Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-10-27
SEN. 'CUMBER
.DAK0TA'S C|F 7
TO THE NATION
Illinois Congressman Speaks
Highly of Flickertail Mem
Der Of Upper House
TALENTS WILL BE NEEDED
WHEN EUROPEAN WAR ENDS
Points to Ability in Diplomatic
Matters-Comparison With
Burke

Burke
Hon. Fred A. ,Britten of Chicago,
congressman from the Ninth Illinois
district, was in the capital city yes
terday, stopping here enroute from
Logan, Mcintosh and Emmons coun'
ties, where he had been campaigning
in the interest OF Senator Porter J.
McCumber.
CONGRESSMAN Britten is strong
supporter of the North Dakota sena'
tor, and in an interview with a Tri-
bune representative he gave out the
following statement:
pakota's Gift to Nation.
Senator McCumber he regards as
North Dakota's gift to the nation and
The best advertisement North DakO.
Ia has.
Il am in your state speaking for
McCumber in the interest OF the peo-
pie of the nation, all of whom claim
your senator as one Of their most val
ued public servants.
During the last four years the
house has lost such great legislators
as Senators Root, Burton and Cullom,
so that the loss Of McCumber at this
time would be a national one not
a-Sily replaced.
The Close Of the War.
THE close of the Europena war
will bring with it transformation OF
our internal as we'll as foreign poll.
cies and McCumber's eighteen years
on the committee on foreign relations
will make him a power in the next
congress, when his wonderful ability
in diplomatic affairs must prove in
valuable to the entire nation and will
20 far towards preserving our rights
in any new agreements with the pow.
ers now lacerating Europe.
I'VE all agree that a revision Of the
tariff must occur and in order to pre-.
vent the closing of our factories and
the stagnation of our labor markets,
when peace has been declared in Eur.
ope and the 30,O00,000 highly trained
and most efficient men now in the
fields and trenches return to their
usual industrial pursuits.
The industrial Invasion.
"These men have been fighting for
the fatherland, be it England, France
or Russia, at salary of ten cents a
day and will deem it a further pleas
u,e to assist their country in acQuir'
ing our gold through the sale of man
utactured articles and farm products
at salary from so cents to $1.0O a
day. This is the only method by
which their country can re-assert it
self among the first nations Of the
world. and this sacrifice will be gladly
met in preference tc The severe test
to which they have been subjected
during the past two or two and a half
years.
And there again comes the invalu-
able McCumber with his eighteen
years of experience on the finance
committee which will regulate and re-
wise the tariff in the next congress.
Man Of Ability and Bravery.
Senator McCumber is man of ex-
ira ability, bravery and high sense OF
justice, and to this can be added his
originality of thought and his con-
stant preparation to be Of service to
his country.
In this he is distinctly different
from his opponent, Mr.. Burke, the
United States treasurer, who has
shown lack of ability, no initiative, no
originality and thorough mis-con-
ception of his high Office.
Regards to Burke.
"The only time l have seen," said
CONGRESSMAN Britten, "the name Of
United States Treasurer Burke in
print in the Washington papers was
the day following the confirmation Of
his appointment by the United States
senate.
"In the passage of the bankers fed
eral reserve act, in which the United
States treasurer should have taken an
active part, Mr.. Burke was as silent
as the dead.
Burke's Inactivity.
"In the esta blishment of the feder-
al reserve districts, Mr.. Burke allow
ed Secretary McAdoo, the presidents
son-in-law, to occupy the spotlight in
a matter in which he, the United
States treasurer, should have been
most active. He might as we'll have
been a clerk in the treasury depart
ment.
Il am not saying this to criticise
Burke, but merely to indicate that he
lacks originality and initiative neces-
sary to make him a factor in the
United States senate, where he will
be surrounded and harrassed by the
heSt hrainS Of the country
Mr.. McCumber is a tactician, a
man of much eloquence and one Of
the best debaters in the American
congress"
Leader Of Republican Wing.
Congressman Britten spoke last
evening at Medina He is one of the
leaders OF the Republican wing, being
a member of the committee on naval
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