The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-26
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His initials spell MAN,-the No.
man for Governor of Minnesota
Martin A. Nelson.
One of the alibis of pretty, prattling
Emil Regnier, campaign manager for
Governor Olson, as to the Shippers"
poor showing in the newspaper poll was
that he had warned all farmer aborites
not to vote.
A copy of the warning sent out by
Chairman Regnier is before U.S. 1t is
dated Monday, October 8th-the day
the poll closed.
M. A. Braatland, appointed by Gov
ernor Olson, as judge of the fourteenth
judicial district up in the Red River
Valley has three Gilbert, a
brother, who draws $125 per month
from the rural credit bureau, Allen, a
nephew, whose stipend is $115 per
month in the game and fish depart
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assistant attorney general with the
game and fish department. at $275 per
month.
The judge himself draws down $500
per month.
In his speech at Slayton Governor
Olson fairly wrung the hearts of his
hearers with his eloquent sympathy for
the downtrodden and the oppressed.
Little children who do not have ade-
quate clothing and people who do not
have enough to eat anguished the heart
of the Governor for fifteen minutes or
more. 81 know of many families in
Minnesota whose children do not go
to school, they are ashamed to send
them to school because they do not
have decent clothing to wear" the Gov
ernor tearfully declared.
Well, anyhow, Governor, it must be
comforting to know that you have
taken care of the Braatland family with
$1O15 per month or $12,1SO per year.
Their little children will not be COM
PEELED to go to school this winter with
their toeses sticking out of their
ShoeSeS.
At Slayton, and doubtless at many
other places, the Governor told the
people that he wasn't so much in
terested in politics. Relief was the
thing that interested him. "This is
the greatest thing I've ever been in,"
he said. ST wish there wasn't any poll
tical campaign. As matter of fact
would rather be relief administrator. ;"
Great applause).
And then the next day the Governor
up and resigned as relief administrator
Also, the Governor went on in his
inimitable way to tell the people how
the wicked twin city papers had
printed a piece to the effect that he
was going to be replaced as relief adj
ministrator by board or something,
so said the Governor, when Mr.. Hop
kinS called me up from Washington to
tell me he had another million or two
for the suffering people of Minnesota,
said to him I hear you are going to
kick me out, and he said to me, what
makes you think that, and I said to
him, why read it in the paper, you
are going to appoint a board or some
thing. Oh poppy cock, said Mr.. Hop
kins, just fiction from some of the re-
porters you people have in Washington.
(Applause)
And then the next day the Governor
resigned.
An editorial published originally by
Representative Fay Cravens in his Mile
Laos County Times has been gleefully
reproduced by many farmer-labor
papers throughout the state. This is
the principal part of it: "The Governor
of the state cannot appropriate single
dollar for any purpose, or increase the
expenditures of the states money with
out the consent of both House and
Senate in the state legislature"
This proves, farmer-labor papers say
that Governor Olson's administration
could not possibly have been ex-
travagant.
1t might prove that if the statement
were true, but it is absolutely incorrect.
The Governor has complete control
over the expenditures of the highway
the rural credit bureau,