistic~- democracy.
The more the people see and hear
Mr.. Martin the more delighted are
they that he is to be one of the repre-.
sentatives in congress from South Da-
kota. for they realize that he will be a
man of force and will at once take a
prominent part in congress and in leg
islating for our own people as we'll as
for the nation.
Hot Springs will always have a true
interested friend in Mr.. Martin, who
will leave no stone unturned toward
accomplishing what this place may de
sire, and it was most gratifying to him
to have such an enthusiastic, hearty
and successful rally asthat Of Wednes
day night.