The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-09-10

editor of the Dawson Sentinel and Re-
publican nominee for governor, has is
sued the following statement address
ed to the voters of Minnesota:
81 owe my nomination not so much
to my own efforts as to efforts of the
most loyal group of friends that ever
backed candidate for public office.
The home people who extended their
influence into every part of the state,
the press Of Minnesota, the women
who carried on crusade in my be-
half, the commercial travellers who
carried my message to every city and
village, former associates at the uni
versity and in the legislature and
thousand other personal friends
these, together, put over the cam
paign that resulted in my nomina-
ton.
sThe state of Minnesota is over
whelmingly Republican. With a pro-
gram that is in accord with what it's
people think, championed by candi-
dates in which they have confidence,
and backed by party organization
that truly represents the people, we
cannot fail to win the approval OF
the electorate in November.
II believe that there is not as much
partisan bitterness in Minnesota today
as there was two years ago. Most OF
the people have learned that the way
to get good government is not to
smash up the old parties, but to make
the old parties right. Careful discrim-
nation in the selection of party can
didates and care in the building OF
the right kind of party machinery Will
do more to give US good government
than any third party movement con-
ceived in the minds Of disappointed
officeseekers.
81 am going to go the limit to make
the Republican party organization
right. In that effort l enlist the SUP
port of every good citizen in the state
of Minnesota. If we cooperate IN
that effort, we shall not fail"
The Nominees Platform.
In addressing the Lincoln club of
Minneapolis the Saturday evening
preceding the primary, Mr.. Christian
son outlined the platform on which
he made the successful campaign for
the nomination and concluded with a
| striking peroration which sets forth
the essential difference between the
| two political groups in Minnesota
which will contest for supremacy this
| fall. Mr.. Christianson declared:
| "Relief from a tax burden-local
state and national-which has grown
to such proportions in recent years as
to be rapidly reaching the point OF
confscation of private property by the
state is the predominating issue OF
the campaign and the subject of most
vital interest to the voters of Mime
sofa at this time"
| AS steps toward tax reduction and
greater efficiency in state government
Mr.. Christensen advocated:
An adequate budget system.
| Consolidation and reorganization OF
state departments.
Accusing a strong public opinion in
sistent on curbing expenditures.
A pay-as-you-go policy and, wheri
bond issues are necessary, enactmen,
of legislation which would require
each generation to discharge its owr
obligations.
Giving tax payers protection agalns'
local public extravaganza thru thu
right of appeal to the state tax com
mission to block unwarranted eXpen
ditures.
"Born and raised on a farm,
share the aspirations of those wht
labor" said Mr.. Christensen, in con
Guiding his address. "My sympathie:
are. not with the drones of society
but with its workers. | have intro
duced and supported measures in tn.
interests of agriculture during m.
service in the legislature, and whel
l am in the executive chair, the farm
ers of Minnesota will know that they
have a governor who understand
/ them, because he is one of them.
"The demand for economic read
justment is insistent today. The Re
publican party stands for gradua
readjustment to meet changing needs
not for revolutionary readjustmen
involving the overturning of the econ
/! omic order. No economic readjust
ment is ever final, because the condi
tions with which it deals are neve
fixed, but ever changing. In efectinl
economic readjustments, the prim
object to be sought is not dead level
ing of society, such as is sought b.
our radical friends, but a distribution
of rewards that shall stimulate ever,
man, whether he possess one talen
or five, to spend himself to the ut
most for the advancement of his com
! munity, his state, the race and it
civilization.
What Party Stands for.
sThe Republican party has Away
stood, and must ever stand, for equal
ity of opportunity; but equality of op
portunity does not imply either equa
distribution or communistic owner
ship of wealth. 1t implies an equil
able distribution, one based, not o,
the accident Of birth or on powe
possessed thru monopolistic contrc
of resources, but on the capacity o
each individual for service. In an
society, some men by virtue of great