The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-06-29

electing legislators in Minnesota has
little to commend it to thinking peo-
pie Voters should register their
views in respect to party principles at
the polls and should not be primarily
required to choose between a large
number of persons who have set
themselves up as being specially fit
ted to care for the public interest.
| At any rate Farmer Laborites
would do well to consider the PROPOSE
ton of returning to the partisan sys-
tenn of electing legislators. They
may find themselves in the peculiar
position of having a governor of their
choice but legislature of far differ
ent political compleXion.M Many Farm
er-Labor candidates for the state leg
islature fell by the wayside at the
primary in districts that will return
a majority vote for those candidates
in November.
Those candidates were defeated be-
cause their supporters did not parti-
cipate in the primary. And the FL
voters did not go to the polls to vote
because of the lack of any active con-
test within the party at the primary.
Full Slate Congressional Candidates
The Farmer-Labor party has full
slate of candidates for state and con-
gressional offices this year. This is
in fact the first time since the party
was organized that a full slate of
nominees has been put into the field.
In all but the fifth, sixth, eighth and
tenth districts there were no party
contests for the nomination for con-
gress.
: In the fifth district Ferdinand John
son defeated " R. Dunno and Ruby
Smith-Dehnel. John Knutson of ST.
Cloud defeated Carl E. Taylor in the
Sixth Congressman VIM. L. Carss
was renominated over ]. w. Anderson
in the eighth and C. R. Hedlund won
the nomination over John Gabriel Sol
tbs in the tenth.
Shipstead Has Opposition
Farmer-Labor congressional nom
inees who were named without con
test in the primary are: P. d. Ostby
of Mansfield in the first; Austin Ker
shaw of Minneapolis in the second
Henry Arens of Jordan in the third
Howard Y. Williams of st. Paul il
! the fourth; 0. j. Kvale of Benson IL
the seventh; Knud Wefald of Haw
ley in the ninth.
Senator Shipstead will be oppose
by Arthur E. Nelson of St. Paul, re
publican, and G. F. eastman of 81
Cloud, democrat, at the general cleo
m ton.
The situation is quite satisfactor
N to the Farmer-Labor folks. Tn
4 lines are going to be closely drawn
III That is what is most desired. Chris
II tianson and Nelson will work mos
III tremendously together. 1t is we
III known that the governor was anxiou
II to have Nelson named instead Q
II Roclne or Burnquist. The perfeC
II alignment on the Republican side wi
II be met by just as perfect an aligr
II ment on the Farmer-Labor side
II Norton Dominates
III Of course there are plenty of RI
publicans who are not enthusiast
over either Christianson or Nelson
H Both of these men belong to the ne
II faction dominated by w. l. Norto
and that fact does not appeal to eitl
er big Ed. Backus or big Ed. Smitl
II These two powerful politicians loo
iii upon Norton as an intruder and d
II spise the Governor for his failure
III recognize them as the voice of al
HI thority. But it must be said in d
Hi tense of the Governor that he HI
Hi more correctly sensed the source
authority and power by holding /
seances with Mr.. Norton than wou
be true if he sought out either Back
or Smith. In the writer's opinion t
proper man to tap the interest f
III funds in behalf of Republican ca
didate for governor or senator in t
year 1928 is w. 1. Norton rather tn
either of the gentlemen named aboV
llF Hoover a Handicap
iii The Hoover candidacy for preside
III will not be an asset to the repub
cans in Minnesota this year as t
Coolidge candidacy was four yea
ago. Hoover is an enemy of fal
relief. He will veto another bill
the McNary Haugen variety just
" Coolidge has twice done. And
III farmers know it.
The Republicans will find sleddi
tough in Minnesota next Novemb
Conditions are far from favora
for them putting it over the farm
once more. A united effort on
part of Farmer-Laborites from C;
. didates to precinct workers will, hi
ever, be necessary to do the busin