The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-22

| For more than 80 years johnson
has worked hard to build up Virginia
| and st. Louis County to make it
| place to do business, make a living
and bring up family in, that would
be desirable and permanent. He has
| done more than most others and has
| done great deal without the hope
of pay He has built up bakery
business, owns his own building and
home and has children at college, in
high school and the grades. He has
| done his share to keep his church
going, support and improve the pub
lie schools and has always been in
favor of enforcing the laws of his
town, state and country.
For many years he was Alderman,
Mayor and member of the School
| Board asd has done more than any
other man in Virginia to get school
buildings, city buildings, paved and
new street and public improvements,
ewes if he was paying bis share of
the taxes to pay for them and raised
| teachers salaries and "ity workers
| wages and Jut in the S-hour day Ter
city lab )rers.
He has ,lways been INDEPENDENT
IN politics and never under any con-
troll of any corporation or organiza-
ton, but always worked for the
workingmen and common people.
AS member of the last legislature
he voted for all bills that would be
of real benefit to tn, farmers and
laborers and for road improvements
and for all legislation that would
help to build up st. Louis County,
On this point we wish to remind you
that some unfair and false state
ments have been made against him,
claiming that he voted for the cor
porations and agains. the common
peoples interests. Such statements
are just plain lies. Space does t
permit us to show his votes on the
thousands of bills that came up, but
the official record shows his every
vote to be for progressive laws.
1t is easy for as irresponsible can
| didate to make lot of loose prom
Uses, but fair man will not try to
tell you what he is doing to accom-
plish when he knows that there are
some 200 members of the Legislature
| and a Governor to pass on laws, be-
sides himself.
Johnson is in favor of fixing auto
mobile and truck taxes at a point
that is fair to the owners and at the
same time sufficient to furnish money
enough for buildisg and keeping up
roads, wiah other incomes for such
| purposes, this includes the gas tax.
He is in favor of improving the
| present bus laws so as to protect the
passengers with insurance, give safe
| speed asd proper use of the roads
and also the regular schedules and
| connections that will best serve the
people and also give cities which
have local transportation problem
some right of regulation of bus SER
vice. He is not in favor of turning
the roads over to the irresponsible
bus operators, as the situation was
before the law placed them under
control. The people have built the
roads and they have just as much
right to use them as money making
bus companies.
He is in favor of improving the
primary election law, but not to turn
elections over to political bosses con-
trolled by corporations or selfish
cranks.
He is in favor of getting full value
for tax money used in public improv-
ments, home rule, but always in fav-
or of the man rather than the dollar.
If you want Senator with real
record as nome-maker, worker,
progressive servant of the common
people who is not a suitcase polite
ian, VOTE FOR JOHNSON for State
| Senator.