The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-08
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ped among my committeeman. They
were in great CONSERVATION and cried
out accordingly. / had been announc-,.
ed as the principal speaker. A large
number Of people had come to hear
me. II I left, there would be great
disappointment which would hurt the
party But did not mean it-did
I!
assured them that was IN dead
earnest. would stay and speak only
on condition that should feel at per-
feet liberty to express my convictions
straightforwardly and impressively.
They looked at one another as II in
great doubt what to do, and then, az
ter whispered consultation told me
that, Of course, II insisted, they
must let me have my way; but they
begged me to draw It mild" I re-
piled that could not promise to
draw 1t mild" but that l believed
they were mistaken in thinking that
their people, II properly told the truth,
would favor the rascally policy of re-
pudiation. They shook their heads
and sighed. and hoped there would
be no row."
The meeting was very large, most
ly plain country people, men and wo-
men. The committeeman sat on the
platform on both sides Of me, with
anxious faces, evidently doubtful of
what would happen. I had put the
audience in sympathetic temper when
in the due order Of my speech l reach
ed the bond question. Then did
not draw 1t mild" described the
circumstances under which the bonds
were sold by our government and
bought by our creditors; the rebellion
at the height Of its strength; our ar
mics In the field suffering defeat after
defeat; our regular revenues sadly
the war; our credit at low ebb; a
gloomy cloud OF uncertainty hanging
over our future These were the cir
cumstances under which our govern
ment called upon our own citizens
and upon the world abroad for loans
of money. The people whom we then
called bondholders lent their Money
upon our promise that the money
should be paid back in COIN. They did
80 at a great risk, for II we had failed
in the war they might have lost all
or much of what they had lent us.
Largely owing to the help they gave
Us In our extremity, we succeeded
And now are we to turn around and
denounce them % spectators and
bloodsuckers and say that we will not
give them, in the day of success and
prosperity, what we promised them in
the day Of our need and distress?
Would not that be downright knavery
and crime before God and men?
When I had advanced thus for, cries
{of Shame! Shame!" came from the
audience. Then I began to denounce
the vile politicians who advocated
such a disgraceful course, first the
Democrats who had made such an ig-
nominious proposition q part OF, their
platform and then the Republicans
who. believing that such movement
might develop some popular strength,
had cowardly bent their knees to. It.
BY this time my hearers we're thor
oughly warmed up, and when OPP
ened my whole vocabulary Of strong
language, in all parts of the crowd
arose such cries as "You are right"
Bully for you!" "Give 1t to them!"'
"Iit them again." and other ebulH-
tons of the unsophisticated mind;
and when ddded that had been told
that the whole population of this re-
gion were in favor of that crime OF
repudiating the honest debts OF the
republic, and that had in their name
repealed the charge 40 Z dastardly
SANDER, fhy hearers broke out in q
storm Of applause and cheers lasting
long enough to give me time to look
around at my committeeman, who rel
turned NV razA with a srnilA ne ,4itis