New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-03-31
CANDIDATES FOR
STATE OFFICE
FARMER-LABoR CONVENTIONS
ENDORSE DR.. sHIPsTEAD1
FOR GOVERNOR.
DENTIST, TWO ATTORNEYS, TWO
FARMERS AND UNION MAN
NAMED ON TICKET.

was nominatedsas candidate for governor
of Minnesota at the double convention
of the Minnesota Nonpartisan League
and of the Working Peoples Nonpartisan
Political League of Minnesota, held at
St. Paul, last week Wednesday and
Thursday. Other candidates endorsed
by the two conventions are:
For Justice Of Supreme Court George
L. Siegel, St. Paul, attorney.
For Lieutenant Governor George
Mallon, Minneapolis, officer in the World
War Veterans.
For Attorney General Thomas Sui
Ivan, St. Paul.
For Secretary of State Thomas Vol
lum, Erskine, Farmer.
For Railroad and Warehouse Com
missioner I. D. Ostby, Freedom
county, farmer.
For State Treasurer Miss Lily An
derson, Franklin
Program Adopted.
! The platform adopted by the joint
| conventions declared for tonnage tax
on iron ore, adequate pay for teachers,
home rule for cities in the matter OF
telephone rates, a federal bonus Of $50
month for ret.rned soldiers, paid OFT
of funds created by the levy OF special
tax on incomes in excess of $4,000 a
year, for freedom Of action politically
on the part Of postofice department
employees, and they reafirm allegiance
to the organized league and labor pro-
grams calling for state-owned terminal
elevators, -four mills, stockyards and
packing plants, for the eight-hour day,
for tax on the products of child labor
and the old age pensions. fsk III
Shipstead Sounds "keynote."
Doctor Shipstead, in his keynote
speech, denounced what he termed the
usurpation Of police powers by pollti-
clans, declared that profteers were the
only barrier between the people and
the attainment Of political and economic
freedom, and pledged himself to preserve
free speech, the free press, and the right
of peaceful assemblage as the first prin-
ciples Of his administration.
/ Tom Sullivan, attorney, of St. Paul,
the leag -e's choice for attorney gen
eral, prom ised a general houseclean-
ing" in the office when he took posses
sion. Mr.. Sullivan frankly admitted
that he expects to be elected. He will
appoint honest law5 ers as his assis-
tants, he told the delegates, lawyers
who won't be blufed, can't be bribed,
who are honest, and who will fight
In the meantime" he said, Il throw
down the gauntlet, ask no ql arter, and
serve notice that will give none. This
time it's a fight
Doctor shipstead, referring to econo-
mic conditions, said:
Never in the history Of the world
has there been such unrest, nor has it
been so. necessary for, the people to
think seriously as now. The old politi-
cal and economic systems are fast
crumbling The world today is suffering
from political and economic rheumatism.
Sees Despotism of Industry.
| The unrest that is prevalent through
out the world is only a symptom of the
underly ing disease. The focus Of in
lection IS the despotic control Of market
places and the despotic control Of in
dustries. The despotism Of industry
and the 5despotism Of the market places
must be eliminated Just as scientific
physician would eliminate the infections
of the human body. History proves
that in the past the political quacks,
have treated the unrest Of the world
by applying liniments Of misery and
plasters Of bayonets to the backs Of the
body polite
This manner Of treatment is so pain
+ful and causes so much misery that
the body polite has at times forgotten
the original pain and thought itself
cured. The surgery Of bayonets can
never cure our political and economic
OioSdScS. III f1ulcIlCd We have ID UtC-
ter way. We have the privilege Of set
Ting our political and economic prob
lens through the use Of the ballot.
We must ever bear in mind that |
the only established authority in Ameri-
ca is the law and the Constitution
Public officials come and go, but the
law Of the land and the Constr
of the land must be obeyed, not only by
the most humble citizen, but by the
highest official as we'll Should you
elect me governor, it shall be my en-
deavor to see that the laws and the con-
stitution Of the state Of Minnesota
not the personal political opinions
shall be enforced and obeyed, by the
governor, as well as every other citi-
zen. And were governor, never aga n
would the state Of Minnesota be dis
graced by another International Falls
incident"
To Be Filed in Prim aries.
The state ticket endorsed by the two