Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-10-24
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London Times are making fran.
tic endeayors to. find some point
ofsattack K. Unable to. find "a Vul..
nerable point III M Bonde s.rec-
ord, they have cided. to attack
Mr.. Hovland, the represe tatives
Of the prohibition state com NIT
tee who has been assigned to
this county. They } have. found
out: that Mr.. Rowland is not a.
citizen: ofzzSthis country, having
been here only five years and
coming q day too late to get his.
papers under the old naturaliza.:
tion law. And now they are:
throwing fits over: the fact that a
foreigner" dares advice people.
how to vote. 4 They are not con-.
tent with attacking him as an;
alien; they attack him for being
a foreigner, a "crime'' Of which:
three: fourths of the people Of
this county are, guilty. ID an
swer to this the following points.
may: be presented: s,>E.,=,:
Il. r. ALI other things being
equal, a foreigner is just as good
as a native born, and If he in
tends to make this country his
home for the future he has just
as much interest in the elections
as the native. Mr.. Rowland has
come to this country to make. it
his home, and from the know
ledge Of him that we have OBJ:
tanned while he has been here we
feel assured that we can't get too
many foreigners Of his type. y
p. The local .prohi bitionists
have nothing to do with the Sc
lection of men for carrying on
the prohibition propaganda thru
the State committee. That com
mittee selects it's representatives
mainly from young: college men
who are recommended by the
faculty for their honesty and zeal
for the cause. Augsburg Sem
mary has always taken a very
active interest:in the temperance
work and has furnished many
of these workers. Mr.. HoVland
being one of them: The slap: at
him lisa slap at the men who rec:
commended him. 4|>:f H. :. i -. j.. u D
:, 8. Mr..Bonde has spent more
of his own money in furthering
the temperance canse in this 10
cality than any other man, and il
any man is entitled to the sup
| port of the <prohi bitionists he is,
The support comes entirely; un:
solicited on his part and he has
not received one cent Of money
from the prohi bition committee
their support coming III the form
of the work done By Mr.. How
land. s. =. I :. S. f. # :<5 III. +
-. The thing that the voters
of Kandiyo obi cunt y have to take
into consideration this matter
lis whether or not. Mr.. ..Bonde'' s
record as chief Of police Of this
city5is such as. to entitle him *
the vote Of all men who believe
lin strict law enfo rcement. W.
believe that if the. people reWare
i Mr.. Ronde for his zeal and abil
ity in law emf cement BY pro
noting him to shig her posi- ion|i il
the same line Of work II will Civ,
Iafgreat5 impetus TO Temperance
work, ecauses twill serve motto.
! on thepoit clans that the peopl,
i nt=not only I. temp erance law
!. but. temperance j execut Tive off
a GERS. This is the line Of argu
!, ment advanced by az Hovland
j, and the fact fact that he was born j
3 Norway does not in the #leas
Il weak his 5argume nt. He Iha|
:tjust:Sas much light to tell til,
tlpeople what Be thinks will be. IS
the adyantag #of good govern
I Ement and pub lie mora atty as &
{ citizen Sc Ind lana has to comeS e
I Minnesota and tell the ypeopr
4 whom g cleo IS governor 2