The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-10-07
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Mr.. Gray's remarks were we'll
received but the applause was
stinted and the only real enthusi-
asm of the evening came when
Edward Peterson of St. Paul,
state fire marshal, delivered a
singing arraignment of the re.
publicans in general and Senator
E. E. Smith of Minnesota in par
ticular, taking time to criticise
Julius Schmahl as :'the one and
only open-mouthed stand patter
in the state of Minnesota"
Mr.. Teterson's humorous CON-
ments of the tariff bill delighted the
crowd. His plan of attack was to
show up the high schedules
on the necessities of the common
people and the comparativly low
schedules for the higher grade of
of goods and luxuries. He riddled
the wooden schedules and sarcas-
tically told the people if they
couldn't afford fannels they might
find recourse in the use of an article
placed on the free list, dragons
blood. Again he pointed out the
increase in the knit goods used by
every day folks and said: IF you
can't buy knit goods because their
increased cost, maybe you will find
solace in the use of another article
as substitute which you will find
on the free list, and I refer to dizzy
dizzy. I don't know what it is, but
anyhow its on the free list"
Still another point was made with
the advanced cost of stockings"
i've been up in this country in the
winter time" said Mr.. Peterson, and
therefore 1 have reason to believe
that most of you people need stock
ings, but since the tariff bill las so
increased their cost you may be call
ed upon to seek a substitute and I
refer to fish SKINS"
Mr.. Gray and Mr.. Peterson went
to Bagley on the night train last
night where ethiseafternoon they will
speak at the Clearwater county fair.
MI. Gray spoke Yesterday before
coming to Bemidji at Erskine and
Cass Lake.
II haven't had a meeting that
pleased me so much as did the
Erskine gathering" said Mr.. Gray,
as I had not been advertised to
speak. The word got out that I was
in town and they telephoned me that
a crowd had gathered and wanted
me to talk and I got upon a dry
goods box and spoke my little piece.
1 was also much pleased with my
reception in Bemidj1 and the audi.
ence here was the largest I have as
yet addressed"
In opening his address last even
ing Mr.. Gray employed the oppor-
tunity to pay a tribute to Cass Lake.
He said in part:
Il was told that it would be dan
gerous to go to Cass Lake; that we
would find city in arms against the
United States government. We
went over there this morning and
had meeting this afternoon. They
had platform draped with Ameri-
can flags and there was an audience
of men and women who applauded
every loyal and American sentiment.
Here, tonight, we have a much larg.
er audience and I know that you,
too, are as American as they are at
Cass Lake and as free to know and
to believe what you think is right as
any audience assembled in America
this evening.
The ticket which the Republicans
put up in the state is stand-pat one
from top to bottom. There is not a
man upon it who ever said word
for Theodore Roosevelt in his fight
against the special interests. There
are some men upon it who would
repeal the direct primary in this
state. Those men will do nothing
for you, if you ask their aid in hav'
ing the United States senators elect.
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