The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1920-02-11
Frank Cldgue rs $
for Congress
WOULD REPRESENT SECOND DIS
TRICT IN CONGRESS NEXT
TERM.
FILING PLEASEs FRIENDS
MEMBER OF STATE LEG
STATURE RECEIVES MUCH
ENCOURAGEMENT.


Falls filed last Tuesday, February 8,
as candidate for Congress in the
Second District, in accordance with his
announcement of several weeks ago.
Needless to say, Judge Clague filed on
the Republican ticket.
While not native of Minnesota. Mr..
Clague has been a resident of the
state since his boyhood and has
grown up with the state. He was cd
ucated in the common schools of the
state and at the state Normal school
at Mankato, following his school days
by few years of teaching before tax
ing up his work as lawyer
Mr.. Clague was admitted to the state
bar in 1891 and has practiced law in
Redwood County since 1891. He was
county attorney of Redwood County
from 1895 to 1908, leaving this office
to enter upon his work as the Redwood
County representative in the state beg
islature. He served in the House for
two terms, the last term as the speak
er. This work was closed in 1907 by
his becoming member of the state
Senate, where he served until 1915 He
served as vice-president of the senate
and also, during the sessions of 1911
and 1913, as the chairman of the Com
mittee on Finance
Upon his retirement from the SEN
ate he became private citizen until
drafted by the Ninth Judicial District
as candidate for the judgeship. Fol-
lowing his election, Mr.. Clague served
as judge for one year, resigning a
work which had many features he did
not like only after the absolute assur-
ance that Judge l. NJ Olsen, who had
SO faithfully served the district as
judge for several terms, would com
plete the unexpired term
Judge Clague has been for the past
twenty-five years interested in farm
ing and other enterprises and has
made the same success of these pro-
jects that he has of his law prac6ce
and his public life. His candidacy of
fers to the people of the second district
an opportunity to send real business
man to Congress; to be represented by
man who has proved, through the
successful methods by which he has
conducted his own affairs, that he is
well qualified to look after the inter
fests of his, district and state at ma
tional headquarters.
! There has arisen, through the activi-
/ ties of The st. James independent
which is supporting Mr.. Clague's OPP
ponent for Congress, certain surrep-
| tious comments concerning Mr.. Cla-
gue's attitude upon the treatment OF
conscientious objectors When asked
| by the editor. of the Independent con.
cerning his views of this subject Judge
Clague wrote as follows:
''The words, conscientious OBJ
J"ctors" form very general term.
There are, no doubt, honest con-
scientious objectors, who in good
faith are opposed to the bearing of
arms or to any kind of warfare,
but who are ready and willing to
render non-combatant services and
IN every other way support the
1 government. Such honest conscien-
tious objectors should not be dis
franchised. But the taking or dis
honest conscientious objectors were
and are, in my opinion, disloyaists
and any person duly convicted as
such should be disfranchised and
| favor any legislation necessary
to do this"
4 The first class in Mr. Clague's classi
fication, as in that of all thinking peo
pie, includes those persons with sin
!. cere, honest, consistent and conscien
tious scruples against war, who wer
Iopposed to the carrying of arms, bu
} willingly supported the goyernmen
otherwise. The exemption of thi
: class was provided for in the draft
Thp second class under Mr. Clague'
classification consists of the taking
dishonest objectors who hid behind th
cloak of religion to protect themselve
from danger. This class otherwise re
fused their support to the government
and are wholly to be criticised becaus
of their disloyalty.
The failure of the independent t
print the entire fetter of Mr.. Clagu
, has caused some misjudgment of hi
. stand on this matter, which was obvi
ously the intention of the lndepen
/ dents editor Publishing Mr.. Clague'
: ioriginal word on the subject should dis
. Ipeli any wrong impression. Any pos
sible question of his integrity or pa
5 triotism is absurd on the face of it an
this absurdity will be completely dis
missed by his nunlberless friends an
: tacquaintances throughout the distric