New Ulm review., 1922-11-15
AMENDMENT NO. |
GETS MAJORITY
100000 VOTES
Rural Credits Plan Favor
ed by Thousands
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POShL ESmIN DOUBT
Bureau Chief Says Rural
Pre~S Was Factor
I'm Campaign.


the establishment Of a state system
of long time loans for farmers, was
adopted by voters in the election last
Tuesday BY more than 100000 majorl-
ty. .- .,. .
Amendment No. l had a majority
in Brown county of 1924 votes. There
were 1922 votes cast for it and but
689 votes against it. Amendment
No. 2 was behind No. in the county
it having received a majority of 4, 4,673
votes.
Tabulutiuns made at the st. Paul
Office OF the Minnesota Farm Bureau
Federation, on information obtained
frorn the Associated Press, show that
up to the end of last week, the amend
mont mad enough support to carry
even i all remaining precincts wen!
against 1t scIidly.
The amendment rad 379,143 votes
for and $3.50 against when 2,G11 pre-
cincts cut of 3,l79 il the state had re-
ported. This tabulation included
nearly all Of Ramsey, more than half
of Hennepin and about 10 per cent CT
st. .Lcuis counties. Complete re-
ports he'd been obtained from II
counties. Other scattering. returns
indicated that the proposal had carried
every county in the state.
To be adopted, the amendment had
to be supported by more than. a
majority cf the voters voting in tie
election. Tie highest vote, accord
ing to unofficial returns, YVES for
governor, for which office, 65l,757
ballots had been counted, with few
PRECINCTS missing. Therefore, it
seems IMPOSSIBLE that more than 700,
900 votes could have been cast, making
it recqssary for the amendment to
have 350,000 '"Yees' votes, to pass.
With but iive-eights of the vote in,
TIE amendment had more than that
number. ~,
Amendment No. 2, rnalsing= the oc-.
cupational lax a part of the constitu
ton was running somewhat behind
amendment No. /. The total vote,
on the face Of returns from 1916
precincts was 200,978 for and 1854
against. There was some doubt as to
whether it would obtain the needed
majority. No special campaign was
waged in it's behalf, though the drive
for Amendment No. is credited With
having made thousands of votes for it.
The vote On Amendment No. l,
which is alsmot as heavy as that given
tie Good Roads proposal two years
ago, is creditl d to statewide CAM
paign waged in its behalf by a special
committee of farm organizaticrs of
which J. F. Reed, president of the
Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation
was chairman.
In a statement, issued after it be-
came obvious that the Amendment
had passed, Mr.. Reed says the papers
of the small towns and villages were
the most important factor in solidi-
flying sentiment in it's favor.
The text OF Mr.. Reeds statement
follows:
"As Chairman of the Committee CT
Minnesota farmers organizations tc
secure the adoption of Amendment
No. l to cur state constitution at the
recent election, it is especially crafty
ing9to me to be able to say that all of
the leading business organizations OF
the, state, with the exception OF those
interests that have heretofore preyed
upon the farmers misfortune in his
credit situation, were solidly in favor
Of its adoption.
Led by all the. candidates for
governor-Governor Preus, Hon. !
Magnus' Johnson and Hon. Edward
Inderhus-all Of whom made it an
part OF their public ad-
dresses. to explain it's provisions and
urge it's adoption and closely followed
by all legislative candidates in the
state, could not fail to render a most
powerful influence toward its adop-
tion. Theodore Christianson, author
of the amendment, Hon. N. J. Holm
berg, Commiissiener Of Agriculture,
Msheney. president of the
Trade and Labor Ass Assembly Of ST..
Paul m and n dee n2Ag: Others, Others reHdered
yeoman service. in bringing to our
voters its importance to agriculture. !
.Thee country press, with scarcely
IN exception, stood back OF it solidly \,
md the volumes of explanation and
printed therein probably
vas the greatest factor in statewide
dissemination of the advantages that
must come to agriculture and, all allied
interests by it's adoption The .coun-
ry press carried the message in a most !.
orceful aud convincing manner.
Farmers organizations in the state !,
re exceedingly thankful to all in
srests that stood SO Loyalty behind this
lowement. We are sure, That theI
,gislature will enact into law the tn
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