Morris tribune., 1910-10-28

uSGu TO say WQ6n Campaigning LOG
congress in the seventh District, h0
never tried to refute any charges made
against him by the opposition for fear
that they would prove them true.
However l believe that l was the
HrEt candidate for state office to take
position on the question of county
option and some of the other issua6
now before the people. Long before
the nominating convention of mE
party, stated in effect plainly that 81
elected to the Office of Lieutenant GOFs
ernor and l was permitted to name thu
committees of the next state senata.
| would appoint a committee thaa
would report out without delay 0
straight out county option bill and
force the senate members to vote q
yes" or vote mo- on the propoRS
ton. l have not changed my views
since that first declaration and do not
intend to change them after election.
You send men to the legislature to
vote and represent you, not to dodge
ana deceive you. l believe in opdR
legislation and wish to be counted an
an enemy to the nefarious system Of
pigeon hOl1ng or suppressing in com.
mlttee proposed legislation on well
defined issues such as county option,
re-apportIonment, amendment for road
tax, and similar measures. AS | have
said before, the Republican platforms
declares for a fair, full and free"
consideration of liquor traffic legislar
ton, which means that county option
must have square deal. Gov. Eber.
hart has publicly promised that he
will sign a county option bill if it ID
passed by the legislature; throughout
the state Republican candidates for
the legislature in large numbers have
declared for county option and on the
whole the Republican party stands
ready and willing, stands pledged. il
you please, to give county option Q
fair hearing in the next session of the
legislature. If l did not believe this
to be true l would not be Iere asking
your support for the candidates on the
Republican ticket, for l will not know
lngIy support any candidate other than
fair-play and square-deal candidate
l care not what Office he seeK5 or what
party brand he wears.
Republicanism Is Progression. "
There have been suggestions IN
some quarters that the tine was ripe
for the formation of a new party but
for one can see no necessity for such
a movement in order to bring about
desired reforms. The Republican
party may have made some mistakes,
for it IS made up of human member
ship and it is human to err, but on the
whole it has been the party to reform,
the party of progression and the party
OF grand achievement, al.u there il
every reason to believe that it will
continue to be such a party. A politi,
cal party, in my opinion, is just what
it's membership body permits it to be-
Left entirely to aspiring, self-benetit
ing politicians and individuals repre-.
sentlng interests seeking special priv
leges to the detriment OF the great
mass of people, a political party WiI
become corrupt and unworthy of trust.
Party platforms amount to nothing,
high sounding praises of them and re-
sounding promises made from the plat
form and in the party press less than
nothing, unless men are nominate8
and men are elected who will stana
true to their cOlors and IN the peg
formSnce of their official duties make
good their party pledges. The Repub
lican party membership, and especial
ly in Minnesota, has ever insisted up
on the redemption of the party'G
pledges and the candidates of the
party in this state for the most part
are men who have been in position
where they have proven that in thG
performance of their official duties
they have carried out the will of the
voters and made good their party's
pledges. This is my political convio
tion and l stand with the Republican
party.
AS stated in the national platform
in history the difference between DEM
ocracy and Republicanism is that the
one stood for debased currency, tha
other for honest currency; the one foa
free silver, the other for sound money:
the one for free trade, the other foH
protection; the one for the contraction
of American influence, the other fol
it's expansion; the one has been forced
to abandon every position taken on
the great issues before the people, the
other has held and vindicated all.
In experience the difference between
Democracy and Republicansm is that
one means adversely, while the other
means prosperity; one means low
wages, the other means high one
means doubt and debt, the othe1
means confidence and thrift.
The darkest days in the history OF
this country since the civil war, were
the days of the last Democratic con.
gress and Democratic president, when
Coxey armies were parading the coun
try and cheap soup houses were
necessity to save them from starva
ton,