The Princeton union., 1922-09-14
Mrs. Olesen's Speech.

Mrs. Anna D. Olesen is a woman Of
fine personality and good platform
ability. But her keynote speech at
Crookston betrayed q superficial and
inaccurate knowledge Of public ques-
tions. This was disclosed especially
in her attempt to analyze the record
of her opponent, Senator Frank B.
Kellogg.
No one believes that Mrs. Olesen
would misrepresent the record inten-
tionally. Her lapses must be attribut-
ed to misinformation. None the less,
they are serious and do Senator Kel-
logg grave injustice. For instance,
though Senator Kellogg supported
equal suffrage, she seeks to align him
the other way by saying:
"On June q, 1919, the Underwood
amendment to have woman's suffrage
ratified to state conventions was up
for vote. Senator Kellogg voted that
day, and he voted no. and the meas
ure failed"
Women who followed the suffrage
fight know that Senator Underwood
was the enemy of suffrage, that his
proposal was an attempt to delay the
suffrage amendment, and that Senator
Kellogg stood with the friends of suf-
frage when he voted no.
Again Mrs. Olesen says:
"He voted mo- on the Wadsworth
bill providing that the secretary of
war deliver five hundred tractors to
the secretary of agriculture"
This vote was on an amendment by
Senator Wadsworth reducing the num-
Der Of tractors to be distributed from
1880 to five hundred. Senator Kel-
logg was originator Of the proposal
and has been given credit by highway
officials for putting it through in it's
original form, getting valuable road
machinery free for state use.
Again she says:
''May II, 1921, he voted mo- on a bill
Of great value to farmers. It was
bill to let farm implements free Of
duty into the country"
There never has been tariff on
farm implements in this country. No
such duty ever has been proposed, and
there is none in the present tariff bill.
Again quoting from Mrs. Olesen's
speech:
September a, 1918, there was a bill
setting aside two hundred million dol
lars to be used as loans in small
amounts to farmers of drought-strick-
en- regions. He voted mo- on that
bill"
Senator Gronna offered as ttrider"
to the agricultural appropriation bill
an appropriation Of five million dol
lars for loans to farmers hit by
drought. Senator Kellogg voted with
the majority of the senate against the
provision in this form. Senator Gron-
ma then offered the proposal in a sep
arate bill. It passed, with Senator
Kellogg voting "yes."
Again quoting from the speech:
: "April 80, 1917; he voted against
giving the president power to requisi-
ton all vessels Of alien enemies in the
United States, but the bill passed"
Senator Kellogg voted for this bill,
and voted against the Knox substitute,
which simply provided for requisi-
tioning the vessels and would have
compelled the United States to pay
for the use of them and return them
after the war. -
These errors are5quite obvious, and
there are number easily noted in
figures given by Mrs. Olesen as to
tariff schedules and the railroad ques-
tion. It is absurd, of course, to say
that congress gave. a subsidy of half a
billion dollars, or any amount, to the
railroads under the Esch-C -Cummins
law. The rate basis is not stocks and
bonds, but the governments own val