Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-10-27

almost resulted in the election of Tilden
instead of Hayes in 1876. At the close
of the Hayes administration there was
compromise in the party to avoid sure
defeat and Garfield and Arthur were
the nominees of the party. During the
time that President Garfield lived the
party was in perfect harmony. His
death placed Arthur in the presidential
chair and brought absolute disruption
in the party. So great was the disrup-
| ton that the members could not con-
sent to any compromise candidates.
James G.. Blaine, the greatest states
man the United States ever had, and
John A. Logan, one of the country's
most honored veterans, were the nomi-
nees. But the bolt in the party caused
the election of Grover Cleveland. Four
years of democracy brought hard times
and at the close the republicans were
again found voting together and they
elected Gen. Harrison. While the gen.
eral was great man in marshalling an
army, he was unable to unite the poll
ticians. In fact, he was not politi-
clan but statesman, and at the close
of one term the internal strife was on
again in the party and Cleveland was
reelected. The democrats revised the
tariff downward they did not give US
free trade as they had advertised but
they did reduce the duties. What hap
pened? The factories closed, the mills
shut down, lumber camps were closed,
railroads got along with quarter of
the help. Nobody had any money and
the products of the west, cattle and
hides, sheep and wool, hogs, horses,
grains of all kinds were glut on the
market. and could only be traded for
groceries and many times this was not
open to them. Our democratic friends
tell us this was only a coincidence.
Well let us see if we have had anything
like it since. William Mckinley made
the next campaign on high tariff plat
form with the promise of a full dinner
pail" He was elected and almost the
first act of his administration was the
enactment of rev tariff law. The
mills and factories were atonce opened;
labor of all kinds received prompt
employment; the farmer soon found
abundant markets for his products. At
the close of McKinley's first admins
tration he was elected to a second term
by very large popular majority = the
people were again beginning to appre-
ciate republicanism. Shortly after he
was inaugurated he was assassinated
and Theodore Roosevelt became presi-
dent and the prosperous times continued.
At the close of his administration he
was the most popular man in the Union
and was elected again and prosperity
continued. When he had served as he
called the second term he was still the
most popular man in the United States
and many people wanted him to run
again, claiming he had only been elected
once. But he was firm and the party
had to pick another candidate. Mr..
Roosevelt went before the people and
vouched for William II. Taft, and with
that endorsement he was nominated and
elected. The prosperity of the country
has continued. can prove by you,
Mr. Farmer. When were your lands
ever so high, when were such prices
paid for farm products as are paid this
year, have you any reason to be dissat-
isfied with the price of live stock? l