The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-01-07
SUGGESTION OF GOV. OLSON AS VICE
PRESIDENT POSSIBILITY CRUEL
JOKE BY HIS FRIENDS

president this time TT is our opinion"
says the Herald, that the majority of the
democrats, of Minnesota favor the nomina-
ton of Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, of
New York, for the presidency. We would say
that Newton d. Baker, of Ohio, comes second.
Roosevelt is a progressive. He is free of any
alliance with Wall Street, Tammany, any
other bugaboo-real or imaginary. How would
ticket composed of Roosevelt and Olson
strike you? The country could go long
ways in trying to improve upon that COM
bination, and in the long run might fare
worse"
There are some practical difficulties in the
way of this arrangement One of them is
that Governor Olson would have to serve
some apprenticeship in the democratic party
before ne woul be accepted by the partys
national convention as it's candidate.-Charles
Cheney in Minneapolis Journal
The above taken from Charles Cheney's
political column of the Minneapolis Journal,
while interesting is just lot Of blah.
There are several reasons for this conclu-
sion.
In the first place the Democratic party
would not consider man of the Governors
vaciliating political policies as the party's
candidate for Vice President.
In the next place the farmers of Mime
sofa have discovered very .forcibly that while
Mr.. Olson was elected governor by thous-
ands upon thousands of their votes he has
but very little in common with the agricul-
turists of this great state
formal survey of his appointees will
lead the most casual observer to the conclu-
sion that the honest-to-God farmer has been
lost in the schuffle and that the radicals are
in the saddle.
The writer has been more or less ia
miliar with the thought of the farmer of
this state for nearly 40 yaers and our obser-
vations leads us to believe that he is long,
Ing way from radical at heart.
Admittedly he was lured away from the
rarty of his early allegiance by propaganda
and wildly painted word pictures of what
would take place if Farmer-Labor candi-
date for Governor was elevated to chief
executive of the state.
The Herald editor believes Floyd Olson
is an honest man. We are also quite firmly
convinced that he is something of political
soldier of fortune, with very strong radical
leanings.
His actions since he has been elevated to
the Governors chair quite condusively bear
out these conclusions.
This newspaper would not go to the ex-
tremity of calling him a Communist, but
certainly his declaration for minimum wage
scale for common labor on the State High
ways is entirely out of keeping with the
times and does not endear him to the
farmer
Also, the Governor insists that car
penters employed on state jobs shall receive
approximately $100 per hour for their
service.
The records show that farmers employ
ed on state owned farms doing efficient car
penter work receive maximum of 35 cents
per hour One is farmer, the other a union
laborer.
These facts are being realized by the
agriculturist and they are wondering if, af-
ter all, they were not "taken for ride"
when they voted for Floyd Olson for Gov
ernor in 1880.
The thought the Herald editor is en-
deavoring to bring out is that Governor o.
son will have an abundance of trouble in
landing his gubernatorial craft safely into
the harbor of victory in November of this
year.
If the Republicans of the State play ball
inteligently his craft will be beached on the
reef of disappointment by the farmers of this
great state.
The Herald would suggest that friend
Floyd be not mislead by National political
aspirations suggested by enthusiastic
friends, but, rather keep his weather eye
on the state craft in Minnesota.
To land safely in 1882 Governor Olson
must necessarily, muzzle horde of his fool
friends.
FEAR Is DIR CHIEF FOE