The Dickinson press., 1912-06-15
Made Hit With Democrats Who
Are Supporting Him for
Governor. He Told
Plain Facts.

person.
Mr.. Jones is states attorney for La
Moure county and has made good, a fact
that is reorganized by both democrats
and republicans. Jones of Rock is q
Distinguishing name that was given the
gentleman while attending the Univer-
sity of Minnesota. There were many
students by the name of Jones and as
George P. came from Rock county,
Minn., he was called Jones of
Rock, title that he brought with
him to North Dakota.
Mr.. Jones is plain man and in some
ways makes one think of Gov. John
Burke. 1t is evident that the democrats
around Dickinson have decided to give
him their votes at the primaries on
June 10th.
Chairman Frank Lish introduced Geo.
P. Jones to the audience Saturday
night.
The speaker started in by say ing
that he did not propose to say any,
thing unkind about his opponents or
those who do not have the same politi-
cal belief as he. However. he believ-
ed that the interests of the people would
be best served in the hands of the
democrats.
Mr.. Jones then went on to give some
thing of the origin of the two political
parties. Hamilton. he said, wanted to
pattern our form Of government after the
English. providing for assemblymen to
serve for terms of three years and sena-
tors to serve during good behavior.
Jefferson held the opposite. believing
that the government should be in the
hands of the people. Hence. Mr..
Jones reasoned that his was the party
starting right. The tariff. he said, had
been with us since 1912. and it was
still vital question. He believed
that our infant industries had outerown
their swadline clothes. Ir 1908 the re-
publican party promised 10 give the
people tariff revision. The statement
from Mr.. Bryan that the revision might
be upward prompted President Taft to
say in September of that year that it
should be downward. The people
took the President at his word and what
happened is fully realized now. Duties
went up and with them the cost OF liv-
ing.
Mr.. Jones said that the democratic
party was not for free trade. He said
the tariff was the means of raising
an income or expenses. He contended
that the difference between the cost of
production at home and the cost of pro-
duction abroad should be the true basis.
Since the supreme court had knocked
out the income tax it was necessary to
have a tariff for revenue only. The
republican leaders, he said, had advo-
Gated this but they stuffed in the little
joker which included a reasonable
profit for the American manufacturer. -
Consequently we have a 80 per cent duty
on sugar. As per cent duty on machin-
cry, etc.
MIR. Jones said the trusts were closely
allied with the tariff. They dictate
the policies Of people of the United
States, and it is high time the people
became interested.
The speaker referred to the financial
stringency during the Roosevelt admin
istration and stated that it was claimed
that ten men controlled the money
affairs of the United States. He neg
lected to say, however, that James j.
Hill, J. Pierpont Morgan and other lead
ing democrats, belonged in this class.
Mr.. Jones also forgot to mention that
the sugar kings are reported to have
furnished the sinews of war for La
Toilette. He accused the steel trusts of
contributing toward the Roosevelt fund,
but did not attempt to say where the
Taft money came from.
Mr.. Jones believes in the enforcement
of laws and the election of u. S.
Senators by direct vote Of the people.
Thos. J. Walsh would have been elected
senator in Montana If the people could
have expressed themselves. and there
would mot have been q $50. 900 scandal.
Larimore is another example of the
abuse Of the present system. 1t is
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