Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-10-18
ROUSING REPUBLICAN RALLY
Republican. Rally At the Atheneum At
tended By Large Number Who Hear
Fitting Speech By Senator McC umber.

what time has the democratic party
not been in error? 1t was like the lit
tie boys dream. He dreamed he died
and went to Heaven. In telling his
father of his experiences, he said that
st. Peter had told him his father had
gone up a great shining stairway, and
Peter gave him piece of chalk and
told him to follow, but that on each
step he must set down all of his sins.
When he had gotten, up two Or three
steps he, saw his father coming back
What was coming back .for?" asked
the father. sFor more chalk" replied
the boy. So it was with the demo-
cratic party. When its history would
be written it must come back for more
chalk to write down; its sins.
..s% Record of the Party. ry-,-"
The development of the last fifty
years had been unequalled in the his
tory Of the world. To what was 1t
due? To two things: to the doctrine
of protection and the Monroe doctrine.
One for the protection Of the Ameri-
can wage earners and the other to the
protection of the American nations
from the interference of the monarch
les of the old world. Both. we're vital
doctrines But the democratic plat
form pledged itself to the destruction
Of the doctrine Of protection. It prom
Used to let the American people down
SO gradually from the heights of pros
perity to the depths Of depression that
they would never feel the bump.
Qaughter.) The other issues, the
money issue and allied issues, had
been settled and in this campaign the
two parties met on the same old battle
ground, the tariff. Then the speaker
entered into discussion Of the tariff
and the means of raising revenue. He
pointed out the record of the demo-
cratic party on the tariff question and
showed that every time the tariff was
lowered below the protection standard,
disaster had followed. The prosperity
Of the country depended upon the two
great classes, the agriculturalists and
the manufacturers. If either class was
harmed, so was the other. They are
interdependent. He gave figures to
show the relativs consumption of
wheat in democratic and republican
years. It was useless to theorize in
these matttrs. The cold facts proved
that the years of demo cratic rule were
lean years and the years Of republican
rule were fat years. ~ ~,
Tariff as Savings Bank. T..
The protective tariff, he said. oper-
ated as a savings bank for the earn
ings OF the nation. It doubled the
earnings of the workman and then
gave him place to invest them at
home. AS Lincoln said, If he bought
| dress in England for $40, he had the
| dress and England the $40. But If he
bought the same dress at home. he
had both the dress and the $40 He
Illustrated the effects of a favorable
and nnfavorable balance of trade, and
showed that in republican ytars the
balance Of trade was steadily in our
1 favor, showing that we sold more than
4 we bought and hence had made some
saving Of our resources. d. a &. @as &
55f s y Ma Even Democrats Proud.
The republican party had done Lite
duty and ii had still = mission 20 full
/ al. Even democrats n were proud d
Lincoln, the greatest American presi
dent And Mckinley what democrat
4 would 90 back now to 1896 and elect
4 Bryan. There was a living necessity
4 for the continuance Of republican su
! premacy. Like causes produce like
effects under like condi tions. No mar
Isneed look farther than the years from
1892 to 1897 to see what would be the
defect il the democrats were restored
/ to power. He quoted figures to- show
that during demo cratic reign there was
4 consistent excess Of expenditure
lover revenues and IA the republican
i years a consistent excess Of revenues
over disbursements
Effect Ia North Dakota.
what had been the relative effect. 81
democratic and republican years 4
North Dakota, bringing the mattel
Il right home Quoting from the report
4 of the agricultural apartment for th.
Y years from 1892 10 1897 and from 1872
/ to 1904 and taking the average values
4 tor the two periods he found that th'
value of every sheep a the state haa
\ doubled under republican rule: tn,
vsiue of every pound of wool ha,
tcontinnsd 81 pase q.