Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-07-07
HOW THEY CAMPAIGN
Editor Askov American:

Editor ASkOV AIueTlcdu.
There has been much discussion in
our daily newspapers of late, though
letters given out by several Republi-
can administration men, trying to
malign and SANDER Governor Olson
and his appOintees. This is purely
for political purposes, hoping to get
some of their crowd back on the pay
roll regardless of truth or fair play.
If the real facts and figures don't
bear out their argument, they avoid
them. Above all things they don't
mention the former administration.
That would get them in bad, because
they know that some of their friends
and pals are abiding in saltwater
right now. Just sling mud and tell
the people that the Farmer-Labor
party are all crooks from the governor
down and if we don't run out of mud
we may get some of our old jobs back
again. That is the kind Of campaign
some of the Republicans would wage
and are waging right now. They are
watching every move and assailing
every act of the Olson administration.
Why not be honest and fair with the
people and explain some of the rotten
graft and plumber that has been going
on under the former governor? Those
were some of the evils Governor Oh
son had to contend with-that was an
inheritance left to the Farmer Labor
party.
To CHI hot
ticians have was thoroughly demon
strated in Pine City at the rally be-
fore the primary election. There was
a fine crowd of representative men
and women. No doubt many came
there to see and hear Earle Brown,
at least came there for that purpose,
and l have no regrets. Mr.. Brown is
a gentleman through and through, his
talk was short but clean and respect
full. And then what happened? Well,
we had the discomfort of listening to
the most slanderous and abusive talk
that any intelligent audience could be
treated to, and the vendor of that
garbage was no less person than
the treasurer of our state, Julius
Schmahl. Auditor King was not par
ticular about facts, but facts are no
good when they don't fit your case.
You must try and befuddle the people
when you have no case, the same as
a lawyer must do with jury. The
two men travel all over the state Wilt
flying the Farmer-LabOr party.
julius Schmahl informed the people
of his twenty-five years of public serv-
ice. Yes, long time foOling the peo-
pie and distorting and throwing him
self out of joint trying to make his
stuff stick. But during all these years
is there a man or woman in the state
of Minnesota who ever heard those
two swivel chairwarmers raise their
voices in protest against any evils
of the former administrations? DID
you ever hear their voices protesting
against the Cochrane gold bond
swindle that took several millions of
dollars out of the people of Mime sofa
in fake stock sales? How about Nell
son who is doing twenty years for his
part in that swindle? How about the
Ten Thousand Lakes Muskrat Farms
that took about fifteen hundred thou
sand dollars out of our people? Those
are only few of the deals permitted,
all under the former governor. Now
they are to make capital out of that
eighty-six thousand dollars loss to the
state on those farms put on the mar
ket by the state, when every intelli-
gent farmer knows that those farms