Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-01
HoDae0N'e OPENING SPEECH OF

HoDaeOag'S OPENING SPEECH OF
+ CAMPAIGN
Following are a number of para
graphs, taken from; the keynote speech
Of Lawrence Hodgson, democratic can.
didate' for governor, delivered at
Fairmont, September %:
State government must not be an i'm
personal machine. but must be moved
pathies.
is greater than the ideal of class dis
A political campaign does not justify
tactics which would not be regarded
as decent in the other relationships
A political campaign should revolve
around principles and not around per-
No achievement can endure which
does not serve men.
Why should 2 goyernm af IT, not con-
affection of their hearts?
Some candidates are for tonnage
tax in Southern Minnesota and AGAINST
is the same at ali times and in all
Any candidate and any party has the
against it; but no right to be on both
sides at the same time.
The farmers as well as the consumer
has seen the law Of Supply ana a.d 1e-
eers who could control the supply; and
who have boosted prices artif1cially by
withholding food-stuffs from circula-
The farmer is not going to be pacified
bv soft-voiced platform lecturers tell
ing him how ito make life on the farm
stS Seqa tS1 aesi fo ne himse ~ most Oh
It would be a pleasing innovation to
see the farmer consulted freely pv
state officials concerning those prov ."n
and politicians have tried to settle 1of
The day has certainly come when no
1n1 %;i it e difficult and costly for spec
thousands o are eager FOR fair chance
to own their own farms; o+. tho
section in the world. The state should
foster this opportunity and properly
support the work OF oeginnttnee 81 IT, those
who criticise the farmer for holding ms
wheat that he may get q fair pronI out
Of it. if they were equally Indignant d:
Wheat that they may exact more trib-
ute from the unprotected pubic; ,,o
4 better day will come n1z;c whf en- t me
stop giving gratulttouMS .+s aoy nef;entIy to
him as he explains his troubles ana
There should be no regulation a, "i
e en- t R1sfn nas,e When
.h6,,id not be devised by those VINO
know nothing about the business 10 ''
ri The larger the control which the he PEG go.
Better viii! be the final solution OF d"
p1FFhta s atate Should not except for most
cr;t;cai causes. invade the right OF the
,nnnicipality to work out its own ucs
tiny within the law. country
has Seen the prevalence of child 'aoor'
The Exploitation of innocent ana nS S;r
less Children that greed might coin Oil"
ty dollars out ex OF t in2ented can in the
light. OF reason, stand agalnSt ~.
ri2ht VI every child to be wen1,"o o,,i
Weli.raised, and protected in health anu
'e %Re State hos been guilty Of .m neral
do1inouency in failing to MAKE Apply"
nTiations for Mothers Pensions: ,,,,+ Il
American labor is not .'3 he i;;r,mn.ed
- clen-eyed. end cannot NC '
wv" ~ is high time to :mpn as'"e ne
tr.th that class consequences ,ham
.art of labor is not whit worse ne
Laosa :.,nss BUSINESS on the part "1 'ne
millionaire employers. e ~,,,nu1-
am opposed 10 any Plan a OF x.na a
s,y Ars,trat;SS must eH eaS be xo}untary
When S.l,kes occur, the ota.S =. 80
,,a ;mna rtiai as between the paes' > u"
vulvcd o.,+o eh,,,!J NC
,,...H dmrire labor difficulties. only u.
nr"serVc law and order, ana nev :. IN
TIE purpose CT tipping d tnd nart'.s.
The State has NO more right 10 + w.
lotto the precepts of law and order tnah
H.. inN;> dual citizen has. a;.
t> When gon men men cry m aieeq listen Sss
I.ab.r feels that it has no; IN ~
most found al open door at tEe 80 S..r
t'apitol: it's r't hts to such an ppm .'ther
must &c eGiual 10 tha' VI ""'
element Of society. =. rro
livery etc should be made - n 'HI
vent tie IL e%ekce lin leglsla.lVs i.a a.!Is
# those who for s SEN o+ HuIb y secret
p' anarchy is not only the crude a no
brutal force % s1se the See poiite and
;bfs and Out Cultured force which effect
mai1v destroys by stagnation.
When a strike threatens at'hm;t tine that % the
Ct a eomm M Miyy;nesot sus Should at least
G &c nn 3Se o. scene ahead Of the militia:
The state is not going to run ~
win the election. because its dsst nni in IN
in the hands of the people ana not al
the hands of any political party: ,ose.
I am not going to have nts anG , 20 Il
sleep for fear that civilization VIII III ~
headlong over precipice in case the
Renubiican state ticket Is de1eateu:
do not intend to gracefully ne uu ,shu
and become a door mat for the Nep"''
lican ticket ..,,, hecones
an inspiration for radicalism. s.,,.
we cannot have conservation touaS,
we will have either progresslV'sn' -
radicalisM. ,;,-o+;on can
come from any political result Wn al
promises a continuation Of the e1 nitr9 f.
Conservatism which people oesah ~
nndermine twenty years ago.
I do not want to be cons1oerete 49,,
leader in this fight. set apart ir0am
those who stand with me, but rather rather
a fellow-laborer, shoulder to sno"'ue'
with every soldier of the cause; ::
Let us fight together to estaollsn IN
this state, a government that is human
candid. tolerant and constructive;
I shall strive to so act that wnen !
return to you, the standard you nave
entrusted to me, you shall nno IL oh-
Stained and undiscovered.