Askov American., 1930-05-22
RACE FOR u. S.
SENATORSHIP is
GETTING HEATED
BY H. G. TEIGAN

1t is apparent that the political
fight in the state will center on the
United States senatorship as far as
the primary is concerned. There are
in all, six candidates for United
States senator-three Republican, two
Farmer-Labor and one Democrat. In
the Republican primary, Governor
Christianson and Senator Schall are
the principal contenders, with John
L. Selb, the third candidate. trying to
make the contest more interesting by
injecting the wet issue as a means
of embarrassing his opponents.
The blind senator was the first OF
the three to open his campaign. He
delivered half-hour talk over WCCO
on April "a The talk was a clever
appeal for votes and was devoid of the
coarse methods which usually charac-
terize Schall's campaigning. 1t was
apparent from this first talk of Mr..
Schalls that he hoped to ride back
into office on the coat tails of his
Farmer-Labor colleague, Senator
Henrik ShipStead.
81 have been with Senator Ship
stead for these years in the senate"
ne said. II have watched him care
fully. My vote has always been in
accord with his"
The senator is an expert in the
art of campaigning. His blindness
has served him well and though an
unfortunate affliction. has been the
means of bringing him thousands of
votes in the past.
Schall Lengthens Speech.
The Schall radio speech was printed
in the Congressional Record on May
~. The printed speech is several
times the original in length and as
Charles Cheney of the Minneapolis
Journal puts it, those who heard the
Schall speech over WCCO didn't
hear nothin'." In the printed speech,
which will no doubt pretty soon make
its appearance i'm Minnesota via the
frank route, Schall attacks Christian
sons record as governor. The Coch-
ran gold note swindle is the head
liner on the Schall program. The
Foshay 'flotations" for which the
governor is blamed the Ten Thou
sand Lakes Muskrat Farms, Qnc.)
which caused the disappearance of
''two million dollars from the pockets
of the people by and with the advice
and consent of the governors virtu-
Gus state securities commission" re-
ceived prominent mention in the
speech to be franked.
There are other charges made, one
of which will at least find a sympa-
thetic response among the voters. 1t
is the criticism of w. I. Norton, whom
ISchall designates as ''the real COVER
nor" OF course Mr.. Schall did not
overlook the opportunity to bring in
his old friend, Ed Backus, whom he
charges with being the principal back
er of Governor Christianson in the
present senatorial contest. 1t is not
altogether a secret, however, that
Backus is about as friendly to the
governor as he is to Schall.
Governor Changes Front.
Governor Christianson made a very
clever opening address and the Min
nesota voters have perhaps not yet
gotten over wondering when he
changed from being conservative
Republican to one of the progressive
variety. His radio address was sur
prisingly radical for a man of his
political antecedents and probably
operated to make him some votes.
Incidentally, he took a fall out of
Schall for having voted for the Haw-
ley-Smoot tariff bill on final passage.
He stated that if he had been a men,
ber of the senate he would have voted
against the passage of the bill
The Rock County Herald, edited by
A. o. Moreaux, published an expose"
of Schall's record in the senate as
compared to that of his colleague,
Senator Shipstead. There are II roll
calls noted in the write-up on which
Schalls and Shipstead's votes are
compared. The Herald editor says:
"On March 10. 1925, Schall voted to
confirm Charles B. Warren. attorney
for the sugar trust, as attorney gen.
eral of the United States. Shipstead
on the other hand voted against con-
firmation.
ION February 8. 1926. Shipstead
voted for the Norris amendment to
the revenue bill to give publicity to
income tax returns. Schall voted
against publicity.
ION February 26, 1926. Schall was
paired against Senator Walsh's reso-
luton to investigate the aluminium
trust Senator LaFollette announced
that Shipstead, il present, would have
voted for it," Incidentally, the Alum
mum Company of America is con-
trolled by Andrew Mellon, secretary
or the treasury. Mr.. Moreaux asks:
why didn't Schall want the Alum
mum Trust investigator"
1t is also shown that. Schall voted
for the McFadden branch banking
bill, while Shipstead voted against it
Schall is now attacking branch bank
ing.
The Moreaux expose" also cites
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