The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-04-18

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him and ! want TO say that in hin
! discovered my affinity. We have
not exactly become rs Damon and
%Pythias, but there grew up an at.
tachment like that referred to by
Polonious in his advice to his son,
when he said: The Fl ienGs thou hast
and their adoption tried, grapple to
thy soul with hooks OF STEEL / might
tell yCu 4 hundred things in eXplana-
ton OF the affection | have for Mr.
Branson. but | will not take the time.
In a business way, | have been
associated with Mr. Branson in an in
Wstment company. | wanted with
INC men who | could tie to, men who
would take the bitter with the sweet
and still smile. The first man | found
TO fill the bill was o. l.. Branson.
The company was formed and Nj.
Branson has always been the same,
always showing Il disposition to sup
port and never the spirit of criti-
cism.
4 want to say further that when
you go to the First National bank
at Mitchell and Mr.. Branson figures
the interest on a note, if it ome to
S2.91, he says is S2.95. He is always
willing and anxious to give while he
of a banker you used to hear about
in this country ten or twenty years
ago.
II can say from my knowledge CT
Mr.. Branscn, ladies and gentlemen,
that absolutely no power except that
of integrity and right can ever con-
troll him, no matter what the situa-
ton and no matter what the innu-
ence. So | ask you to join with me
aud make unanimous the declaration
that he should be chosen the first
congressman from the First district
Of South Dakota
MIR. Branson was introduced very
simply by Mr.. Mabbctt, who took him
by the arm, led him to the front of
the platform and said: Our next
congressman"
Never was the speaker in better
trim or voice. He held his audience
as it were in a wise from the very
first. lie varied his delivery from
the humor of the comic stories he
related, to the imp~ressiveness of his
most imprisoned passages.
Summary of His Speech.
Chief among the doctrines advo-
GATED by Mr.. Branson in his speech
here We're popular government, the
end of all boss rule, the destruction
OF the trust by mean of penitentary
sentences for the heads, the aaboIi-
ton OF express companies, down
ward revision of the tariff, the
maintenance Of a tariff board, pLr-
ular election of United States Senat-
ors and World wide peace.
breaches Oldtimc Gospel.
In opening his address Mr.. Branson
said:
Il stand before you as a candidate
for the nomination for one of the
high offices connected with the Gov
eminent of Il country and it is
only natural that l present to you
my credentials for your acceptance
or rejection. | am preaching the
same gospel today hat I have
preached for a number OF years past
and ! am preaching the same gospel
that expect to preach for a number
of years to come. l am unqualifiedly
in favor of popular government. be-
lieve the people themselves collect
lively and conjunctiyely are the high
est tribunal in the land land that
any public officer elected by the
people is a servant OF the people and
not their master. The power to
create office rests with the people
and that being the case the people
themselves make it possible for men
to hold office and inasmuch as pub
lie servants hold office by virtue Of