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

you for the support or the Republican
candidates in the election soon To
come.
We have no quarrel with the Demo
Gratis as individuals-they have been
busy enough at that business In their
] own ranks. The nominees. al far al
i am able to learn, are nice lot OF
good citizens, but then you know good
citizens will be useful in private life
after election. The Democratic nom
inees. 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
to have mania for picking and mark
Ing the wrong ballot on election day.
Their late unpleasantness held lin Min
neapolis may well be termed an avia-
ton meet, for they have been i'm the
air ever since and are not likely to
alight on terra-frma until after Nov.
9th. when they will alight with that
old time dull, sickening thud which
you have heard about. You remember
at the Democratic convention a Prof.
Anderson tried in vain to Introduce
mild resolution on County Option and
how he was howled down and refused
a 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 III Pennsylvania community.
The city fathers decided that the time
had 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 iail be
built out of the materials of the old
! jail.
3rd-Resolyed 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 Ii a 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 e-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.
dairyfng, manufacturing or iron min
ing. The matter of re-apportionment
or 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, a Re.
publican senator introduced a reap.
portionment bill and on roll call
every one of the Democratic senators
-l8 IN UNINTERRUPTED against 1t. \
Had they voted in favor Of the meas 1
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 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 one mill tax for public
roads, for consolidated rural schools
and for the extension OF manual train.
Ing and agricultural instruction. In
large measure these three things
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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.
oenditure for the Improvement of
he country highways, and sincerely
nope to see the next legislature pave
he way for liberal state aid In this
matter. With improved highways wei
will at once increase the settlement
IT our communities, instead of having
,ne family on each section or halt
'ection-as Is now the case i'm many
portions of the state-we would soon
lave one family on every quarter sec.
ion or S0-acre tract. More settlers J
would mean improved social condi.
ions In the farm communities, better
telephone service. better mail service !
etter schools, better church adyant |
ges, more social gatherings for the