The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-11-02

What are we to think? They boldly
attempt to fleece the taxpayers of
$4,0O0,0O0, and when defeated by the
courts in that attempt they publicly
demand that they be given control of
the courts so that they can work their
will unhampered by any considerations
of right or justice.
First returns of the Literary Digest
poll for governor of California were
more than two to one against Upton
Sinclair. Governor Merriam received
1882 votes TO Sinclairs 5,l98.
Not only does the state face deficit
of nearly $11,OOO,OOO but the state
revenue fund is 100000 in the red
and state employees will receive war;
rants instead of cash on November
LIST unless arrangements are made to
borrow from the banks upon the war
rants.
Governor Olson declared in one OF
his radio addresses that the state has
shown less crime since he has been
Governor.
Almost at the very hour that the
Governor was making this boast, the
newspapers Of the state carried the item
that the population of the state peni-
| tertiary, with 1869 inmates. is the
/ highest in its history. The figures were
taken from Warden John j. Sullivan's
official report to the state board Of
control
The Governor also conviently forgot
that his administration has seen two
and the most sensational kidnapings il
the nation, that the notorious Dillingel
cavorted unharmed in and out of Min
nesota, and that the attorney genera
of the United States referred to tn,
state as the nations "crime spot"
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In various campaign speeches Gov
ernor Olson has declared that republi
can leaders played politics witt
human misery" and prevented hin
from giving relief by means of cour
actions which stopped his attempte,
sale of rural credit bonds. It WASH
the republicans, Governor, it was tn
courts. 1t wasn't your giving relic
that they stopped; what they stoppe,
was your attempted violation of the Law
when you tried to sell 100000 of stat
bonds without calling for bids.
The relief that was stopped was tn
relief you attempted to give you
friends by letting them have the ia
pickings from 100000 in state bond
without the necessity of submitting
bids.
] If we listen to Floyd B. Olson, it wa.
the big hearted Floyd who dished ou
millions of relief for Minnesota; if W.
listen to Emil Hurja, hot from the
White House, we hear him cry Shame,
for the way Floyd played politics witt
federal relief in Minnesota.
The first relief in Minnesota wa.
supplied by the Minnesota Executive
Council, a majority of whose member.
are republicans; namely, Julius
Schmahl, state treasurer; Staff King
state auditor; Mike Holm, secretary OF
state. In a recent radio address Julius
Schmahl gave the following amounts
voted by the Executive Council for re-
lief: Drouth relief, $1,7O0,OO0; grass
hopper destruction and prevention
$525 900; for relief of sections stricken
by hail, $4,000; for fighting forest
fires, $4,000; for direct relief to
families and individuals needing food
and clothing, $1,300,00O; for badly
needed hospital at the soldiers home,
$4,000; relief of disabled veterans
who are unable to work and who have
been stricken from federal pension
rolls, 81 ,225,OOO.
Martin A. Nelson looms larger with
the people of Minnesota every day. At
the students forum at the Minnesota
Union at the University last week he
delivered ringing speech from the