Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-11-03
DEMOCRATIC RALLY
GOOD CROWD GREETs JOHN
BURKE, DEMOCRATIC cANDi-
j u . 4 DATE FOR II s..5@
GOVERNOR, WHO ABLY PRESENTS
HIS SIDE AND DOES A LITTLE
:. RoMANcING.

4 The democratic bretheren had rea-
son to be proud Of the crowd at
the Atheneum last night when two of
their best warehouses; were on the
speaking program, even if more than
half Of the crowd were rock-ribbed re-
publicans. The personal popularity of
John Burke among Bismarck people
had much to do with the outpouring
Of the people, as Mr.. Burke has been
In the legislature so often that most
all old Bismarckers know him we'll
and like him Notwithstanding his
democracy.
The Commercial club band dis
coursed music on the streets and got
the crowd steered to the hall which
was soon well filled, large number
of ladies being present. While the
crowd was assembling the band made
it lively.
The preliminaries were brief.
Chairman Byrne of the democratic
county committee, expressed his salts
faction at the size of the crowd,
apologized for the absence of John D.
Benton of Fargo, who was unable to
be present, and in neat manner he
introduced Hon. John Burke, Of Devils
Lake, candidate for governor on the
democratic ticket.
In opening Mr.. Burke said he had
been all over the state making two
and three speeches day, which was
good deal of talking-for a man. He
said he was pleased to see SO many
out and wondered If it was because
they wanted to hear the issues dis
cussed, or to get look at their
future neighbor Qaughter). He spoke
of the time when as a member of the
lower house he had opposed the
capital removal bill and was glad to
see that his prediction that Bismarck
would become the center of the state
in population and wholesaling had
come true (applause), so was glad
that he had in that case shown that he
was prophet, which fact he begged
his hearers to remember as he dis
caused the issues Qaughter), He
didn't tell about how the campaign
elsewhere was being conducted against
the capitol-one of the little pleas
antries he missed.
The speaker then arraigned the re-
publican party of the state unsparing-
ly for what he conceived were
crimes of omission rather than for
what had been done, and told in
graphic terms of the good things the
democratic party would do if it.. was
given control of state affairs, just as
though the men put up by the demo-
Gratis were not as vulnerable to the
evils complained of as their republican
brothers. The burden of his COM
plant was that the railroad people
were good fellows and with passes
and other cajoleries put officials under
obligations which he claimed pre-
vented them from enforcing laws for
the control Of corporations and a lot
of sophistries like that which make
good campaign talking even if it isn't
so. He claimed that the railroads
controlled the republican party and
that the democratic hosts were the
only simon pure friends of the dear
people. The pass evil was dwelt up
on at length, notwithstanding the fact
that the reign of passes is swept away
by national legislation and that there
will be no passes in the future. except
to employees of the roads. He tore the
republican state platform to tatters in
real artistic fashion and drew the
deadly parallel between it and the
platform of the democrats, weaving
through his talk very nice story OF
the bosses on the one hand and the
sovereign people on the other. AS a
drawer Of beautiful word pictures Mr..
Burke is an adept. ~
He praised the work Of President
Roosevelt and spoke OF. the nice things
Teddy would do, if he were governor
of North Dakota and a lot, OF pleas
antries like that and all; through. his,
address was listened to with the
closest attention and frequently in
terrupted by laughter and applause
over his many witticisms. e No
speaker who has visited the city ever
got more respective hearing and NO,
democrat who has come to the slope
ever spoke to more republicans. many
of whom remained after the meeting
to congratulate the speaker on his
ingenious weaving of dreams and
realities into a most interesting ora.
torical effort. II N.
After the, meeting an Informal re-!
ception was held to give the faithful
and others chance to greet the candi-
date OF the lost cause.
The fsannf3n o. ram frB ala lima Die.