The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-10-31
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Aiitkin. MINI. october q 1918,
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tive contest OUTSIDE 81 his own dis
ltrict but ask for space to say just
Faword ii behalf of Senator Robert g.
Dunn. While the senate of the 18Th
district is elected alby he voters q
NSherburne;; Kanabec and Mile Laos
counties, the present senator from The
E55th district belong to the whole state
off Minnesota and friends III every sec
Ettion Of the state who have known him
for years, know his true worth as q
man, asa party worker, as an execu-
tive officer Of the state, as one 5of the
foremost constructive Legislators of
the state, one who has stood for safe
and sane and at the same time truly
progressive legislation, feel a deep IN.
terest in seeing him returned to the
state senate at a. critical period in our
history, where his sound Judgment and
ripe experience will be badly needed.
4 II has been my privilege to serve in
the Minnesota legislature for 8 years
with Senator Dunn, and because I
know what he has done, how he has
represented the people, what his mo-
tives and ambitions have been, and
knowing these things and reading each
week the Mile Laos County Times,
published by his opponent, I know that
Mr.. Dunn has been shamefully misrep-
resented by the man who hopes to win
his seat in the state senate. And so
write this communication in the in-
terests Of truth and fair play.
Mr.. Dunn's opponent asserts that
he has opposed woman suffrage be-
cause the brewers demanded it and
has opposed temperance legislation.
Every issue Of his paper for weeks
has trumpeted these charges. To
these charges I wish to invite the at
tention Of your readers.
The journal Of the house and Che
journal Of the senate show that every
time the measure proposing to give
women Equal Suffrage with men has.
been voted upon it has had R. G.
Dunn's vote and support. Col. az
sCrayens cannot and will not deny this.
The constitutional amendment giving
to women equal suffrage was defeated
in the last senate BY some of the
strong temperance men Of the senate
because they wished but one constitu-
stiona1 amendment submitted to the
voters this fall, and that amendment
to be the one providing for statewide
prohibition. They believed that that
amendment would stand !. better show.
Of being adopted If submitted alone
And some Of the strong temperance
men of the senate, who at heart are
in favor Of woman suffrage, voted
against it at the last session and de-.
feated the amendment Mr.. Cravens.
has not. been honest enough Or fair
enough to tell the people that, but in.
his paper says: Dunn voted against'
the women's bill giving them presiden-
tial suffrage. He has always posed as.
the friend Of equal sufrage6 but when
it came tos=the real test he failed
them" When Mr.. Cravens makes the
above statement he lies, and he knows.
he lies, and when he intimates that
the brewers are opposed to this bill
he states another untruth This was.
the suffrage bill the brewers wanted
They did not object to q bill that gave
the women the right to vote only for
presidential electors. That could not
injure them. They were not opposed
to the bill. But the women didn't want
it. The true friends of. suffrage did
not want it. The women Of America
are fighting for Equal Suffrage, not
Partial Suffrage, not alone the right
to vote for school superintendent or
presidential electors Of county COM
missioners, but the privilege and the
right to vote the whole ticket, and
every time he has had an oppor tunity
Robert G. Dunn has voted to give them
that privilege. ! speak Of this, not
because it is vitality important, but to
show how unreliable this man Cravens
is, how through low cunning and a
half told truth he would deceive and
mislead the people. Is this the man
the people of the 18th district will
trust? Is this the man they will hon:
or? Is this the man they will elevate.
to high office So
In discussing Mr.. Dunn's and Mr..
5Cravens temperance records, for Linz.
tend to discuss them both, I first wish
to present my credentials. You have
q right to know, and I wish you to
know, whether the man writing this
article is in sympathy with the brew
ers or whether he has stood four.
square for temperance legislation.
Therefore permit me to say that 81
have been elected to the house of rep-
resentatives four times and have always
had the active oppositi ton of the brew