The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-27
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PLEASED THE AUDIENCE
Senator DoIiiver a Happy and Inter
esting Speaker.
After a few moments wait the
J. P. Dolliver of Iowa was
introduced by Mr.. Mccormick as 'the
silver tongued orator of Iowa"
MIR. Dolliver said that he did not
like the introduction, as he was not
orator, silver tongued or other
wise, neither was he a statesman,
but simply a country politician. A
number of bright sallies put the au-
dience in the best of humor.
Mr.. Dolliver said that he would not
undertake to discuss the issues OF
the campaign because there was no
issue. Eight years ago there had
been one, but silver was dead, so
dead that were it not for the Western
Union Telegraph company it would
not be heard of now. If he were
asked what the paramount issue OF
the present campaign was he would
say to hold on by main force and
strength to the prosperity and good
times the country is now having. While
he did not profess to know what had
caused the great panics earlier IN
the last century he did know what
had caused that of 1893 and the
hard times which marked the close
of Cleveland's second term. These
he had seen begin Immediately after
the election of Cleveland in 1892.
AS q member of the committee on
ways and means the speaker told OF
the work done by that body in COM
pliance with the call of President
Mckinley for an extra session OF.
congress in 1897. When the Dingley
bill was passed at that session there
was a revival Of prosperity.
While the democrats professed to
be opposed to protection, many OF
them demanded it for certain articles,
those in the production of which
they were interested. Hence in Mon
tana they wanted wool and lead pro-
tected, the same as those of the south
wanted cotton protected. The policy
of the republicans vas to protect the
products of every state and every
interest.
imperialism was taken up. The
speaker did not know just what the
democrats meant by "imperialism;'
il it meant that we were going to
build a navy in keeping with the ma
tion's needs and it's standing among
the powers Of the world, he vas fol
imperialism; if they had reference tc
the Panama canal then he was an
imperialist and Roosevelt was an i'm
perialist, for he had made possible
speedy construction of the canal
Only for Roosevelt people still be
talking about the canal 25 years
hence. The democrats protested tt
be in favor of the canal, but pretended
to disapprove of the manner in which
we had obtained control of the stril
necessary for it's construction, saying
we had stolen it. If this vas really
the case then the democrats were a!
bad as the republicans, for they wer'
enjoying the benefits of that steal.
The acquisition Of Hawaii, Guam
one Of the Samoan islands and tn
Philippines was the subject mex
touched upon. The foresight of Sew
ard had foretold the completion Q
an isthmian canal, the establishment
of American supremacy in the island
of the Pacific and American domi
nancy in the trade of the world. VIVA
, that great statesman's PRESENCE hat
enabled, him to see had been mad
7 an actuality by the republican party
of which he was n of its creates
men.
MI. Dolliver spoke in a %eulogfsti'
! manner of Congressman Dixon an
the great good he had succeeded II
doing for his state during the brie
time in, which he represented it II
congress. If the people of Montan'
were appreciative of faithful and cal
i nest service, said the speaker, the
) would return Mr.. Dixon and the
could feel assured that their interest
would be in capable hands and b
zealously guarded.
j. Because of the very short time a
5 his command MI. Dolliver could d
: but little more than touch upon tn
different subjects included in hi
speech. Without straining after e
!. fooAc ord offon+inu mona of the trait