Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-15
TALKS TO BIG CROWD:
11s. PETER o1EsoN D1scUssEs
=; '5:.. = NATIONAL POLITICAL

An audience which filed the court
house auditorium to capacity and good
portion of which was composed !, of
Women,e heard most interesting and
convincing address on the national pol
itical issues from the democratic stand
point by Mrs. Peter Olesont Of Cloqpet,
democratic national eommitteewoman
from this state, Saturday evening. Mrs.
| Qleson was greeted with rounds Of aP-
(nause:.f'I'. ..
1[Ts. p. s. Randall, state central COM
Edsifteewoman for Morrison county, pre-
Esided at the meeting and introduced
Mrs. Oleson. Other women who were
with the speaker on the platform were
Mrs. r. L. Cochrane, Mrs. F. F.. Turner
and Miss Nellie Hughes, precinct" chair
men. Miss Elaine Ruth led in the. sing
ing of :"America' at the opening Of
the meeting. - =,
the Democratic slogan, ''Peace, Pro-.
gress and Prosperity pointing out
that a continuation Of the Democratic
administration would insureall these.
friendship are what the women Of Min
nesota must consider now that they are
20 vote for the flrst time, according to
Mrs. Oleson. and she added that. It is
|ities and work for the. public good, as
it liz not 4 political campaign that we
face. but a moral campaign for right
1 *nd ses most ans snssRins
from now until election for this cause
Of peace. Telling her audience that she
Wa4t q democrat Mrs. Oleson said that
believed that it is the party that stands
for the. best principles and IL progres-
sive. She criticized the present repub-
lican party sayinE thSf It It's is Hnoea ;ta eana
the these Senatorial M Clique. Three groups ex:
ist in this country. at this time. said
vatives. the progressives and the rad
icals. The democratic party is the par
ty that represents the middle group and
Governor Cox is the progressive i've eandie
believes in social legislation. which the
middle group asks for.
Taking up the democratic %raanac;,v sloEafn' Hfa
cn to a9a ten ofDd1 of the
priateness of these words in this cam !
paign she reversed {si,t their nrosSe4ti Srds1 IN
right TO choose this slogan. she said. as
they had brought prosperity to the
cou4tTy. People used to say that the
-that republicans in power meant q
fun dinner pail. ETC.. but that is not so
as the dinner pals have never been
filled aswell as they are now and there
the country now than ever before: One
! big reason for this prosperity is the
federal reserve system. enacted by the
|esssltad. s;aPsst in the stslbiHsIs OF san.Pee
5Aqd business. Tne Republicans tried to-
steal the credit for. this act because
they liked it 50 well. Due to the war
have had the heaviest pull Oh the mon.
ey- Of the country in it's history and
yet the banks have held, thanks to this
ure and the system has made national
bank failures almost impossible. The
speaker said that if the democrats are
ELECTED to power. this system ;~ VIII fsat,; no1a;
Senator Harding's newspaper in which
he said. til at there is money in 81 wheat,
MrsA OLSON said he did not know what
that She then told Of the passage by
the democratic administration of the
farm loan act, through which the gov
improving their property, and acts as =
that the republicans had 40 years in
which to pass this act: go,
carded with Harding Coolidge posters.
the speaker indicated that big business
these as fhis
sums OF money. She said that the dem
ocrats have no money. in this state or
in the nation not not 4|ch TO % pay deais
and that is far more important. The
rich people Of the country do not like
the democratic party and when *te ad1ae they
cratic party and into the republican.
Remarking about how the republicans
are criticizing the administration, Mrs
iican, she would not criticize the ad
ministration because the last congress
was republican. They spent two mil
en a9acs ts2 tsy2e S9 S 36 eE graf aed the ee
The claim that the democratic party
is the wet party was discredited by the
were 7 RESPONSIBLE for the eighteenth
amendment and that every democratc
state In the union voted for the amend
ment. The women came to a repunH-
years and asked for equal suffrage: but
were denied it and never until dem,
GeraS ef Sot snd
for a vote Wilson was the first presi-
dent that ever asked congress to pass
this amendment and the last time. it
sress' wSs sitsU it was % defeated BY but one vote
When the republicans got a majority {Sat ada in
vote was mustered up and the republi-
cans took credit for putting it across.
Thanks to Tennessee, democratic
state, and it's democratic governor, the
amendment is finally on the statute
books.
It was Mrs: oleson;s belief that il the
could hear both sides of the question,
there would be little doubt as to where
they would stand on the political issues:
The trouble in Minnesota. is that all
s;ere, filled With republican Propaganda,
printing nothing whateveE about the
pronounced by the speaker as the only
big daily paper in the state which Is
fair to both sides.
speaking Of the middle word of s the
Oleson quoted Samuel Gompers, presi--
dent Of the A. F. Of L.: as 3. saying h1g4n. that
sive one. To show that the democrats
are more progressive than the repubn-
cans she told of the visit of the women
70 the two national POLITICAL SO eonvsn- wen
cinlea ho incorDOrated in their plat