The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1920-10-27
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5dys Second Dist.
VOTERS OF DISTRICT DETERMIN-
ED TO SEND REAL REPRESENT
ATIVE TO WASHINGTON.
FULLER NOT POPULAR.
REDWOOD FALLS MAN GREETED
BY OVATIONs UPON VISITS
THROUGHOUT DISTRICT.

Frank Clague OF Redwood Falls has
during the past few weeks been the
speaker upon many occasions where
he has addressed hundreds of the yot-
ers of the district and his reception
has been most cordial both from the
men who have Loyalty supported him
for former offices which he has held
and from the women voters who are
anxious that the district shall be rep
resented by man in whom they have
every confidence both as to business
ability and business integrity. These
characteristics Mr.. Clague has exem-
plified in his work as state represen-
tative, as state senator, as district
judge and in his private business.
Mr.. Clague is the candidate who
was chosen by the voters as the Repub-
lican candidate for Congress at the
June primaries. Contesting for the
party honors with Mr.. Clague was the
alleged Republican H. Fuller of Man
kato, who was badly defeated. Fol-
lowing his defeat Mr.. Fuller entered
the race as an independent candidate,
thus repudiating his claim to Republi-
can membership and lining himself up
definitely as a member of the non-par
tisan organization, with acknowledged
allegiance to the captainship of A. G..
Townley. Mr.. Fuller has made, in
various parts of the district, the state
ment that he is a farmer, and his fav-
orite costume for platform appear
ances is a suit of unionalls. Aside
from the question of bad taste in ap-
pearing before an audience in this sort
of "negligee," Mr.. Fuller has little
right to wear such a suit if it is 70
carry the impression that he is farm
er. He does not at this time either
own or operate farm nor is in any
way connected with farming except as
his present campaign gives him an op-
portunity to farm the farmer. Mr..
Fuller inherited substantial farm
pronerty from his father but it past
from his hands, repeatedly because of
mismanagement on his part, although
his successor was able last year to
show handsome profit for his work
on it. SO much for Mr.. Fuller's right
to be classified as farmer.
Mr.. Fuller can scarcely be called
property holder in any sense since his
tax for last year amounted to the
scarcely appreciable amount Of $6.38
which he paid on personal property.
If he has property interests they are
certainly not where they are benefit
to the district he is asking for sup
port. This is in direct contrast with
Mr. Clague's record which shows that
his investments are largely in farm
lands and therefore the farmers in
terests are his interests.
Quite as little can be said for Mr.
Fuler's popularity where he is best
known as can be said for his career as
a farmer. At Eagle Lake where he
spent his boyhood and young man
hood, he was given four votes at the
June election. At Truman where he
was also a former resident. out of a
possible hundred and fifty votes, he
was given less than a dozen. At
Fairmcnt and other places in that sec
ton his vote was practically in the
same proDOrtiOn. He has made, upon
! the occasion of some of his public ad-
! dresses, the statement that he has ere
peatedly challenged Mr.. Clague" for
Joint debate Mr. Clogue has never
received either a verbal or a written
! challenge and would not have hesitat-
ed to meet Mr.. Fuller in towns where
! Mr.. Fuller has lived and Is best known
had such a challenge ever been receiv-
/ ed by him.
The second candidate opposing Mr.
| Claguc's candidacy is Mr., Simon on
the Democratic ticket Mr.. Simon i
considered out Of the running even by
! the members of his own party, most
of whom are whole-hearted!y endors
! ing Mr.. Clague's campaign because
they are assured that he is the type
of man who will efficiently and eff
fectively represent the district in Con-
gress. Regardless Of party affiiia-
tions the thinking men and women of
the district are unit in their deter
mination to take no chances upon the
Second District Member in Congress
but to tie to man whom they know
because of past achievements. Such a
man is Mr.. Clague and throughout the
district his election next Tuesday is
! conceded now.