Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-10-06
BIG CROWD HEARS
DEMOCRATIC ]! Nc R TALKS

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EDWARD NDREHUs AND ANNA
D. OLSEN STRESS SALIENT
POINTS IN CAMPAIGN.
People of Little Falls and vicinity
had the opportunity Tuesday evening
OF hearing two ringing speeches, by
the democratic candidate for U. s.
senator, Mrs. Anna .Dickie Olesen, and
Edward 1ndrehus, democratic candi-
date for governor of Minnesota, at the
court house here. The court room
was jammed to the doors and extra
seats on the rostrum were filed
Many people who came few minutes
late were unable to get in. If the
applause given the speakers, and the
expression on the faces of the hearers
at the close of the meeting and the
numerous comments made since are
any criterion these two candidates are
going to be given a wonderful vote
here on November z. Peter J. Vas
ally, democratic county chairman,
presided at the meeting and intro
duced the speakers. g.
= Mr.. 1ndrehus was first to speak and
he devoted nearly an hours time to
g discussion of issues in the CUB
ernatonal campaign. He first spoke
OF the great resources of the state OF
minnesota, remarking that after
: travelling ~er the state for a period
OF weeks as he has done one cannot
help but notice these resources, chief
among which are the great iron
ranges of the north, the wonderful
stands Of timber, the fertile valleys
of the central and southern part of
the state. Greater than all these,
however, is our citizenship, the man.
hood and womanhood of the state, he
said. The development has been re-
markable when one considers that Is
to 80 years ago this state was COM
parative wilderness and today it is
great country with wealth. No
parallel can be found in the his
tory of the entire world This heri-
tage is handed down to us with obliga>
tions among which is the duty of
suffrage.
Speaking of taxation and bureau
cracy as associated with the present
state administration Mr.. Indrehus re-
marked that at every meeting of tht,
state legislature additional Offices ara
created and more costs added to the
already heavy burden of the people of
Minnesota. It has gotten to the state
where the people say something must
be done to ease this burden Of taxa,
ton, The big papers tell us that the
taxes are less and yet it is an actual
fact that the state expenses have in.
creased by millions of dollars Ths
creation of naW Offices has gone so far
as to include even state legislators, in
direct violation Of the law. The rea.
son for this is that the political ma
chine has to create More jobs so as to
perpetuate itself in control. To illus
trate how new appointive jobs have
been created by the present admins
tration Mr.. Indrehus mentioned the
state board of control. During the
campaign Of two years ago the Repub.
lican candidate for governor said that
he would put woman on the state
bOarG of control when the term of
present member expired. He was
elected and his promise to reappoint
the man in whose place he had pre-
viously promised to place woman
resulted in his going before the legis-
lature and securing the passage of a
bill increasing the personnel of the
board from three to five members.
To show that the present governor
is with the interests and against the
people Mr.. 1ndrehus called attention
to the Brooks-Coleman bilL which ths
governor supported and signed This
law, intended for the control of the
street railway systems in Minnesota,
took the power out Of the hands of the
people and put it in the hands of a
few men. At the close of the legisla-
tive session at which this bill was
passed the attorneys for the Street
railways promptly took advantage of
the law and made application for in
creased rates. In spite of the fact
that the people of Minnesota showed
that the street railway companies
earnings we're sufficient they were
granted the increases. The city Of
Minneapolis employed valuation ex-
pert who found that two million dol
lars collected from the people by the
street railway companies was spent
in politics and furthermore that
prominent men and allies of the COM
panies had received sums as high as
$4,000 from these corporations.
Mr.. 1ndrehus came out very en-
phatically as being opposed to the
system of state constabulary propos-
ed by the present governor. He said
that there was recently appointed by
the governor committee to study
crime in this state and they are
getting ready to meet as the election
is drawing near to prepare to ask the
people of Minnesota for the creation
of state constabulary. If a bill
like this passes at the next session
Of the legislature the governor him;
self will take charge of the police sys-
tenn in this state. Manitoba has abol.
ished this system; it has been dis
grace in Pennsylvania; it has been
used as tool in the hands of politi-
clans to further their own ambitions;
in all the old countries of Europe tha,
had such systems they have failed.
Another detrimental law that the
present governor sponsored and
which lis now on the statutes of this
state is the iron ore tonnage tax law,
Mr.. Indrehus said. In this law, pass
ed by the last legislature, peculiar
clause was inserted which has re-
suited not in an increase but de-
crease in taxes on a natural resource
| of the state which is fast disappear
ing. Not only was the bill bad one
in this respect but it Disseminated
against the communities that are the
source of supply of the ore and should
reap the most benefit.