The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-05-14
Christensen Opens
Campaign for Senator
Governor Breakfasts Opening
Address in Which He Hits
Breaking Party Pledges

Breaking Party Pledges
The pending tariff bill fails to ell
inmate disparity between agriculture
and industry and is in violation OF
the Republican party's pledges to ag-
riculture, Governor Theodore Chris
tianson declared Monday night in an
address broadcast from WCCO.
Discussing agricultural legislation,
the governor asserted that he would
have voted against the bill when it
came up for action recently in the
United States senate and would have
fought vigorously the increased in
dustrial schedules inserted in it both
before committees and in the senate
chamber.
Without mentioning his opponent,
Senator Schall, for the Republican
nomination for United States senator
at the June 16 primaries, the gov
ernor in his address made clear the
difference Of position on the tariff be-
tween the two candidates. Senator
Schall voted in favor Of the tariff
bill in the senate while Senator
Henrik Shipstead was paired against
it and the governor said that if he
had been in the senate he would
have made unanimous Minnesota s
protest against breach of party
pledges"
81 am aware that some will chal-
lenge my Republicanism when I make
this statement" the governor said.
"They challenged Knute Nelson's
when he hearkened to the will of
the people rather than to the dictates
of party bosses, and voted for the
Mills Bill.
81 am willing to stand or fall on
the proposition that he is the best
Republican who insists upon the per-
Torrance of Republican promises,
even when it is not pleasing to the
groups that happen to be in tempo
rary control of the party organiza-
ton in Congress-" Governor Chris
tianson went on.
81 serve notice that if l am elect
ed" he declared. 81 shall not hesit-
ate to join hands with members of
other parties or of no party, in fight
ing for the rights of the Middle West.
If this be political treason, I stand
ready to accept the consequences"
Again, without mentioning the
name of his opponent, the governor
launched into a discussion of Grundy-
ism, saying that he was ready to ac-
cept it as the issue which Schall re-
Gently declared it was in an address
in which he made a bitter personal
attach on the governor.
81 can accept that as an issue be-
cause l have never seen Mr.. Grundy,
l have never been seen by Mr.. Grun-
dy, and l did not vote for his tariff
BILL" the governor said decisively.
IF l had been a member of the
senate" the governor went on, 81
should not have sat silent while he
and his cohorts increased one indus
trial schedule after another and
wrecked the program for economic
equality for agriculture.
"My voice." the governor said
pointedly, would have been heard
in Washington rather than in Min
nesota. The only place where a sena-
tor from midwestern state can sue
cessfully fight Grundyism is in the
United States senate. The place to
show fight is where the battle is be-
ing fought.
"The only Grundy issue, so far as
Minnesota is concerned, is whether
Grundy should be opposed on the
floor and in the committee rooms of
the senate, or the hustings at home;
whether it would do more good to
talk against Grundy or to vote again
st him. If l had been a member of
the United States senate during the
last few months, I should have said
it with votes.
Governor Christianson read to his
audience the pledge of the Republi-
can party contained in its platform
adopted at Kansas City in 1928, in
which it went on record for legisla-
ton placing agricultural interests of
America on a basis of economic
equality, with other industries to in.
sure their prosperity.
Indicating that the basis of his
program if elected will be to insure
that the party fulfills it's pledge, the
governor declared that if the natior
solves its farm problem it will go ia,
in solving other economic problems
The problems of labor, particularly
unemployment has the farm problem
as its base, he declared.
"The greatest handicap the wage
Garner has today is unemployment
he said. civilian Green, presiden,
of the American Federation of Labor
stated short time ago that there
are 3,500,000 people in this country
out of jobs.
"Why do we have unemployment p
the governor asked. Because of in
creasing use of machinery. Yes
But to a greater extent because
100000 have left rural communities
and moved into industrial centers
since 1920.