Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-05-27

II. M. HAVNER, present Attorney General of
Iowa. asks your active support and your votes upon
certain definite principles upon which he is making
his campaign.
He pledges himself nominated and elected to do all in his
power to obtain the enactment of law which will Iowa
court of industrial relations and compulsory arbitration of dis
outes between labor and capital
He stands for rigid enforcement of the laws of the
state business methods in state administration and the
appointment of officers and employees of the state be-
of their personal qualifications rather than their
political affiliations or influence.
He avors the enactment of soldier bonus legislation in Iowa
granting to the who answered the call to the cors treat
men at least favorable that rendered the of other
state by their legislatures He would extend such bonus egsa
zion to including surviving veterans of the Civil War and Spanish
American
He pledges himself to aid in the laws which
Win place the of the state equal basis with
their partc pation in public affairs and which will
present determinations against in the laws of
He recognizes test of Amercansm that of loyalty
70 American institutions
Mr. Havner is bitterly opposed by the leaders the poi
el machine which has dominated the state administration for
che past four The politicians opposed to
him because he does not belong clique organization
having as its object the furherng of personal ends through
political control.
He opposed by those who opposed fearless
ment of the laws and by those who have felt the force of his
hand in his past efforts that the
sbeyed
He by radical organized labor which opposes
restriction of the right to strike.
Mr. Havner particularly emphasizes the compulsory
arbitration He insists that the public and capt.
tai should have the settlement of differences
He insists that strikes should permitted affecting
public utilities and necessities.
"The coal strike the railway strikes and public
utility labor troubles have cost the people of Iowa
millions of dollars and untold inconvenience and suffer-
ing during the past year, says Mr. Havner.
THE farmers of Iowa have been unable to market their
grain and their livestock because of lack congestion
ut railway centers caused primarily by the railway
strikes
They have been compelled to pay exhobitant prices for
article used by them in operation of farms due to
shortage of production caused by these strikes
The entire public has suffered the same causes but
other respects The strike at the bottom great part
Of the present high cost of living
Strikes affecting public necessities public utilities should
Be settled by arbitration before strike called not by arbr
on after the strike has been made effective the result
determined by the survival of the est rather than upon
legal decision based the facts in the controversy"
A vote for Havner June means a vote for the
peaceable settlement of disputes between labor and capi-
tai 1t means vote for law and order common de-
cency 1t means vote against machine government in
Iowa.
1t vote for the only candidate who is making his
campaign definite platform and can be expected
elected to be free from domination by same influences which
have brought disgrace the Office executive in Iowa
IN the last two administrations.