The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-06-23
CHAUTAUQUA
TICKET SALE
OPENS AND SEATS ARE SELLING
WELL.
SENATOR A. B. CUMMINS
WILL BE ONE OF THE PROMIN-
EMIT SPEAKERS ON PROGRAM.

oedsou tickets Tor the Br0OkingS
ChautauQua, to be held in this city
from July 9 to II, are now on sale
at {. ID Kendall's drug store. There
are only a limited number of these
tickets and it would be we'll to secure
all YOU need at once.
There will be eighteen complete
programs-tWo each day-afternoon
and evening. Every program will be
OF a splendid order and by procuring
season tickets you will readily see
that the price of each entertainment
is ridiculously low-less than twenty
cents each.
The business men of Brookings have
guaranteed the sale of these tickets
i'll order to secure the ch|autauqua.
At Watertown, where the chautauqua
has been held for two seasons, the
people speak of it as being the best
series of entertainments ever held in
that city.
The success OF this worthy enter
prise depends entirely upon the sup
port given it by our citizens. Shall
We not encourage high-class entertain
ments of this Observation-Disclosures
which are not only amusing but in
structive as we'll?
! Accict tho opmp ,it+oo nv puroboc;nn
your tickets at once Buy your tic
kets now.
Among the prominent men to be
here is Senator Albert b. Cummins of
Iowa. Senator Cummins is a typical
product of American institutions. He
sprang from the ranks of labor; he
was a carpenter by trade. His early
associations gave him a keen sympa-
thy for the masses, and this has never
changed with his advancement.
After he became a strong lawyer,
he accepted the employment as attor-
ney for the railroads and other large
corporations, but he always did it with
the express understanding that he
gave his services as a lawyer and not
as a citizen. He always reserved the
right to use his own judgment upon
public questions and always refused
to become a lobbyist for their inter
ests. The knowledge of the methods
of these corporations, obtained while
he was their attorney, has been the
basis of his great usefulness. He
learned the wrongs that they were
perpetrating upon the general public,
and his fine, manly sense ~reyolted.
Hills ability and keen sense of fair
play made him a leader of progress
sive thought and action in his state
of Iowa.
He was first candidate for the L.
S. senate and was defeated by the
railroad and corporate influence. He
then ran for governor with all this
force opposing him, and won. He
was three times elected governor, in
spite of the bitterest opposition OF the
railroads. but this organization was
able % beat him three times for [.
S. senator, but finally in November,
1908, at a primary called for that
purpose. was nominated Overwhelm-
ingly for senator of the United States.
When he was elected United States
senator and took his seat in that BODY,
he fought with all the power Of his
great ability to have that declaration
OF his party effective in the tariff
schedule, and refused to o for the
tariff bill framed by the Aldrich-Can-
non organization of his party. For
this Independence and loyalty of con
viction. this organization has tried to
read him out of his party, but he is
standing firmly by his position. This
makes him at the present time one
of the most CONSPICUOUS figures in
American politics. He is not trying
TO overthrow or divide the party, but
i, attempting to bring the leaders OF
his party to the fulfillment of their
party platform and pledges.
Senator Cummins is an American
citizen of rare geniOus and power; a
statesman who will be recognized in
history; a fearless advocate OF the
rights of the people and a man whose
success must be attributed to his
achievements.
Among the other good talent are
Dr. Thomas Z. Green, we'll known to
many Brookings people; DR.. John Mer-
rite Driver, who has delighted Brook
ings' audiences in the past; Otterbein
male quartet and bell ringers; Co!um-
bia Tennessean jubilee singers; Mo-
hammand Ali, lecturer. This Is the
strongest array of chautauqua talent
ever brought to the Northwest and we
believe the people Of Broohngs are