The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-06-11

partisan league. l believe 1t will ne
admitted, have been socialists at one
time or another. At the time Of the
Pau s'f Sy e Soopart hsd IN Sc
there was held a convention of the
Working Peoples Nonpartisan league.
This convention of socialists and
radicals, comprising laboring men,
has as its president, William Ma
honey. of ST. Paul. who, in 1914, ran
for congress on the socialist ticket.
1t has for its secretary. Thomas Van
Lear, elected mayor of Minneapolis
in 1915, socialist. Is it not fair to
the confiscation of the farmers lands
when they shall have secured control
of our government and need no long
er camouflage the real purpose in
organizing you farmers and you la
borers?
"In March Of this year. the repub-
licans of Minnesota, meeting in con-
vention in st. Paul framed the first
state platform that the party has had
in eight years. They declared for
equal suffrage, economy of state gov
system. the establishment of con-
Citation court, the improvement Of
the roads of the state, opposition to
the renewal Of the liquor traffic, and,
on behalf of labor. declared for col
lective bargaining, that women shall
receive the same compensation as
men where called upon to perform
equal service, and that the party
would stand sponsor for working
as far as possible, eliminate recourse
to the courts. The party be- spoke
for the workingmen and women, the
| insurance of healthful working con-
ditions in all industrial branches.
consolidation of state and federal
employment bureaus, the solution of
the child labor question by congress
ional and state action.
ION May g., meeting of informal
convention, the delegates. represent
alive of every county in the state, en-
ivote the following platform. which
Nplatform. you will note, re- affirms
Ithe resolutions Of the March con-
lvention:
."In addition we re- affirm that the
principal issue before the people of
this state is Amerfcanism against So
cialism. The republican party is
outspokenIy for the rights of every
citizen as defined by the declaration
. of the United States. and denounces
socialism as a serious menace to our
republican institutions.
! Among the various state prob
lens none are more important as af-
/ fecting the state than those relating
to the development of agriculture.
I'VE recognize agriculture as basic
industry and we believe that its ad,
vancement and development should
ho chief cOncarn IF the state pOV-
eminent.
1--WE are proud of the fact that
Minnesota has invariably taken ad-
lvanced ground in the matter of prog
.ressive farm legislation. evidenced
in part by the further fact that the
CO operative laws of our state in re-
gard to farm production and mar
they are models of their kind, so
much so that officials from other
states often come here, not only to
lstudy and copy these laws, but to
lstudy the CO. operative enterprises
(which the farmers of Minnesota, OPP
Grating under these laws, have de-
Iveloped to so much success.
! Assist the Farmer.
1--WE believe that the practical so.
Tuition of all farm production and
marketing problems Is along the line
Jof continued development Of coop
leration and we are unalterably OPP
posed to the socialist scheme of dis
lcarding CO operation and SUBSTITUTE
ing the dangerous plan of state own
lership.
"'The republican party has been a
consistent friend of the wage Garner
of both sexes and stands for COM
pensation that will enable all workers
to enjoy the American standard OF
living, for CO. operative organizations
and collective bargaining.
1--WE strongly urge the ratification
of amendment number one to give
Minnesota system of good roads to
be paid by the licensing of motor
vehicles and without the taxation of
other property, ,
and equitable tonnage law on iron
ore.
owe emphatically urge the next
legislature to amend the present pr1-
mary law to include the convention
system for the nominating of party
candidates, and to make unlawful the
use of the party name by any candl-
didate not a bona fide member OF
such political organization.
1--WE pledge the support OF all 10y.
al republicans to the candidates OF
this convention to the candidate to
be nominated at the republican ma
itional convention to be held In Chi
icago on June 8, 1920, and welcome
4 the support for such candidates or
all citizens who believe in good gov
eminent and the honest business
like administration of the common
wealth and the nation
"This platform pledges the can
didates to the proposals therein con-
tanned. On it stands squarely every
candidate nominated at the conven-
ton; and legislation passed In &C,
cordance Herewith, If / am elected
governor. will have my approval. l
have called your attention to what
socialism is fundamentally; that So
cialism seeks to destroy property
rights, the church. and the martial
relation. l have shown you what So
cialism in action is in Russia.
have shown you that the socialists IN
this country have Endorsed the So
cialist movement in Russia. l have
shown you that the Nonpartisan
league leaders have pulled the wool
over the eyes of the Nonpartisan
League delegates assembled at the
state convention thereof in St. Paul
in March, 1918, by indorsing the So
cialist movement in Russia. have
shown you that the organizers OF the
Nonpaptisan league in this state ana
elsewhere are socialists.
| Consider Self Interest.
| MAY I ask Minnesota members or
tba Non nartisan league to consider