The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-29
Senator Knute Nelson
Makes Great Hit
Talked to an Immense Crowd Monday Nsht-Gves Bryan
Solar Plexu. Blow-Encouraeing Words for
c. A. Johnsonanl1A 1a&

high road to civilization, and the
government bought UP land for them
from the Friars, and is parcelimg It
| out to the natives in small lots
allowing them to pay the govern
ment back for the land under a
homestead law. During ail of this
time, Bryan was shouting Imperial
ism, and doing what he could to
make it harder for Mr.. Taft But
the big fellow carried out his plan
successfully with the result that
there lis now peace in the Philip
pines, and but a snnall standing
army to preserve order. The Unit
ed States has shown to the lworid
that We have the ability as COL
onizer for we haye beaten any rec
ord ever made.
When Mr.. Bryan returned from
his trip around the world, he at
once began to shout government
ownership of railroads" Imagine
all of the railroads of this country
owned by the government and ali
OF the men under Mr.. Bryan's en-
ploy Talk about Imperialism Mr.,
Nelson said
| The speaker took up some time
referring to the Democratic plat
form, which was made with a view
of fooling the worlingmen. The
Democrats have declared for an
eight hour Jaw. This amused Mr.
Nelson, for the Republicans passed
such a law Years. ago and all gov,
ernment employees are required to
work but eight hours.
The Democrats are posing as en-
enies of the trusts. Mr.. Nelson re.
ferred to the Sherman antitrust
law passed number of years ago
The iaw was a dead letter under the
administrator Of Grover Cleveland
for there was not a single arrest or
suit started under this law durinr
his administration. Roosevelt reviv
; ed the law, and started many suits
; against the various trusts and now
is after the Standard Oil trust. It
is hard to get evidence against these
trusts for the members refuse to
} answer the questions when placed
} on the stand, reserving their consti
} tutionai rights, and do not have to
answer to anything THAT would in
criminate themselves. But the Re
publicans have heen very dilgent
and have dug up much hmportani
evidence, resulting in several sue
cessfu1 prosecutions.
} Mr.. Nelson explained carefully
the emergency esrrency act passed
by THE last congress, and said thai
) committee had been in Europe
last summer investigating the bank
: ing systems of the older countries
and he had no doubt ttat the Law
wolId be amended soon, changing
the system of allowing the National
banks to issue paper money, and
having this done by one central
bank.
! Mr.. Nelson closed his address
with an urgent appeal to the voters
not only to elect the Republican
president and congressman, but not
to forget the Republican nominee
for governor, c. A. johnson, as we'll.
i Mr.. Nelson said that since coming
into the state, he had taken particu-
lar pains to look up the record of
the present governor, Mr.. Burke,
and he finds that he is a grand
stand player Burke has made a
great adoo about enforcing the law,
especially on a trip to Dickinson,
hut this merely acted as flash ip
a pan. Mr.. Nelson understands
that right in Bismarck, under the
governors nose, so to speak, there
I are a number OF Ito use the class
ical term) blind pigs. Ha then
said: You ought to feel proud that
you have a good clean competent
candidate from your own town nnd
county, and by all means you ought
to vote for Mr.. johnson. Burke
may be good fellow, but just you
tell him that there is ons very
Essential thing that he lacks and
ttat is he's not a good Republic m
Mr.. Nelson's plea In behalf of Mr..
johnson had telling effect