The Dickinson press., 1908-06-06
REPUBLICAN, RALLY
u. s. Senator McCumber
Makes Good Speech at
Armory.

A plea for unity in state politics, a
vigorous denunciation of the methods Of
the insurgents, and the hearty approval
Of the Roosevelt policies as represented
by William H. Taft, were the features
Of the address by Senator P. ]. McCum.
Der of Wahpeton at the Republican rally
in the Armo;ry, Thursday evening. The
hall was we'll filled with an appreciative
audience. The senate is q popular
speaker and his gift of oratory always
start to finish. No one was disappointed
in crisp, telling shots, going straight to
were clear to everyone. His magnetic
personal charm held their close atten-
ton and the speech was punctuated with
good point was drawn out.
McCumber, R. H. Johnson of Dickinson,
chairman of the evening and Fred F.
Smith of Wahpeton, candidate for the Of
flee of Superintendent OF Public Instruc-
ton On the Stalwart ticket. Chairman John
SON introduced the orator Of the evening
in a brief but we'll chosen speech, full of
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the popularity and enviable record Of
the SENATOR
Senator McCumber was enthusiastically
received and for over an hour, he treated
the issues of the campaign in an impair
tial and comprehensive tanner.
Taking up in the first place the situa-
ton of the Republican party nationality,
he drew a brief but apt comparison be-
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Democratic rule and under the govern
ment and Republican officials.
Taking the state of North Dakota, he
years of Republicanism as compared
with the four previous years when the
Democratic party a in control. He
prosperity, the recent financial strin.
gency on the eastern coast and laid the
blame of the condition OF a too great
speculative evils but unlike the panic Of
the situation and it was we'll met, and
the run of prosperity is again on the rise
The senator touched briefly on the atti.
tribute to the Roosevelt policies, empha.
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believed in these policies and would
William H. Taft, he said, is the man
who can do this.
what is the issue at stalker" asked
publican party in North Dakota is a,
tions in North Dakota, the div:
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insurgents. he exclaimed. "What on
gent party in this state? The only rea.
son is that a few who could not secure
office under the regular organization
power in this way" Ridiculing the talk
Of party bosses he said that the defunc.
ton of a boss by the insurgents is "a
worker in the party against me-
Meeting in convention they said I'VE
are the people. We nominate ourselves
for office. Therefore we are nominated
demi-god. The workers in the party
are those who support the party in Of
fee and out. 1t is better to 60 down
in defeat for principle than to have the
party run to the ground by putting a,
the ned0, meu WHO nave no party Ieel'
ing. have no use for the kind of poll.
ticians who say that all is fair in politics.
He concluded his speech with strong
impersonal plea for unity of party in the
state and urged that when the voters &c
to the primaries, they vote in harmony
and swing such a Republican victory il
the state that the whole country will sit
up and take notice.
Chairman Johnson then introduced
Mr.. Smith who spoke briefly of the stu
alton. He said that the greatest crop Of
the state is its boys and girls and that he
pledged himself, in case he was elected
to Office, to keep the position free from
politics and that every man and woman
connected with the schools would have :
square deal from beginning to end.
During the evening, excellent music
was furnished by the military orchestra.