The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-10-09
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 9, 1924

t1OnS in the city OF Minneapolis and the
kind of an administration the council
is giving the city.
I made this investigation personally
because Floyd Olson, candidate of the
So called "Farmer-Labor" party for
address here stated that the present.
city council of his home city of Min
neapolis is "Farmer-Labor council:
that its administration Of the city is
praise-w worthy and that if elected gov
ernor 1T would be his ambition to give
to the city as good an administration
as the council is giving to Minneapo-
lis.
AS stated in the first installment of
this story, 1 went to Minneapolis to
find out for myself what kind of an
administration this council has been
of my investigation last week it will
be recalled 1 found
That Mr.. Olson was correct in stat
ing to us at the county fair that his
political associates are in control of
the Minneapolis council.
That the basis for his claim is that
the Minneapolis city council is COM
pletely controlled by fourteen men who
are all close to Mr.. Olson in a politi-
cal way.
That these fourteen men are social
lists, radical labor leaders and L. w.
VS..
That they are not only Mr.. Olson's
close political associates in Minneap-
brought him out for governor and who
are now managing his campaign in
his home city.
That the leading 1. w. w. of the
council is Alderman I. G.. Scott and
that this is the man whom Mr.. Oh
son picked out to be his personal rep
resentative on the state central COM
mittee of the Farmer Labor party. So
called.
That this council majority is giving
the city a reckless business admins
nd
doubling up and there appears to be
little consideration for the principles
That there is every reason to be-
lieve if Mr.. Olson is elected govern
or, the influences that will be domi
nant at the City Capitol will be the
Minneapolis city council and with
which he is closely associate political
This week 1 wish to show another
phase of the activities of this Social
lst-radical labor majority of the coun-
Gil, made up as it is of Mr. Olson's
men sponsoring his campaign for the
governorship in his home city and
county.
Do Farmers of Todd County Want
This Kind of Policy Extended.
l found that it is the avowed and
open policy of the Minneapolis coun-
Gil majority, composed as it is of Mr..
Olsons close political associates, to
force every activity possible of the
city into the union camp. This does
not mean to force it under the lead
ers, but under the leadership of the
socialist and radical leaders of union
ism. So pronounced is this policy and
so active is the council majority in
pushing it that if the influence of these
men, now at the head of the Olson
campaign in Minneapolis, should be
transferred to the management of the
state, it would result, l am certain, in
labor policies certain to cost the farm
ers and other taxpayers dearly. Let
me give few illustrations.
The George Demos Case
All cafes, restaurants, theatres and
other similar places of business in the
city can operate only as they secure
such places to be licensed. The coun-
Gil leaders late in 1928 started to put
into, effect scheme whereby they
would not issue license to any such
proprietor unless he would agree to
unionize his place of business. This
scheme if successfully inaugurated
unionized every one of these thous-
ands of establishments in the city. AS
a political move it was of far-reaching
Importance and calculated to complete
of the city the Socialist radical labor
leaders controlling the council.
The seo first move to put this c scheme in
mos in January, 1924, applied for a
license to operate a cafe. The record
shows that. Demos had fully complied
with all the requirements necessary
to operate a cafe, including the re-
quirements of the health ordinance.
Demos went into court in order to Sc
he had in the world was invested in
his little cafe property. However, his
walters and other help were not union
help. When Demos applied for his
could not have a license unless. he
would unionize his help. He declined
to do that and his license was refused.
cure his rights, which are the rights
of any American citizen, and by court
action forced the council to give him
his license. 1t. might be said that
council refused him his license, but the
court records, which 1 examined, show
that the license was refused him SOLE
fused to unionize his cafe. The judge
in ordering the council to give Demos
his license. among other things, said,
this statement being taken from the
official court records:
I think the REALTORS (DemosD
uncontradicted evidence sustains
the effect that the refusal of his
license was arbitrary and capri
cious. 1t is true that judicial
determination must be based upon
record; but in the interpreta-
tion of a record a judge need
not blind himself to notorious
facts relating to public aHalrS In
the community in which he lives.
If an intelligent jury sat in this
case it would know that major
ity group in the city council
usually act together in matters
where the interests of organized
labor are believed to be in
volved, and that this is the group
which voted to deny Demos his
license. This well known fact,
and the incidents of the two coun-
Gil meetings in which Demos two
applications were acted on, make
up setting for the case which
would be legitimately useful to
a jury in an attempt to make a
lust estimate Of the action now
in question The court may prop
same setting: and so viewed 1T
LEADS TO THE CLEAR CON
CLUSIONs THAT THIS LICENSE
WAS DENIED BECAUSE DEMOS
HAD NOT MADE A SATISFAC-
TORY AGREEMENT WITH THE
UNION The denial was there
fore an abuse of discretion. 1t
was the duty of the city council
to authorize and direct the comp
troller to issue the license. The
relator is wronged, and since he
I. has no other redress, Amandamus
is the proper remedy.
NfcOlett Hotel Case
The Nicollet Hotel was built this
summer in Minneapolis as public co.
operative project, funds for the hotel
being subscribed by popular SuDscr1p-