Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-10-09

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the resources most attractiYely dis.
PLAYED there ana then passed through
prone to make them, but i want to as.
sure you that tie mistakes / have
made have not been because Of the
hear. hut because the ssgray matter,
was at fault. 4 thank you. 55 b
The address was listened to with
the closest attention and was inter
rupted by frequent applause and
shouts s.tl OF "sarles is all right etc. @
]. r. MockIer. .ftii5 .G..5 7
# MT. T. R. MockIer, candidate for
representative from this district, was
then the introduced, given a hearty vel.
come, and spoke in part as follows:
MT. Mockler, who, after a few gen
' eral remarks, stated that although he
had had not been as long in this state as
the other speakers, and was not as
familiar luli as they were with the politi-
cal history thereof, he had tried to
Identify himself with the business in
terests and familiarize himself with
the political history of the state. He
stated that he had not been a republi
can as long as great many who were
in attendance, but no person was more
loyal to the principles of the party
than he. s(Applause.) -.-,. ..-
He took up the subject of graft. and
showed 1lols'tl what was done by way OF in
yestigation of the postofice depart
ment, the insurance companies, etc,
stating that it was the policy of the
present administration whenever graft
was found not only to attempt to sub
due the same, but annihilate it. He
took up the general prosperity of the
nation tin, pointed with pride to the con-
ditions in North Dakota, that there
was more wealth per capita today in
North Dakota than in any other, state
In the Union, New Jersey excepted;
he took issue with the attitude of the
democratic party with reference to
the philippine Islands, stating that it
was an undisputed fact that the
Cubans We're far more intelligent than
the people of the Philippines with
every safeguard surrounding their
government; that the United States
had gone down the second time as a
mediator seeking to restore order and
once more build up an organized
government; that no person could
truthfully say at the present time that
the attitude Of the United States and
the principles of the republican party,
as enun ciated by Theodore Roosevelt,
We're anything but favorable to liberty
and self government for the Cuban
republic. (Applause.) w.
! .5 r. N: Stevens.
It is said the average mans vocabu
larry consists of about eight hundred
words. Being an average man and hav.
ing spoken many times in your pres
ence fearI have so far exhausted
my vocabulary that it will be hard
for me to say anything that will be
eitherit instructive or entertaining to
| you. 7 Z, r.. -.
think may say without disparage-
ment to any other republican state
administration we have had since
statehood, and without fulsome praise
of our chief executive because of his
presence, that the business methods
pursued by the executive departments
Of our state government are not sur
passed by any state in the northwest
| and are a great improvement over any
we have heretofore had. For instance,
they have put into actual operation
what is known as the voucher system,
by which, every person having a
claim against the state for expenses
must furnish with his account sub
vouchers for all items of one dollar or
over, specifying when paid, to whom
and what for, signed by the person to
whom the payment is made.
No man can get fraudulent dollar
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without furnishing false receipt and
committing perjury in swearing to
the correctness of his bill. ~ #ss r.
No man can ride on pass and draw
mileage as travelling expenses. ANY
| taxpayer can examine the accounts
and see every dollar expended, who
received it and for what. Or, in other
words q perfect check is kept on every
dollar the taxpayer pays into the
state treasury. (Applausel.
Bond brokers living principally at
Grand Forks have for years, By solict-
tation, purchased school bonds issued
by school districts throughout the
state drawing i've per cent interest
and sold them to the state at rate
that would make them net the state
four per cent. When the present id,
ministration took over the reins 81
state government the governor re-
fused to9sanction the purchase Of these
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