Askov American., 1932-09-29
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house and Republican leader; w. I.
Norton, Republican whip" of the
house; Oscar Swenson, Republican
speaker of the 1881 house and candi-
date for Railroad and Warehouse
Commissioner, and Claude H. Mac
Kenzie, Republican national commit
teeman for Minnesota.
Governor Olson suggests single
debate or a series of debates at places
accessible to the public, each side
to defray half of the expenses.
81 hope that you will not find 1t
necessary" the letter says, ito use a
substitute, in the event that you &C
cept my invitation to debate, because
i am sure that people will be inter-
ested, in the light of your present
pledges of an economical administra-
tion, to hear your explanation of the
tremendous increase in the cost OF
the operation of the Highway patrol,
of which you were. chief for several
years, and to hear your explanation
of the request made by you to the
legislature for 100 additional motor
cycle policemen, which request was
denied. and to hear your explanation
of your attempt to expend $4,000 of
highway funds for erection of build
ings for your motorcycle police, which
request was denied by the present
Commission of Administration and
Finance"
The governor will hold up making
of speaking schedule until October
in anticipation that a series of de-
bates with Republican leaders can
be arranged.
Governor Olson enumerates the fol-
lowing questions to be covered by the
debate or debates:
How much reliance can people
place in the present Republican prom
ises to reduce state expenditures?
Have Republican promises in the
past been fulfilled?
Have Republican Administrations in
the past given to Minnesota honest
and economical government, or cor
rupt and extravagant government?
Has the Minnesota Republican party
any definite, scientific and we'll
thought-out plan for reduction of
state expenditures, and if so, why did
they fail to put that plan into opera
tion during the sixty-one years the
party was in control of the legisla-
tive department of the state?
What part of the present tax bur-
den on the mass of the people is due
to the lodging" of personal prop
erty and money and credit taxes by
large corporations and individuals
and to what extent has the Republi-
can hierarchy aided and abetted such
lodging of taxes?
Has the present Farmer-LabOr Ad-
ministration any tax reduction pro-
grams, and what has been done by
the present administration towards
tax reductions?
Have Republican critics of the pres
ent state administration been honest
in their charges of extravaganza
against the administration, or is their
campaign based on willful and de-
liberate Misrepresentation, in an at
tempt to conceal the true facts from
the voters so as to bring about a de-
cision at the polls that is not based
on the merits?
Is the present state tax burden due
to the acts of the Farmer-Labor Ad-
ministration or to acts of previous
Republican administrations?
Is the history of the Republican
party in this state a history of spe-
cial privilege government or govern
ment in the interest of the great
mass of citizens?
Has the present administration a
program to shift the burden of taxa
tion from the average home owner
and farmer to those who can best
afford to bear the load, and particu-
larly to the wealthy tax dodgers who
have greatly added to the taxpayers
burden?
Who has bought and paid for and
now owns the Republican party of
Minnesota, and what will those per-
sons, who can easily be named, seek
in the way of special privilege in the
event of Republican success in this
campaign?