The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-04

This would Indicate, of course tina,
reports though not we'll founded may
sometimes be true, and as Frank Eddy
used to say when campaigning Tor
congress in the seventh District, he
never tried to refute any charges made
against him by the opposition for fear
that they would prove them true.
However l believe that 1 was the
first candidate for a state office to take |
a position On the question Of county |
option and some of the other issues |
now before the people. Long before
the nominating convention of my |
party, I stated in effect plainly that If
elected to the Office of Lieutenant Gov
n and l was permitted to name the |
committees of the next state senate,
l woul appoint q committee that
would report out without delay a
straight out county option bill and
force the senate members to vote a
yes" or vote a mo" on the PROPOSE
ton. 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
and deceive you. / believe in opep
legislation and wish to be counted as
an enemy to the nefarious system of
pigeon holing or suppressing In COM.
mittee proposed legislation on well
defined issues such as county option,
re-apportionment, amendment for road
tax, n similar measures. AS / have
said before, the Republican platform
declares for a fair, full and free"
consideration. of liquor traffic legisla-
ton, which means that county option
must have a square deal. Gov. Eber.
hart has publicly promised that he
will sign a county option bill if 1t Is
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. if
you please, to give county option a
fair hearing in the next session of the
legislature. If l did not believe this
to be true ! would not be here asking
your support for the candidates on the
Republican ticket, for l will not know.
ingly support any candidate other than
a fair-play and square-deal candidate,
] care not what Office he seeks or what
party brand he wears.
RePublicanism Is Progression.
There have been suggestions in
some quarters that the time was ripe
for the formation of a new party, but
for n | a see N o necessity for such
a movement in order to bring about
desired reforms. The Republican
party may have made some mistakes,
tor 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, and there is
every reason to believe that it will
continue to be such a party. A politi-
cal party, in my opinion. is just what
its membership body permits it to be.
Left entirely to aspiring, settlement.
ing politicians and individuals repre-
senting interests seeking special priv.
leges to the detriment of the great
mass OF people, a political party will
become corrupt and unworthy of rust.
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 nominated
and men are elected who will stand
true to their colors and in the per-
Torrance of their official duties make
good their party pledges. The Repub.
lean party membership, and especial
ly in Minnesota, has eve insisted up.
on the redemption of the party's
pledges and the candidates Of the
party in this state for the most part
are men who have been in a position
where they have proven that in the
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 convic-
ton and | 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, the
other for honest currency; the M for
free silver, the other for sound money;
the N for free trade, the other for
protection; the n for the contraction
of American influence, the other for
ifc nvnonCinn tho ono hoe hoa~ SO.n1A
to abandon every position taken on
the great issues before the people, the
other has held and indicated all.
In experience the difference between
Democracy and Republicanism is that
one means adversely, while the other
means prosperity; one means low
wages, the other means high; one
means doubt and debt, the other
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 a
necessity to saw them from starya.
ton.
In my opinion, Progressive Republic.
anism is the only kind Of true Re-
publicanism. Progression is Republic
anism. Advancement has been the
party's watchword, achievement has
been its accomplishment. During all
it's years of existence in the onward
march of time it has kept pace with
the needs of the hour and the de-
mands of the people. and l have faith
to believe that it will continue t do
so. for the reason that l have faith and