Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-06-02
TRUE WORDS.

The Insurgents HAD Hoped That EN-
Senator hansbrough, Disappointed
Over His Defeat OF zoos Mould
Join Them But tie Stands By His
Party.
The insurgents of this state had
hoped that Ex-senator Hansbrough.
who for many years represented
North Dakota in the upper house of
congress, would come to their aid
because of his defeat for reelection
two years ago, and would thus in
huence his large following to help
elect the bunch of ringsters who
met in convention or conclave, in
violation of the spirit of the primary
law, and agreed to scratch one
another's 5 backs in other words,
tocombine themselves and crowd out
the other candidates and as the clim-
inators supposed prevent such can
didates from having any chance for
success at the primary. Senator
Hansbrough has been resident of
North Dakota since away back in
territorial days. He was the first
representative from this state in
congress. going from there to the
senate No man has had better
opportunity to know the conditions
as they have existed in the state
and nation under the Wilson-Gor-
man low-taritf and the Dingley,
Mckinley and Payne high-taritf
laws. In a recent Minneapolis inter
view Ex-senator Hansbrough says
81 am firmly convinced that pres
ent conditions are most favorable to
the farmers of North Dakota, and.
when we say the farmers, we prac-
ticallv mean the entire people of
the state. do mot believe they
stand to gain by the political agita-
tion that is now going ON in the
state.
Has the average North Dakota
farmer forgotten the tribulations
that came to him from 1880 to 1900.
/ do not believe he has. During
that decade congress revised the
tariff three times. and there was
much political agitation, accom-
panied by widespread business dis
turbance The country changed ad-
ministrations three times i'm those
years, with some remarkable results
on the prices of farm products.
When Harrison came to the presi-
dency in 1889, following a democrat
ic administrator, industrial and COM
mercial affairs were at very low
5ebb. A republican tariff law was
enacted in 1890 and business revived
at once, notwithstanding the dire
predictions that were made as to
what the effects of the law would be-
In some respects the political agita-
tion of that day resembled the COM
motion that is now in progress IN
several sections Of the country. 1t
was called 'populism' then The
movement for change of admins
tration gained such headway that,
even in the face of the better com
ditions that set in after the Mckin-
ley law was passed. the republicans
were voted out of power.
Mr.. Cleveland thoroughly com
mitted to tariff for revenue only
became president in 1888. and the
following year we had another re-
vision this time by the democrats.
Business disaster and commercial
chaos Immediately followed as a re-
suit of this revision. The prices of
farm products fell to the lowest
point since those glorious days
preceding the civil war The people
soon realized and regretted their
mistake, but were obliged to wait
in patience and poverty four long
miserable years before a remedy
could be applied Then, almost re
gardless of their political beliefs,
they elected the patriotic American,
William Mckinley, as their pres
ident. Again there was am indus.
| trial revival This was greatly aug.
|mented by the enactment in 1891 Of
1.-THE Dingley tariff law by Repub
lican congress. That was thirteer
years ago. since which time an era Of
unbroken prosperity and confidence
has prevailed.
All this is a matter of indisput
able history The most profoune
casuists have failed and will continue
to fail, except for political purpose:
and in a sporadic way. to convince
any one that republican party policy
Ibid not have much to do with it.
So, after ten years of varying
adverse economic experiences, with
How priced products for the farmel
in the times of political agitation