The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-11-03
AN APPEAL TO FARMER
LABOR VOTERS

duced so much that the legislature
had to raise the 1881 appropria-
ton for the state departments over
$500, 600, 100000, to say nothing of the
needed raise for state institutions
and not to mention the state Of
fee building provided for by the
same legislature, at cost of near
ly $3,O0O,OO0.00.
One of the editors who publish
ed the article takes me to task for
the same and have some gentle
man who is not state official
point out for him some mistakes"
in my figures.
Josh Billings says that when
you try to find out girls age, all
you have to do is to ask her and
she will tell you she is 10 and she
is not much out of the way because
she has certainly been there"
When any one is accused Of
something wrong the quickest way
and easiest way to get first hand
information is to ask the party d.
rectly and you will get it straight,
and they are all like George Wash
ington, they cannot tell lie, but
even the truth of that story is now
disputed.
I may, of course, be mistaken,
but the statement bears all the ear
marks of former Governor Chris
Hanson. However the figures I
submitted was taken from the ses-
sion laws of 1929 and 1881.
HE does not seem to know that
the executive council has had that
power to borrow money! for many
years" in order to meet unforeseen
emergencies. Yes I know that the
council was first created by the
State reorganization act, Chapter
1926 or laws of 1925 approved by
Governor Christianson April 25th,
1925 and took effect July LIST, 1925,
and the first and only provision
made prior to 1929 was by Section
IS of laws of 1927, approved April
25th, 1927 and this reads, "When-
ever it becomes necessary in order
to meet current demands up the
revenue fund the Concil may bor-
row. This does not say for unfor-
seen emergencies and the same Ian
guage is used in the 1929 and the
1881 act.
This wise man says that Chris
Hanson fought highway bonds
What about the millions of reem-
bursement bonds authorized to be
issued by the counties during his
administration and which were
made payable out of the trunk
highway funds. These bonds were
principally issued by the counties OF
Hennepin, Ramsey and st. Louis
and in other counties, to improve
roads leading into Duluth, st. Paul
and Minneapolis. Under the con-
stitution all bonds have to be TAX
en- care of first before there can be
any more roads built anywhere
else.
Unless we had the bond issue no
more roads would have been built
during the present generation, thus
having all the people out side OF
these favored counties plod in the
mud, while we paid for their roads.
Olson would not stand for that.
He wants all the people of this
state to have the same privilege
even if some of our gas and auto
mobile tax goes for interests on
bonds to build for them while we
are alive and thus save the people
from the construction of these
roads by local taxation. Did the
readers ever stop to think what it
would have cost the towns and
counties to construct and maintain
roads for the present traffic con-
ditions if we had not had the trunk
highways and State and County aid
roads?
1.-THE communication" further
states that "Christianson vetoed
nearly $4,000, 10000 in money bills"
in 1925. Yes, that was largely ap-
preparations for aid to schools
which the next legislature had to
make up for double.
The article goes on further and
states that in fact there was no
need of any extra improvements in
the state institutions. Then why
did the Republican Board of Con-
troll make such a howl for it. The
statement that more room was
needed was made by by that board.
It further states that christian
son borrowed $4,000, 100000. In other
words to find out how much Olson
actually spent you should add not
only the millions in increased ap-
preparations from the legislature,
but the $4,000,000.00 he got from
the executive council, and to this
should be added the $4,000, 10000
road bonds he signed" Suffice to
say that if Christianson borrowed
100000 for Olson to spend he
sure ought to be elected to Con-
gress, for it must have oeen badly
needed and If Olson has spent all
the money for these rad bonds
already (most Of the bonds are not
yet issued or signed) why does Mr..
Regain blame Mr.. Babcock. And is
that the reason he claims that the
state should reduce the thickness
of paving to inches and not the
fact that 4 inches has proven to
be inadequate to Withstand the
frost heaval and will require more
materials for repairs to be shipped
by the railroads?
If Governor Olson has accom-
plished this we should all be for
Olson.
A Warning
I just want to lay aside all fig
ures and arguments and warn the
Farmer-Labor voters men and wo-
men, that although we are in the
majority in this state, the plumber
bund will get us now IL they can,
or never, and If we listen to their
song and pay any attention to their
absuidities they will get US. That
is borne out by our history. John
Lind Wa nominated by the Popu-