The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-08-30

Inc speaker referred TO the plat
form upon which he was elected: He
said that he believed in the Federal
banking system but that he was OPP
posed to having it operated III the in
terest of the manufacturers of the
east as against the agaculturist of
the west. He pledged his best eff
forts to have the law modified to
better serve the farmers, small bust
ness men and bankers OF the rural
communities.
Mr.. Johnson said that during the
recent election travelling men sup
ported him because business was rot
ticn and they wanted a change. The
Federal Reserve Board, properly
fuhctioning, he sal I, could keep the
BUSINESS of the couctry on an even
keel.
The speaker paid his respects to the
Uhiled States Supreme Court as at
present constitute |. He said lie was
absolutely opposed to having a law
passed by Congress dec:ared uncon,
stitutional by a sve to four vote OF
he Supreme Court. He cited the
condition that the vote might be foul
to four on any given law and the man
n the center really had the power tc
decide the constitute atty of any
EIt.
Mr. Johnson SAL that he always
had stood for cleaner and better leg
is,ation and had pledged himself tt
work for what he believed to be fol
the best interests of the masses after
ne reached Washington.
He pledged himself to work for &
soldiers bonus. He said that he die
not like the word bonus, but preferred
readjusted compensation instead. The
Federal government should do more
to bring relief to the disabled vet
eran, also. Mr.. Johnson denied tina
he was Radical. He said that HI
was raised in Europe and that thu
greed FOR the almighty do:iat. the
plan of might making righ. in t.,
Old World was the thing that WA:
forever keeping Europe on ,he veret
of war.
Mr.. johnson said that he was {
citizen of the United States by choice
and that he was proud of that citizen
ship, and he urged his hearers tt
loyalty support the principles Of
Washington and Lincoln.
The Senator said that he wore ne
mans collar and that after reaching
Washington he would not be bossec
by Senator Bob LaFollette or any
one else.
Senator Johnson has a keen wit anc
he was frequently interrupted with
applause. On the whole he did not
weaken his support by his address al
the Stearns county fair on Tuesday.
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Brooten Win Championship
In many ways the most interesting
baseball game ever played at the
Stearns County Fair was pulled off
Tuesday afternoon when Melrose and
Brooten met for the amatuer cham
pionship of Stearns County. Veteran
Roy Young occupied the box for
Melrose while Brooten had enlisted
the services of the famous doc"
Sutton of Hoffman.
Both slabmen were hard to solve
and it took Brooten IL innings to win
by 5 to score.
Neither side were able to score in
the first three innings. In the fourth
inning R. Lembke was safe at first
on an error at short; he went to third
on Anderson's single. c.. Lembke
was safe on an error at. second, r.
Lembke scoring. Later Anderson
scored on passed ball.
Melrose tied the score in the sixth
inning when p. Knops was hit by a
pitched ball and stole second and
third. Young walked, stole second,
both runners later scoring on Hop
kins' single.
Neither side was able to put run
ner across again until the 18th in
ming when Old Man Young weakened
after retiring the first two men
With two strikes on him, c.. Lembke
singled, stole second, scored on Gun
fason's triple; Sutton was hit by a
pitched ball, stole second and both
Gunfason and Sutton scored on Wag-
oner's error on Keiger's hard hit
drive to center. Melrose retired in
order.
But 38 people faced "Doc" Sutton
in eleven innings, "a of whom struck
out. Young famed 10 Brootenites.
The umpiring was handled by DR.. A.
A. Gales and w. B. Morgan of Sauk
Centre, and both were eminently
fair. In a game as close as this one
the judge of plays is bound to be
criticised but the game was one OF
the best natured ever played before q
Stearns County Fair audience.sdThe
following is the tabulated score: y
Brooten ABB r Fl Pc A E
Nelson, G 3 0 o % 2 ]
Ellingson, 2b 8 0 L 8 2