Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-11-02

listeners from the very start and wa
interrupted in his speech frequentl!
by loud bursts of applause.
Mr. Combs said in part:
This is the first time | have hat
the pleasure to address Bismarcl
audience. And appreciate the op
opportunity that has been afforded me
Mr. Hager has called attention to the
fact that the governor mentions tina
he has done what he did by virtue o.
the command Of the people. Now the
Ipeople don't vote. People are women
children and voters, and the voters
are only a small part of the people
They consist of male citizens 81 years
of age or older. The voters consist oil
one-sixth of the people. Burke claims
that he appointed Purcell to the u
S. senate because he wanted to please
the people. He must therefore have
appointed Doc Purcell because he
wanted to please women and children
or because Doc Purcell is and was a
ladies man, since the voters did not
endorse Purcell as their candidate for
the place at the primaries. They en-
dorsed Marshall as a Republican and
their next choice was Cashell as a
Democrat.
The leading Democratic organ Of
the state has recently charged me
with being a lieutenant of Mckenzie,
and has declared that l made speech
in the Minot convention two years
ago which pleased Mckenzie and
that | am now to be rewarded for it.
! This is untrue for two reasons. First,
because Mckenzie was not in the
convention hall at the time and did
mot hear the speech and, second, be-
cause no record was taken of it. But
whether he heard of it from those
who were present at the time of it's
delivery or not is immaterial because
I know that it did not affect him suf-
ficiently to cause him or anybody else
to make me any promises of reward
of any kind. l stood then where I
stand now, for the unification of the
the election of Republican govern
ment in state where the Republican
voters outnumber the Democrat voters
3 to l for the election of Republican
representatives and senators to the
U. s. senate and congress for the
principles that the reform of the Re-
publican party if reform is needed,
can best be brought about by the Re-
publicans themselves rather than by |
the Democrats for the principle that
if there is need of discipline in our
political army it is far better to eff. !
feet that reform and discipline through |
tire efforts and generalship of our
own commanders and partisans than
to invite the commanding officers of
the enemy to come into our ranks and !
effect it for US.
1.-THE Democrats tell you that they
admire Roosevelt they point you to
the attitude of Senator Cummins and
tell you that La Toilette is the cham
pion of the peoples demands and
rights, and yet not one of them would
vote for any of these progressive Re-
publican leaders had they the oppor-
tunity to do so. The Republicans of
North Dakota have been fooled into
the election of Democratic governor
for two terms. Four years ago they
voted for Burke because they hoped
thereby and through his election, to
settle the differences in their own
party two years ago they voted for
him on the theory that it would be
Kindly thing to give him a second
ERIN but this year there is no reason
)r excuse for the election of the
Democratic governor by Republican
totes, excepting upon the theory that ,
~ doing so the Democrats will be
Enabled to fill the remaining appoin.
i've offices with Democratic officers, .
md in case of emergency or misfor-
une, appoint Democratic officers, and ;
n case of emergency or misfortune, :
appoint Dmocratic United States SEN :
ltors and congressman. i,
'1s it fair to desert the head Of the
ticket and vote for the rest of the +
ticket straight down the line? If you +
want dissolution of the Republican !
'arty in this state, and thereby i'm. +
'air its usefulness, then vote for a
Democratic governor. If you want to /
pbuild it and thereby enable it to re- g
,ain it's influence and power, then t
ote the Republican ticket in it's en-. n
irety.
"The supremacy of the Republican .