The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-06-20
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1928.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1928.
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
IT ERBERT HOOVER, Republican candidate
n for president of the United States,
= speaking:
'This convention, like those which have pre-
b coded it for two generations, has affirmed the
principles of our party and defined its policy up
on the problems which confront us.
81 stand upon that platform. At later date
/ shall discuss it fully, but in the meantime
may well say that under the principles the vic
tory of the party will assure national defense,
maintain economy in the administration of gov
ernment protect American workmen, farmers
and business alike, from competition arising
out of lower standards of living abroad foster
individual initiative insure stability of business
and employment, promote our foreign commerce
and develop national resources You have
manifested deep concern in the problems of
agriculture. You have pledged the party to sup
port specific and constructive relief upon a ma
tionwide scale backed by the resources of the
federal government We will and must find
sound solution that will bring security and con-
tentment to this great section Of our people.
"But the problems of the next four years
are more than economic. In profound sense
they moral and spiritual. This convention
has sounded note of moral leadership.
"Shall the world have peace? Shall pros
perity in this nation be thoroughly dis
tributed? Shall build steadily toward the
ideal of equal opportunity to all our people?
Shall there be secured that obedience to law
which is the essential assurance of life of our
institutions? Shall honesty and Righteousness in
government and in business confirm the conf
dence of the people in their institutions and their
laws?
Government must contrive to leadership in
answer to these questions. The government is
more than administration. 1t is power for lead
ership and cooperation with the forces of bust
and cultural life in city, town and country
side. The presidency is than executive res
possibility. 1t is the inspiring symbol of all
that is highest in Americas purposes and ideals.
at is vital to the welfare of the United
States that the Republican party should continue
to administer the government.
ut is essential that party should be con-
tinued in organization and in strength in order
that it may perpetuate its great principles in
our national life.
IF elected by my fellow countrymen shall
give the best within me to advance the moral
and material welfare of all our people and up
hold the traditions of the Republican party" :
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THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
By Bess NJ Wilson
Asst week little band of seventy-five
people treked into Central Minnesota to
revisit of pioneer activities and
OF Indian history. and to reconstruct in as far
as possible the stage settings of the drama of
Minnesota's settlement by the white race.
These men and women were members and
friends of the Minnesota Historical Society, an
organization which purposes to keep alive the
memory of those days when the white man
struggled with the elements of a wilderness to
establish home, when the Indian struggled to
keep the lands which had been his for genera
tions, when Sioux met Chippewa in battle and
when men of the North State went out to bat
tie their brothers of the South
Those were dramatic, thrilling and terrible
days, and it is right that the chronicles of the
time shall be handed down to the generations
which shall carry on the future of Minnesota
In the face Of the huge indifference Of the ma
orty OF the residents of the state the Historical
Society is endeavoring to do just that.
- The trip last week was of infinite value to
the history seekers who followed the paved
trail to the historic grounds of Fort Ripley, seek
ing to relive for Q short time something of It's
life Of stress and tragedy, and to the Chippewa
Indian agency where the Red Man is gradually
adapting himself to the restrictions and limita-
tions of the White Mans creed and the White
Mans government.
To the people of the state the two day trip
OF Society members should also have much sig
nificance. Its value lies in an aroused interest
in matters historical in the retelling of ira
dition and lore and story and historical fact by
those who went to those who stayed at
home. Every member in the party was inter-
ested; this interest is bound to spread from per-
son to person and to bring results in an increas-
ed number Of interested ones.
But the chief value of such . tour hes in
the fact that It awakens people to the Importance