The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-01-15
JUDGE HARMON
GIVEN OVATION
Possible Candidate for Presi.
dent Addressed the jack
son Club Banqueters.
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING
Does Not Forecast Future Democratic
Policy, but Avows That Party Is
by No Means Menace e
Prosperity.

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the Jackson day banquet given by the
Duckworth club here was the address
of Judge hudson Harmon. attorney
general under the Cleveland admins
tration, and prominently mentioned as
q candidate for the democratic nom
ination for the presidency. Judge Har-5
mon was given a reception in the club
rooms previous to the banquet and
was received with demonstrations
throughout the evening.
Among the other speakers of the
evening was NJ. e. ingalls,, president Of
the Big -Four railroad, and democratic
candidate for mayor OF this city last
April; Braxton Campbell, Max B. May,
Clarence ]. Neare, Max Goldsmith
and Judge Aar:an Mcneil. Two hun
bred plates were turned and the occa-s
sion was made n Of especial interest
on account Of Judge Harmon's pres
ence.
Harrnon's Address.
Judge Harmon did not forecast any
future policy or new departure for his
party, but outlined the conditions un-a
der the republican administration of
Harrison that confronted the last DEM
ocratic administration, and brought out
many interesting circumstances that
preceded the hard times ten years ago.I
He said in part:
"Of late years the republican poll
ticians have set up the claim that it is.
their management Of public affairs
which makes good times, and so they
must be kept in control il good times
are to continue. This new hurnbug
worked nicely for awhile. But a year
ago, in spite of the success OF the re-
publicans in the congressional election,
some Of the clouds and rainboWs which
had been capitalized and put off on
the people began to vanish. Banks
failed here and there, trade combina-
lions toppled, fear Inc dtstrust "a
to stalk about. And not q IN.
power anywhere toSlay it 9 And SO.
matters have gone on ever since, until
Mr.. Hanna, the chief apostle of party
made prosperity, has announced that
all this Is due to natural causes !
"a country whichis governed through
parties is in a a way when II mas
only one party which can be trusted,
I believe the people are now turning
once more to the democrats for relic!
from extravaganza, the u~nfairness and
the undependableness ofaFthe present
administration; n the : and pre-
tense still employed to mislead them
should be puncturedfonceS forEal byStnaE
plain facts. All weSaslS is tosbe judged
by those facts in the coming campaignsf
The Party andAProsperity.sas9@s
It Is false that %entrusting the democratic
party with power is or eyer was a men,
ace to the prosperity of the country. The
democratic idea Of what constitutes trut
prosperity differs from that Of some OF
its opponents. It Is an Soldtfashioned idea.
Of you choose to put it so,fbut 1t is found;
eds on the precepts of the wise men 81
every age and nation and on the expert
ercS Of all mankind. Democrats do mol
lookl to govegnmen as the 3 s q 81
prosperity, but to the people theinselVes
whpr Will, In fair and honest ways, wora
out ali the goodsthatsproylslence ;per1nittat
them IL the governments will eaYsesStheM
free from needless burdens and interfer
ences. u And every one OF them VIII gel
to which his diligence a iat1fabilst
i~tySsentitle him if he is not held bach
while others are thrust ahead of himSbl,
Nv intended for that purpose.
III is false, too, that there Isl dangeraol
hnrtful disturbance in the process of re,
form IN the tariff andHother%thlnEsSsft -
which the democratic party is pleoged,
ManyEof the wrongs to be righted are So
manifest that even the repnbticans con- s
fess and promise to correct thera-at esoml
time which never cornes.s3AThe history Oh
the democratic party4shows that in max,
ingHneedful changes 1t can be depended
upon to proceed in a spirit OF moderatlof
and fairness TO all citizens who hayi
embarked their labor OF capital IN useIH
enterprises. No matter how TIT
law 4unUer WIllSQH SUI 10y - y
been undertaken, they are to- be fairl1
and considerably treated. Ri
SIf the time Is at hand, as I tnink It IS.
when the people require a change of ad:
ninistration, they are no longer to bt
prevented by false assertions and mag
mary fears from committing 1t agafnsata
our party. There are enough existing
evils and grounds of concern, whichea are
seen and felt by all fair minded men.
Rascality Of Public Servants.
The expenditures for the current year
are o%utrunning thes receipts and this is
likely to go on. because the party leaders
will not change the policy they are pur,
suing. 7sstss
Rascality has been discovered in the
public service, whose nature and extent
would lead any prudent man, if found
In a department of his w business, I'd
have, the other departments o~verhauled:
No man can tell when he goes 10 bed
at night what h egoverlinient may Sba
up to In the morning. And from day to
day the course becomes more fragrant Of
theEleaders who claim to have put their
trademark on all the public virtues and
who nave inhaled entirely too long tha
insidious vapors Of sure thing.
OLNEY FOR PREslDENT.