Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1914-10-29

He said he did not mean, in discus
sing politics, to use the word in the
ordinary sense. The word politics
and politician have come into GER
tain disrepute but in reality politics
meant the science of government and
it was a matter that deeply affected
the interests of every man. He
looked on the government as busi
ness proposition and said the United
States government was the biggest
business on earth.
The first duty of the government
was to protect the family and the
home, and if any administration of
the peoples affairs did not do this,
it was a poor business management
and not the government which man
and his family are entitled to have.
The speaker reviewed the disas-
trous effects Of the Underwood tariff
bill; how it had failed to raise the
revenues to run the government; how
it had paralyzed business enterpris-
es all over the country, and how, in
desperation at the disaster, the demo-
cratic congress had been obliged to
impose an additional list Of special
direct taxes on the people ID pay the
delacit of at least 100000. 900. He,
declared that interest rates viii l-s.', 70
up, although money has beensplaced.
in the banks Of the country BY the
government. and that the reason for
this was that the*countries abroad
were getting our money for their
goods instead of it being spent at
home. He believed that the demo-
cratic managers were sincere and in
tended to do what was best for the
country, but they were unskillful and
were pursuing the wrong theory.
Colonel Frame defended Governor
Hanna from the charges of his demo-
cratic opponent in the matter of an
increased price of twine made at the
state penitentiary, and in the par
don Of Young, the alleged Northern
Pacific train robber. In the former
instance Mr.. Frame showed that the
price of prison labor had been in
creased by the legislature; that the
price of sisal had advanced, and that
a slight increase in the cost of the
statement that Mr.. Hellstrom had
twine was absolutely necessary. The
left the institution with large
amount of money to it's credit, which
was now spent (the inference being
that it had been wrongly handled),
was shown to be pure canard. Pen
bonds for the twine plant
had been paid off with the money and
the balance had been used for the
running expenses of the institution at
q cost less than when it's predecessor,
Mr.. Hellstrom, was warden.
: The pardon of Young was shown to
be necessary On account of absolute
proof of his being wrongly convicted
of crime which he could not pos
sibly have committed, and not to
save the Northern Pacific Railroad
it's reward Of $4,000 offered
for the conviction of the train robber.
as had been charged by the demo-
cratic speakers. The whole pardon
board, consisting of member of the
supreme court and state officials.
united in recommending the pardon.
Senator Gr0nna's Address.
Senator Gronna, in beginning his
address, mentioned the fact that he
had many old acquaintances in the
county which he, in territorial days,
had once represented in the legis-
lature, this county being in his legis-
lative district. He gave an account
Of how the small duty came to be
left on wheat in the democratic tarih
bill instead of being placed entirely
on the free list, as the democratic
senate committee had originally in
tended. This was due. he said, to
Senator John Sharpe Williams, who
had in charge that portion Of the bill.
At Mr.. Gronna's suggestion, Senator
williams included countervailing
duty from Canada; this meant that II
Canadian wheat came into the United
states free Of duty. that Canadian
-four should also. This the Cana
iians objected TO because their newly
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