Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-11-03
OPINION OF OTHERS
Continued from Page g.
Is ALL THROUGH WITH
REACTIONARIES
Editor Askoy American:

Editor Askoy American:
In your issue of Oct. 9th. Mr.. w. H.
Lamson tells us that Minnesota has
an old age pension. Which one of the
old age pensions does he mean. for
Minnesota has two old age pensions,
one for the farmer and working man.
and one for the privileged class.
The pension for the farmer and the
working man is thirty dollars per
month. with many strings attached
to it, and the old age pension for
the privileged class is one hundred
dollars per month, and no conditions
attached to it.
In looking back at the record Of
the Republican party. I would ask:
What can the farmer and working
man expect from that party?
We need not go back farther than
Theodore Christiansons administra-
tion. After the legislature had passed
a bill to grant state aid to the rural
schools, he vetoed that bill, which
caused Senator Mangan to say: II do
not believe that the personal feelings
of the governor should be placed
above the rights of the children of
Minnesota The rights of these chill
dren are paramount to the political
aspirations and ambitions of any one
man.
Senator Henry L. NORM said: "PO-
thing else in this matter. The gov
ernor enforcing this reduction in
state school aid. is protecting the
rich. and denying school privileges
to the poor"
That seems to have been the policy
of the Republican party in Minnesota
nothing for the farmer and all for
the silk stocking gang.
Gov. ChristiansOn, during his three
terms. cut all appropriations to the
bone, trying to lead the people to be-
lieve that he was great economist.
When the legislature passed a bill
to increase the salaries of every Of
ficer of the state, from the supreme
court down, he signed it promptly,
thereby bleeding the taxpayer out of
several times more than all his
son vetoed the bill for school aid to
the children of the poor. but he and
the Republican party made it possible
for EN-Judge Lewis of the Ramsey
county district court to draw $21 900
for nothing at all, also Judge Orr of
the Ramsey district court to draw
S12,500 for nothing. Judge Grunde-
land will draw $24.5OO for nothing,
Judge Nye will draw $1,000 for moth
ing, and there are some more that
do not recall now. And remember
that after all this, these gentlemen
will draw 500 per month as a PEN
sion as long as they live. Judge Tay-
Tor draws a pension of about $4,000
per year; he was a Judge of the SUI
preme court
Remember that these gentlemen
have fattened off the people for many
years, and no lost time, no crop fail
ures, they are we'll fixed financially,
and yet the Republican party says
they must have 500 per month pen
sion, and the farmer and working
man who is poor can have only $50
per month. with many strings attach
ed to it,
The supreme court draws a pen
sion of about $4,000 a year, after
drawing salary of about $4,000 a
year, and remember that while the
farmer works twelve months a year,
with long hours. in all kinds of wealth
er, the supreme court adjourns May
1st and reconvenes Sept. 1st-four
months vacation-costing the taxpay-
ers about 5000 per day.
All this is possible because the Re-
publican party has no time for the
farmer and working man, only on
election time. Otherwise everything
goes to the silk stocking gang.
ask: Can a farmer or working
man look his loved ones in the face
and vote against them? Because
when man votes for the Republican
party he votes for his enemies.
l was a Republican for forty years,
but no more. | am for my own party,
the Farmer-LabOr.
A. NJ LANGELIER.
CiovertOn, Mimi, Oct. 81, 1882.