The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-11-19
TED AROUSES WRATH OF
POLITICIANS

Ofttntimes promises of political re-
form made by candidate during the
heat of a campaign are for use dur
ing the campaign only and after the
candidate is safely seated in office
these pledges are conveniently for
gotten.
In fact a candidate who conscient-
iously and strenuously endeavorS to
put through an economy program
promised the voters before election
must Surmount many obstaclts in the
mounting of which he makes many
enemies.
When Ted Christensen announced
his candidacy for governor on an
economy program the country pub
fishers of Minnesota knew that if Mr.
Christensen was elected governor he
would use every influence at his COM
mand to make good that promise.
The enactment of the states eco
nomic reorganization plan has re-
suited in the displacing of many Of
ficials and has curtailed powers of
other officials.
The Herald is not in entire SYM
pathy with that portion Of the law
which apparently delegates practical
control to officers appointed by the
governor over officers elected by the
people. The system has been in OPP
Grafton too short a time to demon
strate just how valuable it will be to
the State. On the whole the plan is
right.
The governor is more of scrapper
than tactician, and according to
Charles B. Cheney of the Minneapo-
lis Journal, his enemies are seeking
to center on a man who will make
strong candidate against Mr.. Chris
tianson next year.
Many of the men in the old Preuss
machine were let out; many others
who felt they were entitled to a
place at the pie counter were not
taken care of; hence the soreness.
The "Wets" of the state are not ex-
actly enthusiastic over Gov. Christ
ianson. Last year they got behind
Mayor George Leach of Minneapolis
and in the primary campaign he
made quite formidable showing.
George is said to be the hope of the
-Christianson forces next year.
The Kluxers are absolutely opposed
to Leach and it is said that they are
not particularly enamored with Mr..
Christianson and they will likely
have man to their liking in the race.
A week or two ago Gov. Christian
son invited the wrath of the chairman
of the Hennepin county Republican
committee when he refused to reap
point a deputy boiler Inspector for
that district. The records show that
this job paid the beneficiary about
1900 per year in fees. The gov
ernor felt that the boiler inspector
was not worth twice as much as a
Supreme Court Justice of the state,
and he appointed another gentleman
who has agreed to turn back into the
state treasury all of his fees in ex-
cess of $4,000 per year and his nee
essary expenses.
1t is just such stunts as these which
has made many of the politicians sore
at the governor.
Generally speaking, when condi-
tons are normal over the state the
sentiment in one rural section is not
vastly different from the sentiment
of another section. The sentiment
along "Main Street" indicates that
the people of this community, regard
less of their political utilization, are
pretty we'll satisfied with Gov. Chris
Hanson. They believe in him, in
fact.
The governors friends claim that
he has lost the regular politicians and
all the support he has left is the peo-
pie of the state. Ted may be wrong
occasionally, but he is honest and
fearless and is no sense trimmer"
The man who can defeat him in the
primaries next year has not yet been
named.