The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-08-05
SPEAKER cANNoN's ADDRESS.
Formal Notification Given by the
Speaker of the National House.

Mr.. President: The people of the United
States. by blood. heredity. education and
have sometimes been subject to prejudice
and embarrassment from harmful condi-
tons. but we have ontgrown prejudice
and overcome conditions as rap3.y as
possible. having due regard to law and
the rights of individuals We have some
times made mistakes, from false sense
policies instead of letting we'll enough
alone. merely to see what would happen.
but we have always paid the penalty 9f
unwisc action at the ballot box and en-
dured the. suffering until. under the law.
through the ballot box. VIC have returned
to correct politics Tested by experience
problems and chosen proper policies as
our nation. Under the lead of the repub-
lican party for over forty years the United
States, from being third class power
respect first. The people rule. The people
ruling 1t is necessary thai they should be
not only patriotism. but. material we'll
being. education. statecraft.
The people. under the lend Of the re-
publican party wrote upon the statute
the products of foreign countries seeking
our markets which repienished our treas
age our people in developing. divcrsifying
and maintaining Cur industries. al tie
same time protecting our citizens labor
Ing In PRODUCTION against the composition
manufactured product today is onethird
of the product of the civilized world. and
| for their labor that similar labor receives
| elsewhere in the world, thereby enabling
M to bear the burdens Of citizenship
The Results of Potection.
liberal compensation for labor makes
| liberal customers for our products. Under
| affords all cur people n better market
than has any other people on earth and
our products abroad. In addition to this
we have come to be the greatest export
ing nation IN the world. For the year
ending the Both of June. 1904. our exports
100000, of which $3.50, 100000 were products
Of the factory orr :oo The world fell in our debt
last year S47oo .oo9 an increase of $4,000
600 over the preceding year.
This policy OF protection has always
beer, opposed by the opponents, Of the, re-
publican party y and is opposed by them
adopted at st. Louis. they denounce pro.
lection as robbery. They never have bee
given power but they proceeded by word
and act to destroy the policy of protcc,
ton. Their platform is as silent az TIE
grave touching the gold standard and oul
currency system. Their chosen leader
lent as the sphinx up to that thine. sent
his telegram. say ng in substance thai
the gold standard is established, and thai
he will govern himself accordingly If he
| should be elected.
I congratulate him. It is better to be
right late than never. 1t is better to bt
| right in one thing than wrong in al
things. I wonder If 1t ever occurred tc
him that If his vote and support for his
party'G candidate in 1896 and 1900 had beer
decisive we would now have the silver
standard. I wonder what made him SEM
that telegram after he was nominated
and why he did not send it before. Wher
did he have a charge of hcart and judy
ment? And does he at heart believe II
the gold standard and our currency sys
TEN. or does he try now to reap where
he has not sown? If. perchance, he SHOULD
be elected by forcing together discordan
elements, 1 submit that. with remocrati,
house of representatives or house and sen
ate, there would be no harmonious actor
In legislation CT administration tina
would benefit the people, but that doub
and discomfort would everywhere distress
production and labor. Consumption woul,
be curtailed. In short. we would hay
an experience similar to that from 1893 I,
1897 If this chosen leader and his friend
are converts to republican policies, SHOULD
not they bring forth fruits meet for re
pentancc" before they ask to be place.
in the highest positions to affect the well
being of all: or. If they profess all thing
to all men, then they are not worthy tn
confidence of any man. If clothed wit
power will they follow in the paths o
legisla ton according 20 their loves an
votes as manifested by their action al
ways heretofore. or will they stand by
protect and defend the gold standard an
our currency system that have been Gre
atcd under the lead of the republca
party?
People Muse Decide.
Correct revenue laws, protection or fire
trade, the gold standard and our cul
rency system. all depend upon the sent
ment of the majority of our people a
: voiced at the ballot box A majority ma
change our revenue laws; majority ma
change our currency laws: a ma jority ma
destroy the gold standard and establis
the silver standard. or, in lieu of either {
both, make the treasury note, non-intere.
bearing and irredeemable. the sole stant
ard of value.
r Sir. let US turn from the region of doul
and double dealing. the debatable lam
, to the region of absurd certainty. The r.
: publican party stands for protection.
, stands for the gold standard and OF
currency system All these dwell in leg
, lation enacted under the lead of the r,
: publican party and against the most d.
termined opposition of the democrat
party including it's leader and candidat
| These being our policies, and having bee
: most useful to the country, we have COZ
r fidence in and love them. If 1t be nece
/ sary from time to time that they shou
. be strengthened here and controlled Their
the republican party stands ready, wit
: lovin, competent hands, to auuply II
l proper remedy. l say remedy Beir
our policies, we will not willingly subje
them to their enemies for slow starvatic