The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-07-27
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erals interests do not soon desist in
their efforts to frame" a house and
senate calculated to put over legls-
lative program that Will be responsive
to their particular needs there is liza
BILE to be trouble. Warnings of dan
ger ahead have been sounded by party
leaders, but so far without any MOTTO
Many house and senate members ang-
cred at attempts to interfere are
threatening to carry the matter di-
rect to the voters and If such becomes
next winter The Twin Cities are
the chief stamping ground of those
engaged in the legislative s'Framing"
act. Picking candidates for the legls-
dividual 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 mix
suffered as a result. Now with the
primaries over these same individuals
and groups are at it again and in each
Anstance their own selfish interests are
the only thing they have in mind.
The legislative results sought run
all the way from birth control to pub
lie dancing supervision while those ac-
tive in the framing" game are gen.
orally individuals who have found
new way Of providing themselves with
a needed meal ticket. The honey pots
in some instances are said to be quite
large. That Gov. Preus is not una
now on and the danger in good gov
eminent way is known, Chas. r
Adams, chairman Of the Republican
State Central Committee does not take
kindly to some Of the tactics used and
1t is said has on several occasions
voiced his opposition in no uncertain
way. He insists that the voters are
fully qualified to select their legisla-
tive members without outside inter-
ference and that If such is continued
1T will reflect IN party way. He Is
not opposed to any united effort to put
recognized radical legislative candi-
dates out of the running, but he is
against the present individual move
ment in which selfish control is the
chief object.
AS the days slip by and the period
for active campaigning approaches the
chief object of the Townley forces
and the Nonpartisan Leagues new po-
litical creation, the Farmer-Labor par
Kellogg's official scalp and control Of
the legislature is the big idea and
everything else is to be sacrificed for
these these two 3,a AS for landing Magnus
nor, the leaders admit that such is i'm
possible, while as to the candidates
for the minor state voices their only
idea in offering them was to keep the
always been the dominant feature of
the Towmley plan and he seems to
have brought his Minnesota followers
around to his way of thinking this
posing any undue expenditures for the
Farmer-Labor ticket as a whole and
In his organization 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 may be said of Townley he
is an organizer in the fullest sense of
the word and since his resignation as
the head Of the Nonportisan League
he has been directing his entire time
to organization work. While the in
formation obtainable is vague it is
said Townley has been quite success
full and has considerably enriched the
League treasury in the way Of mem
bership subscriptions.
In speaking. of the radical move
ment and its chief hacker, the Nonpar-
tisan League, the tendency has been to
list 1T among the things that are pass
ing. The League. however, is not
ism is waning in those sections where
1T was formerly strong was indicated
two weeks ago when Magnus Johnson.
livered his keynote speech at Alexan-
dria to crowd that numbered less
than 300, but that it is securing a
foothold in other. districts where 1t
nSoiSu puI 1ilIle IN past years Is
found in the new League subscription
lists. Staunch Republican sections in
the First and Second congressional dis
tricts are the new fields of Operation
and they are being thoroughly secured
Tor recruits. In these two sections
the League Is particularly active in a
legislative way and is backing candi-
dates favorable to its cause to the
Gov. Preus has returned to the
state capitol after a busy week spent
In Washington where he conferred with
President Harding and Senators KEEL