Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-10-27

anyone was worrying about that queS-#
ton. The democrats put In low tariff
and on every hand are signs Of pros
perity. Whether or not this prosperity
Is directly due to the tarir is not for
discussion at this time, the speaker said,
as the European was has hindered any
chance to see how 1t would work out.
He also discussed the foreign diplomatic
question and the Mexican situation, on
which Mr.. Kellogg had talked, and point
ed out that in regard to the first named
matter that the service of the foreign
diplomats had been all that could be de-
sired and in the latter that it has not
been the policy Of President Wilson to
recognize such men as Huerta, who had
proved to be an assassin.
Passing from these questions to the
one great issue raised by the republicans
of Minnesota that Minnesota should
cast its electoral votes for Hughes for
president because Of the 2-cent rate de-
cision handed down by Justice Hughes
for Minnesota two years ago, which was
one of Mr.. Kellogg's arguments, the
speaker stated that he did not think that
Kellogg would give this argument if he
would only stop to consider what he was
saying There are nine members in the
supreme court and when a case is to be
argued it is submitted to them on briefs,
which contain citations or authority Of
law The records of the court contain
all facts relating to the case and only
the closing arguments are made orally
When the case has been argued and
court has adjourned the judges get to-
gether and cast lots to decide which one
of them is to write the decision. No mat
ter which one of them that man may be-,
he is directed by the entire body as to
what that decision shall be, the judge
writing the decision acting only as a
stenOgrapher or clerk, except that his
vote is one in deciding the case. There
fore Hughes is entitled to no more cred
it for that decision than any of the other
members Of the supreme court. His rec
ord also shows nat his stand on ques-
lions of this kind is contrary to this.
He was governor of New York when
the state legislature Of that state by a
big vote passed a 2-cent passenger rate
bill like the one. passed by the Minneso-
ia state legislature while John A. john
son was governor. Did Governor Hughes
do like Governor Johnson? No! Instead
of listening to the voice of the represent
; tatives of the people he vetoed the bill
and sent it back to the legislature. an
other act which showed that he was not
a man of the people was his veto of the
scent fare bill. which provided for a
fare of cents on street cars from New
York City to Coney Island. This island
was place where the poor went to seek
rest and quiet and every day thirty tc
forty thousand people went there and on
holidays as high as three and four hun.
| dred thousand visited the island. The
fare was 10 cents and the state legisla.
ture passed a bill making the rate
cents. When the bill was presented t.
Governor Hughes he vetoed it anu SEN
it back to the legislature, saying tina
because they had passed it did not mea1
it was right for it to become a law. Mr.
Quinn asked his hearers if Hughes give:
promise now of doing any different, O
having any human milk of kindness il
his VEINS even one-third as much a.
President Wilson has shown that he ha
had in the past three and one-hal
years.
President Wilson's action on the strik,
question this fall is to be commended
Mr.. Quinn said. The destruction of tn
crops of the country and untold suffer
ing were thereby averted.
In speaking for the candidacy of Mr.
Lawler for senator, Mr.. Quinn called
him a representative of the common
people and said that he has Away!
been so. He would not have resigned
| from job as corporation attorney fol
a steel trust with $4,000 per veal
salary to go to the senate. He does
not say as Kellogg says on the bill
|
but he says that he will not be bound
by any corporation. Mr.. Quinn closed
by saying that if the people are con-
WINGED that Wilson should continue, that
they be consistent and honest with
| themselves and cast their votes fol-
those who will support him.
| Einar Hoidale, the last speaker on the
program, started out in manner which
gave many the impression that he was
not much of a speaker but before he
had concluded his talk their opinion
,of him had vastly changed as he caught
| the audience in fine style.
He started out by saying that he had
been selected to come along to pick up
the slack and excused himself for any
possible breaks he might make in the
course of his talk by saying that this
was his first campaign speech this fall
and that on his treatment by this au-
dience depended whether he would make
any more He would talk as a common
man to common men, he said, and
added that he was not paid for his
speech but was only paying a small
installment on the debt he owned to his
country and he was doing it without
pay.
First Mr. Hoidale spoke of the two