The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-10-09
TOM SCHALL MAKES
FINE IMPRESSION
MINNESOTA'S BLIND CONGRESS.
MAN SPOKE IN SApK CENTRE
TUESDAY AFTERNOON
u. S. SENATE CANDIDATE
GENTLEMAN ORATOR OF RARE
ABILITY HOLDS AUDIENCE
FOR THREE HOURS
The United States is a religion, and
its Bible is the constitution >,

The United States is a religion, and
its Bible is the constitution.
That is the exalted message left by
Schall, Republican nominee for the
United States Senate, when he adj
dressed more than 500 people at an
open air political rally in Sank Gen.
tire Tuesday. =
Our forefathers builded better than
they knew when they shaped the con-
stitution," Mr.. Schall declared. They
builded far better, indeed because the
hand of God was in it's making, safe
guarding with checks and balances the
sovereignty of the people, insuring
their rights to life, liberty and happi.
ness"
Mr. Schan denounced in scathing
terms those people who wish to de.
stroy the constitution. He questioned
their right to be classed as citizens.
claiming that "a real citizen believes
in the sacred document that has gv-
en- us security and liberty for lao
years"
'Magnus Johnson tells us that it is
his constitution and that with him
rests the right to keep or destroy IT.
the blind congressman asserted. THAT
is the acquisitive instinct in its most
poXious form, that is the instinct which
has prompted h-capitalists to de-
stroy their possessions rather than
relinquish them at a disadvantage,
even though society, might ultimately
benefit by the sacrifice"
A smile lips OF the vet.
eran congressman as he added, land
it reminds me too, of the .precocity OF
a spoiled child. MagnuS is somewhat
like the builder of mud piees or houses
of cards. Only the constitution is not
a house of cards; the constitution is
still intact after lao years of tempes-
tuous experiences that failed to even
shake it's foundation.
1.-The constitution is a badge of our
liberty and equality. If at any time
we endanger it's effectiveness, we shall
be stripping off this badge of liberty
to replace it with the tinsel badge of
potential serfdom." f
The blind orator went on to eXp-ain
the effect of alter r the constitution tl on
whims of congress. He pointed out
that the legislatures Were nothing
more than arms of the people. He de-
clard that each of the systems OF
checks and balances employed in the
constitution We're restraints placed
upon the activities of the other
is a servant If you destroy one of
these servants, you automatically in
- crease the power of the other, And If
you subjugate the Supreme court to
congress, you not only destroy the
Supreme court, but the servant be-
comes the master-and you, the peo-
pie, become VaSSalS to the legislature
which you created.
AS an example of the power that
you would thus vent in congress, do
you realize that our supreme legisla-
power, if they so minded to perpetuate
itself as life long body; And the
people could only sit helplessly by"
Commenting upon the mushroom like
growth of radicalism in this country,
Mr.. Schall said. ours is a government
of and by the people. We have merely
reacted against the spells system en-
ployed by an invisible government of
commercial brigands.
But sometimes in our zeal we re-
a
middle course. The selfishness Of pre-
datory poverty is just as declassing as
selfishness of arch-capitalism is not
one whit worse than the ignonminy
of socialism that robs us Of our indi-
viduality.
.Do not misunderstood me-" Mr..
Schall pleaded. II am for labor, and
the farmer, and the common fellow
but I know that they will receive no
posed by political theorists.
"And 1 am not so naive as to scorn
the value of prosperity. But rememb-
wealth is concentrated in the hands Of
a mighty few, while you and 1 and the
common fellows are suffering from
form Of prosperity that shall entitle
humanity to square meal. l am for
the subsidization of opportunities, not
the subsidization of vested interests
I stand for servant dollar, not the
variety that subjugates the Individual.
In other words, believe that the great
argument current nowadays about
whether more business in government
or more government in businss is es-
sential as cure for our ills, is so
much wasted breath. We don't need
so much business in government or so
much government in business as we
need a great deal more humanity in
both"
With his leonine head thrown for
ward, Mr.. SchaI suddenly Ioosed a
n Accommodation n.
ponent, Magnus Johnson. His words
were bitter biting, intermingled with
touches of scornful humor that
audience.
"My esteemed contemporary, Magnus.
has most engagingly professed his in
tention to refrain from mud singing
in this campaign. Why doesn't he try
it? If the has any mud to sling, if
he has any records to expose, does he
not owe it o his. electorate to prevent
record as their representative at
Washington. We aren't playing a
game or milking cows or engaging in
marble shooting contests. We are
representa- Minnesotans in the United
States senate.
'Then why doesn't he expose my re-
cord? I'll tell you why. It's because he
come to me by exposing my 100 per-
cent labor record, my 100 per cent
farmer record, my 100 per cent ex-ser-
vice man record, or my 100 per cent
record for the common fellow. That
is why Magnus so kindly refrains
from attacking the record that ! have
made during my ten years In the
House of Representatives.
sI have offered in the past, and I
still OFFER $1,000 reward if Magnus or
anyone else can point out a single in
stance where / failed to champion the
cause of the laborer the farm 9;a. or ;rt the
duced into the House of Representa-
tives during my ten years service In
that body -
Mr.. Schall next touched upon the
International issues such IS the League
OF Nations and the World court. He
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