The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-10-29
Criticism By Republic an
Chairman Answered And
Refuted By Stensvad
WHO WROTE BENONEN BOOK?
Not I, Says DIR. Brand PASSING
The Credit(9 To The
Candidate
c. NJ. AGAINST lCOUNTY sOPTION
HisPamphIet Declares He Will
Obey The Will OF The
People
c. M. AGAINSTaCOUNTY sOPTION

w. A. Brand, chairman of the
Republican County. committee, has
issued the long heralded G. M. Ben
dixen pamphlet. 1t is mistake to
call it Bendixen pamphlet because
with the exception of the County
Option issue Mr.. Bendixen's position
is not stated on any measure. 1t is
an anti-Keefe pamphlet. containing
considerable bitterness, many errors
and much Observation-Disclosures
ton.
One thing the pamphlet does.
however: 1t clears the county option
issue and puts Mr.. Bendixen on the
side of anti-county optionists, the
position taken by Mr.. Keefe four
and two years ago. On page ten the
pamphlet says.
Mr.. Bendixen. without doubt
will want to represent the will OF
the people"
Bendixen Against County Option
AS the Twill of the people" was
against county option two years age
when Mr.. Keefe was first elected il
is evident that Mr.. ,Bendixen's chair
man can mean but one thing: Name
~, that Mr.. Bendixen, who voted
for county option four years ago and
voted to bring it out of the commit.
tee six years ago, is no longer
county optionist. At the same time
Emil S. Youngdahl, county option
list, is in the county boosting Bendix.
en- as a county optionist.
That johnson Bill
On page two of the pamphlet ap
pears list of bills against which Mr.
Keefe is suppose to have voted. A
mong others. No. 4, The johnson
Bill" Search of the pamphlet did
not reveal the nature of this John
SON Bill" and DIR. Brand was asked
for information, He did not know
but said lie would look it up. A lit
tie later he admitted that he die
not know what measure was meant
and suggested that "some one else
slipped that in" Questioned he
said he thought the "Lende-Johnsor
Bill was meant but added "that
bill never came to a vote.
Keefe Voted For 1t
AS a matter of fact the bill meant
was the Lende-Johnson bill anc
could have been no other. Also
this bill did not come to a vote re-
cord of which can be found on page
1866 of the House Journal and there
it will be found that Mr.. Keefe vot
ed FOR this bill the main feature OF
which provided THAT any person
who shall be injured in person OIL
property or means of support by
any intoxicated person or in conse.
uuence of such intoxication, habitua
or otherwise, shall have right of &C.
ton against any person causing such
intoxication. This is strong. pro.
gresssive, temperance measure
which Mr.. Keefea and Senator Ciague
both supported.
Didn't Vote To Censure KIemer
The false statement, that Mr..
Keefe voted to censure Mr.. Klemer,
is repeated in the pamphlet. On
page 1915, House Journal appears
the record Of the vote censuring
Klemer and Mr.. Keefe did not vote
as he was not present. There was
no other vote taken on any question
involving a censure of Klemer.
There is absolutely no record to
show that Mr.. Keefe was in favor of
censuring Mr.. Klemer and the au-
thors Of the pamphlet must have
known this or had every opportuni-
ty to know it.
Mr.. Keefe is blamed for votirg