The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1914-10-29
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Hon. John Burke. three times govosnerA
Of North Dakota. now treasurer o. thet|
United States. arrived In Oakes last tfa-
day noon. accompanied by q delegation !
Of democrats from Ellendale. AnoQ1
those present wsre: H. H. Perry. en4e
chairman; A. ]. sci,rosr. county ce,sts
man: c. c. Nisfeldt. T. L Brouillasd.
candidates for county auditor and states
attorney. and H. 8. Rusco. g. ]. Doyle.
United States marshal for North Dakota.
with state Chairman Perry. had met H.
Burke At Aberdeen. where he conclude4
his campaign Of South Dakota.
Tho party fifst had dinner at the 49,
tel. and at one o'clock the speaker wo6I
introduced by DR.. DieRenbacher 1t ~.
opera house. Instead or being state
ngure. our former governor has beoome
. national ngure. and the campaign -
other states had shown on him. a)p
voice at iirst was quite husky. but - -
advanced the old time nre and vtgoe
showed itself.
The speaker at once launched Into o
discussion Of the tariff. He explainsl
how the last republican administratit
had failed to keep faith with the psosD1
in this regard. Their promise TO lowet
the tariff really increased It. Tho dsuao-i
cratic tariff. while lower than the ropub.
lican tariff. was by no means free .tr1Ao
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enough revenue to be derived lfom ~
last tariff act, with tho inca1A stax, -
meet tho expenses Of the government
The income tax alone. viii bsing IN q
revenue Of 1loo.ooo.ooo. whom It gsts
properly In operation. = Z
/ Regarding the republican charges s:tla4
this congress had besn extRvaGant -
admitted some heavy appro1 etions. ~
for The public good. An appropriatioa q
176.ooo for the study Of hog cholera and
TO help the farmers save their hogs Was
made. An appropriation Of bSfweea
100000 and t7.0oo.0ee vas necessary q
carry on ths p6st ~ tosk IN AaRieos
l[ossy.has bsen appsupsiatsd 70 build .
railway In Alaska to the end that &he
government may take caro- Of the great
coal beds there TO the interest Of the
people. and keep them from being ex.
plotted by special interests.
He showed that the war tax, jtlst
voted. was made necessity by the ad-
vent Of the European war. Our imports
were cut on. and while the money u not
needed now. the government must look
ahead to meet tho expenses Of the pres
ent fiscal year. There was $4,000. 900
now In the hands Of the national banks.
which could be called In. but ~ this
money had been loaned to the people. it
might cause q hardship for many to pay
at this time. Hence the levy was made
The speaker took up q copy Of the Con-
gressional Record and showed how Sem
ator Gronna was desirous Of talking to
empty seats that he might get certain
speech printed in the Record and pub
lished At public expense and sent to the
people Of this state under the senator's
frank. He made plea for the election of
DOC" Purcell saying that DOC" would
not want to talk to empty seats: on the
contrary the senators would want to be
In their seats when Doc" rose to talk
~ he always had something to say.
| He ridiculed the ''business administra-
tion' OF Governor Hanna. He claimed
that Hanna always wanted credit for
something done by someone else Sew
eral instances were shown OF this by the
speaker.
| In 1911. the senator's. congressman and
governors Of several states were called
to conference At Huron. TO SEQ what
might be done with land claims west OF
the Missouri river IN the Dakotas, that
were being held up ct Washington on &C.
count OF the coal that was In them. Gov
ernor Burke WAS the only one present OF
tho omcials from North Dakota. He
helped to further legislation TO help the
claimants. and when tho legislation
passed Hanna. then Congressman. va,
not slow TO take credit.
The sinking fund. to pay OF certain
state debts. was created during the
Burke edministration ~ governor, and
the money gathered to pay on psuiten.
tiaTy bonds WAS made during the Hell.
strom administration Of the state peni.
tentiary. Governor Hanna's attentior
was called to these things when he tool
hold ~ governor. but no attention va,
paid them until his own appointees hat
taken hold. when with them he claimet
the fun credit.
When elected governor he told how h,
had called Frank Hellstrom to be warde,
Of the penitentiary and Of tho splendit
record he made at the head Of that insti
tuition. He built several buildings At tn,
institution. and not one taint Of graf
has ever been pointed at the admins
istEation Of our foremost penal institu
ton. while he Was In charge. That mucl
could not b said Of the former admin
lDtSations.
Our former governor asked the peopl
Of North Dakota to uphold the nationa
adninistxation. Woodrow Wilson ha
falhljed and moro than fulnlled ever,
promise made by his party. He d Q ma,
who places country abovs party. and 70
that rsasoa has had the support Of q
parties h getting through needed Isgis
Ation.
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