The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-19

LOT FlOyQ OlSOn, Farmer-LaDOr canQl-
date.
G. o. P. leaders are now quite unani-
nous in declaring that the detection
in that party from Earle Brown for
governor will be so small as to be neg
ligible-even the detection to Gov. Oh
son, which was quite noticeable in 1880,
is going to be greatly reduced, they say.
This years Democratic candidate for
governor, John E. Regain, the Mankato
"firebrand,' is doing everything else
but" campaigning for Olson. He is, on
the other hand, lambasting the COVER
nor something numerically in nearly
every speech that he makes and is
openly and most emphatically opposed
to fusion.
According to reports coming in al
most daily from outside the Twin Cities,
the Democrats this year are going to
stick by their party much better than
they did two years ago, when Ed Indre-
hus only received $4,000 votes, as
against 473,000 for Olson and 100000
for Chase. In fact, the prediction is
being freely made that Regain will equal
if not run ahead of the vote received
in 1928 by Andrew Nelson, Duluth, who
that year got almost 214,000 votes as
Democratic candidate for governor.
Some of the political dopesters max
ing such predictions are, they tell me,
not overlooking the probable effect of
the movement started in Minneapolis
by L. j. Flesher, former Hennepin
county Democratic chairman, for for
nation of statewide Roosevelt Olson
campaign organization. They claim
that such a movement conducted in
the open, won't gain any great head
way because the real Roosevelt leaders
in the state realize that if they are
to put Minnesota in the Democratic
column for president they've got to get
lot of Republicans to vote for Roose-
welt land fear that thousands of such
votes will be lost to Roosevelt by a
tie-up with Gov. Olson.
Meantime, the regular and rumper
factions among the Democrats don't
seem to be getting much closer to-
gether, while, on the other hand, there
is a real difference of opinion among
Farmer-Laborites as to the ACCESSIBILITY
of tieing up the Olson campaign too
national ticket. Some of the FL
leaders believe that open alliance be-
tween Roosevelt and Olson forces will
ALLEVIATE enough Republicans from the
governors cause to make his reelection
doubtful, to say the least.
There are other present and expected
contingencies that will have bearing on
the ultimate result, all of which means
such a muddled-up situation that it will
be "anybody's fight unless certain
things happen to clear the murky at
mosphere.
seems to be getting under way some
what earlier than usual.
Instead of waiting until after the
gubernatorial candidates have key
noted" many candidates, including
those for governor, are pretty active
already. Earle Brown has been con-
Quoting what his friends say is most
successful campaign of personal con-
facts" by attending community picnics
and other gatherings, large and small,
while his Democratic opponent, John
Regain, is speaking almost daily, oc-
casionally two or three times a day.
Gov. Olson is also refusing to let the
grass grow under his feet, accepting in
vitations to speak here and there and
and thus let the folks know that he is
seeking reelection.
The governor may make his Labor
Day speech in Duluth in the nature of
keynote address, while Brown and
Regain are expected formally, to open
their campaigns with the usual key
note address the week after state fair
week.
And then-hammer and tongs all
down the line until the Ides of Nov
ember.
The QUESTIONABLE is somewhat new
and rather dangerous pest" that bids
fair to make life pretty miserable for
lot of candidates this year, including
those running for representative in the
state legislature.
The candidates for congress suffered
somewhat from this pest" during the
primary campaign last spring and in
dicationS are that they are going to
suffer still more before the November
election. About the only question
naires that bothered them during the
primaries had to do with their stands
on the prohibition question. This will
bob up again-and likely in more ag-
gravating form.
The first QUESTIONABLE coming to my
notice that has been sent to legislative
candidates is the one by the Railroad
Brotherhoods' Legislative Board of
Minnesota, sent out over the signature
of the secretary, j. L. Peterson, Proctor.
Mr.. Peterson is himself one of the
nine Farmer-Labor candidates for con-
gress and it doesn't strike me that his
signing such a list of questions to
legislative candidates is going to help
him much in his own campaign-but he
probably couldn't help it.
Old-time members of the house seek
ing reelection will no doubt prove their
astuteness- gained from experience by
not committing themselves too definite