The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-12-25
The County Chairman
(By Vance Chapman0

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What the Office seekers and the
politicians would do without the Farmer
is question. What the two would DO
if agriculture was suddenly lifted from
the nations growing list of economic
ills and problems is beyond the most
of us. Sitting in at the hearing being
held at the State Capitol IN connectlon
with charges of misconduct, flleo Win
Gov. Olson against the State Railroad
and Warehouse Commission, TINS
thought prompts itself: What II
and more Ifs" Texas Guinan's famous
night club greeting, Hello Sucker,
persists in intruding. Those under nre
are. o. P. B. Jacobson, F. w. Mattson,
and C. j. LauriSch, members OF the
commission and incidently, the Far
mer's Union Terminal Association OF
st. Paul. The three Commissioners are
Republican in politics. State Senator
Gerald T. Mullin of Minneapolis made
the complaint and he demands the
removal of the three commissioners II
found guilty. Viewed from the SIDE
lines the whole thing has pretty much
the ear marks of a contest for the ex-
elusive possession and milking OF that
admittedly juicy tid-bit, Old Man Grain
Grower, with bunch of Tri-City grain
operators representing the outs ana
so-called farmers cooperative organl-
cation, backed by Government money,
sitting pretty. Where the Commission
comes in has not yet developed. Prob
ably for scenery or atmosphere. That
some rather raw grain mixing ana
plugging" has been INDUCED IN by
those in control of the elevators In
question has been brought out, but as
such is general and said to be
common practice at that, the Com
mission is not criminally involved.
What Gov Olson expects to get out
of the hearing, in which he has the
power of removal from office of the
three Commissioners, which he claims,
is considered doubtful and this feature
of the controversy makes his position
all the more mystifying. Some say his
objective is an opening for Farmer
Labor commission and others that the
hearing will provide needed material
for his next campaign. Henry G..
Tiegen, a prominent Farmer-Laborite
has already announced his candidacy
for a place on the Commission.
Hello Sucker" still persists.
Self appointed candidates for the
Republican nomination for the several
state offices will not have it all their
own way next year. Faced with party
Generalization and tired of the grow
ing habit of any one possessed Of $50,
which is the primary filing fee, and
nerve enough to call himself Re
publican, entering the primary lists, be-
tween forty and fifty of the Faithful
met in st. Paul recently and decided
upon a Republican state endorsing
convention. The call will be issued by
E. L. Mcmillan, state chairman, and
the convention will be held some time
next March. The gathering will con-
fine its work and deliberations to q
state ticket and state issues only. The
st. Paul meeting was the idea of Claude
IL hAdChcliZlc VI odylOAO, NotAoAicbA
Republican Committeeman and is re-
garded as one of the most important
political happenings of the year. The
state wide primary law under which
party candidates for the several state
offices are at present selected was a
product of Former Governor Eber-
hart's regime and should have had as
its title, AN Act for the Wrecking of
Major Political Parties" for that is
about all it has accomplished since its
passage in 1892. Conceived in sin
and born in iniquity-it was brewery
creation-the law has in every way
realized its foul conception. And the
best of it is that the drys and the high
and moral of its period fell for the
deception. As a successor to the con-
vention method of selecting candidates
the new order of things long ago put
the democrats in the discard and now
has the Republican hosts webbing.
The last Ct. o. P. state ticket endorS-
ing convention was the one that named
former Gov. Preus as its standard
bearer and the ticket was a winner.
Such is again possible and those be-
hind the convention idea hope for q
repetition. The gubernatoriaI choice
Republican will likely be surprise to
many, but it can be said in advance
that whoever he is he will be one that