Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-10-27
KELLOGG and J D kNUTSON TALK
TWO REPUBLICAN, CANDIDATES
ADDRESSED VOTERS AT THE
COURT HOUSE

F. b. Kellogg, republican candidate
for senator from Minnesota and Harold
Knutson, republican candidate for con-
gress from the Sixth district, addressed
q good sized gathering of voters at the
court house auditorium Thursday eve
ming of last week on the issues Of the
campaign. F. w. Lyon acted as chair
man Of the meeting and he introduced
the speakers. The band furnished few
selections at the auditorium before the
meeting started. .t H.. .....- ...r...s +
Mr.. kellogg stated that this was his
first visit to this county but that never
theless to him 1t was not a strange COM
munity as he had lived in this state
since 1866, locating on farm in Ohm
stead county with his parents. This
part of the country was then wilder
ness, he said. but it has grown to be a
great human empire in less than one
span of life.
The European war, the speaker said,
has raised numerous problems relating
to business and to the farm which. are
the greatest since the slavery problem
came up and was settled. The saying
that the administration has kept us out
Of war was ridiculed by the speaker, he
saying that we kept out Of war because
we could not get into it. No one in this
country desired war and it could not get
war unless some other country made
war on us. He said that If this country
had fair sized army and navy there
would be no danger of this as this coun-
try is separated from those of the east
water and all that would be necessary
would be an army and navy large
enough for defense. The army we now
have could not do anything, he said.
l. He, mentioned the mali. seizure by Eng
land, the boycotting of American firms,
the seizing Of ships and cargoes as con-
traband, the taking Of American lives
/ by European war befligerents. as prob
lens which will remain to be settled by
| arbitration, after the war is over, by our
statesmen, and inferred that it required
republican statesmen to settle them.
| The Mexican question. the speaker
said, is still unsettled. If this country
had 70 to 100 thousand men in its army
its protests to Mexico would not have
| been laughed at and our rights would
have been protected he claimed. He said
this county had spent enough money to
have an army Of this size and big navy,
but that the system in which the money
was expended was wrong. and that it
should be handled as any private bust
ness would be handled.
He stated emphatically that he was
|opp0sed to permitting Japanese and
1CnlneSo people u c1ul6Idlc u Ills COuI1-
try-that the doors of this country should
be closed to them, as they come here
land compete with our laborers and
farmers. Again he brought the prepared.
ness argument into play, saying that
Japan has been building up her army
and navy and will soon demand that hel
people be admitted to this country. II
this country then has fair army anc
navy it will be able to tell her mo- in
response to her demand.
The consular service, the speake,
charged, is inefficient, and he suggested
that the way to get one that would be
efficient is to put the republicans back
into power. He also stated that this
country has no merchant marine anC
that in order to retain it's lead which has
been gained in this war me merchant