The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-10-23
GOVERNOR URGES
HUGHES ELECTION
NKEYN0TESPEECH
AT BRAINERD MEET
Democratic Tariff Assailed by Burn
quist; Farmers Lose Under
the Act.
INDORSES KELLOGG
FOR U. S. SENATE
Executive Defends State Expendi-
lures; Leans Toward Repeal of
Non-Partisan Law.
INDORSES KELLOGG
FOR U. S. SENATE
Especial to the PiOneer)

Brainerd, Minn., Oct. 23.-Gover-
nor J. A. A. Burnquist formally open
ed his campaign for election with an
address at the auditorium here Sat-
urday night before large crowd.
He indorsed the candidates. of
Charles e. Hughes for the presidency
and Frank B. Kellogg for the United
States senatorship from Minnesota.
The governor assailed Democratic
tariffs as having Railways been fail
ures." He said that "just prior to
the beginning of the European war
>and during the second year of the
present Democratic administration
dreds of thousands of men were out
Of employment"
Supports Hughes.
In supporting Mr.. Hughes, he de-
clared that "in order to procure JUS
tice for American citizens everywhere,
regardless of section or class for Am
erica to give all nations of the world
that justice to which they are en-
titled and to receive from them that
recognition, respect and honor which
the American public deserves, we
want as president of the United
States, statesman who has shown
himself by his attitude in public life
: to be fair-minded executive, just
= jurist, a strong and great personality
of independence, stability and back
bone"
No Chance for War.
Governor Burnquist strongly
urged the election of Hughes, say
ing:
"His fearlessness, Judgment and
fairness make him candidate in
whom we can have absolute conf
past we are led to believe that he,
under all circumstances, will do what
he thinks and knows to be right.
"Nothing can be more absurd than
to say if Mr.. Hughes is elected presi-
dent he will strive to get us into war
In the first place, no president has the
right to declare war or to claim credit
for keeping us out of war. That mat
ter is in the hands of congress and
not with the president"
The governor said the Underwood
tariff law had proved failure before
the European war began, but that its
baneful effects had been overcome by
the changed conditions brought on by
the war.
Tariff Disastrous.
when the war ends,' he said, lit
will be disastrous to have in exist
ence the Underwood tariff law. 1t will
affect adversely not only the laboring
man but the farmer, for under this
law the farmers of our section have
been injured by it's enormous reduc-
tion in the tariff rate on what they
produce and by the placing of many
of the most important products of the
farm, such as corn, cattle, sheep, wool
and eggs on the free list, and at the
same time by unjustly discriminating
against our Northern farmers through
Drotecting in the southern sections of
our country, the growers of tobacco,
rice and other products.
Indorses KELLOGG.
Governor Burnquist urged the elec-
tion of Mr.. Kellogg "to procure for
Minnesota in the United States senate
that justice in tariff legislation as
we'll as in all legislation to which our
people are entitled
Without fatty saying so, he, by his
speech seemed to lean toward the
repeal OF Cne nOu-pdrIlSdu law III
the election of members of the state
Legislature and a return to the dis
carded party system. Along this
line, he said: "Our state legislators,
until the last election, were nOmin-
ated and elected as members of politi-
cal parties, but the last legislature
was elected under the non-partisan
system, which now is on trial in this
state.
1T remains to be seen whether it is
better to have our legislators selected
through advancing their individual
ideas and opinions, as they are now
doing, or whether it will be better to
go back to state government by par
ties with the properly machinery to
provi e for definite program prior
to t. . session of the legislature
fthro, IN securing, by means OF party
plat orm, the expression of large
consensus of opinion" .-.e,
Reviews Work. -
Governor Burnquist devoted the
greater part of his address to review
ing the work of the various state de-