The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-11

giving . fine exhibition Of hoeseman,
ship and bringing back 10 ~ OF
timers memories OF the good old day.
when bronco busting was not only oll
favorite sport but horseback ridin(
was the most convenient way 70 travel
about the country.
Up to this time We enjoyed our.
selves immensely at the Old Settlers
picnic. But what was this we hear
the report that william LANCER 4
about to give q political speech Is be.
ing circulated-we can scarcely be-
lieve our ears. A political speech at
an Old Settlers picnic seems sadly
out Of place to Us. We had alwaya
thought that . picnic gathering Of
this sort was for the purpose Of get
ting together with old-time friends,
to eat your picnic dinner with some
old ueighbor who had moved to some
other county or community and who
had returned for the day to join with
his old-time friends once more; q
day for going back to the old-time
sports; q day Of "reminiscences for Ne
membranes - some thoughts tinged
with gladness and others with sadness.
We had never thought that any pro-
gram committee would 90 so far astray
as to mix the bitterness and hostility
Of rotten politics with the good feel
ing that should prevail ut q time
like that.
But here comes LANCER and with
him his chief side-kicker, Frank Vogel.
These men walk with the step of q
conqueror, the step Of Napoleon when
he was looking for other worlds to
conquer. They mount the speakers
platform. A hush had fallen over the
audience. We see on the faces Of the
people many mixed emotions; on many
faces we saw the reverence that ma
chine-made politics had put there by
making these people believe that this
man was their god. On some faces
were fear and distrust. Still others
had the look Of hypocrisy which plain
" seemed to say. well, I don't like
the man but there Is q job in it for
me II ! stick with his gang" As this
man stood before us these thoughts
went through our minds. Since Ian
ger last stood before us on the same
speakers platform two years ago all
these things have happened. This
man had been elected our governor
This man and his gang had started
the famous Leader" racket which
consisted Of pinching out per cent
OF the salaries Of all state employees
for a political machine which, to
quote Frank vogel, would never be
beaten. This man and his pals had
IN their greed for political power
extended their 5 per cent racket to
employees OF the federal relief work.
ers and had thereby overreached
themselves and had been indicted BY
q federal grand jury for defraudine
the government.
All these thoughts sifted through
our minds as We saw this man before
US. We remembered that he and hi
Fellow conspirators, after a long and
hard-fought trial, had been found
guilty by federal Jury and had been
sentenced by federal Judge to q term
in q federal prison.
AAS 0PCCCAA AIoc11 i WILL llOL 6CLempl
TO describe. Most Of US have heard
Bill LANCER before and his speeches
are all more or less alike. Sufficient
to say that he was cheered, yes wildly
cheered, as he hurled his charges Of
corruption at our federal courts and
the jurors who had found him guilty
He was roundly cheered by his ma.
chine-made political friends when hi
called down the wrath of God and the
curses Of satan on the heads OF oul
supreme court judges who had, By
their decision, deposed him as COVER.
nor.
Now, neighbor. you and came here
from some foreign country; we were
given q piece Of land to start home
Since then this government has Riyer,
Us every opportunity to make good
It has never hampered US in any way
It has aided US in times Of distress
It has been good to us in q thousand
different ways and yet when some
disgruntled politician gets up and de.
Tiles and curses this government, you
are ready to cheer and applaud him
for 1t.
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