The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-11-01


reports though not well founded may
sometimes be true. and a. Frank Eddy
used to say when campaigning for
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 / believe that I was the
first candidate for state office to take
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, stated in effect plainly that IL
elected to the Office Of Lieutenant Gov.
ernor and was permitted to name the
committees of the next state senate,
would appoint a committee that
would report out without delay a
straight out county option bill and
force the senate members to vote a
yes" or vote 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 open
legislation and wish to be counted al
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, and similar measures. As / have
said before, the Republican platform
declares for ''fair, full and free"
consideration of liquor traffic legisla-
ton, which means that county option
must have square deal. Gov. Eber.
hart has publicly promised that he
will sign county option bill if it I'm
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. ii
you please, to give county option a
fair hearing in the next session of the
legislature. If I did not believe this
to be true | would not be here asking
your support for the candidates on the
Republican ticket, for 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,
Republlcanism Is Progression.
There have been suggestions I'm
some quarters that the time was ripa
for the formation of a new marty hIt
LOT one can see no necessity for such
movement in order to bring about
desired reforms. The Republican
party may have made some mistakes
Tor 1t IS made up of human member
snip and it Is human to err. but on tho
whole 1t 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 party. A politi.
cal party, in my opinion, is Just what
It's membership body permits it to be.
Lett entirely to aspiring, settlement.
Ing politicians and individuals renre.
senting interests seeking special privi.
leges to the detriment of the great
mass OF people, political party will
become corrupt and unworthy of trust
Pa1ty platforms amo1nt to nothing
hlgh 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
ana 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
llcan party membership, and especial
ly In Minnesota, has ever insisted up
On the redempt-ll of TIE party's
pledges and the candidates of the
party IN this state for the most part
are men who have been in a post on
where they hive psov1n that N the
perform ance Oh tier ONO. ii uul.es
.ney have carried out tie will of tie
voters and made god tAe-r pnts's
pledges. This is nay political cony G.
ION and stand with the Republican
party.
AS stated in the national platform
n history the difference between Dem.
,cracy and Republicanism is that the
me stood for debased currency, tie
'ther for honest currency; the one for
rec silver. the other for sound money:
ne one for free trade, the other for
protection; the one for the contraction
4 American influence, the other for
ts expansion; the one has been forced
abandon every position taken on
ne great issues before the people. the
Their has held and indicated ali.
In experience the difference between
democracy and Republicanism is that
ne means adversely, while the other
leans prosperity; one means low
ages, the other means high; one
leans doubt and debt, the other
leans confidence and thrift.
The darkest days in the history OF
lis country since the civil war, were
le days of the last Democratic con.
less and Democratic president, when