Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-10-20


tance to the dry cause my return to
You cannot help but recognize that
things have occurred in this campaign
that make such a meeting impossible.
Ii YOU really want an opportunity to
publicly contrast Your views with one
who represents my position on the dry
question. l shall ask Capt. Ebbert, As-
Srri:,te Council of the National Anti
saloon League, to meet you on Tues,
" tdnesday or Thursday Of next week.
y contest with him would be a much
'airer one than the one you propose as
he can say things in regard to my posi-
ton and influence in Congress that
many would regard as immodest COM
ing from me, things that perhaps l
could not say at all.
You may arrange such a meeting II
YOU choose and notify me at G. Falls
Yours, etc,
(Sianed \. J. VOLSTEAD
When Mr.. kvale read the words
things have occurred that make such
Il meeting impossible" the crowd his
sed and groaned.
MIR. Kvale related the circumstan-
yes of the statement of his that was
picked up and used as a subterfuge to
deprive him of his nomination by
Judge Johnson.
He also quoted extensively from
the court records at Benson of his
trial. Volstead's friends had prepar-
ed long list Of accusations against
Kvale in the complaint. After Vol
stead had testified at the trial his
own lawyers moved to strike out all
these charges of alleged false accu-
satons except that negative allusion
to Volstead's religion which was made
the basis Of the courts action.
At one point in his testimony Vol
stead stated that he was opposed to
| the Graham peace time seditiOn bill.
| Later he admitted that the Judiciary
| Committee, over which he claims con-
! troi, had unanimously reGomended
said bill to pass.
Rev. Kvale launched into a discus
! sion of the provisions Of the Esch-
| Cummins railroad bill, which took the
railroads out of the Governments
hands and gave them back to the
owners with guarantee of 5h per
cent income on an inflated valuation.
While the direct guarantee from the
! U. S. treasury was temporary the
bill makes it mandatory upon the
| Interstate Commerce Commission to
| adjust rates to produce the required
revenue. The last months of the op-
| GRAFTON of the roads by the Govern
ment under more normal conditions
showed no deficit, and the speaker
| quoted Government officials who sta
ted that no increase of rates would
have been necessary had the Gov
erment continued the operation OF
the roads. The great crime against
the American public was restoring the
roads to the owners on such hart
terms instead of as proposed, per
hitting Government control for {
two year period during normal times
to see how it would work out. Every
family is now taxed on the average
several hundred dollars year il
higher freight rates.
On the dry issue Rev. Kvale chal
lenged comparison Of the records o
the men who nominated Mr.. Vol
stead at Ortonville with those VIII
nominated himself at st. Paul.
Mrs. Stageberg made a talk an
sang song, each stanza of whic]
closed with the refrain "Vote TO
kvale for Congress-"
Thomas Van Lear of Minneapoli
was the last speaker and altho tn
hour was after eleven, a large shar
Of the audience remained to the en-
to hear his forceful presentation o
issues.
j. S. Christensen of. Lake Andrey
presided at both meetings. A larg
number of auto owners volunteere
to bring voters from down town t