The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-10-07

for the strict and rigid enforcement
of such other and future provisions as
the representatives of the people.
elected by the people, may in their
wisdom enact; and. we pledge the
party to fair, full and free consid-
Grafton of all legislation pertaining to
the liquor traffic and it's regulations"
This is straightforward statement
and may be understood by ALL Com
pare this statement with the language
of the Democratic platform, which my
opponent says justifies him in declar-
ing for county option.
'We hold that all questions affect
ing the moral, political and economic
welfare of the people should be direct
ly subject to the conscience and will
of the people,"
Could the audacity of ignorance go
farther than to state that the lam
guage have just quoted commits the
Democratic party to county option
Add to this, the undisputed fact that
the county option resolution was voted
down in the committee on resolutions
by a vote of Is to and when offered
on the floor of the convention, the
mover was refused hearing, we may
fairly infer the real attitude of the
Democratic\ party on this question.
Under all the circumstances the sud-
den conversion of the Democratic boss
and his nominee to county option calls
RI mind the old verse.
1.-THE devil was sick, the devil a saint
would be,
The devil was well, the devil a saint
was he"
Several months ago met the
friends of county option in their
state convention and defined my posi-.
while ] am governor, l will approve
and enforce it. My opponent cannot
do more although he may promise
more
The Policy of Conservation.
That the Republican party in Min
nesota is progressive is again indicat-
ed by it's position and achievements
on the vital question of conservation.
Our platform specifically commits the
party to the conservation of resources
"along the lines suggested by Theo-
dore Roosevelt and begun by him dur
ing his administration. Minnesota is
recognized by all the states in the
Union as first and most progressive as
well as most practical in the line of
achievements. The continuation of
this conservation work is the most
important problem now confronting
the people of the state, for it includes
not only the conservation of natural
but also of human resources. 1t in
cludes such preservation of our re-
sources for the future as will not in
terfere with the proper use thereof for
the present. 1t follows necessarily
that any theory of conservation which
does not provide for the present as
we'll as the future does not cover the
entire field and connot possibly bring
the best results. From every AGO.
nomic standpoint it is desirable that
the present generation should be pre-
ferred, since future discoveries and in
ventions may render present resources
of less value and Importance to the
coming generations. When, early in
the present year, the people of the
state showed lively interest in the
practical bearing of the conservation
movement used my influence to bring
about a state conservation and de-
velopment congress, the first of it's
kind to be held in this country. The
beneficial results of this gathering are
matters of recent history in the in
creased appreciation by the people OF
the state of it's vast resources and
in the widely spread attention these
advantages have attracted throughout
the entire country. Following this
state meeting as natural sequence
came the holding in st. Paul of the
Second National Conservation con-
gress, which marked an epoch in the
progress of this nationwide move
ment
Reapportionment.
The Republican party is pledged to
a new apportionment of the legislative
districts in accordance with the con-
stitution. The plank is as follows:
Believing that each and every Sec
ton of the state should be fairly rep
resented in the law-making bodies, as
is provided in Section 2, Article A.,
the constitution, we pledge the Re-
publican party to the passage of an
apportionment law by the next legis-
lature based on population, as shown
by the United States census for 1910,
to take effect on or before Jan. l.,
1912, that will give to each county the