The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-04-02
PROGRESSIVE
LEAGUE AT WORK
Redwood County Organization
Ready For Active Cam
paign Service
FOR THE POPULAR GOVERNMENT
No Candidate Test Is Imposed
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Though La Toilette LIS
Favored

The following statement with ref
.erence to the Redwood County Pro-
gressive League has been issued by
the Executive committee:
Meyer in the political history of
Redwood county has there been so
hearty and spontaneous response
for call for a political organization
as followed letters of inquiry sent to
represen tative Republicans of the
county and which resulted in a
largely attended mass meeting at
Wabasso last December, representing
nearly every town and township, in
spite of extremely inclement weather
and difficult roads.
Meeting Was Held Early
The unusual and significant fea-
lures of this gathering were that it
occurred previous to the usual poll
tical campaign and several months
before any delegates or candidates
were to be chosen; that it did not
originate with officials or party lead
ers as usual, but out of nearly 200
signatures to the call, less than half
dozen had been candidates for any
office.
This does not mean antagonism to
,officeholders as such or that it is op-
posed by them but that this is dis
tinctly voters league.
Executive Committee Acts.
An executive committee was sell
-ected, to devise plans for perfecting
the organization, one member by
representatives OF each commissioner
district. At a meeting of this COM
mittee in January it was decided to
ask for cooperation in each voting
precinct and responses to requests
for assistance indicates undiminished
interest in the movement. The exc
cutive committee has now decided
that the organization has become
sufficiently perfected for immediate
and continued aggressive activity.
The strength of this progressive
movement is the conviction that it
presents the most positive, definite
and practical program of state and
national legislation that is before the
American people today ana that a
large proportion of the voters are
taking more keen and active inter
est in political questions than ever
before.
Progressive Magazines Coming
Through arrangements with pub
fishers, there is now being sent into
Redwood county over 1000 copies of
the best progressive magazines in
GLIDING recent numbers of the Out
look of New York, which contains
Roosevelt editorials on current poll
tical topics, the La Follettes weekly
of Madison, Wis, and specially fav-
orable subscription propositions have
been secured for Redwood county
voters.
Preference for any candidate for
any office is not made a test of low
atty to the progressive cause by this
league but it is urged at this time
that there shall be careful scrutiny
of platforms and records of candi-
dates with reference to conditions
as they now exist and that the judg-
ment of a majority Of Republican
voters shall prevail at the coming
primaries.
VIII Supply La FolIette's Record
The executive committee is pro-
viding that the La Toilette record, in
addition to other reports of proges-
sive accomplishment, shall be sup
piled to any one who will apply to
the secretary or to any member of
executive or local committees.
1t will be urged that there be
as large and as full an expression of
choice as possible at the coming eau
cuses and to this end there is unani-
nous approval of a request to the
county central committee to provide
for preferential vote on president
at Redwood county caucuses even If