Evening star., 1934-11-04
MINNESOTA FAVORS
FARMER-LABOR SLATE
Olson and Shipstead Due to Win Because Democrats
and Republicans Split Opposition Hope
Held for Socialist Program.

servative. This would serve ss an
effective check for the third party
plans to put the State into business
on wide scale by operating the key
industries.
The very latest reports point toward
Farmer-Labor retention Of five seats
in the States delegation to the ma
tional House, with the Republicans
retaining their three places and per-
conceded no better than one seat, II
that.
Reelection Close.
Gov. Olson's reelection to all ap-
pearances will not be by the tre-
mendous margin he enjoyed previously.
vote will be split three ways, the
States young chief executive might
be hard pressed to gain the advantage.
AS it is, two other candidates, John
z. Regan, Democrat, and Martin Mel
son, Republican, are bidding for the
governorship, which seems to be very
much to the third party's liking. Fur
thermore, Regan has been busy en-
phasizing that opponents of the Gov
ernor should support him because, he
says, Nelson hasn't a chance of cleo
ton" And certainly no less stress on
the same point has been made by
Nelson.
In fact, on the basis Of previous
tests neither candidate can justly
boast of any great strength at the
polls. Regan ran a poor third two
years ago and Nelson's showing In
the 1884 primaries was mediocre.
The senatorship contest likewise is
three-way, with Senator Shipstead
campaigning against Representative
Einar Hoidale, Democrat, and N. J.
Holmberg, Republican, and former
State commissioner Of agriculture.
The race seems to rest between Sena.
tor Shipstead and Representative
outside chance.
HoidaIe's Hopes.
Hoidale's supporters presumably
base their hopes mainly on the re-
markable showing he made four years
ago, when a combination of Repub-
licans and Democrats enabled him to
crowd Senator Thomas D. Schall to
the very limit Senator Schalls mar
gin was so small that until cluster
Of belated returns from strong Schall
territory were tabulated, it appeared
Hoidale had won. In fact, victory
seemed so certain that Hoidale
acknowledged success over the radio.
The predictions on the congression-
al outcome forecast reelection Of
Representatives John Paul Kvale,
seventh district; Magnus johnson,
sixth district; Henry Arens, second
district, and Ernest Lundeen, third
district, and election of State Sena-
tor Richard T. Buckler in the ninth
district, all being Farmer-Laborites.
The same predictions would re-elect
Representative Ted Christianson, fifth
district, and elect three other Repub-
licanS, former House members, as fol.
lows: August Andersen, first dis
trict; Melvin Mas, fourth district,
and William A. Pittinger, eighth dis
trict.
The Democrats best opportunity to
upset this lineup rests with the out.
come in the fourth district compris-
ing the city of st. Paul, where State
Representative John j. McDonough,
a power in the last House, which Nc
Donough served as chairman Of the
Rules Committee, is making a strong
race against Mas. Mas represented
the district for several sessions, but
lost out two years ago when proposed
reapportionment of the State on the
basis of reduction of the States dele
cation in the national House from
10 to 9 failed. This required all
candidates for Congress to run on
an at large basis with the Farmer
Laborites promptly increasing their
strength from to 5 seats.
Johnson's Opposition.
The Republicans main hopes Of cut
ting into the Farmer-Labor strensch
In the House of Representatives CEN
ter around the sixth district, where
the veteran G. o. P. Stalwart, Repre-
sentative Harold Knutson, Is oppos-
ing Representative Magnus johnson.
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