Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-07-21
Many Remadias Proposad

preacher over at Benson. Hopkins of
Yellow Medicine sugg ested that every
man should slip up on some bell wethel
in every rural district and get his con-
fdence by talking crops and the like |
and then before he left his man l.
should be sure to tell him how to vote |
save our homes and churches.
So, farmers, ii you observe any fat |
politician slipping up on the blind side |
of you, you will know that he is there
to first win your confidence by talking |
farm talk and then instruct you how
to VOTE
Vets and Dems for volstsad
Hopkins said that the democrats vot-
ed for Kvale and the convention seemed
to take comfort in the assertion. But
Graceville voted IL to l for Volstead,
knocking all their theories about wet
and democratic votes into a cooked hat.
Hopkins declared Nolstead was beaten
by the vets.
A man from Traverse county was
just as sure that he was beaten by the
reds because of his support OF the sedl-
ton bill denying free speech.
A Mr. Qvale from kandiyohi county
said he was defeated by the railroad
men because Of his vote for the Esch-
Cummins railroad bill.
They all agreed that Volstead had
been defeated and that it was too bad.
One man from Yellow, Medicine said
than Andy had always padded his own
canoe in flivver and therefore he ought
to continue to be our congressman until
| removed by an act of Providence. l
| never knew there were so many fatal
| defects in Mr.. Volsteads record until
his friends explained the various rea-
| sons why he was defeated
Jake Jacobson of Lac qui Parle spoke
with his pristine earnestness and the
chandeliers ratified to his remarks. I
| couldn't catch what he said On account
| of the noise his voice made.
Rosenwald Creates Diversion
But the gentlemen most emblamatic
| of the party was the elephantine John
| F. ROSenWald of Lac Que Parle. He
amused his hearers by insisting that the
| only vote cast against the sedition bill
| was that cast by Jack London of New
York. Jack was good Socialist in his
day all right but as he passed over the
great divide about six months before
| the United States entered the World
| War and before sedition laws were thot
Of in free America, it was not clear to
some of the audience how Jack could be
credited with casting the only vote
against the ridiculous Davey bill He
probably used an ouija board. Another
| intelligent republican delegate spokes-
| man asserted that Jack London was the
only man in congress who had nerve
enough to stand uncomprisingly for
| Americanism, so I am not here to dis
| pule lueul, UuI REALLY nave come TO
doubt their knowledge of history as
much as I have always doubted their
wisdom in statescraft
| Editor Condit Spoke
| Brother Condit told the convention
some of the naughty things Parson
Kvale had said at the monstrous meet
| ing in Aaron Johnson's grove, and Con-
dit seemed to think that the line Re-
| pulicans should concentrate their ef-
| forts in explaining to the poor benight-
| ed farmer that there isn't any real dan
ger in the sedition bill after ALL He
| thought that would turn a lot of votes
| away from that pesky parson over at
| Benson. That preacher has caused the
| line republicans more trouble than any
| other one man that ever got into this
district. How in the dickens did he ever
get into this district anyhow? 1t would
save a lot of trouble if he could be de-
ported.
In justice to Mr.. Murphy of Wheaton
I want to say that he spoke after Jake
Jacobson had said that there had been
only one sensible speech delivered. Muir
phys words carried well as they should
| as they carried no heavy cargo of thot.
| Murphy is American thru and thru, tho
he didn't pronounce all his words in the
accepted American way.
The man from Traverse county who
followed Jacobson, the gentleman from
Lac Qui Parle, tried to emulate that
statesman as to volume of sound, but
his voice seemed like whisper lost in
a thunderstorm, after Jake I hand it
to Jake. He is the most empathic man
for his age I have ever seen. When
ever he knows anything he knows it
with all his might whether he is right
or wrong. There is no particular harm
in Jake; but it isn't pleasant to hear
him talk with the cut-out open. Ora
tory must be an awful strain On Jake's
ga1luses.
think Jake Jacobson expressed the
spirit of the meeting when he said tc
one of our county board, Were going
to nominate Volstead and by God well
ram him down the farmers throats."
The Slogan of tho deetdng
The slogan of the meeting was that
; every man should go out and use his
personal influence to ALLEVIATE votes
from Kvale. AS one speaker put it they
would have to convince the farmer thai
be is being led astray, that he is votins
, the Nonpartisan ticket thru ignorance
! They must quit abusing the farmer ant
! calling him names and simply treat hin
as a misguided child; teach him wha
is good for him and what will harm
him.
Farmers do you think you need this
! schooling? Do you think these old linz
| hard shelled politicians can tell 70,
how to vote better than you can figure i
, out for yourselves?
TO Change Their Tactics
, You licked him in the first round ant
L you can do it again. You need only t,
2 stick and you will win again. You hav,
} nominated a splendid man in Rev
: Kvale Don't let the smooth politician!
: cheat you out of your victory. They will
, make tremendous efforts to win back tn
y ground they have lost. They see thei
Z power slipping from them. Don't lie
: them soft soap you. The word has gon,
l out that they will quit calling you pro
German and I. w. WIS. They are COINS
to try to argue you out of your stant
r and to coax you to turn back after nav
ing made such a good start with you
hand to the pillow.
= They are going to slap you on tn
back and smile in your face and tell 70,
e. what good fellow you are, you whom
' they so lately called all manner of har,
names. They are going to get some O
your best friends to reason with 70,
and try to influence you. They are go
ing to carry on a campaign Of flatter.
instead of abuse. They are going t.
try to get you thru your friends.
: But We'll Stick; Well VIM