Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-04-21
THOUSANDS AT
BIG Dem MEET
Governor Roosevelt Well
Received at St. Paul
Gathering Monday.
Lauds Jefferson; Talks on
Power Question, Water
way and Tariff.

Monday was a big day in st. Paul
and the Northwest when Franklin d.
Roosevelt, governor of New York state,
the man who is looked upon to become
the nominee of the Democratic party
for president of the United States,
spoke in the Sanity city and spent
the day there together with Mrs.
Roosevelt on a good will tour. The
jefferson day festivities brought Wis
itors from all parts of Minnesota, as
well as many folks from North and
South Dakota, Montana. Iowa, and
Wisconsin.
Conferences were held with leading
Democrats from the Northwest in the
morning, the governor spoke before
a newspapermen'S gathering of about
100 at noon, paid a visit to Governor
Floyd B. Olson at the capitol in the
afternoon and addressed the big gath
ering at the new ST. Paul auditorium
in the evening. Dinner was served
to about $500 people at this occasion
and another 5000 people in the gal
leries heard Governor Roosevelts ad-
dress which was also broadcast over
KSTP.
L. C. HodgSon, former mayor of ST.
Paul and prominent Minnesota Dem
ocrat, better known as plain Larry Ho,
was at his best as tOastmaSte at the
luncheon for newspapermen. In his
introduction of Mr.. Roosevelt. Larry
Ho said that he is a man who stands
for the common people against dol
lars, an untrammeled great liberal
He put the question: Shall we sur
render to brokers and bankers who do
POSTMASTER also paid a splendid trib-
ute to James Cox who was candidate
for president on the Democratic ticket
in 1920 when Mr. Roosevelt was can
didate for vice president. Larry Ho,
born wit, also mixed i'm a liberal
supply of humor.
An Agricultural State.
In his talk before the newspaper
men Governor Roosevelt dwelt at
some length on his experiences as
governor of New York, the office he
assumed on Jan. 1, 1929. He said
states of Minnesota and New York, for
while many look upon New York as
being a state more taken up with COM
merce and industry, it ranks fourth
or fifth in farming in the Union.
There are 100000 people in the
state outside of New York City. The
state has the income tax and through
hn TO- hoe al In toI
all state taxes on real estate so that
not cent of taxes on real estate goes
for upkeep of the state government
Formerly highway aid to the various
counties was based on assessed valu-
alton through which some of the
weather. counties received as much
as $500 per mile and the more
sparsely settled and poorer counties
as little as $25 per mile. The money
is now distributed more on a road
mileage basis and fairer to all. More
aid is also given to the smaller one,
two or three room school houses, all
of which has effected a saving of
approximately $3O,OOO,O0O annually to
the farmers of the state.
"
eminent, said Mr.. Roosevelt, and an
other saving of from S15,000,000 to
$4,000, 900 can be effected through the
reorganization of local government,
eliminating duplication, the fee sys-
TEN, etc. The township system was
handed down by the Duke of York in
1908 and some of it is obsolete.
No r1v
lands, said the governor, but 100000
acres of it has now been abandoned.
Two reserves for recreational purposes
have been established-the Adiron-
dack and Catskill mountain reserves.
Farmers must use up to date tools the
same as industrialists and the farm
er's most important tool is the land.
Electricity at Low Cost.
Dwelling on the power question the
governor said that his state has built
a great dam on the st. Lawrence
river to supply electric current to its
people at low cost. If private com
panies will not build transmission
lines and render service at a price
commensurate with capital invested
and service rendered the state re-
serves the right to do it. 1t is their
purpose to reverse the old command,
Ito him who hath shall be given" said
the governor.
POSTMASTER Hodgson called on sew
eral prominent Democrats for short
remarks, among them Editors J. r.
Landy of Olivia, j. P. Coughlin of
Waseca, and John e. Casey of Jordan
Mr.. Casey rose to oratory and said he
was glad to endorse and support a
man like Governor Roosevelt for pres
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