The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-12-07

gate, a big, burly %rufian. sprang to his
feet.
sick h-r' he shouted. I'VE know
has"
1t was a signal for uproar. In an
instant men in the galleries and on
the floor VIE on their FEET The pro-
testing murmur grew into a roar, a
storm Of anger and derision. Eleanor,
for a moment frightened by the furi-
u clamor, turned pale.
What IS it?" she asked her brother
excitedly. what do they mean?"
"Hemenway was McAdoo's candi-
date. He has been persuaded to with
draw in favor of Rushing, the other
candidate"
The uproar died down. and tense ST.
lence succeeded once more. What the
crowd anticipated had happened.
They recognized MacPherson's crafty
hand. Was the Joss checkmated by
his sworn enemy? In the hearts Of the
McAdoo followers CONSERVATION now
reigned.
Out Of the tense silence a voice rang
out:
Mr.. Chairman"
"Mr. Remington"
The big man who had broken the 81.
lence before nov sprang to his feet
again. Remington. Give 'em b.,
Paul; give 'em h" The crowd took
up the shout. Remington! Reming-
TOM While the applause lasted FL
toward the stage from his seat in the
rear Of the parquet.
"Who is hef" she demanded Of her
brother.
"McAdoo's mouthpiece." he answered
shortly. shifting uneasily In his seat.
AS he stood on the platform. waiting
for the applause to subside. Paul Rem
ington thrilled with the knowledge
that his moment had come--a moment
such as comes but once in a lifetime
and TO but few men.
And before him sat the woman of his
dreams
He raised his hand. and the applause
ceased There was an i~nstant's hush.
II am not here TO uphraid"-
The tragedy that had come into her
young life had left Eleanor Gilbert but
one relic of her girlhood. a passionate
love of music. As the first words fell
from Paul's lips she felt a thrill. For
a time. giving no heed to the sense OF
his words. she listened with the must
clans trained ear to the wonderful
voice. deep yet resonant and flexible.
under perfect control. carrying n faint
ly minor quality. Gradually the spell
of the orator took hold upon her.
when the American republic was
founded the triumph Of democracy
was believed complete. But eternal
vigilance is the price of liberty. And
we-almost to our undOing-have
slept" In simple yet vivid words Paul
went on TO describe the commercial,
Industrial and political evils that have
taken roo among us.
"Yet these evils" he declared. "ppr-
nicious as their immediate effects,
might be endured were it not that
NdCJ uC SAlSttlltC VI OlA Nllul
institution, popular government. Time
was, perhaps, when our industrial
kings were content to build within the
pale OF the law. But industrial condi-
tons and methods changed The ma
chinery Of the law-government-has
become the creature of corporate
wealth."
At this point in his speech Paul cast
aside restraint and poured forth a tor
rent of invective against corporate
greed II its servants. At the conclu-
sion of his climax not a sound could be
heard in the theater. His audience sat
wrapped In an ominous silence.
What do these things mean?" Paul
continued. "Of late a new word has
come into use among us, p%lutocracy!
Government by wealth. for wealthy
the very nature of the lust that gives
1t birth, ever constituencies, p~itiless,
ever unutterably selfish. an enemy to
the equal brotherhood of men,"
In plain. unmincing terms Paul out
lined the political history Of the state.
In 1t the forces of plutocracy were
most strongly intrenched. For a gen
GRAFTON, until the time when John
Dunmeade had dared to set his face
against the powers Of corruption, 1t
had lain PROSTATE. unprotesting, under
the heel of a great railway monopoly.
This monopoly. abetted by the steel In
terests Of the city, had robbed the
greatest state Of the Union of it's virtue
and independence. One man, by grace
OF his control Of the railway system.
had dictated the choice of officers and
their official policy. Bosses might
come and bosses might go. but one and
all they owed allegiance to the n
master 400 miles away. whose wrath
was more to be feared by the political
ly ambitious than the anger Of God.
In return for their allegiance the bosses
had been permitted to pillage the city