The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-06-15
On This
Occasion
Just few thoughts by the Editor on things
Material and Immaterial.

The Eighth District Farmer-Labor
bunch are at loggerheads with them
selves. The Eveleth convention called
by someone with an AK to grind NOM
mated a man named Anderson from
Cherry as the Congressional candi-
date. The regular convention NOM
mated VIM. L. Cars. Now comes the
state headquarters with the announce
ment that the Eveleth convention was
not legal and the party is not in
honor bound to support the nominee
of that convention and thas all good
F. L. voters should rally to the support
of Mr.. Cars. Anderson in his cam
paign utterances says the present con-
gresham did nothing for the party
while in office and now we are pa
tiently waiting for some one to tell
us exactly what was expected by the
party and what any F. L. congressman
could have done for the party or the
district with only himself and two
others of the same faith in congress.
Playing a lone hand, it seems that
Congressman Cars did a whole lot
when he secured the money for the
Duluth postoffice and the coast guard
station for Grand Marais On the
same basis with the whole Republican
congress behind him. his predecessor
should have secured about everything
needed for the district during his in
cumbency, including a poStoffie and
government building for every city in
it and coolies of appropriations for
harbors.
Monday, June 10, is the fateful day
and after that we will see who is on
the ballot for the November elections.
There is not one iota OF doubt but
what Governor Christensen will be
the nominee on the Republican tick
ct. His opposition is Geo. Simpson,
who is making a campaign against
Governor Ted and is talking himself
to death in the opinion of the voters.
George has nothing constructive to Of
fer in his platform and is trying to
ride to popular favor on campaign
of criticism of Governor ChriStlanson'S
administration, principally on his
economy measures. Everybody is not
a unit in believing that the economy
matter has been for the salvation OF
the state but the larger part believe
that the measure has been Of benefit
and that the future will show this to
be the case. The economy program
does not set like a shining light in
the eyes of numerous employees and
ex-employees of the state-house. How
ever a reduction of expenditures OF
nearly a million dollars in the last
two years of the present adminiStra-
ton will not reconcile the voter to
anyone but Gov Ted.
And, there is Andrew Nelson of Du-
luth who is a candidate for Governor
on the Democratic ticket, and Ernest
Lundeen of Minneapolis and DR.. A. l..
Fritchie of New Ulm on the Farmer
Labor ballot Lundeen is a volunteer
in the ranks of the F. L. bunch and
DIR. Fritchie was drafted to lead the
forlorn hope The F. L. party tried
in every way to side-track Ernest but
it was no use. He was set on run
ming and nothing could stop him.
Neither of these candidates expect to
do more than mess up some nice clean
talley sheets. There seems to be a
growing suspicion that only one Of
the mentioned candidates has the
ghost of a chance and that is Cover
nor Christianson.
Without doubt, the Shagwa Lake
road on the north side of the lake is
the finest driveway in the state at the
present time. Hundreds of cars daily
and nightly make the trip around the
lake and not only once but every time
the occasion offers. This scenic drive
was made possible by the untiring en-
ergy of u. S. G.. McMahan while he
was county commissioner. This is not
the only road credited to Grant Nc
Mahan as in all he built something
like 300 miles of good road during his
incumbency. While the county COM
missioners are numbering all roads for
the convenience of the travelling pub
lie, we believe that this Shagwa road
in addition to the number, be named
the "McMahan Boulevard" as a tribute
to Mr.. McMahan. Do we hear a Sec
cond?
No. Marguerite? Every man or wom-
an you see travelling the streets of
the city carrying a brief case is not a
lawyer. He may be of the legal pro-
fession, a secretary of something or
other or a peddler of sox, stocks or
what have you. He may also be a
candidate for office.
A female witness in a trial recently
said she thought the couple were mar
ried. Not because they cooed and bill
ed all the time but because they
fought continually, that the man fire.
uuently beat the woman and that the
two were forever having some kind of
a scene.
AS all the candidates for Senator
have come out fiat footed for the sew
eral measures of Importance to this
section of the country it looks to us as
If the voter will exercise his personal
preferences when he goes to the polls
next Tuesday to nominate. No mis-
take will be made in voting for either
of the candidates. There are three