Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-10-28
CLAPP'S JAMESTOWN TALK
CLASSED AS BEST EFFORT
Of REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN

Jamestown, N. d.. Oct 26.--(Spec'
ial Ex-senator Clapp of Minnesota de-
= livered one of the ablest addresses
! that has been heard in the opera
house for many years. Tuesday even
!, ing The house was we'll filled with
] an intelligent and critical audience,
I of republicans and democrats who
followed every word of the speaker
address closely. There was hearty
I applause showing the telling points
. which met the approval Of the audi
ence. The speaker was introduced by
, r. &. kneeland. and he plunged at
once into what he had to say. He ad-
vised every republican who believed
= in the principles and poncies OF that
: party to support the party nominees
l as against the democratic party and
its candidates. He advised this for
reasons set forth in his speech.
: He urged every republican of
= North Dakota to look beyond the To-
cal and party influences that might
I work to change his vote, and to re-
member that all the progress OF this
great nation has come through sup
I porting republican candidates pledg'
! ed to carry out the progressive repub-
lican policies of Roosevelt and the
!. great leadership of the party in the
past. The speaker closed by highly
complimenting Senator McCumbers
action in the house in standing by
the tariff schedules that were fixed
! in the interest of this state against
. pressure and in spite of the unkind
and ungenerous criticism from men,
. bers of his own party.
Senator Clapp said in direct Ian
guage that every republican who is
in sympathy with the republican party
should support the republican candi-
date for governor of north Dakota
and not take any chances in allowing
democratic candidate for governor
to succeed in republican state and
to have possible opportunities OF
building up and strengthening dem
ocratic party is the real reactionary
and non-progressive party in this
country, and during fifty years has
never been able to weave into the
laws of the country any single great
policy of progress and reform to curb
the spirit of greed that assails the
people of every state.
In substance Senator Clapp said:
All human progress comes from
, the rank and file of humanity. No
feudal lord ever willingly went out to
meet his subjects to give up the key
. to his castle. The republican party
progress and the party of the peo-
pie of this country, and it has done so
by being true to its leadership which
has reflected the wishes of the peo-
pie.
The democratic party is the auto
cratic and reactionary party OF the
country. In these times many peo-
pie say that there is a political chaos,
that both parties are split into fac
tons and that spirit OF unrest pre-
vails The line of demarcation be-
tween the two parties is still clearly
defined, but does not exist as 1t once
did. There was unrest throughout
the country in 1861, and again in
1896, when panic and business de-
preston prevailed Since 1896 there
has been fairly uniform period OF
prosperity, but today the country
SHOWS the olSllo VI dlloIAN' pN'AoN 40
which the spirit Of unrest appears.
This is great moral awakening
and it is represented in different ways
in the two great parties. In 1861 the
democratic party was the reacuonary
and non-progressive party. 1t favor
ed the extension of slavery. At That
time the republican party became the
progressive party and its record and
| accomplishments are known to the
| world. |
After the war there began an in |
dustrial and commercial strife for
the development of the country, and ,
rewards of skill and ability. A new
field for the struggle which is world
wide and coincident with this his
tory of mankind, appeared in the con-
test between avarice and greed. The
field was transferred from the battle
fields of the south to more northern
regions and the contest appeared IN
a different form. The old conflict be- !,
gan again in different way. i
In the democratic party fourteen
years ago there appeared with the
advent of Bryan a spirit of progress.
It manifested itself in the demands for
the free coinage of silver and dl-
rect issue. Back of free silver was
the moral purpose and moral
thought of the leader who tried to
inject into the party a remedy for
existing evils for the people. But in
vain; the democratic party would not,
and cannot, absorb the progressive
principles which made an effort to
become monument and it is plain to
be seen that w. J. Bryan, who enters
this state in a campaign of two days,
has less influence with the democrat
ic party now than he had fourteen
years ago. IN
The struggle between industrial and
commercial greed began 5000 years
ago and the spirit Of that struggle has
held mankind in slavery. The same
spirit is now in the United States.
It shows nothing of patriotism and
nothing of loyalty to the country.
The struggle is to control public and
civil life. Men having millions,
more money than they can count or
spend, more money than can be stol-
an from them want MORE In 1901 the