The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-10-28
Pleases an Enthusiastic Audience Last Nieht
Best Meeting Of Campaign Makes
Winning Speech
DEFINES REPUBLICAN PRINC1PI rs
A Strong, Wel-Baanced ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in a Con
vncing Manager-Mr French Vote Geter-Col
thomas Harner Creates Good Impression
and Ro1sing Enthusiasm

Burton l.. French. the republican can.
didate for congress, aud Col. Thomas
Hamer of Fremont county spoke at the
opera house last night and by general
consent held the best political meeting of
the campaign. Mr.. French made fine
impression and forever silenced his critics
who have been busy here trying to create
prejudice against him. He is able, he IS
earnest, broad minded and liberal and he
presented in masterly manner a review
Of the issues of the campaign, and left
nothing in doubt in the minds of his
hearers as to his exact position on ques-
tions local and national. Col. Thomas X.
Hamer followed Mr.. French and in
characteristic speech filled with wit and
wisdom held the audience for another hour
and left them filled with enthusiasm.
Auditors from both parties pronounce this
the best political meeting of the cam.
paign.
The meeting was featured by Chairman
Thompson as the young mems meeting
Of the campaign and in a neat speech
Commenting the young men in politics
he presented Marcus Barnett as chairman
OF the meeting. Prominent OIL the stage
were James f. Babb, G. d. McF:chron, c
|J. Vassar, Geo. H. Kester, T. Howard
Howe, e, w. Robnett, G. w. Fletcher,
Miss Mccoy, Bert Chapman and G. H.
Ferrell. Mr.. Barnett in very graceful,
complimentary speech presented Mr..
French as the candidate ofthe republican
party for congress, Young in years but
old in experience, and able to hold with
honor any position in the gift Of the peo-
pie Of Idaho. Mr.. French received An
ovation from the audience and for more
than an hour held them with magnificent
attention.
In his discourse on the principles Of
government Mr.. French said that the civ
ilization of the world was not due to the
toll OF manksnd but tointelligent thought
directed toward the solution Of social and
economic questions. And that intelligent
thought was the product Of liberty; that
liberty was nowhere so great as in our
own United States. Here public opinion
was moulded by the thoughtful men of
the nation and public opinion moulds
parties and policies. He traced rapidly
the development of industrial questions
showing the material trend toward combi-
nations and stated as basic law of true
government that nothing could ultimately
succeed that did not benefit the mass Of
humanity more than it benefited the few.
Partnerships are beneficial. Corporations
are beneficial until that point is reached
when they serve the few instead Of the
many and from there. on the problems
are not to be solved by appeal to, passion
or prejudice but by the careful thought
and enlightened intelligence Of the
American people who must see that La
Dor is the adjunct Of capital and that cap
| ital is the handmade Of Labor"
He defined the attitude Of the republi.
can party on the trust question by .histor,
ical data beginning with the plank in the
Republican platform Of 1888, placed there
by William Mckinley, followed by the
Sherman antitrust law Of HArrison's ad
ministration the passage of which wa.
opposed by every democrat in congress
aud the effect Of which was, nullifled b,
Grover Cleveland when he was presiden
Of the United States. He referred to In,
speeches Of Senator Dubois where he crit
icised President Roosevelt aud said tina
while Dubois was at Nampa making tn
|speech that Rooseyelt d Washington wa
doing more for organized labor than Du
bois had done during his whole publ
lcareer.
i Speaking Of tae tariff question he sat
that the republicans of Idaho were fol
lowing the trend of.tariG developmeu
! las outlined by the leaders, Of the party
!. and cited the fact that the MeKinley IL,
pat so per cent Of oar imports on the FIRE
list and that the Dinsley Law had il
! creased the list to SS per cent. and th,
: the recpirocity ideas of Blaine and Nj
Kinley were directly In the line marks
'out BY the plank a the idaho platforu
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