Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-06-09

Senator Hansbrough's warning to
the voters should be read with care
and deliberation by the farmers of
this state. Let US beware Of the ca
lamity shouters and makers of empty
promises.
SENATOR IANSBRolGH' LETTER
have been away from the state
for several months, as you know
first, on account of a serious illness.
and after that my physicians said it
would be necessary for ME to keep
Very quiet in order to build up.
They said my strength would return
Very slowly, as had been under
great strain for twenty years. So
| have been devoting my time to re-
cuperatlng, and am glad to he able
to tell YOU that it has been time we'll
| spent. feel Younger thanl did ten
Years ago.
| Naturally, after quarter of a
century of active politica work,
have not lost interest in what has
been going on in North Dakota, for
have a warm place in my heart for
the state and it's people, regardless
of their political beliefs. And it
gives me great pleasure to say that
entertain no bitterness toward
those who thought best to put me
out of the senate. Life is too short
for that kind of thing, even were it
Christianike. am thankful to
them for it, for they relieved me Of
a great load of responsibility, and
wish them we'll under the guidance
of the aspiring gentlemen who seem
anxious To lead them to better things.
Nothing that has happened, how
ever, could drive me to the desper-
ate end of being anything but re-
publican. Measures are bigger than
men and principles greater than
politics, and regret the condition
of chaos and discord that now pre-
walls among the factions. You will
pardon my egotism when say that
no one knows better than what ii
all means. 1t is simply scramble
Tor place and power, and, if it were
possible for me to impress my views
upon the self-constituted and am
bilious leaders who seem determined
to turn our republican state over to
our friends the democrats, | would
gladly give my time and my restored
energies to the task. But am in
doubt as to whether any consider
| able number of gentlemen who are
4 in quest Of office would be disposed
to listen to fatherly advice, and it
would be an uncertain undertaking
| to attempt to convince the great
mass of the voters that in some re-
spects they are being misled and
bamboozled.
| owe nothing to any of the So
called leaders, but, as private
1 citizen and republican, cannot
look with complacency upon the
tendency toward party demoraliza-
tion and the consequent business up
heaval that always follows such a
condition. 1t would be some cOnso-
lation, perhaps. if could believe
that change in party control in
North Dakota for that is what is
coming if the substantial, thought
full multitude do not check the head
1 less and selfish would
bring positive relief. Relief from
WHAT From prosperous times? -
from business stability? from a
promising future?
And what would the state get in
return Well, it would get a change
from republican policy (Which nigh,
be improved upon with conscientious
and unselfish leaders at the head) t.
democratic policy; and who is there
among them that is wise enough ano
patriotic enough to accurately define
democratic policy? What would thu
democratic harvest be-. For an an
5 sWer to this question my fellow-re
$ publicans have but to look back a few
years. Now, our democratic friend
S will at once exclaim: Just think o
that awful tariff law yourepublican
. passed last year, have though
| about it a good deal. have ais
t thought considerably about the las
: democratic tariff law. That one wa
S worse than this one much worse
Z And yet the democrats said it wa
' 1.-THE best tariff law ever passed
Was it, In some places the smok
e is still ascending from the smoldel
ing industrial wreck. Are any dem
| ocrats defending it today Arr
a they boasting Of its virtues? Not a
: all Nor do hear Of any republ
cans even complaining republican
a who praise it. They are all tn
! busy participating in the genera
4 prosperity that has come about VI
f der republican tariff laws. which
c for party and factional purposes,
/ fear thav are NOW danol1ncinO