Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-09-23

tho leg1slature to the need Of q la1
to prevent the sale Of beer or lioune
BY breweries or wholesale liquor deal
ers to any but regularly licensed ~
tailers. thus doing away With blind
pigs" and other illicit places whose
existence depends upon tho illegal sale
OF liquor. In connection urge upon
tho people the necessity Of electine
70 the legislature men who Win stanA
firmly with me in carrying out this
program.
viii Urge Law.
It u said that county option q
purely q legislative question. In q
sense It $50 are all these questions
before the people. But q governor ar
even a candidate for governor has
large influence which he can exercise
amrmatively or negatively. Silence
u negative. For years I have urxed
the passage Of county option meas.
ure and shall continue to do 10 m,
til It becomes a law.
Topping all other issues in impor.
lance and far reaching conseouencea
10 the question Of forcing the brew.
cry out Of politics" It IL 4 question
OF whether this COLOSSUS shall LONGER
be permitted to dictate the environ.
ment OF your wives and mothers, your
sons and daughters; dictate your can,
d1dates and officers, your LEGISLATION.
your taxes, and even your right to life.
liberty, and the pursuit Of happiness.
II become governor pledge you that
the breweries will be out Of politioa
10 tar as that part Of the government
l control II concerned, and I shah
exert my utmost strength to XII tta
influence In every other department.
Would End Brewery Power.
No force has been more persistent
IMAM has been the brewery organfzs-
ton In Its opposition to mo. II
candidate ever earned the support Of
the friends Of clean and efficient GOV.
eminent because of the character Of
the enemies he has made, I am ths4
candidate. The voter who IL tired Of
brewery domination and brewery.mads
legislation and feels that his duty
lies In casting his ballot against thu
enemy Of good government win have
no trouble in locating its candidataa.
These then are the issues. They
were developed out Of my experience
OF years as public official, and add
ed years OF examination and study Of
the problems Of government, not on
~ In Minnesota, but in many othar
states and countries.
The success of any program must Of
necessity depend upon the character.
qualifications and affiliations Of thu
men elected to carry that program IL
to action.
Qualified for tho ONCE,
The people of Minnesota are about
to employ a general manager to look
after their public business, and insti,
tute certain reforms. If were apply.
Ing to any private business establish.
ment for the position of manager
would recite in detail the opportuni.
ties had had to qualify myself for
the position. therefore think Il
proper that I should refer to the ex.
per1ence I have had in the manage.
ment Of pubic business and make Won
acquainted with my qualifications to
fill the position I am asking you to
give me.
have lived in Minnesota fifty.ssvsu
years. Aside from carrying On nv
private business Of merchandising.
manufacturing, and banking. which
has met with fair measure Of enc.
cess, have filled the following pub
lie positions: was Register of Deeds
Of Todd County for four years. I
have served three terms in the leeis-
lature, one term As Speaker Of tho
House Of Representatives, which en-
abied me to acquire some KNOWLEDGE
of legislative procedure. I served 4
term on the State Normal School
Board. and through that service BE-
came somewhat acquainted with the
educational system Of the state. I
served as Superintendent Of the Min
nesota State Reformatory, and became
acquainted with the management Of
state institutions; served six years
on tho State Fair Board, which en-
ebled me to become better acquainted
with the products and the possibilities
Of our state. I was called by Governor
Van SAINT to assist in the organization
OF the first Board Of Control, and
through that work became acquainted
with the administrative department of
tho state. The System inaugurated by
the Board at that time has proved 20
satisfactory that It has never been
changed in any particular.
invite the closest scrutiny of ny
qualifications and my record, and com.
parison with that of other candidates.
and now pledge to the people Of Min.
nesota whatever Of ability, experience,
and equipment l may possess to the
faithful discharge of the public duties
incident to the Office to which I an
now asking them to elect me.
Il Sounded Like Money.
A government bureau that complies
and issues all sorts of Information con-
corning natural resources recently sent
an analysis of spring water to an in
| quiring landowner.
The report named several different
mineral constituents found In the wa
ter. with the number of parts per MIL
| lion for each. The last substance given
| was iron. indicated In the list by the
chemical symbol "Fe." and the analy-
sis showed thirteen-hundredths Of ono
part Of iron. A few days later the bu-