The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-04
REPUBLICAN SPEAKERS
GREETED BY FULL HOUSE
Governor Eberhat and Others Address Big
Audience at Fay Opera House Rally
Wednesday Evening.

OVvtIuUI 6u6IudIt dMu UtHeIS AuuleSS 0l6
Audience at Fay Opera House Rally
Wednesday Evening.
In the trip of Governor Eberhart
and party over the ranges during
the week it is doubtful it a warmer
greeting were given the distinguish
ed visitors at any point than in this
city, the party being met at Mt.
Iron enroute from Buhl by a dele
aation of prominent citizens and
escorted to the city, while the house
that greeted them at the Fay Opera
later in the evening was an ovation
we'll worthy the states chief execu-
tive, the spacious hall being throng-
ed and many leaving because of
their inability to gain entrance.
Not boisterous meeting, for at
no stag was there enough applause
to awaken an echo in a graveyard,
but a meeting in which sober Amer
ican citizenship listened attentively
to aught that was said with an evil
dent view to weighing the questions
and the men from the standpoint of
personal interest rather than party
alignment, with view to deciding
the trustworthiness of those seek
ing their franchise from a nou.par-
tisan standpoint rather than the
blind following of party prejudice.
W. J. Archer, republican candi-
date for court commissioner, acted
as chairman and in his introduce
tory paid glowing tribute to Gov
ernor Eberhart, who opened his ad-
dress by recalling his former &C.
quaintance with Virginia and con-
graduating and commencing our
citizens upon their evident progress
slveness and the evident degree of
attendant prosperity. He devoted
considerable of his time to county
option discussion, contending that
this issue was not one demanding
executive attention until after its
passage by the legislature, stating
that when the people elect county
option legislature and passed such
a law it would then be up to the
chief executive to carry out the will
and the wishes of the people as ex-
pressed by their Legislative repre-
sentatives by signing the bill.
Conservation by the state of it's
natural resources and the passage
of adequate laws for the protection
of Its timber and the homes and
lives its hardy frontier settlers re-
Ceived his earnest commentator,
to the end that agricultural devel-
opnent might be encouraged. He
said the greatest question confront
ing the state at the present time
was the tide of immigration from
the farm and rural communities to
the larger cities, and advocated a
material extension of the state agri-
cultural school system.
In mention of reapportionnen mt
he asserted that in the last session
of the Legislature every democrat
voted against such a measure-a
natural act, he said, because the
| districts would not be made to fav-
or them-and claimed the more
democrats sent to the Legislature
this fall the less would be the
chance of reapportionment at the
coming session.
Referring to the primary election
system he alleged it wasctoo expen.
s1ve, and that changes in the pres,
ent system we're a necessity. He
stated his opinion that the greatest
defect in the existing primary law
was that its provisions permitted
the minority party to assist in Sc
lection of weak men on the major.
ity party ticket.
The speaker touched lightly upon
the tariff issue-neither referring tc
the price of bacon or claiming the
! present law to be 1.-The bes: tariff
ever'-but stated his opinion thai
we will never be satisfied with any
tariff bill passed under existing
laws. He said he believed in a non
partisan triff commission to adjud
icate the question, and expouudec
the time-honored democratic doc
trine of the days of '76 that the tarif
schedules should be 80 adjusted as
to provide an import duty sufhcien
to cover the difference between tht
cost of production here and abroad
The Governor was followed BY
Attorney General Geo. T. Simpson
who like his predecessor seeks re
election on his record, and who in ;
happy vein proceeded to enumerat,
a number of points in which tn,
Office of the attorney general hat
brought vast sums to the public
Golfers under his administration
REIN Inducements from state timbe
thieves and revenues derived from
the inheritance tax law being tn
principal sources receiving men
ton. Mr.. Simpson also eulogize,
at length the stewardship of the re
publican party of Minnesota stat
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