Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-04-14
DISTRICT PRESIDENT REPLIES

letter of March % which was pub
lished in the press of the county,
it appears that he was sort of
peeved because he had been
asked regarding his vote on GER
tain measures by the w. C.. T..
U. A private reply was asked
for he says. But did anyone OBJ
ject to a public reply? In fact
it would be far better if he would
tell something more in his letters
than about what singing societies
are visiting the capitol, about the
visit of Nicholas Murray Butler,
continually extending invitations
to come and visit him at the cap
itol, beginning his public letters
with my dear friends" and end
ing them with sincerely your
servant" Come on out of the
shell and say something. Don't
write these letters just for pub
licity sake.
Mrs. Adella May Norton, Pine
City, president of the Sixteenth
District of the w. C. T. U. in
Minnesota, wrote as follows in the
two Pine City papers Of last week:
Mr.. Therrien says he received a
letter from Askov w. C. T. U. asking
for a reply as to how he voted on
House File No. 1T (Which bill would
allow the people of the state to have
o rio fN tho ly.x,
question at the next election.) Mr..
Therrien also states that Askov w. C.
T. U. asked him to vote and use his
influence against House File No. us
(this is horse racing bill and would
permit horse racing in the cities of
the first class which of course would
be st. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth)
and that he voted for this bill because
it would encourage horse breeding in
the state and he believes this would
be a good thing.
My knowledge of the bill is that it
is bill to establish a Racing Com
mission in the state, to regulate horse
racing, and to legalize the operation
1llu use VI PAL llHuCud1 IudChluCS III
connection with horse racing
I also wrote to Mr.. Therrien asking
him to vote and use his influence
against this bill blouse File No. 715)
but did not ask for reply but feel
that Mr.. Therrien has answered me
by hitting me over Askov's shoulder.
I wish to say that Askov is one of
my unions, in fact the babe" of Dist.
16 w. C. T. u. of Minnesota and l
am glad to note that they are wide
awake and interested in these vital
questions and we as w. C. T. U. work
ers ought to be able to write to our
representative and ask him to vote
as we wish he would and if we can't
we had better look around and see
who we have up in our legislative
halls.
He further states there are other
matters pending in the legislature at
this time that are far more import
ant to the morals of the young
people than these matters and he
wonders why the w. C. T. U. have not
been interested in same.
Perhaps there is truth in this
statement but we do know that we are
interested in this bill blouse File
No. 715) and we know it is vicious
bill and we feel it should have
been voted against and suppressed by
our representative if possible.
If the w. C. T. u. of Minnesots
was an organization of no Importance
and did not stand for something ther
all would be different.
But our motto is For God ant
Home and Every Land" and if oul
representative or anyone else think:
we, as w. c. T. U. ladies, can stand
back and say nothing when question.
like these come up they are mistaken