Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-06-16
THOUSANDS HEAR
LEAGUE SPEAKERS
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likened the boss grasp and dom
inatiOn over the state to a carbuncle
or the yellow fever which terminated
in the swamps around the Panama
Canal. He stated that by removing
the nauseOus matter from a carbuncle
the wound will soon heal and that by
cutting away the swamps about the
Canal, the mosquito will soon be non
existent and the yellow fever will al
SO disappear. In a like manner by
eradicating the unjust and privileged
power Of the steel trust, ct al. the
people of this state will receive their
rights and be given a square deal. To
cure the political disease of Minneso-
ia the cause must be treated and that
means, as the Doctor stated, the de-
feat of the Convention candidates and
their backing forces. AS DR.. Ship
stead spoke, he removed his coat and
vest and rolling up his shirt sleeves
showed that, in his very dress he was
prepared to fight his battle by word
of mouth and by his hands He trac-
ed the path and lives Of many Mime
sofa people who left this state for
North Dakota to settle upon lands
there and who built up that state only
to find themselves the toy of specula-
tors and money-making schemers.
Their conditions brot about a new
system of land taxation which had
holders and their countless acres of
unused land whose value was created
by the rising value of the land devel-
farmers in the neighborhood. The
olCor sold in ~ no
Sound Government Association, that
he firmly believed in sound govern
ment, but not the sound of changing
analogy of the arrest and persecution
Of the "Carpenter of NAZARETH to the
conflict between the peoples forces
and the usurpers now in control, was
apt and had telling effect. Coward
ice on the part of the boss governors,
in betraying the true cause of the
people was declared Identical with
the shallow-heartedness of Pontius
PLATE and his relations to Christ. The
doctor declared that his slogan would
always be that of obeying the law
and the Constitution and declared in
that connection that Arthur c. Town
ley has always taken the same stand
and paid a fine tribute to the chief
leader of the organization as being
an honest and trustworthy man. The
future governor outlined the essen
tial points of his administrative plan
and spoke with earnestness concern
ing the time when he would be en-
abled to put them into effect
After DR.. Shipsteads address Dr.
Cook again pleased the audience with
his wit and sarcasm directed against
the opposing forces and their guber-
material candidate and sketched the
characted Of the League candidates
from the governor down. He appear
ed to be very familiar with the life,
and especially the war record of
Preus and compared it in an unfavor-
able light with that of the war hero,
Mallon, the League candidate for
Lieut.. Governor. After his short talk
he presented Mr.. Vollom, the League
nominee for Secretary Of State, who
spoke to the crowds both in the Eng
lish and the Norwegian languages. His
talks were of heart-to-heart type and
appealed to the hearers, especially
when he spoke in the mother-tongue
to the large element of Norwegian
people present. Space does not per-
nit us to reproduce his main state
ments but suffice it to say his talk
showed his personal enthusiasm and
dependability as spokesman and
representative Of the League. Follow