The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-04
RAPID CITY CANDIDATE
STIRRING Up
THINGS
GRANVILLE JONES TALKS TO A
LARGE AUDIENCE AT SIOUX
FALLS, S. ID.
Picture of Taft Displayed AS Result
OF Practical Jokc-No Harm
Done.

Granville Jones, democratic candi-
date for state senator from Penning-
ton county, is running like a race
horse.
Mr. Jones is making an active can
vass of the state, and knowing ones
are predicting his election this fall.
He spoke at Sioux Falls Friday
night and the Argus-Leader gave
him the following Complimentary
notice.
Hon. Granville Jones, of Rapid
City, candidate for the state senate
from Pennington county, and one of
the most witty and eloquent speak
ers in the state, addressed a fairly
large audience at the auditorium
last night on the political issues
which confront the people. For an
hour and a half MIR. Jones kept the
audience in bubbling good humor,
and interlarded his wit and humor
with some good hits for democratic
policies and democratic candidates.
Mr.. Jones was introduced by F. B.
Eaton, the democratic candidate for
states attorney in this county.
Mr.. Jones contended that the
Roosevelt policies were really the
Bryan policies, suggested Ny the
peerless leader from Nebraska and
put into effect by Roosevelt. He
said that when in 1904 the demo-
cratic party nominated a reactionary
candidate, the democrats of the west
refused to vote for him, as the vote
cast for Roosevelt shows. He ar
gued that the republicans have
adopted reactionary platform this
year, but Taft must abide by the
platform, and that the republicans
of the west should be as loyal to
their convictions as were the demo-
Gratis four years ago. Mr.. Jones
spoke briefly on the tariff and fnan-
cial questions and gave fine tribute
to Bryan. He expressed the convic-
ton that Taft while an honest and
able man, would not be president in
his own right, but that Roosevelt
would be step-fathvr of the admin
istration.
On state politics Mr.. Jones pre-
dicted the election of Andy Lee for
governor and said serious and per-
sistent effort would be made by the
democrats to control the next cleo
ton. He said the state would make
a mistake to send to Washington a
senator who would rattle around IN
his place like a pea in bath tub. He
said that South Dakota never had
but one real senator at time, and
part Of the time not that. Mr.. Jones
incidentally paid Senator Kittredge
the compliment of saying that he
kncws more about the great Pana-
macanal project than any man in
either branch Of congress.
Tefore the meeting began w. H.
Pelton, who had driven over town
all afternoon with a Bryan banner,
and put it in position. The face
presented was not that of Bryan, but
o. Taft, but the banner was the
sal e. 1t then developed that Mr..
PEN had left the banner with
Mr. Dotson at the Press Office, and
that Turing Mr.. Peltons absence a
p.et,sre of Taft had been PINNED
over that of Bryan. Mr.. Pelton did
not notice the alteration. ct was a
IL y cheap joke, it seems to me, .
se1 Ir. Pelton. A good many dem
ocrets in the audience were inclined
to ent it at first, but finally passed
the matter off as a rather poor dem
crs; ..tion of an Indifferent capacity
70. ,;;lmor.