The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-02
SHERMAN SHOWS
ABSURD|TY OF
BPXl|E! !! CLAIM
Attempt to Pose as the nc. s,
Lincoln an Egregious
Efrontery ]
lcill
GREAT GATHERING Of THE
MIDDLE WEST HEARS him
Every State That Voted for Lincoln
in 1850 Voted Against Bryan in
1896 and 1900 Except One Lone
Elector in California


thousand people here today when he
delivered an address at the Tn-State
fair grounds. The fair which is con-
Quoted in the interests Of Illinois,
Indiana and Iowa, brought great
throngs from each Of these states, and
probably nowhere on his trip through
the west has the candidate been 90
heartily greeted. After a monster
parade, he was escorted to the fair
grounds and from a speakers stand
directly in front of the grand. stand,
Mr.. Sherman delivered an address on
the attempt OF Mr.. Bryan to pose as
the Lincoln of modern times. Mr..
Sherman showed that he was every
thing which the great Emancipator
was not and is not one of the things
which Lincoln was. Mr.. Sherman
said:
Sherman's Address.
1T is rare privilege to stand today
before this vast audience made up of
the sterling citizenship of the middle
west; to be present at this exposition,
the purpose of which is to exploit
the products and progress Of three
great states of the nation, to speak
to citizens of our republic upon some
OF the questions now engaging public
attention. l shall not abuse my priv
ilege by imposing upon your patience
or claiming your attention for more
than brief period. I am advised
that 1t is permissible to speak as q
partisan.~I am told that this is Re-
publican day, and my theme shall be
something Of ~ c0mparison df the
early leader Of Republican thought
and action on the present dictator Of
so-calIed Democratic dec elaratioffs and
professed Intentions. The present can
vass shows again the folly of the ass
that put on lions skin. The man
ayers of Mr.. Bryan's press bureau
are attempting to conjure votes for
him by the use of the sacred name
of Lincoln. Aesop declared that
when the ass lifted up his voice and
brayed, every one knew him and his
owner came up and gave him sound
cudgling The warning falls on deaf
ears. The partisan who tries the
same tricks invites like shame and
punishment. The audacity of the de:
vice may capture some of the unwary.
In SO far as he has party behind
him, Mr.. Bryan is the candidate of
those who maligned and ridiculed the
first and greatest president the Re-
publican party has given to the nation.
Mr.. Bryan relies for support on the
forces which at every step opposed
Lincoln, which obstructed the meas
ures of war and peace Of that savior
of the union, and pronounced the proc
lamation of emancipation a monstrous
crime. In his earlier campaigns he
counted most of the states which ell
ected Lincoln "the enemy's country"
He has never accepted the principles
and policies which glorif1ed the ad-
mnistration Of that martyred patriot.
What proofs can he offer that he Is q
disciple Of the president who struck
down slavery, who signed the Morrill,
tariff, who stood steadfastly for pro-
lection and made possible the present
grandeur Of the United Republic. Lin
coin was, elected in 1850 by the elec-
toral votes Of all the free states ex-
cept three from New Jersey, which
were cast for Douglass. It was against
him that the mischief and threat of the
solid south came to terrorize our pol
icies. Mr.. Bryan has done his utmost
to keep up that sectional organization,
and 1t is his main asset now. He
seeks to array for himself first and
surest all the factors which were hos
tile to Lincoln.
A Vivid Contrast.
"He has had slight favor from those
who learned their faith from that wise
statesman, and the states which broke
down the slave power have with rare
exception refused to accept the vagar-
les of the modern apostle of Demo-
cracy. 1t is true that In 1896 the sill
yer issue was responsible for the loss
of one elector in California. Where
else in the Lincoln column Of 1860 was
there ballot in the electoral college
faithless to the party Of the, great em-
ancipator In 1900 the states which
elected Lincoln cast all their infiu-
ence against the candidate who now
reaches for the strength Of, that hall
lowed name.
"Why should any citizen who adj
mires lincoln, believes IN his teach
ings, wishes his principles and polic-
les perpetuated. tolerate for q moment
the preposterous claims Of this self
assertive candidate? Could two men
be more different than are these!
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