The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1906-09-07
GUT7ERsoN IS IN THE LEAD
a a Careful and Conservative
) View of the Congressional j.
II Situation in This :
&t -. District. W., !

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n That Gilbert Guttersen is far in
the lead for the republican nomina-
tion for congress in this district is
clearly manifested to all careful
observersof tho trend of events dur
ing the past two weeks.
L Mr.. Guttersen by his open and
frank methods of conducting his
campaign; by his clean and manly
way of stating every proposition
and by his genial and cordial per-
sonality is winning his way into
the confidence and good will of the
people of the second district.
Without indulgiug in any person
alities, Mr.. Guttersen and his man
ayers have been advising the people
of the exact situation and giving the
exact facts relative to the record of
Mr.. McCleary since he has been
member of Congress from the dis
trict.
Two years ago Mr.. McCleary in
his campaign assured the good peo.
pie Of this district, that if he again
returned to congress he would be
named as the chairman of, perhaps,
the most important committee in
the House of Represer tatives that of
chairman of the committee on ap-
\ |propriations.
! By all precedent tradition and
usage McCleary had he beenconsid der
ed as competent and able to fill this
I position should have been appoin-
ted. I
4 But he tailed to make good.
4 And the Speaker of the House
took another Minnesota member,
from another committee and placed
him at the head of the appropria-
ton committee. There is no other
Iapeh an instance recorded in the
annals Of congress =: 's'*1..'s y
Mr.. McCleary was transferred to
the ways and means committee.
What mas be done there9
He introduced two bills aimed
directly at the commercial welfare
OF both the United States and Ger
many, in which the present tariff
rates would be increased twenty
five percent in retaliation of any
Increase Of the German schedules.
The bills were never considered.
And while Mr.. McCleary was franz
ing them Secretary of State Root
and the German Embassy at Wash
ington succeeded in completing
temporary negotiations between the
two nations postponing any COM
mercial difficulties for six months.
The McCleary policy of raising
the tariff was turned down by tho
ma ational administration.
His attitude in keeping the tariff
rates up, and in giving protection
to large corporate interests which
do not need it, has met with the dis
approval of the republicans OF Min
nesota in. convention assembled,
when it declared for tariff revision
at the hands Of the republican party.
His position is not sustained, in
dorsad or approved by the other
members Of the Minnesota delega-
ton in Congress.
On all Of the great measures en-
eacted by the congress at the last
session including the railroad rate
bill and the pure food hill Mr.. Nc
Cleary remained silent simply vot-
ing for them when he happened to
be in the House. ...
he did not originate anything
that passed congress the last 'ses-
sion, or in any other session Of ma
tional scope and breadth. He made
an abject failure as a member Of the
committee on banking and curren-
cy, as has been shown by the news
papers Of this district, when they
printed from the official records,
that McCleary was forced to with
draw the bill which he reported,
and that he then retired from that
lcommitee in any thing but an en-