The Appeal., 1910-10-29
Keynote Speech Of the Repub-
liCan Candidate for Gov
ernoT at Mankat0.
STANDS ON HIS RECORD
AS STATE EXECUTIVE
By Reason Of Experience Is
Better Fitted to Serve in
Future Than in Past.

Governor A. O. Eberhart, Repub-
Hcan candidate for governor, deliv-
cred his keynote speech at Mankato
before an audience including many
prominent members of the party. He
said:
On the 21st day of last June there
assembled at st. Paul one of the
most important and memorable con-
ventlons ever held by the Republican
party in Minnesota. It was important
because held at a time when the
Democratic party, then in control OF
the state patronage, was bending every
effort to revive the forgotten strife of
prior campaigns in the Republican
party and to place new obstacles in
the way of harmonious action It was
memorable because more truly repre-
sentative, fair and deliberative than
any convention in recent years, and
chlefy because, as is universally ad-
mltted, it was absolutely free from
domination by any clique, faction, in
terest or corporation, free to express
OF candidates and the adoption of a
platform. l received the unanimous
nomination of the convention for the
Office OF governor, and I accepted the
same realizing fully the duties and
responsibilities involved, and pledged
myself to the faithful discharge there
of, feeling justified in believing that
the unanimous nomination rendered
me was an evidence that my services
had been satisfactory to the people of
the state.
More than year has passed since 1
was called to the office of governor
upon the death of my brilliant and
lamented predecessor, John A. John
Son, and while my position has not al
ways been free from difficulty no one
will deny that the people of this as
we'll as other states have given me
their confidence and accorded me
most kind and considerate treatment
for which I am sincerely grateful. But
no reception has ever touched me so
deeply as the one accorded me by nv
fellow toWnsmen and neighbors here
tonight, and no city could possibly con-
fer greater honor upon a son than
Mankato has done on this occasion.
In accepting the nomination 1 stat
ed that at the proper time I would
discuss the questions pending in this
state, and make clear my position
with reference thereto. That promise
l am here to fulfill tonight. In max
Ing such statement I shall speak
frankly and without evasion, believing
firmly that right is might and that the
people will choose the right.
Progressive Platform.
First, l stand squarely upon the
platform adopted by the Republican
party of this state. This platform is
clear, definite, comprehensive, and
distinctly progressive. No Republican
candidate need offer any apology Ell
ther for its contents or for the man.
ner OF its adoption. It is an admitted
fact that all shades of opinion were
given a square deal by that convention
In the selection of a committee on
resolutions, that all were permitted to
be heard on the floor of the conven-
any kind was allowed to influence the
convention or it's committee in the
adoption of that platform.
The Minnesota Republican platform
takes advanced ground upon all the
public questions of the day and has
been used as a model in other states.
1t wastes no time in mere denuncia-
tion, but offers specific remedies for
evils complained Of In the language
of Theodore Roosevelt it favors-.
among other things
Tariff Question.
"The policy of providing for a dis
Interested revision of tariff schedules
through high class commission of
experts which will treat each schedule
purely on it's own merits, with a view
both to protecting the consumer from
excessive prices and to securing the
American, producer, and especially the
American wage-earner, what will rep
resent the difference of cost of produc-
tion here as compared with the cost of
production in countries where labor
is less literally rewarded"
The foregoing quotation from his
speech delivered at the Republican
state convention in New York, Sept.
27, is almost Identical with the Ian
guage of our own platform adopted
three. months before and certifies that
the Republicans of Minnesota were
alive to the interests of the people,
and were progressive in fact long be-
fore some of our critics had come to
appreciate the significance of the word.
The declaration of the Minnesota Re-
publicans in favor of tariff commits