The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-15
Minnesota Politics
hammond issues Platform that VIII
s Strike ReyisionIst TRepub Iieans-condi-
lions In Northern Counties Reported.

Speeches today Republican: Vice
President Fairbanks and Congressman
McCleary, from special train along Oma-
ha road from Mankato to Luverne; A. L.
Cole and D. F. Reese at Lake City;
Knute Nelson at Elbow Lake; Moses E.
Clapp at Detroit; J.. F. Jacobson at Wa
SEGA; Frank NJ. Eddy at Madison; S. F.
Van SAINT at Wabasso; A. J. Volstead at
Bingham Lake and Westbrook.
Democratic: John A. Johnson at Thief
River Falls, morning. Greenbush at
noon, Crookston, evening; P. NJ. Magnus-
son and D. M. Evans in st. Paul; 7. R.
Kane at Arlington; Edward Peterson at
Belview; Einar Hoidale at Ada.
w. S. Hammond, Congressman Nc
Cleary's democratic opponent, has issued
a personal platform which is very clever
ly constructed to catch republican votes.
AS far as it goes, it is not in conflict with
the republican state platform, and it
practically states the position of the re-
publicans Of the second district who dis
agree with Mr.. McCleary, and whose
votes Hammond must have to be elected.
This IS Mr.. Hammond's statement:
An earnest effort should be made to maintain
home market for our home products. hut thu
American consumer ought to find competition
! IN the market in which he buys. Prices thera
should depend upon the well-established economic
Law of supply and demand, and not upon the
| arbitrary win of trusts and monopolies.
1 The tariff schedules should be revised immc-
diately, and the rates reduced on trust-made ar
| ticles and on goods which are made in this
| country and sold for less price abroad than
here: at hcme.se.sz
| lection for American industries is desirable and
| should be maintained. -
! The railroads of this country should be under
| government control and their rates for the car
nd nf
! established under the direction Of the govern.
! ment, and when SO established they should re-
main unchanged until the consent of the gov
eminent to change is obtained.
| The United States senators should be elected
by direct vote Of the people.
Principle and not party should guide the voter
when he prepares his ballot
c.. J. -Gunderson of Alexandria. the un-
opposed nominee for state senator in tho
hfty-eighth district. was in ST. Paul Sat-
J urday. He is an old college rate of C.
1 A. Lindbergh, and predicts that the Little
/ Falls man will be strong congressman.
/ He says that as to the state ticket things
are much improved in Douglas county,
z! and there is a good prospect of carrying
j 1t for Cole.
Simon Michelet, Indian agent at
/ White Earth, says there is a big change
in sentiment in Becker county this fall.
compared with two years ago. Then
Johnson carried the county, but ne be-
lieves Cole is good for 500 majority this
time.
/ Senator Albert Schaller won in the con-
test started by his democratic rival for
the nomination, and will now fight it out
i for the Dakota county seat with A. NJ.
Hayes of Hastings, the republican NOM
1 inee.
They have twelve house candidates in
! Otter Tail county. There were twelve
republican candidates for nomination,
and the four winners in the primaries
s have another fight on their hands, There
are four socialist candidates, two prohf-
bitionist, one populist and one indepen-
dent. &C Charles ID. Cheney