The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-03-21

the public library. The thing that hurts me is
that Uncle George should be so mean. Of
course told him I'd pay him back the 500 on
August first; but you can't do the impossible, can
you? Trying to arrange character loan"
from the bank. If can borrow $3.50, can get
square again and everything will go fine
August 16-Banks say l have character.
What bunch of crooks
September 30-The garage man is holding the
car for that labor bill. What right have they to
hold the car? 1t doesn't belong to me.
October lit wasn't any / had to let
the car go. Anyway, I'd rather have that piece
of land They've given me months grace on
that. Real estate people have more heart, after
ALL
November 15-Well, they can have their old
land. Good radiance. If l knew where to get
$50 to meet the payment on the piano, I'd be all
"pay out of income" basis.
November 16-Income stopped. Got the sack
at the office. In looking for job you've got to
have good suit of clothes, so l bought one this
afternoon. Five dollars down.-Exchange.
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PRESIDENTIAL ISSUES
THAT prohibition will be some sort of an
issue in the forthcoming election there
can be no doubt. How clear cut that
issue will be is entirely another matter Pre-
sent day national campaigns have not been de-
veloping men who are leaders in the true sense
of the word, if they do they the exception
and not the rule Outside of the fact that Gov
ernor Lowden is definitely pledged to the farm
relief program what other candidate for nation
al office has taken any very definite stand on
anything?
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very definite. True, various men nave made
replies to questionnaires, but how much further
are you after reading their answers?
Everyone believes that A. E. Smith, Gov
ernor of New York is an avowed wet. Perhaps
he is. But what do you make of this statement
on this question in which he says: 81 ad-
vocate nothing that will infringe upon the pro-
visions of the Eighteenth Amendment. 1t is
nevertheless fact that the definition of an in
toxicating beverage contained in the Volstead
Law is not an honest or common-sense one"
Presumably that statement is damp. But
he doesn't explain what he means by the "defin-
ition not an honest common-sense one"
To US his statement seems contradictory.
Let us turn to Mr.. Hoover. He says: "Our
country has deliberately undertaken a great
social and economic experiment, noble in motive
and far reaching in purpose" Just how much
do you learn about what he thinks about prohi-
biton from that? The vets will appreciate that
he used the word experiment" and the drys will
be elated over the fact that he called prohibition
noble"
Other presidential candidates have made
statements some of which have offered some
thing little more definite. Governor Lowden
says: 81 am in flat agreement with President
Coodge's statement on Prohibition in his mes
sage to Congress-that the law is the books
and must be enforced to the utmost of the Gov
ernments ability with duty to aid in enforce
ment resting heavily the individual states. y
Senator Charles Curtis speaks of prohibition
as follows: 81 am heartily in favor of faithfully
enforcing all our laws, and ! am opposed to the
repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment the
Volstead Law"
Governor Albert C. Richie, Democratic, says
Either the Vostead Law must be changed or
it must be enforced, and / convinced that it
can not be enforced" Senator James A. Reed
also Democrat, is avowed wet but says, 81
do not think the Prohibition question ought to
control in the convention"
To us it has always seemed strange to con-
slider prohibition party issue We do not see
how it ever be made one. There are both
vets and drys in both parties and the next
President of the United States will be elected
by both vets and dry votes. 1t is clearly an
economic and moral question.
When you vote for the candidate of your
choice for president you are not going to do so
on one consideration alone. If you do, if you
vote for man just because he is a dry
wet, and not because he stands for some other
equally important measures, you are applying
to the man too low scale of values and admit
ting for yourself an unworthy narrowness.-Min-
neota Mascot.
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