Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-11-01
d. W. lAWLfR SPEAKS
FORMER MAYOR OF ST. PAUL
SPEAKS ON PRESENT DAY Is.
sUEs-ATTENDANCE Is GOOD

The speech given by Hon. D. W.
Lawler Of st. Paul, democratic candi-
date for; U. s. senator, was attended
better than any other political meet
ing held in this city during the present
campaign. Mr.. Lawler proved to be a
very interesting and eloquent speaker.
He was introduced by p. J. Vasaly,
chairman of the democratic county
committee.
Mr.. Lawler commented on the chang
es which have taken place in the at
titude Of the voters during the last 20
years: He said that the voters Of the
present day were more independent
and that the tendency now days was to
vote for the better man regardless Of
his party affiliations; that the voter
Of this generation talks less and thinks
more; and that it was sufficient to
convince the people that one was in the
right. MI. Lawler said that he was a
believer in the democratic ticket be-
cause it stands for the common in
terest. Financial matters, MI. Lawler
stated, are important and America
should be given an honest and economi-
cal service. He cited the condition Of
The country at the time the colonists
came here and stated that they came
here with the definite purpose Of get-
ting away from the privileged class.
He states that the tariff is prohibi-
tory rather than protective and gave
several instances where the tariff was
simply used to good advantage by the
manufacturers Of the country for per-
sonal gains. He pointed to Ida M.
Tarbell's book on the tariff in which
she says. "that man should not judge
himself,'' meaning that the promoters
Of large interests in country should
not have anything to do with the en-
acting Of legislature which in any
way concerns their interests.
The republican party, Mr.. Law1er
said, had not kept their pledge to low
er the tariff, but on the contrary they
had increased it. Mr.. Lawler said that
he was great believer in equal suf-
frage and stated that it was imerative
in order to purge the government Of
many Of the existing evils.
He hailed Woodrow Wilson as the
next president and Peter NJ. Ringdal
as the next governor. He said that he
admired c. A. Lindbergh for the stand
he had taken in voting to pass the wool
and other schedules over the presi-
dent s veto. He asked the people to
support the democratic state and ma
tional legislative tieketss~in order to
insure cooperation.
He pointed out some of Knute Mel
son g shortcomings in fulfilling the
trust which was entrusted to him by
the people and gave as an example his
| action in the Ballinger investigation
committee of which he was chairman.
He stated that the crucial moment
| when the evidence in the testimony
which was being taken was bringing
! out some damning fact against Balm
ger that "Uncle Knute'' excused him.
self, saying that he would be back in
minute; but that instead Of return
| ing he packed his suitcase and took the
/ first train for his home at Alexandria,
, breaking the quorum by his action and
| delaying the investigation for six
months. Mr.. Lawler stated in con-
clusion that if elected his motto would
be "Uninterested in the interests and
Embossed by the bosses.'
Mr.. Lawler also spoke at the Pine
Tree mills and at the Business college,
as well as at the high school, where he
gave a fine talk on the early history
and romances Of Minnesota. This was
especially interesting as it had to do
with some of the discoveries of Miss
Babbitt, a resident Of Little Falls