Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-11-01
SWEEPING FL.
VICTORY SEEN
Large Crowds Greet Cover
nor Olson and Other Can
didates Everywhere.
Mud-slinging by Opposition
May Cause Reaction
Among Voters.
BY HENRY G. TEIGAN

BY HENRY u. IElGAN
All indications point to a sweeping
victory for the Farmer-Labor ticket
next Tuesday.
The attendance at meetings adj
dressed by Governor Floyd B. Olson
and by other Farmer-Labor candi-
dates and speakers. is the largest on
record in this state. The fact is Gov
ernor Olsons meetings have been
more largely attended than any meet
ings ever addressed in this state by
any candidate for political office.
Moreover. the enthusiasm OF the
crowds is also indicative of success
for the Governor as we'll as for the
ticket as a whole.
Mud-slinging Causes Reaction.
The mud-slinging tactics Of the OPP
position, especially of the Republican
newspapers and their gubernatorial
candidate, is not making votes for
the G. o. p candidates. Even oppo-
sition newspapers are showing re-
sentiment at the tactics used.
In this connection it is we'll for
political group that has to resort to
mud-slinging, SANDER, and villifica-
tion, has little to offer the people.
What is more, the voters still have a
too vivid recollection of the kind Of
administration Harding, Coolidge, and
Hoover, and the Republican party
gave the people of this country for
a long period of years.
Nelson's DiSgraceful Tactics.
Mr.. Nelson's own disgraceful at
tacks upon the Governor are being
resented everywhere. 1t was Nelson
who first made the charge that Gov
ernor Olson was responsible for the
Guilford murder This charge was
later taken up by lesser lights in
the political arena most Of whom have
since retreated from the attack, real
izing that it was making votes for the
Governor.
Straw votes do not always indicate
the political trend, and yet they bear
some significance when honestly con-
Quoted. The so-called newspaper poll
conducted under the auspices of "a
daily newspapers was, it is true, a
fraud and is so recognized by the
people of the state. On the other
hand, other polls conducted honestly
may indicate something of the out
come.
Straw Votes.
In Mondays issue of the Mime
apolis Journal a poll of one-third Of
the voters of the village of Mound
shows that the voters there are turn
ing to the Farmer-Labor ticket. This
precinct gave Earl Brown 500 of
the vote in November 1882. In the
straw vote conducted by the local
newspaper last week the Republican
nominee had slipped to 1870, with a
gain for the Farmer-Labor nominee
and also a fairly strong increase in
the Democratic vote.
Out of 1873 straw ballots taken by
the Mound pilot, Floyd Olson received
So to SO for Nelson, % for Regain,
and 1 for A. C. Townley. The per-
centage is approximately 1870 for Oh
son, 1870 for Nelson, and 1870 for
Regain. Two years ago the percentage
was: Olson $3.50, Brown 500, and
Regain $3.50.
G. o. p. Vote SlumpS.
The Daily Star also took a poll of
registrants at the city clerks office
on the closing day Of registration.
There were 1853 ballots cast. OF this
vote Floyd B. Olson, Farmer-Labor,
20 Mol
and ga for Regain. Surely no better
method of taking a straw vote could
be found than to poll persons regis
tering for the election.
One thing more is certain the vote
will be the straightest ever cast in
Minnesota. Undoubtedly Governor Oh
son will lead the Farmer-Labor ticket
as he has done in the past, but the
other candidates for state and con-
gressional office will run up we'll with
him in all other parts of the state.
FL. Ticket.
The Farmer-Labor ticket for state
and congressional office is as follows:
United States Senator, Henrik Ship
stead; governor, Floyd B. Olson; lieu
tenant governor, Hjalmar Petersen;
secretary of state, X. X. Solberg; at
torney general, Harry H. Peterson;
state treasurer, A. H. Hoffman; state
auditor, John T. Lyons; railroad and
warehouse commissioner, Charles
Mum; clerk Supreme court, Rus
sell o. Gunderson.
State Supreme Court: Chief Justice,
John P. Devaney; associate justice,
William A. Anderson, julius ]. Olson.
For Congress: LIST district, Otto
Baudler; End district, Henry Arens;