Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-10-19
HON. JOHN BURKE OPENS
DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN
Opening Gun of Campaign Thursday
Night Was Given Attendance
of Immense Crowd

w eSAANNASS
Burke, arrived in Cavalier county on
Thursday, Oct 18th, 1916, making
his first speech at Olga at ten O'Clock
a. m. His audience being most ap-
preciative one, and exceeded in num-
bers the most sanguine expectations,
Ex. Governor Burke was in fine shape
and made one of the most convincing
talks that he is so we'll noted for. His
next speech was at Milton at one
o clock, p. n., at which place Plains
opera hall was we'll tlled-another
evidence of Honest Johns magnetic
ability to draw the people, who are
desirous to have the political ques-
tions of the day explained. At four
clock he spoke to q fine gathering
of farmers at Osnabrock. 1t surely
was remarkable that SO many people
could be got together at such an hour
to listen to political speech and the
governor was equal to the occasion,
and in the limited time he had at his
disposal, he made one of his most
convincing speeches. which was high
ly appreciated by his hearers.
The speech at Langdon in the even
ing at the Court House hall was his
master piece, speaking for nearly
three hours, holding his audience
with that intense interest which is so
characteristic of the speaker, it was
found necessary to fill the aisles with
chairs, and many We're standing up IN
the rear during the entire speech.
Before an audience that packed the
seating capacity OF the court room at
the court house TO its utmost, Hon.
John Burke. three times the governor
ri mis- state and democratic candidate
for United States senator from North
Dakota, made the greatest speech of
the present campaign.
The one outstanding feature of
Governor Burke's talk, aside from
the able way in which he handled the
3-nationa! issues OF this campaign was
his fat denial of the statement, in
timidation or charge, made in speech
es over the Northern part of the state
recently by Jas Manahan. a cam
paign talke- from the Twin Cities, in
the employ OF the republicans OF this
state. Mr. Mananan has been stating
that petition containing thousands
of names of North Dakota farmers
had been sent to Governor Burke, to
be presented to the president or the
department Of justice, praying that
action be started against the Mime
apOlis chamber OF commerce as a
combination in restraint of trade,
and that Governor Burke had refused
or neglected to carry out the wishes
of the petitioners. Governor Burke
said that no such petition had ever
been received by him and that until
Manahan made the false statement
he had never before heard of any
such petition. He said that no citi-
zen of the state had ever written to
him that he did not give his best
efforts to look after the things mem
toned in the correspondence, and that
so far as Manahan's statement is
concerned there is absolutely not one
word of truth in it, or foundation for
any such story, and that he could not
conceive why any fair minded man
would attempt to deceive and mislead
the voters in that way.
| Referring to the senatorial cam
paign Governor Burke said that he
merely wanted to call attention to
Senator McCumber record-a record
that Mr.. McCumber had made himself
la few speeches he had made (and
had not franked out to the voters) as
appearing in the Congressional Record.
The governor said that for seventeen
years Senator McCumber had been
working for grain inspection bill,
that he seemed to work harder just
before election than at any other
time. but that during the last session
Senator Gronna, member of the
conference committee having the
agricultural bill in charge, had a
grain inspection rider attached to the
appropriation bill, just what had been
wanted and agreed to by the demo-
cratic members and that the same
was favorably reported on by the
committee. At this time a motion
was made to re-comit the bill. which
would have probably meant its ulti.
mate defeat, because of the conges-
tion of legislation, and Senator Nc.
Cumber voted to recount. Forum.
ately the side with which Mr.. Nc
Cumber voted lost out and the bill
became law-and Mr.. McCumber hac
nothing to do with it, although he
vainly tried to get consideration for q
substitute, carrying his own name.
instead of Gronna's, the wording OF
phraseology being slightly different,
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