The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-07-26

velt and my policies and as con-
sequence gained thousands of votes.
But here the people we're fooled again.
Mr.. Taft signalixed his devotion to
my policies by gradually removing
every friend Of Roosevelt and by sur
rounding himself with men ,whoQe
lives had been devoted to the defeat
and destruction Of the things which
my policies were supposed to en-
body.
II am not a worshipper at the
shrine Of Sagamore Hill. The dis
tinguished occupant thereof has said
many things that were good, but has
done very little that can be COM
men1ad. In Office he was law unto
hiH Checks and balances Of the
COM &on had no weight with him.
He pI. 1 the lawless. provided they
were h. %emies. He shielded the
lawless. sded they were his
"Notwithstasss. all this. he popu-
larized what h&S. pleased to call
my policies lie TAFT said to
the people of the ! States that
he would not follow sny policies he
would not have been eleced. The
country knows this and Is prepared
to punish the betrayer.
II do not mean to say that some
measures of relief have not been
adopted during the present adminis-
tratton, but do mean to say that
the Republican party is not entitled
to credit for any Of them. II 1t had
not been for the Democratic minority
1t Is safe to say that not one of those
measures would ever have found its
way to the statute book; and we of
Nebraska have much reason to be
proud of the effective part taken In
promoting those measures by oun
three Democratic congressman, Lat
ia, Mcguire and Hitchcock.
Open Arms for Insurgents.
"The people have had enough of
Republican double dealing. Gallant
souls within the party have arisen in
rebellion. The Cummins, and the
Garfields, the Dollivers and the Pin
chots are on the witness stand tell
ing the truth. The country is lis
tening with attentive ear. Nebraska
is no exception. It hears with dis
gust the story Of Senator Burkett's
duplicity, he who Is said to forty per
cent tnsurgent and sixty per cent
Aldrich.
"Is Democracy awake to her op-
portunities in this state? believe
so. Nothing short Of sheer fool
hardness can deprive her Of the VIC
tory that Is destined to be hers. Let
the order, then, 60 forth to close
ranks and move forward as one man
in support of the holy cause of the
people, and the next delegation from
this state to the national congress
will be Democratic.
Turning for moment to affairs
that are purely local, we find much
to please US and give US hope. Re-
publicanss have. been unaparing in
their abuse of our last legislature
but this is because Of its good rec
ord has made them mad. In all their
efforts they have been unable to put
a finger on a single act that justifies
their abuse. That legislature was
freer from scandals of the oil room
and the lobby than any Republican
Legislature that ever assembled with
in the walls Of the capitol. If the
Legislature erred, 1t erred with the
masses, not against them"
The speaker praised the state ad-
ministration and number of the
Democratic leaders and In conclusion
said:
This convention does not end
things. There Is a hard campaign
ahead. no matter what views prevail
today. This state in its entirety must
be swung into place. It is ripe for
Democratic victory. Nothing can de-
feat US but ourselves. Throw away
ambition, forget our piques and jeal-
ousies, sink pride of personal opinion
in the judgment Of the majority, Ak
our eyes on the glorious day star OF
civic welfare, and party success and
victory is assured"