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i'. Saturday, June 19. 1920 Ortonville, Minn., June 10. 1920. Mr. M. J. McGowan, \Appleton, Minn. My dear sir:— 1 have noted with much interest the work in which yon have been engaged for the purpose of bringing about the nomination by the democratic party of the Hon. Julius Thorson as its can didate for Governor. As you must be advised, I am earnestly with you in this enterprise and the good work that you have been doing impels me to write a word of encouragement. 1 am satisfied that in acting upon this important matter as you have that you have had the interests of our party wholly in mind and that if Mr. Thorson does not receive the nomina tion, that you will join with me in a faithful and earnest support of the man who is nominated. We have never before known a po litical situation so peculiar. Notwith standing the fact that every able bod ied man in the country who wants to work has a job at unheard of wages, when the products of the farm bring such prices that lands have reached price levels never dreamed of, when the trains everywhere are overcrowd ed and the hotels are overwhelmed, yet a party of hate and dissatisfaction has arisen which has gained control of our neighboring state and threatens to overwhelm Minnesota with a gov ernor and legislature determined to issue bonds as they have in North Da kota, with the sky for a limit, and with a view to finance with state monies every business enterprise from a flour mill to a peanut wagon. Very fortunately, these quack doctors in po litics are not found in our party. They, with their friends the I. W. W. and the disloyalists are all safely lodged in the ranks of the republican party and have become so numerous that the decent element of the republican party has given the long yell for help to our party, by bill boarding the big cities with an appeal to nominate Preus and save the State from Social ism. The democrats have -not for gotten how this same appeal was made two years ago how they listened to it and purged the republican party, and what thanks they got for it. Today the better element of the re publican party is trembling in the be lief that Townley controls the party and will nominate his man and there is no doubt of the fact that they cal culate right Thousands of the sane republicans will support our nominee. Three democratic governors have proven that the State is never so safe as when in democratic hands. But it should not be considered that our nominee is to have a walk away. We must give our best offering to the people. We have too many aspirants, though I believe any one of them to be fit for the office of Governor. For weeks I have sounded out the senti ment. Major Quane, Indrehus, Jacques and Andrist, will apparently receive support in spots. Hargadine's support will be better distributed but it is clear to me that leaders in the race are Thorson and Mayor Hodgson and that the others will lag far behind them in the returns. The Mayor, be cause he has been the Chief Magistrate of a great city is of course widely ad vertised, but the recent election gave him In his city only a small majority although he was backed by a business element and by the power of the great newspapers and he surely has a greater personal strength in his own city than in any other part of the state. I have found loyal friends of his who are indignant that immediate ly after his election as mayor he should seek another office that would compel his resignation. But in case of his nomination the greatest danger wonld lie out in the country. It is not the temper of the voters on the farms to tend toward the Mayor of one of the big cities. It was with knowledge of this that we democrats a few years ago determined not to chance Mayor Haynea of Minneapolis as our candidate. Right or wrong, the feel ing that I speak of exists and we should consider'it. The seventh congressional district in which you and I live, we know to be the stronghold of the republican party in this state. Mayor Hodgson, and I may say none of the other candidates except Thorson, could make a dent in it. But we know the esteem In which Thorson Is held In this district and the probability that he could carry more thaa half of the fourteen coun ties. Senator Farrington Announces Unqualified Support off Thorson for Governor SENATOR RAY G. FARRINGTON •of Ortonville, announced his unqualified support of Julius Thorson, candidate for the Democratic nomination for gov ernor in a letter this week to his friends in the Democratic party. I have never known a man with fewer enemies or one who seemed to have so apt a faculty to make friends and keep them. I join with you in the support that you have given him and hope that the efforts of yourself and his many other friends may be availing. It is a humiliation to me to see dem ocrats call for the republican primary ballot. We have no business in their primaries. It is dishonorable in my mind to vote one ticket at the general election and falsely call for a different one at the primary. Why should dem ocrats attempt to purify the repub lican party? We have enough stu pendous tasks in always vigilantly keeping them in sight as they travel "their wayward ways. Our people saved their party for them two years ago. Now let Thor son be nominated that the better ele ment of the republican party may put into practice its appeal to save the State from Socialism. With zealous wishes that your cam paign for Mr. Thorson may be a suc cessful one, and wishing you well, I am. Very truly yours, Ray G. Farrington. JULIUS THORSONI Mr. Thorson's campaign is be ing managed by W. C. Robertson, of Minneapolis, and Thorson headquarters are located in the West Hotel. Minneapolis PATRICK KENNEY Was State President of the A. O. H. From 1906 to 1910. Patrick Kenney, who died at his late home in Minneapolis Wednesday, June 2, notice of whose death ap peared in these columns, served two terms as Btate president of the An cient Order of Hibernians. He was elected to that position at the con vention held in Winona in September, 1906, and re-elected two years later at Duluth, thus serving from 1906 un til 1910. In the issue of The Irish Standard of September 29, 1906, immediately following the convention at Winona, appeared the following sketch of Mr. Kenney which will be of interest to' our readers at this time: "Patrick Kenney, who was chosen state president for the ensuing two years at the convention held in Wi nona, is well and favorably known in Minneapolis, where he has lived for many years. He was born near Port Sarnia, Province of Ontario, Canada, May 1, 1853, and is therefore 53 years of age. In 1854 his parents settled In Dane county, Wisconsin, and in 1887 the subject of this sketch moved t6 Minneapolis, where he became a mem ber of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in the following year, casting his for tunes with Division No. 2. He served his division In various capacities thereafter Including the position of president and was its delegate to the Chicago convention In 1895 which formed the "Irish National Alliance In 1896 Mr. Kenney, with his family, moved to Mankato, taking out a trans fer and thus placing his name on the roll of Division No. 1, A. O. H. of Blue Earth county. In Mankato, as well as In Minneapolis, his activity soon brought him Into prominence and there he has served his division as secretary and president and from 1902 to 1904 was county president of the order. In 1904 he represented Blue Earth county at the national A. O. H. convention held In St. Loots and later on during the same year was chosen to the position of state vice president at the convention which was held at Stillwater. In July of the present year Mr. Kenney again represented his home county at the national conven tion held in Saratoga. Honorable in his dealings with his fellowmen he is splendid type of citizen, active and energetic, and will make a conscien tious, painstaking state presiding of ficer." On returning to Minneapolis from Mankato some years ago Mr. Kenney again resumed his membership in Division No. 2 A. O. H. and his fun eral, which was largely attended, took place under the auspices of that or ganization. The pall-bearers were T. Doyle of St. Paul, state president, John Mason, James Kelly, Felix Mc Namee, James J. Fitzgerald and J. O. Bissonette. Seton Guild Notes. Seton Guild is' to give closing hop of the season in the Lake street audi torium Tuesday evening. Every Tuesday evening since last September the Seton Guild members have given a social dancing party in the Lake street auditorium. The last of these social "hops" for this season will take place next Tuesday evening. The members will invite their friends. E. L. Cadbois will furnish the music. Seton Club at Lake Minnetonka opened for the season June 10th. A social hop will be given at the Club Saturday evening. All out door sports, swimming, tennis, rowing and hiking clubs are being formed and will be in charge of a recreational director. Re servations for week end and vacation can be made at Seton Guild, 216 So. 4th St. Another class in tennis is being or ganized and will meet on the parade grounds at 6:30 on Wednesday eve ning. The Kitten Ball Team will play ev ery Monday evening at 6:30 on the parade grounds. Among the guests at Seton Guild, the first week are the Misses Sylvia Crawford, Elizabeth Crawford, Julia O'Connor and Hazel Hermann of Min neapolis, also Miss Mary Burns and a party of friends. Miss Anna Lessnau and Miss Eleanor Lessnau of Winona, Misses Genevieve and Dorothy Mc Nally of St. Paul. The Past Presidents Club Ladies Auxiliary of the A. O. H., Hennepin County, will meet at the home of Mrs. McElIoget, 3141 James Ave. S.. Thurs day, June 17, 1920. Entertains Classmates. Miss Dorothy Shield, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Shield of Mound, entertained her classmates of St. Margaret's academy last Saturday' at an outing party. Floyd-Cibstello. The marriage of Miss Clotillo A. Cos tello, daughter of Mr. J. H. Costello, Phillip E. Floyd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Floyd, 4534 Pillsbury avenue, waB quietly solemnized Wednesday morning, June 2, at 8 o'clock at St. Clement's Catholic church. The Rev. Robert J. Fitzgerald performed the ceremony. A program of nuptial mu sic was played by Miss Mae Costello. Miss Elizabeth Webster and Mr. Har old Costello were the attendants. John W. Hayes Re-Eiected. J. W. Hays, Minneapolis, has been re-elected secretary-treasurer of the International Typographical union, ac cording to word from Indianapolis, where the vote was polled. John Mc Parland, New York, heading a "pro gressive" ticket, was chosen president of the organization with approximate ly 1,600 votes over Marsden G. Scott, president for the last six years. All other officers were re-elected. The vote was cast by the Minneap olis unions May 26 and sent to head quarters for counting. Killed By N. P. Engine. John Coleman, 87 years old, was killed instantly last Saturday night by a Northern Pacific engine when he was unable to extricate his foot from a switch frog, in which it had become caught. The accident occurred near the Northtown Junction, Thirty-third avenue northeast. The man was seen bending over the tracks by the engine crew, but they failed to realize his tragic predicament until it was too late. Coleman lived at 122 Fourteenth street. Mrs. Lynch Heads Alumnae. Miss Margaret Lynch, 2415 Garfield avenue south, was elected president of the Twin City alumnae of St. Mary's college, Prairie du Chien, Wis., at the initial meeting of the organization last Saturday evening at the Calhoun Com mercial club. Other officers named were: Vice president, Miss Cordelia Shelly secretary, Miss Meta Bontin, and treasurer, Miss Hazel Rogers. The business meeting was preceded by a banqnet and entertainment. Engagement Announced. Miss Blanche Agnes Kennedy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Kennedy, 4212 Bryant av. 8., has chosen Wednesday, Jane SO, as the E I I S S A N A date of her marriage to Walter A. Beaudoin, son of Mrs. Eveline Beau doin of this city. The wedding will take place at the Church of the In carnation, at 9 o'clock a. m. Miss Kennedy has chosen her sister, Miss Anne Kennedy, as her only attendant, and John J. Heinen will act as Mr. Beaudoin's best man. Patrick Featherstone Dead. Word was received last Monday night by J. W. Cleary, 1725 Humboldt av. S., of the death in Los Angeles of Patrick Featherstone, formerly of Min neapolis. Mr. Featherstone was a re tired railroad man and for many years made his home here, until he left for Los Angeles two years ago. He was 57 years old and is survived by his widow and two daughters. ST. PAUL Guest of Honor. Miss Marie Nielsen was guest Of honor at a kitchen shower which Miss Alice O'Leary gave at her home, 18?2 Goodrich av, St. Paul, last Thorsday. The marriage of Miss Nielsen and Da vid McGovern will take place June 15 at St. Stephen's church. Death of Mrs. Nora Pewters. After a long illness, during which she had been a most patient sufferer, Mrs. Nora Pewters, respected wife of John B. Pewters, died at the family residence, 402 Laurel avenue, last Sunday evening. Mrs. Pewters was born in Ireland. Coming to this coun try, she was married in Dubuque, Iowa, later on coming with her hus band to St. Paul in 1884. She is sur vived by her husband, two sons and two daughters, namely: John T. of Everett, Wash., Charles A. of Los An geles, Calif., Mary A. and Eleanor Pewters of St. Paul. Mrs. Pewters was a member of the Cathedral Rosary society and of la dies auxiliary, A. O. H. She had a large acquaintance in the twin cities and her cheerful, kindly nature gave her a host of warm personal friends, all of whom will sincerely regret her demise. The funeral took place from her late home Wednesday morning, services being conducted at the Cath edral at 10 o'clock. Interment fol lowed in Calvary cemetery. 8ERMONS ON LABOR BY JE8UIT DEAN DRAWS NOTABLE8. (Continued from page poured out by a human being possess ed of understanding and free will and destined for an endless life of super natural happiness. It cannot, conse quently, be placed in the same class with the commodities of trade and commerce. And since justice demands equality, the employer fallB In a funda mental duty and he is guilty of a seri ous wrong unless he gives to the la borer, by way of remuneration, that return or wage which enables him both to repair adequately the ravages wrought by toil in his strength, and to pass his existence in surroundings be fitting an intelligent and responsible agent. To take advantage of Bome unusual need, to wring from the poverty-stricken a work-contract be low their standard is to be guilty of a henious crime before the Almighty and to merit the verdict of external condemnation for fundamental injus tice and tyranny. "A third wrong in viewpoint con cerns the employment of women and children. These as affording cheap labor, have too often been the victims of avaracious employers and capital ists. The crime against the individual and against society, whose child-life is exploited, dwarfed, crushed by con scienceless monsters is so apparent that all nations are finally adopting legal measures against this shocking iniquity. "It is likewise evident that it is a crime against nature to engage women in certain forms of heavy toil. But what of the reward when women per form service equivalent to those ren dered by men? What right has any one to make a lower return, merely because they are not men? Does age change the awards of justice? Does sex enter into the calculations of equity? Justice inexorably demands a commensurate return, whenever la bor has been performed and this Inde pendent of the age or sex of the agent provided of course, that in the cases under consideration, the services are Equivalent. Laborer Must Give Faithful 8ervice. "We must not of course, overlook the duties of the employed, namely that they too are bound by the laws of justice, that they must render care ful, faithful, efficient services to their employers and that in no considera tion are they permitted, in fundamen tal equity, to sqaunder raw material, to waste time, to give inefficient labor, or to arouse hostile sentiments against those for whom they toll. "These are a few of the principles that ought to be urged upon the mod ern world If the threatened war be- tween capital and labor is to be avoid ed. How can we have a lasting peace between these two necessary agents of an industrial civilization? Only by a practical adoption of the teachings of Christianity, those teachings so well expressed in the Sermon on the Mount, the magna churta of Christian civiliza tion, in the letters of St. Paul, in the broad and comprehensive opinions of St. Augustine and St. Thomas and in the illuminating encyclicals of Leo XIII. The principles, taught by these illustrious defenders of justice, will, if practically applied, solve every prob lem of modern industrial life and re medy every wrong in our modern com mercial system." Auto 45543 Chas. E. Elmquist Jeweler 406 20th Ave. N. Minneapolis Safety Mutual Savings Banks in this country have stood the test for over 100 years and today the name "Mutual Savings Bank" stands for safety. This Bank is purely mutual and is prohibited by law from taking any commercial risks. All net earnings belong to the depositors. The Bank is under the super vision of the State of Minne sota. Famers & Mechanics Savings Baak 115 S. 4th St., Minneapolis. VOTE FOR C. B. ELLIOTT FOR CONGRESS, 5th District Has Congress Made Good? Albert L. Hershman Ex-Service Man Republican Candidate For CONGRESS 10th District Give Him a Chance Pud Advertisement by Hershman Committee, Minneapolis. Belle Plaine, Minn.—Miss Maymle C. Halloran, daughter of Mrs. John Halloran of Belle Plaine, became the bride of Frank J. Wampach of Jordan, at an interesting ceremony which was performed by Rev. Father Minogue at the church of the Sacred Heart Tues day morning of last week at 9 o'clock. Automatic 45095 Hyland 2096 Sundseth Furniture and Undertaking Co. Large Chapel in Connection 250-252 20th Ave. N. Res. Auto 46132 Minneapolis One of the most promising young men we have ever had in the politi cal race is Albert L. Hersliman, promi nent attorney of Minneapolis who is a candidate for Congress from the Tenth Congressional District. Mr. liershman is a resident of the Fourth Ward, Minneapolis, and is a candidate on the Republican ticket. He was born and1 raised on a farm In the township of Albin of this state. After living there for eight years, he moved to Minneapolis and has been a resident of the Tenth Congressional District for the past twenty^three years. After attending the Minneapolis public schools he graduated from North High School and from the Law School of the University of Minnesota. Albert L. Hershman In a declara tion in connection with his candidacy, stated that he believed that the coun try at this time needs more farms, more farm labor, more production, more economy, more vocational schools, more national preparedness, more forestatlon, more foreign trade, more ships, more trained diplomats, more Americanism, and more young men to carry on the People's causa, more enforcement of existing laws. Now is the time to clean house Put New Life Into Office Elect Young Men with Progressive Ideas Vote June 21st for