Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-02-19

! Chamber and Give Speaker
ID Brilliant Address
TO be found in my party and that all
evils chow had been concentrated
n the republican party. But had
not been in Office long before / found
SO many good republicans and so many
bad democrats that | had to alter my
views on this subject. I found in con-
gress that there were only few ques-
tons that came before us on which /
differed In opinion from the repubii-
can members and on most Of the aues-
tions | was often in agreement with
those who differed from me in politi-
cal convictions. And this feeling of
liberality has grown with the years
and have been convinced more ana.
more as / have gone about through
this country and to some extent to
other countries, that the people
wherever you And them, no matter I'M
der what form Of government they live
or under what form OF religion they
worship, are much the same; that they
are controlled aby the same. purposes
and have the same impulses. And l am
satisfied that our differences are large.
ly differences Of Incredibly, OF environ.
ment and sometimes 81 supposed In
terest; and think that often where
we think our interests difter we would
find upon closer examination that they
do not differ SO much after all.
United In Times OF stress.
81 In 1896 we had q campaign that
stirred mems hearts as few campaigns
have done in this country. Probably:
in no campaign since the civil war has
feeling run SO high or SO deep as In
1896. Many bitter things were said
I on = both sides and person reading the
newspapers or listening to the
speeches might have supposed that
scarcely more than half at most of the
people could have been patriotic. And
yet in less than two years after the
election we had war and the 1presi.
dent elected in 1896 issued q, call for
volunteers. And read the cali and
noticed that he did not invite republi.
cans to volunteer; he did not confine
that call to those Of any party or se..
, ficH Or class; he simply extended it to
American citizens and l was one Of
the first to volunteer, sending tele-
gram on the day war was declared, to
the president whom had tried to de.
feat, Offering my services. (Applause. j
And afterwards as the com.
mander OF regiment was
Tor brief time In the SER
vice and | found when was assigned
to the Seventh army corps at Jackson
vile. Florida, that we were all mixed
up politically: found that the diyt.5
sion commander under whom / was to
serve was republican who had
served in the union army; found that
the corps commander was a democrat
Who had served in the confederate
army (Applause.)
| found that the maiority Of
the oficers in my regiment were re-.
publicans who had voted against me
and q majority OF the enlisted men.
were democrats or populists who voted
for me. ss
d One evening that corps COM
mander came over and We had our
band play Dixie for him, we Thought
It would be enjoyable for him. and Ne
had no more than finished playing ii
than the 2nd Mississippi struck On
Yankee Doodle: and then their band
played Maryland. NY Maryland. one
band would play southern airs and the
other northern airs. and finally our
band played my Country, 'Tis Of
Thee. ( and the Mississippi played the
same tune. (Applause.)
All Parties Patriotic.
! think realized as had
never realised before that when any.
great crisis y It hand. Al party lines
disappear and We stand together as
American citizens. forgetting the din
erences between US. So find it more
and more easy to recognize that We
are ALL be we republicans or demo
Gratis. seekin. according to our ideals
and the light that Il given us, to bring
greatness and glory to our country.
And then have had great deal 81
reason lately to rs3oice because haye3
seen come 81 the things ] have been
Continued a pass 4,