Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-09-15
G. @. P. SHOULD
STICK TO FACTS
People Should Give Governor Olson
A Progressive Legislature to
Work With.
BY HENRY G. TEIGAN

for votes in Minnesota this week.
They are starting sort of cavalcade,
apparently in imitation of the drives
being made by the Farmer-Labor
candidates, in order to regain some
of the ground they have lost during
the past three and a half years.
At a preliminary meeting held at
Kimball Saturday evening, T. O..
Streissguth, Republican nominee for
lieutenant governor, acted as the
chief speaker for Earle Brown, the
millionaire nominee for governor. Mr..
Streissguth centered his attack on the
Olson administration charging the
Farmer-Labor governor with respon-
sibility for tax increases. 1t appears
that this line of attack will be the
one to be pursued by the G. o. p.
spellbinders during the campaign.
G. 0. p. Controlled Legislature.
The tax increases in the state are,
of course, in no way chargeable to
Governor Olson or the Farmer-LabOr
administration. Few voters in Min
nesota will be deceived by this dis
honest effort on the part of the Re-
publicans to fasten the blame for tax
increases upon the governor. The
only answer necessary to meet this
contention is that the Republicans
were in control of both houses of the
state legislature during the 1881 ses-
sion, and were responsible for the
appropriations made. Moreover, Gov
ernor Olson has already shown that
the falling off in the states income
from the occupation, royalty and gross
earnings taxes is the chief cause of
the increases in the general property
tax. AS far as expenditures go, there
has actually been a decline during
the past fiscal year as compared to
the one preceding.
Another thing the Republican can
didates fail to mention is that the
budget which the legislature fol-
lowed in appropriating money for the
conduct of the state government dur
ing the biennium beginning July l.,
1881, was prepared by A. ]. Peterson,
budget commissioner appointed by
Governor Theodore Christensen.
Republicans Fear Farmer Revolt
1t is apparent that the Republicans
are concerned over the support that
the Farmer-Labor ticket is gaining
as result of the farmers holiday
movement. Streissguth complains
that 1.-The Governor acquired front
page publicity by offering martial law
to assist farmers in their strike" He
then goes on to make an absolutely
false charge in reference to Cover
nor Olson's position in 1919 in at
tempting prosecution of J. V. Irwin,
w. S. Schilling, Ed Knowler, and W..
S. Moscript for their efforts to con-
troll the milk market and hold up
the price of dairy products" Mr..
Streissguth had better check up on
the situation before he accepts the
dope given him by the Norton politi-
clans on this point. Floyd Olson was
not then Hennepin county attorney.
Difficult to Defend Hoover.
The trouble with the Republicans
this year is that they find themselves
in serious difficulty in defending the
Hoover administration. Republican po-
litical writer's admit that the Republi-
can nominees for state and congress
siOnal Offices in Minnesota are lodging
responsibility for advocating the re-
election of Mr.. Hoover. Thus it is
that they are attempting this time
to confine the campaign to state is
sues. The betrayal of the public in
terest by the Republican members of
Congress as we'll as by the president,
is only too apparent to the voters
this year and thus it is the part of
| wisdom for the Republicans to confine
their discussions to issues, or alleged
issues, in the state.
Can't Evade Responsibility.
But the G. o. P. speakers and news
papers will hardly be permitted to
get away with this line of propaganda.
The Farmer-Labor congressional can
didates are everywhere attacking the
Hoover policies, and are convincing
their audiences that the real issues
in this campaign are those pertaining
| to measures of relief, both to the
! farmers and workers..
1t is a fact that Republican con-
gressmen, as we'll as Mr.. Hoover, are
responsible for the defeat of the La
Toilette public works bill, the Fra
zier bill for the refinancing of agri-
culture, and the Patman bill provid-
ing for cash payment Of the soldiers
bonus. The workers want to know
what justification the Republicans
can offer for the defeat of the La
Toilette public works bill. The farm