The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-29

from Minnesota, Knute Nelson, At
the Jacobson Opera House Monda'
evening. The city wtas dSfSed WILL
admirers of this great statesman
c,d,n came from all narts OF che
Northwest to hear him. Many 1olal-
ar Minnesotans who we're personally
acouainted with the man years ago
In Minnesota came to Minot TO nave
a short visit with their old frlena
Kmute. He greeted his friends all
,,,,Lo and remembered hundreds OF
the acquaintances of years ago.
AT the conclusion Of the address,
a. bie tail farmer walked up on tne
stage and grasped Mr.. Nelson oy
the hand exclaimng, II am more
than pleased Senator, to have hearn
Won tonight. l want to tell you
that came 125 miles on purpose "
ha.r vo,, and do not regret the long
journey u.,.,
rho audience was made up mostly
:, fanmers. and hundreds could no'
qat i'm the opera house, SO sooou ~. ~
.,o .stroets until after the speech ~
anaer to get a glimpse OF inns ~
.oa,or American and shake i'sans's.
- - estimated that twelve hunns.a
c,cke,, the opera house anu e
l' ,,n,o at a ,premium.
lanes Johnson, the hep.' ~ :
state chairman, called ne ".es =.
49, - onder rromptly at 1880 ocl0cr
c. u clark Minot's mayor, was NJ
1ranced y,y alr. Johnson ana y. NJ
Mr. Clark in turn Introduces ~.
Ne,scn in few appropriate -
marks nsss
a., to Nelson story ..6 o0oo : : :
The Senator gave one OF the oes'
.n,itcal addresses ever heaiu ~ III,
mt 1 He paid Minot fine oomp1'.
MONT teilins how in 1890 ne mrs.
,assea through the city, a little wy
90 with a few houses dotted hes'
ana there. He referred to Minot ..
the metropolis Of the nrth"es'e.. :.
- !, North Dakota and sees a 'grea'
future for her 49,
Mr. Nelson then went In 10 ''ne
,s,uhiec,t OF Rapubli blidanism and dllane
"a great hit. He took his andlenos
With him back to the first aoniin !.
,.tration of Grover Cleveland ano
referred paraculArly TO cleFeiaha
ceoona administration. Then anous
.raa were out Of employment aho
a,,o s.rm nnoducts sold tor very
Inv mice. why? Because the
namocratic tariff system had opep
~ the market Tor foreign naae
Goods and our manufacturers han 10
cnmpete with the cheap faoc ~
4he old world. As soon as the 1'e
s,,tbpicans got into power the oArln
"a. revised. and Soon the wheels o'
Ahe factories were running, manu-
the eactries ,were RUNNING, manu-.
1actured articles sold for . soo'
price and at the same time tine PEG
nle were given fair price for tne''
labor. and gu farmers know that tho
orice of your products increases
comes3ondingiy. But in aDl OF tho
years since, change has been tax
ing place in the cost of the manufac.
tire OF certain articles, unaa
now there needs to be q revision OF
4ha tariff. Mr.. Taft more tlaam two
wears ago in a speech made in the
state Of Maine, declared that he was
for tariff revision and Mr.. Nelson Is
certain that If he is elected, taran
viii be revised along the proper and
consistent lines.
Mr.. Nelson then spoke of Bryan,
using his fine sarcasm. He had no
doubt that Mr.. Bryan was the finest
sneaker in the United States, but
didn't think that fine wonds would
fill an empty stomach. He showed
how Bryan had first cried Free
Silver twelve years ago and showed
what calamity there would have
been had this experiment. been at
tempted.
He spoke of our trouble with
Spain, Of the WAR we fought for
humanity and later how TAFT, the
missionary, was sent to. the Phil
ippines to untangle the worst 2ropo~
siton that ever confronted a nation.
Under Tets wise rule. the HAN civ
ihssd ts1ass have, gotten on the