Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-06-09
DEMOCRATS GIVE
VIEWS ON ISSUES
Delegation Headed by DR.. Van Dyke,
Candidate for Governor, Heard at
Pine City Monday.

were ulSCuSScu dt IuC 1NooAiiSoA poA n
in Pine City Monday afternoon by can
didates for state offices and congress-
at-large, headed by DR.. A. A. Van
Dyke of st. Paul, regular candidate
for governor on the Democratic ticket.
The only speaker scheduled to be
there who was unable to be present
was Einar Hoidale of Minneapolis,
candidate for congress-at-large. E. A.
Holmes of Onamia, another candidate
for congress-at-large on the Demo-
cratic ticket, spoke in place OF Mr..
HOidale.
Callahan Introduces.
DR.. F. F.. Callahan of the Pokegama
sanatOrium, whose adherence to the
Democratic principles dates back to
his first vote in the state of Mary
land where his ancestors were Demo-
Gratis for several generations, was
duced the speakers. all but the last
one, DR.. Van Dyke. who was intro
duced by Viggo Justesen of Askov.
Pine county's candidate for railroad
and warehouse commissioner.
Mr.. Holmes said that the Farmer
Labor party is a third party, only a
state party. and emphasized the i'm
portance of having congressman
elected on a national ticket in order
to get recognition in Congress. He
added however, that he was not in
any way trying to discount the work
of Senator Shipstead and Congress
man Kvale. The speaker cited the
work of Van Dyke as commander of
the state Legion and the work of Sem
ator Walsh of Montana, in taking
down Forbes and landing him in the
federal prison for two years. He said
the veterans have been hit on the
nose so often. Mr. Holmes said that
Van Dyke has excellent recommended
tions from the Legion, Herman john
shoy, candidate for lieutenant COVER
nor. is constructive for the farmers
movements; Einar Hoidale is 1000
on the square, very good attorney
and high grade citizen: and Anna
Dickie Olesen, candidate for congress-
at-large, has done much for the lib
eral movement in Minnesota, being
the one who showed up kellogg in the
campaign of 1922 when she was can
didate for the United States Senate
and when Shipstead was first elected.
Interest and Taxes are Issues.
Mr.. Johnshoy of Starbuck, the next
speaker, said that Minnesota stands
| at the head in cooperative marketing,
but that the State Rural Credits Blu
reau has been in the hands of enc
mics. He said that he was a member
of the legislature in 1928 when the
law was passed creating the Rural
Credits Bureau The speaker went
| on to say that there are two impOr-
tant issues in this campaign-intere
| charges and taxes, and that the lat
| ter can not be reduced unless we cut
expenses. Debts were bound to be
created when farms went from the
| first to the second generation and
many Minnesota farms are now in
the hands of the second generation.
Mr.. Johnshoy said that E. G. Quamme,
candidate for cOngress-at-large, is a
national authority on farm credits,
that Minnesota needs a governor who
is rural minded and in Van Dyke the
citizens can have such a man. He
also spoke of the Importance of the
two positions-speaker of the house
and lieutenant governor.
Anna Dickie Olesen said she was
much at home in Pine City for the
family had lived there years ago.
their two children being born in that
community. A married daughter now
lives in Honolulu. She said that some
of Pine City's business men were
students in the local school when her
husband who is now at Carleton col
lege, Northfield, was superintendent
at Pine City, and in this connection
she said that E. ]. Prochaska, the
druggist, had become we'll known in
different parts of the state for his
political work in the progressive
cause.
Tariff Law Harmful.
Mrs. Olesen said we must have more
world trade and cited how that had
fallen off since the enactment of the
Hawley-Smoot tariff law. She said
she is first for the people and Sec
ondly for the political party. While
there is still more prejudice against
women in office she said that woman
can think as we'll as a man. She
favors submission of the prohibition
question back to the states.
E. G. Quamme who is an old timer
in the Democratic party, having cam
paigned for the ticket, state and ma
tional, the past 25 years, did not say
anything in his own behalf for con-
gressman-at-large but dwelt briefly
on the good points of his running
mates.
Introducing DR.. Van Dyke, the reg
ular candidate for governor, Viggo
Justesen, the home candidate for rail-
road and warehouse commissioner,
spoke briefly, saying that the less
government we have the better. Re-
ferring to the romper candidate for
governor on the Democratic ticket,
John E. Regain, Mr.. Justesen said that