Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-09-09
WHAT FOSTER SAYS

Sample OF Remarks ma0e
by Buckman's
Opponent
In speech at Kimball August
29th, 1904, A. F. Foster, who is q
candidate for the republican nomina-
tion for congress, said:
II shall not descend to personal
abuse and detraction. My opponent
and some of his supporters can con-
tinue in this diegraceful work as they
have begun if they wish. shall not
render myself unworthy Of your sup
port by descending to it. Mr.. Buck.
man points US to his record, and 80
we have right to consider j.. hno |
want you to look at that reco:d and
tell me where or when in public Ii =
he ever took q stand against the cor.
porations and in favor of the people,
upon any great question whatever.
When be was in the state Legislature
he was against increasing the gross
earnings tax of the railroads. Look at
that record. he claims to be repub-
Ncan and yet when be was elected to
the state senate he went into the re-
publican convention, and when he was
defeated there, he bolted the conven-
tion, and was elected by the demo-
Gratis. That is the depth Of his repub-
.licanism. He is republican as long
as he can get an Office from republi-
cans, and just the moment he cannot,
he bolts the party and begs for votes
from the democrats. This record he
points US to shows MIN to be timber
trespasser on public land to the extent
of millions of feet, and that he still
owes for part of this.
There is not man in this county
but what condemns that conduct,
and yet they ask you to endorse it,
yes, even honor it by your votes at
the primaries. Again, there is or
was. when he was elected, a large
amount of land in Todd and Morrison
counties which was claimed by the
,settlers on it and also claimed by the
railroad companies. He promised to
help the settlers out and keep the land
confirmed to them. But every acre of
the land that has been confirmed to
anyone, has been confirmed to the
railroad company, and am told the
record does not show that he ever
uttered word or did an act In behalf
of the settlers. The next act in this
,record, was his application to be ap-
pointed to the District Of Columbia
Committee of Congresses committee
that is sought generally By boodlers
and grafters. His next act was to try
and get his own son appointed to the
Naval Academy, in violation Of that
old custom which gives norice to all
the boys in the district and gives the
place to the one shown most compe-
he has helped the old soldiers that
thirty per cent of the claims he has
>been interested in, have been success
full. I shall not try to detract 1esth.
er's weight from any worthy act he
has done. And if be by any act has
helped worthy comrade of mine he
will have my sincere thanks for it.
But do not suppose there is any man
\even in private life. who has been
getting pension claims, who has not
succeeded in getting more than 80 per
cent of their cJaims But this getting
one claim at time does not meet the
needs. Nine. tenths of the veterans
will be dead before their claims are
reached. What the old soldiers need,
and what thy have a right to de.
mand. and what they do demand, il
that the laws and the rules of the
pension department shall be &C
changed that fair, impartial justice
shall be done to every man who
wore the blue and so changed that II
will not be possible to force a mar
to wait five or ten years before JUS
tice Is melted out to him; go changed
LQaG C0oy SuaAA Ue tIeotou as meu 0uC
not criminals. If he is such FRIEND
of the old soldiers why has he no
tried to do this? Every day and ever,
hour he was in congress was his op
portunity. Why was he silent? Th'
trouble Is that there are too man!
men who are friends of the old sold
>iers when they want his vote, bu
have no use for him at any othe
time
But the browning glory of his rec
ord-the thing he points 10 witt
greatest pride, Is that he has secured
large number of rural deliver!
routes. The truth is that congress
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