The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-09-30
SENATOR NELS0N,
BITTERLY FLAYS
DEMOCRATS 5 in.
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Senior i Minnesota Senator Opens Re-
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SAYS WILSON DOES NOT .-
REPRESENT THE MAJORITY
Severely Attacks Democratic Legisla-
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SAYS WILSON DOES NOT ..--
= REPRESENT THE MAJORITY
(By United Press)

(By United Press}
Sundburg, Mimi, Sept. 30.-United
States Senator Knute Nelson used bel
l1gerent sledge hammer methods
when he invaded Kandiyohi county
with its peaceful Scandinavian popu-
lation, today: He delivered the state
Republican keynote address. al,vua
Speaking in responses to several
hundred Republicans who had urged
him 20 make the address here, .NeE.
son hayed the~Wilson administration
and everything Democratic. until the
very boards did shrink. ~ j.
~ - Run Special Train. ~...
Three; hundred Twin city Repub-
licans accompanied Nelson OH 1iia
journey here. A special 500 LINE
train was run from st: Paul at 8:16
this morning. 1t reached Brooten at
noon and there an automobile train
picked up, the delegates and, whirled
them away to this, little inland town
Nelson's first utterances, this al
ternoon before the TRANQUIL crowd
that gathered to hear: him. was, one
OF bitterness to Wilson: The presi-
dent, he said; was elected owing to
disssentionsf in the Republican, party.
His selection was by a minority, and
through? +! a plurality. and Wilson
therefore didn't represent. the major
ity Of the people, Nelson claimed. s..
He had no right to assume that
the majority of the people were in
favor of radical socialistic and 'ultr,
economic schemes of Democratic leg
islatton," Nelson said: =
:sss.II1 Oral Messages. III, +.4 :.
f''..a ilsohf 1nad no right Tto< dominate
congress as he succeeded in doing.
Nelson claimed. For the purpose 81
he claimed, Wilson begai,
at the outset of his administration
the custom Of delivering in person.
orally, messages to two houses Of con-
gress In joint session.
"Al1 other presidents, save WASH
1ngton, have been content to send
their messages in writing to congress-
satd Nelson. "Not SO with Wilson.
By such an oral message he inaup-
urated his tarif legislation and 81
such, AN oral message he urged ana
induced congress- to pass the law Civ
Ing certain classes Of railroad men
the best paid men In the railroad ser
v1ce-the same pay. for an eight
hours days work that they had been
receiving for ten hours work on an
Increase of 25 per cent.
Bitterly Attacks. r.
whenever there was friction in
the senate or house among Democrats
In regard to the president legislative
program, the matter would be, re-
ferred to a Democratic caucus and
the DEGREES Of the caucus became the.
DEGREES of a United. States Democ-
racy. Under this method congress-
has been in session two years, seven
months and. fifteen days of the three
years and. seven months that has
transpired Of President wilson's
term -, 3%~S%9
Nelson here made q bitter attack
against the special session of congress
and the new tariff legislation. He
cited what he alleged to be destruc-
tive features in it. ~,y ..~~
Democratic claims were then pick
ed up on the forks of Nelson's silver
tongue, and rolled around and
around. He got laugh out of the
crowd by his satiricals reference to
Democratic claims of keeping the
United States out of war" Nelson
continued:
Claims Far-fetched.
president Wilson has certainly
not kept us out of war in Mevico,
which seems to be still pending. He
has had his two wars there with
Huerta at Vera Cruz, and with Villa
in northwestern Mexico, more re-
Gently. I do not, however, at this
time, care to enter into discussion
of his vacillating and erratic Mexican
policy.
''The claim that President Wilson
has kept us out of war with the bel
ligerents of Europe is most far-fetch-
ed and ludricious and would really do
credit to Mamehausen. European
powers have their hands full battling
each other, and are too busy among
themselves to invade this country.
And this country is so wretchedly
prepared that the best we could do
was to send q few thousand soldiers
into Mexico. The truth Is European
powers couldn't get at us, nor we at
them. The only war the president
has had on his hands has been q Dip
lomatic war and that has been car
ried on by him with no credit or
glory to our country" 5.$
Democratic legislation was the
next thing at which Nelson took some
severe whacks. Currency, legislation,