The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-10-09

HERALD
labels, while only five are registered
as Democrats. AS present day po-
litical activities go Congressional can
didates are the minor feature of the
average state campaign and 1924 is
no exception to the rule, yet in inn
portance they overshadow everything
in a candidate way.
For some unexplained reason vot-
ers generally fail to give the Con-
gressional offerings the attention they
are entitled to and as result many
misfits prevail. AS one observer
puts it, some voters are attracted by
a name, others have heir vision
clouded by the party label, while
many simply affix the required "X"
without any thought of the man or
his connections. What the candidate
stands for or to what interest or
interests he is committed receive
scant attention from the average
voter.
For instance, in the Fourth Con-
81 essional District, of which St. Paul
is the major part, the name Keller is
a practical unknown of that name,
posing as Republican, has prevailed
at two previous Congressional cleo
tons. At the present time he is
again running under the same alias
and with the affrontery of his kind
absolutely refused to join with the
other Republican candidates in a
pledge to support the Republican
state and National tickets. In sew
eral other Congressional Districts
both the party labels and the best
interests of the district have been
similarly abused.
In Minnesota the leading industry
is Agriculture. Better than two
thirds of the states population is
agrarian and it's future and contin-
ued prosperity depends largely upon
| Congress and it's official acts. The
tariff, the levying of taxes, the crea-
| ton of new sources Of revenue, the
country's foreign policies, in fact its
every act is not without some rela-
ton to Agriculture, yet how many
| farmers and those depending on this
particular industry for livelihood
take the trouble to verify the Con-
gressional candidate as to his posi-
ton on matters affecting their in
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many voters in the Seventh Congress
sional District, where Gunnar Bjor-
son is the Republican Congressional
candidate, and whose voice and pen
has labored over time in the interest
of the greatest grain raising district
in the world know that he has been
listed as unfair by Organized La.
Dor, or that Allen j. Furlow, the Re-
publican Congressional candidate in
the First District is under simila,
ban? What proportion of the voting
population of the Eighth District
where Victor l.. Power is the Re-
publican nominee, or of the Second
Third and Fifth Districts where Frank
Clague, A. H. ANDERSEN and Walter
H. Newton are the Republican Con
gressional candidates, know that
those named have also incurred the
displeasure of this particular crowd
| 1t is safe to say, that outside of Or
ganized Labor, the number is almost
mill.
The great objective of Organized
Labor, or to be more specific, the
American Federation of Labor, is the
control of the next Congress. AS one
of the first steps toward it's accomp-
| lishment labor has carefully gone
over the list of Congressional offer
ings in every state in the Union,
sounding out their views on legisla-
ton desired by Organized Labor, and
where the findings have not been IA
vorable to it's pet measures have in
each insurance affixed the unfair
check. In Minnesota practically ev-
cry Republican Congressional candi-
date has been placed under the ban
and voters affiliated with Organized
Labor have been SO informed. Under
pain of the Organization displeas-
ure Union voters have been instruct
ed to cast their ballots only. for
those candidate designated as "fair''
to Labor.
The one pet measure of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, and, which
is only preliminary to eventual &C
quirement of all railroad properties
by the Federal Government, is the
"Howell-Barkley Bill" which failed in
the last Congress and is to be re-
introduced in the next. What this
particular act means in a detrimental
way to the agricultural interests of
Minnesota should receive the care
full attention and study of every
farmer in the state. In brief its
purpose is the repeal of that portion
of the transportation Act as it re-
lates to the Railroad Labor Board and
the Substitution of a Bureau more
susceptible to the control of Organ
lied Labor. In effect the bill would
prevent any participation by the pub
lie in the investigation Of and settle
ment of wage disputes between labor
and the railroad management. 1t is
for failure to vote for the "Howell-
Barley Bill"; when it was up for
consideration in the last Congress,
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