Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-06-16
kVALE FOR CONGRESS

"The best speech I ever heard"
That's the way old Sheriff Vickerman
expressed it after hearing the speech
by Rev. O. J. Kvale, progressive Re-
publican candidate for congress be-
fore the Frazier Club last Tuesday
night. And am 81 years DID," add
ed Vickerman.
NO doubt every man and woman in
that hall felt pretty much the same
way about it as did Sheriff Vickerman.
Rev. 0. j. Kvale is one Of the most
eloquent and fearless men that we
nave ever met in politics. Most can
dldates go out after votes. Rev. Kvale
doesn, t seem to care whether he wins
the election or not. All he wants is
the opportunity to tell people the
truth-the plain, unvarnished truth
ana that he does without fear and
without favor. 1t is mighty refresh
ing to hear candidate for office
speak the truth and nothing but the
truth like Kvale and Shipstead do.
When kvale gets to Congress, he
will speak the truth then just like he
does now. He will be another La Fol
lette in Washington. We are in des-
perate need of just such men as Kvale
and La Toilette. They speak out so
that the whole nation can hear the
truth.
Kvale answered the Socialism"
cry against the Nonpartisan League
better than any man we have vet
heard. He also answers the sillv &C.
cusation that the Nonpartisan League
Will destroy religion, better than any
other man we have heard. Being him
ser a minister of the gospel in the
| norwegian Lutheran Church of AM
erica, he is in position to answer
the destruction Of religion rot better
IMAM any other man and he certainly
does. Kvale is the fine, dignified
type OF Christian gentleman with an
enthusiastic championship Of the
truth that we need in Congress. There
is no slang or frivolity in his speech.
But he marshalled his facts and fig
ures against the Wall Street thieves
in manner that is unanswerable.
With Kvale in Congress, the farmers
will have a representative who is not
afraid Of facing the shrewdest and
most willy of the agents of Big Bust
ness, or as he prefers to call them.
the Wall Street thieves. Mr. Kvale is
not against big business as such. He
declared in his speech that a. country
like ours needs big business. But he
is against the thieves in business
whether it be big business or small
business.
One of the humorous things about
the campaign for Congress is that
Congressman Andrew J. Volstead, so
MS campaigners say. must be reflect
ed in order to save prohibition. VOL
stead is such great prohibitionist
now: We admit that Volstead is a
good prohibitionist now. But no man
running for Congress in the Seventh
! Congressional District can be any,
thing else. And we want to say to
our "dry" friends that they don't need
to worry. The idea that Rev. O. J..
kvale is supported by the breweries
makes us laugh. It is too ridiculous
for anything. Volstead needs votes
very badly and now he is reaching out
for the prohibition vote. He would
be glad enough to get the wet vote
too, but there are more dry votes
than wet votes and that is why VOL
stead is such splendid prohibitionist
now. The editor of the Echo is a pro-
hibitionist. But we do not think it at
all necessary to re-elect Volstead in
order to save prohibition. The edi-
tor of the Echo is going to vote for
Kvale for Congress. Prohibition is
not an issue in this campaign at all.
Volstead brings that up now to get
people to forget the real issue. The
real issue in this campaign is a square
deal in the market places of the
! world. The issue is to give farmers a
decent price for the things they have
to sell and to bring down prices on
things they have to buy-in other
words, to pay the farmers for their
work like other people, to pay them
for their dockage, to give them cheap
er money so they can get their necks
out from under the heavy mortgages,
to give them state owned flour mills.
elevators, packing plants, etc., so that
they can get the true price for their
grain and cattle, to give them public
ownership of railroads so that they
can get control of the transportation
of their own produce, etc. These are
some of the issues of the campaign
and these are the things that Kvale
will fight for in so far as his work in
Congress deals with them. When Vol.
stead now hollers, prohibition! Pro.
hibition! / must be reelected or we'll
lose the prohibition law!", it is just
a cheap politicians attempt of getting
people to forget the real issues of the
campaign.
Again we want to say to our dry
friends that Kvale is just as good a
prohibitionist as Volstead. There is
no difference between the two men
on that issue. But Kvale stands for
the common people on everything else
while Volstead is stand patter who
is against the common people on the
principles for which the Nonpartisan
League is fighting. Don't let Vol
stead's smooth prohibition talk fool
you. We are not voting on prohibi-
ton in this campaign. But we have
matters of immense Importance be.
fore us in this campaign which makes
it absolutely necessary to elect Kvale
to Congress if we are to get a repre-
sentative who will fight for a square
deal for the common people.-Park
Region Echo.
Card Of Thanks
We wish to give our heartfelt
thanks to all who gave us Of their aid
and sympathy in our recent bereave-
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