The labor world., 1922-10-28
ELECT MIR. CARss.

and the Duluth Herald, together with
most Of the newspapers printed in
foreign languages are against Former
Congressman William L. Carss and
are in favor of the reelection Of Con-
crcssman Oscar J. Larson. That
ought to be a pretty good endorse
ment for Mr.. Carss. The Labor
World stands practically alone
among the uptown papers in support
of the Proctor statesman.
In the great Larson orchestra the
Rip Saw is the leader. Its social
enemy, the News Tribune comes next,
and the Herald ;trots along satisfied
with playing second fiddle to both.
In an editorial printed one day this
week in the Svening paper the voters
were urged to re'elect the present
congressman, declaring that they
"v4u make no mistake if they elect
Mr.. Larson to succeed himself and to
keep up in Washington the good work
he is doing.'
That is about all we get Of Congress
man LARSON record at the national
capitol from the daily papers. Every
thing said in his praise is Of a gen
eral character. His newspaper sup
porters are not able to specify a
single unselfish thing the congress-
man did there that entities him to
reelection. The Herald gives nine
reasons, all it's own, why, Mr.. Larson
should be elected and every one OF
them is a mild apology for the man.
According to the evening paper
Mr.. Larson "has served the district,
state and country faithfully and well.
He deserves reelection because he has
earned it,
The same thing could have been
said Of Mr.. Carss two years ago, only
he has the better argument in that
he really served the people Of the
district and did not sacrifice them
for the predatory interests in the
district, state and nation.
The second reason given by the
Herald for the reelection Of Mr.. Lar
son is that "no reasonable call has
come to him from his district that ne
has not responded to promptly, cour-
teaously, diligently and effectively. y
That is true Of Mr.. Carss and was
true of him while in congress. In
that respect Mr.. Larson has no ad'
vantage over his predecessor.
"He can be more effective in a
second term than in first term,'
is the Herald 8 third reason. 1t holds
that it requires two years for new
congressman to "learn the ropes.''
Carss has had one term and Larson
is having one term. Each stand on
an exact level so far as that "rea.
son'' of the evening paper is appli.
cable. The voters can make their
choice. Carss will be as good as
Larson in doing errand work at
Washington, for he too, "learned the
ropes'' during his single term at the
capitol.
cit is stupid for a: congressional
district to keep changing its repre-.
sentative in congress,' is the fourth
reason advanced for the reelection
Of MIR. Larson.
If that is true today it should have
been true two years ago when Mr.
Carss was a candidate for reelection
The district will choose no novice
when it re-elects Mr.. Carss. He has
been tried and found not wanting
The fifth reason of the second fid
dler' for the reelection of Mr.. Lar
son is that "he is a Republican and
as the national administration will
be Republican he can do more good
ivf his district than a Democrat.
President Wilson tried to say the
same thing four years ago and he
was abused for it by the same crowd
that is now concerned about the fate
of Mr.. Larson. The people Of this
district have had about all they want
Of the present national administra
zion or any Of It's subordinates. That 4
one Of the very best reasons why Mr.
Carss should be elected.
"The present congressman should
be reelected to help avert nationa
calamity Of divided government
is the Herald's sixth reason why Mr.
Larson should be returned to con
gress.
That's a new one on the voters Of
This district. It goes all right whs1
there is Republican, administration
at Washington, but it has no weigh
4 when the Democrats are in power. Ii
it amounted to anything why should
any Democrat be elected to congress
at all this yeara The best thing tba