The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-10-27

~ INC ouppOrl Oh the R0puOl1Cdu
candidates in the election soon to
come.
we nave no quarrel with the Demo
crats as ndividuals-they have been
ouSy enough at that business in their
own ranks. The nominees. as far as
| am able to learn, are a nice lot of
sooo citizens, but then you know good
'iai@enS Will be useful in private life
AFTER election. The Democratic NOM
lnees, like all other good Democrats,
seem TO have only one real bad point
ABOUT their political makeup. Their
hearts are usually right but they seem
70 nave mania for picking and mark
ing the wrong ballot on election day.
Inelr late unpleasantness held in Min
neapolls may well be termed an avia-
tlon meet, for they have been in the
All ever since and are not likely to
anght on terra-frma until after Nov.
Stn' when they will alight with that
oiu tlme dull, sickening thud which
you nave heard about. You remember
at the Democratic convention a Prof.
Anderson tried in vain to introduce a
mliu resolution on County Option and
now ne was howled down and refused
vote on his proposition. Mr.. Gray,
the Democratic candidate for governor,
is now out on county option plat
form, although the resolutions adopted
by the Democratic state convention
on the liquor question, re-apportion-
ment and other state issues are about
as meaningless and ineffective as any
thing could possibly be. They remind
me OF the resolutions of town council
down i'll Pennsylvania community
The city fathers decided that the time
mad come for the erection of a new
Jail, so they adopted the following
resolutions:
1st-Resolved by this council that
we build a new Jail.
2nd-Resolved that the new Jail be
built out of the materials of the old
Jail.
3rd-Resolved that the old Jail be
used until the new Jail is finished.
The Democrats of Minnesota are GER
tainly in a bad mix-up, not agreeing on
the issues, and their platform is about
as meaningless as the Jail resolutions
of the Pennsylvania town council.
On the contrary, the Republican
party of Minnesota is reunited
party. AS individual members of the
party we may hold some different
views on certain things, such as how
best to conduct campaign, etc., but
in the main and on the whole the Re-
publicans of the state stand for the
ticket nominated and the platform
adopted.
Re-Apportionment.
We have declared for re-apportion-
ment, and interpret re-apportionment
in this instance to mean that the peO-
pie of any section of the state shall
have equal legislative representation
with the people Of any other section
of the state, regardless of whether
they are engaged in wheat raising,
dairying, manufacturing or iron min
ing. The matter of e-apportionment
of legislative representation has been
too long delayed, but the responsibility
for the delay cannot be truthfully
charged entirely to the Republican
party. During the last session, Re-
publican senator introduced a reap
portionment bill and on a roll call
every one of the Democratic senators
is in UNINTERRUPTED against it..
Had they voted in favor of the meas
ure it would have passed. Many of
those same senators were delegates
in the late Democratic state conven-
ton and are candidates for reelection.
Can the friends OF re-apportionment
have any hope of aid from Democratic
sources? Re-apportionment is only
simple justice and if the next legisla-
ture is Republican l sincerely expect
the pledge of the party in this particu.
lar, to be fully redeemed.
Roads, Consolidated Rural Schools and
Agricultural Instruction.
The Republican platform has de-
clared for a one mill tax for public
roads, for consolidated rural schools
and for the extension of manual train
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a large measure these three things
should be considered together. No
expenditure of money judiciously used,
could add more to the value of farm
real estate and consequently the tax
able property of the state, than an ex
enditure for the improvement of
the country highways, and l sincerely
hope to see the next legislature pave
the way for liberal state aid in this
matter. With improved highways we
will at once increase the settlement
of our communities, instead of having
one family on each section or half
section-as is now the case in many
portions of the state-we would soon
have one family on every quarter Sec
ton or S0-acre tract. More settlers
would mean improved social condi-
tons in the farm communities, better
telephone service, better mail service,
better schools, better church advant-
ages, more social gatherings for the
young and old alike and much bet
ter satisfied, happier class of people.
And let me say that with the begin
ming of the fulfillment Of these condi.
tons, would come, as a natural conse-
quence, the consolidated rural school.
People, generally, are awakening to
the fact that manual training and agri-