The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-07-28

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several interests do not soon deslst
in their efforts to Crane" house
and senate calculated to put over a
legislative programe that will be
responsive to their particular needs
there is liable to be trouble. Warn
inps of danger ahead have been
sounded by party leaders, but so
far without any noticeable impress
sion on those concerned. Many
house and senate members angGred
at attempts to interfere are threat
ening to carry the matter direct to
the voters and if such becomes gen
eral someone is liable to be hurt
next winter. The Twin Cities are
the chief stamping ground of those
engaged in the legislative Fran
ing" act. Picking candidate for the
legislature favorable to some par
ticular individual or group with a
legislative ak to grind began with
the primaries and was responsible
for no end of trouble. In several
instances there was a miXup and
some really good candidates suffered
as a result. Now with the prim-
aries over these same individuals
and groups are at it again and IN
each instance their own selfish in
terests are the only thing they have
in mind. The legislative results
sought run all the way from birth
control to public dancing supervi-
sion while those active in the "fram-
ing" game are generally individuals
who have found new way of pro-
viding themselves with a needed
meal ticket. The honey pots in
some instances are said to be cutie
large. That Gov. Preus is not un-
aware of the many framing" STUNTS
now on and the danger in a good
government way is known. Chas.
R. Adams, chairman of the Repub-
lican State Central Committee does
not take kindly to some of the tao
tics used and it is said has on sew
eral occasions voiced his opposition
in no uncertain way. He insists
that the voters are fully qualified
to select their legislative members
without outside interference and
that if success is continued it will
reflect in a party way. He is not
opposed to any united effort to put
recognized readical legislative can
didates out of the running, but he
is against the present individual
movement in which selfish control
is the chief object.
AS the days slip by and the
ioroi
proaches tn chief object of the
Townley forces and the Nonpartisan
Leagues new political creation, the
Farmer-Labor party becomes more
apparent. Senator Kellogg's official
scalp and control of the legislature
is the big idea and everything else
is to be sacrificed for these two.
As for landing Magnus Johnson,
their candidate for governor, the
leaders admit that such is impos-
sible, while as to the candidates for
the minor state offices their only
idea in offering them was to keep
the party slate intact. Centraliza-
ton has always been the dominant
feature of the Townley plan and he
seems to have brought his Mime
sofa followers around to his way
of thinking this time. 1t is known
that Townley is opposing any undue
expenditures for the Farmer-Labor
ticket as a whole and in his organ
ization work to date has insisted on
the banking of all moneys taken in
for the two big drives, that of the
senatorship and the legislature.
Whatever word and since his re-
signation as the head of the Non
partisan League he has been direct
ing his entire time to organization
work. While the information OBJ
tainable is vague it is said Townley
has been quite successful and has
considerably enriched the League
treasury in the way of membership
subscriptions.
In speaking of the radical move
ment and it's chief hacker, the Nom
partisan League, the tendency has
been to list it among the things
that are passing. The League,
however, is not dead by any means.
That Townleyism is waning in those
sections where it was formerly
strong was indicated two weeks ago
when Magnus johnson, the League
candidate for governor, delivered
his keynote speech at Alexandria