The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-09-26
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In fact, there is really only one defeat
out of the nine congressman. In the
Sixth district, owing to local condi
lions, Mr.. Buchanan failed to be re
nominated and is succeeded by Mr..
Lindbergh. In the Fifth, Mr. Fletcher
declined to run again and Frank Nye
was chosen. While perhaps the can
didates for congress have Imperfect
lions, the voters realize that no man
Is perfection, and were willing to &C
cept the men they believed would best
serve the interests Of their district.
AS all of the congressional districts in
Minnesota are safely Republican the re-
suit of the election in November will
be the choosing of a solid Republican
delegation. This delegation will stand
by the policies of President Roosevelt
and the principles which have made
the Republican party strong.
In the light of the present situation
Of generosity and fairness, the Repub-
l1cans some years ago thought it
good plan to allow the Democrats to
have a member of congress. They &C
cordingly carved out the Third dis
trict and placed therein what were
then among the strongest Democratic
counties in the state. 1t would hardly
be fair to style this stroke Of polit-
zeal generosity, as it removed some
Democratic counties from supposedly
Republican districts, leaving them GER
tainly Republican, while otherwise in
sharp political scrimmages they might
have been doubtful, 80 the Democratic
counties were punched and the party
of slow ideas was allowed to work out
Its own salvation. Every politician at
the time supposed that the state had a
hopelessly permanent Democratic con-
gressional district. But the world
moves, even IL the Democratic party
docs not, and the people arose in their
intelligence and after a few years
transformed that supposedly benight-
ed Democratic district into Repub-
lican district and it took it's place in
the progressive column of Republican
ism. For several terms the district
was represented by Democrat in con-
gress, but this year the Democrats did
not even name a candidate, so hope
less has their cause become.
The other day picked up copy of
Governor Johnson's inaugural message
end was interested to read the section
devoted to a distance tariff and to OBJ
serve the reasons why he objected to
1t. 1t was because it might take away
from the large cities the advantage
they now enjoy over the smaller towns
Of such tariff the governor said sit
might be Of temporary benefit to the
rural districts and at the same time
be the means of gradually tearing
down our internal terminal markets,
the result being eventually to our dis
advantage" By internal terminal
markets" the governor of course
means st. Paul and Minneapolis. APP
parently the governor is more solicit
GUS for the welfare of the Twin Cities
than to do anything that will con
tribute to the growth Of the small
towns or the advantage of the farmers
in the rural districts"
The movement for the revision and
regulation Of railroad rates, which was
1naugurated by Republican legisla-
ture and is now being carried on by
the railroad and warehouse commits
sion, has borne more fruit. Three of |
the great railroads have now offered
to make voluntary reduction on the /
rates on coal in Minnesota. They did |
this because they saw 1t was inev-
table that reduction would be or
dered if they did not. 1t is notable
that the men whose names are most
conspicuous in the movement for
lower freight rates are Senator Eber-
hart, the Republican candidate for
lieutenant governor, and Charles T.
Staples, one Of the sitting members of
the railroad commission and candidate
for reelection. Mr. Eberhart, when
in the senate, offered a joint resolu-
ton clothing the railroad and ware
house commission with authority to
regulate and revise railroad rates. |
When it became law the railroad
commission had for one of it's three
members Hon. Charles F. Staples. who
is now a candidate for reelection. |
Ever since the commission began the
work under the joint resolution Mr..
Staples has been resolute and agrees
sive, demanding that the interests of
the people should be protected. He
made it so clear to the railroads that
something more would be done that
they offered a voluntary reduction of
rates on grain and have now followed
with reduction of rates on coal. In
addition, the commission has ordered
q reduction on merchandise rates. 1t
Is estimated that the reduction Of
rates on grain and coal will save the
people 100000 and the reduction on
merchandise rates $4,000, so that