Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-11-15
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! !. Minneapolis, Mimi, Nov. II, 1922:
To the Editor: There can be no
question about that the republicans
came out so badly in this last election,
because they 50 poorly used the great
trust put in their hands in the nation
al election 2 years ago. There were
voters at that time, who said at the
voting, am going to vote in repub-
lican administration and give them
full power to act. II they do mot then
use this power to the best Of the pso-
pie, we will be done with it In the last
two years it has been found, that the
republicans in many cases did not
work for the best of the public. It
has also been found, that in a consid-
cradle number Of very important cas-.
es, they have used this power against
the best interest of the public as a
whole. And that had to come back on
them in this election. If it.4had not
been for this kept press which has con-
stantly filed up the voters with lies,
so they could not see the affair cor
rectly, it would have come good
deal worse for the republicans in this
election.
After this election we have this
question: Shall the progressives fare
any better? We voters say no. Not
if they do not work any better, than
this republican majority did.
We voted out the democrats two years
ago. We voted out partly the repub-
licans few days ago. We will do just
the same with this farmer labor move
ment, II it does not serve in better
way. We want good service in the
first place, that gives Justice to all the
people.
Can we find any sign today of the
farmer-labor coming short? Yes, we
can. And it will work just as surely
as it did on parties before. The educat-
ed people of today want justice. They
are not after the party as the first
thing. And here are just where the
republicans in the last two years have
fooled themselves so greatly. They
looked at it this way, this country Is
done with democrats, we are in power,
and we will do the ruling. And hence
this lack of justice all over, that now
should rule. The progressives can do
just the same. And are we not al
ready well in it? There were voters
now, who in this election could not
go fully with the workers just be-
cause Of this. We are all so apt to get
some petty idea to run with, and so
we forget justice and. get off the track
in our work. This is what the demo
Gratis did. And this is what the repub-
licans did just as bad. And we see, that
this very same thing can be done
once more. We better remember that.
There are three plain things to be
seen today, that could work it in such
a way. One is the question about hav-
ing intoxicating drinks. Another is
wild socialistic and communistic spec
ulation put into some foolish faction.
Still another is special privileges for
some certain class of the people put
in by third foolish faction. We have
strong advocates for all three. We
know they are comparatively few, but
they are able to do wonderfully loud
shouting. They are just like VOLTS in
this. There might be only few VOL
YES in the woods, but il you hear them
in the darkness, you may think there
must be thousands of them by all the
noise. BY being among and in very
close touch with both the farmers and
labor in at least IA years the writer Of
this knows by experience about it. The
question is now this: Shall these few
men of extremes take the lead of this
nropressive movement, and nv so doing