The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-07-10
TWO GRAND SPEECHES
Continued from page 8.

Iillotson. and Mccormick and
Messrs. Downey and Kratz. with
Mrs. Cora Boice-Crow ably presiding
at the piano. The sextette also sang
another number at the close OF Judge
Trips address. Rev. T. H.. Young
man lead the vast audience in prayer
and it was a effective one. Nichols's
mandolin club played spirited num-
Der that was applauded heartily.
In introducing Judge Trip Mayor
Silsby paid the gentleman the high
compliment Of easily standing pre-
eminently the greatest man in the
state, Il who had settled here 36
years ago, and had grown with its
%fullness to a proud position among
his fellow men. Judge Tripp's adj
dress, while brief, touched on mat
tiers Of great Importance to the peo-
pie Of the country. In referring to
the bankers he remarked that there
was no class Of people to whom we
were under more obligations than
them, and that they were a class of
men whom we admire. The judge
in speaking Of the questions which
surround the banking business and
its relations to the country said they
were not impenetrable. He said it
was a general superstition that the
people were under the control of the
bankers and the trusts. He believed
wholly different and maintained.
that there never was a time in the
history of the country when manhood
had reached a higher standard, and
when the pooier individual could at
tain the same heights as today.
High places are occupied today by
those who have risen from the lower
ranks, and there is no distinction in
financiers, as is seen by the men
who are today in the highest places
in financial circles. Speaking of the
matter Of wealth Judge Trip said
that the greatest danger Of today
was its concentration in a few hands.
1t is not the amassing of large for
tunes which is a menace to the peo-
pie. but the perpetuation of the
same. He did not believe in permit
ting it to pass from father to son,
but to have it returned through the
proper avenues again to the people,
much in the manner that Carnegie
was distributing his wealth. He
scored the methods of Rockefeller in
giving away SIS, 600, 900 to educational
institutions and then raising the
price Of oil one cent a gallon. He
suggested as a remedy against the per-
%petuation Of wealth that legislation
be passed making it impossible to
hand down estates of a family to one
person, but require that they be
distributed among the members Of a
family or it's descendants. In re-
ferring to the consolidation OF cap
ital judge Trip said it had been a
wonderful assistance in extending
trade to the European countries,
and while it had been in a nature
oppressive he believed in passing
legislative e~nactments to control it,
and which in his opinion, would be
a fine preventive for strikes.
Judge Trips address was pune
tured with applause for the senti-
ments he gave forth and which met
with the approval with the audience.
Mayor Silsby in presenting Cover
nor Cummins to the audience re-
ferred to him as the strenuous man
Of the west-one on whom TIT. eyes
Of the people are centered, and as
one who had made his impress in the
politics of the country. GOV. Cum
Minis was heartily g~reeted--by the
large audience, and there.were a good
many Iowa people there to listen to
the able representative Of their old
state. The governor said he wante I
to apologize for appearing before the
audience unprepared for his address,
but when be finished, an hour and a
halfslater, 1T was thought that pre-
paration cut little figure with the
governor. Coming into the state
from the east on the afternoon train
the governor said that with one ex-
ception his eyes had never looked
upon q: f,irer land. unbounded and
illimitable in its wonderful resource
es. -
In opening the governor told a few
stories of a humorous nature that
found a ready application during
his following address, and they
served to place the audience in close
touch and sympathy with the speak,
er. In referring to the bankers be
said that for years they had been
conducting their business along the
line to safely convert their capital
into currency, but there was a prob
lem, greater not only to them but 20