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

| pOntlCal rallies ever nei~ IN THIS city
occurred at the Bijou theatre under
the auspices of the Young Mems Re-
publican Club of Bismarck. The thea
tire was crowded to it's utmost capa'
city and many people were obliged to
remain standing during the entire
evening.
Preceding the meeting at the opera
house grand old fashioned torch
light procession was held. The pro.
cession was headed by a twelve piece
brass band and there were over four.
hundred men in line and over two
hundred torches. The line of march
started from the Bijou treatre and
proceeded up Sixth street to Thayer,
thence west to Fourth, where it turn
ed south to Main street and east to
the theatre.
A magnificent display of fireworks
had been arranged and as the pro-
cession turned into Main street the
Northern Pacific was one blaze of
illumination. The streets were lin
ed with an enthusiastic crowd of peo-
| pie and there was continuous DEM
! onstration all along the line. The
demonstration subsidized. however, as
the procession approached St. Alex
ius hospital, but was resumed when
the theatre was reached.
At $3.50 o'clock General Williams
called the meeting to order. On the
platform with Hon. Lee Combs and
, Hon. Grant Hager, the speakers Of
the evening, were Capt. Henry r..
! Murphy, chairman of the Young
Mems Republican Club of Bismarck,
General E. A. Williams, candidate for
the legislature, Frank Fox, candidate
Tor the legislature; Hon. George A..
WEIGH and Melvin Hagen, Of the
Young Mems Republican club.
General Williams stated that this
was the first meeting held by the
Young Mems Republican Club of Bis
marck. He said that he was glad
to know that the young men OF the
city were Interested in politics and
| was glad that they were pround of
their party. After tracing the history
of the republican party in this state
he introduced Hon. Grant Hager of
Grafton as the first speaker of the
evening.
Mr.. Hager said in part:
II have been made an issue Of this
c; mpaign by his excellency, the gov
ernor of North Dakota, who has, on
the stump in every city, hamlet and
village where he has spoken, misrep-
re scented me. am progressive re-
publican. l always will be pro
gressive republican. But when the re.
publican party in properly conduct
ed primary dominates its ticket, l will
abide by it's decision.
Gov. John Burke is asking a third
term on the grounds that he has made
good The question is how has the
governor made good? At Kindred on
Sept. p, he started to defend his
administration. and has made the
same speech from two to six times a
day ever since.
He has been criticised for sew
elal official acts which he has been
asked to explain, some of which he
has evaded and some of which he has
ignored entirely. Here are some of
the places where the governor
has been criticised, and where he has
failed to explain himself:
"Jhe governor has said that the
stalwart papers were fighting him.
From this statement his audience
would infer that progressive or insur-
gent papers were supporting him.
Here is a list of the leading pro-
gressive republican papers in the state
which are not supporting Governor
Burke and who are urging his de-
feat: Valley City Timcs-Record, Bot
tineau News, Lakota Observer, Mu-
Mich Leader, Walsh County Record,
Milton Globe, Crystal Call, Langdon
Republican, St. Thomas Times, La
Moure Chr2nicle, Lakota American,
Ellendale Record, Sanborn Enterprise,
Lisbon Gazette, Souris Messenger and
Osnabrock Independent, and a great
many others.
1.-THE governor has said that his
action in vetoing $112,100 of appro-
priations was due to the fact that the
legislature had appropriated more
money than the probable revenues OF
the state. And that to approve these
appropriations would cause deficit.
The revenues of the state from Jan.
1, 1909 to October 1, 1910, as shown
by the books at the state auditors
office, amounted to $2,5S1,176.40. And
basing the collections for the last
quarter of 1910 on those of 1909, we
have a revenue for these three months
of $1S6,916.9S, or a total revenue for
the years of 1909 and 1910 of $685.
O93.SS, which is $21S,O93.3S in excess
of the estimate made by the cover.
nor, and $1O5,9939S more than the
$112,100 which the governor vetoed
because the revenues of the state