The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-20
D. P. O'Neil in Grammar More Interest,"
ing Than Correct Criticises Paper.
and Opponents.
REARDON'S ELOQUENCE THRILLS
With Dramatic Force Priest Den ounce!
Liquor Men and Shows Spread
of Proaibi io>.

At an election eve rally under thu
auspices of the Minnesota Anti
Saloon league in the Bemidj opera
house last evening. Rev. Father
Reardon of St. Paul delivered Z
dramatic excoriation of the liquor
Interests, declared county option q
success. said half the United State:
was already without saloons and
predicted an extention of prohibition
in Minnesota.
c. Walden of Crookston presided
and he improved the opportunity
to say some bitter things abou;
Albert Berg of Spooner and I've,
Krohn of Shevlin, who seek to be.
come members of the legislature
D. P.O'Neil of Thief River Falls who
was publicly endorsed as candidate
for state representative also spoke.
1t was his first appearance before a
Bemidjl audience. He deplored the
attitude of the Bemidji newspapers
and gave his views regarding a new
normal school in this part of the
state.
The following short extract is
taken from stenographic report of
Mr.. O'Neill's address.
I want to make my position clear
as to how I stand in regard to legis-
lation in this district. The news
papers have saw fit to set me out and
apart from this district. I read from
one of your papers, that A. L. Han
son and D. P. O'Neil are good
pair and good pair for the voters
to beat
"Gentlemen, l am very sorry
that they have saw tit to inject
sectionalism into this contest.
want to say that the people of
northern Minnesota should have
one representation in the Legislative
body of this state.
l want to say to you that I was
confronted here, yesterday, by a
man in business who said, 'O'Neill,
your all right. We know you're all
right. We know you've had the
experience and we know you've
got the nerve tut you're not right
on the normal school question:
"Now | want to make you right
as to where | stand. l do not be-
lieve that there is any feeling in
this state for the creation of the
sixth normal school. l am per-
sonally acquainted with every
member of tie last legislature and
with those who will probably be in
the next and | do not believe that,
were l to introduce a normal
school bill for my city, that | could
stand shadow OF passing that
bill. We cannot get it unless all
northern Minnesota goes together
to get it. We need re-districting
in northern Minnesota and l am in
favor of the extension of the Put.
man agricultural bill"
Father Reardon said in part:
1t gives me great pleasure in.
deed to have this opportunity of
meeting such large and presumably
representative audience of the people
of Bemidji, especially because their
presence here is an indication of
the fact that they are at least inter.
ested IN the question OF the temper
ance reform in the state of Mime.
sofa.
"Among the important ques-
tons before the American people
today clamoring for Solution, that
of temperance reform is one of the
greatest. Some would be inclined
to say the greatest.
Whether we are to outlaw the
saloon entirely and to have national
prohibition or whether we are to
legislate for the proper regulating
of it is no reason why we should off,
er an apology for bringing the liquor
traffic question to their notice.
"lndeed, private citizens of this
country as we'll as men in public
life are awaking to the fact that