Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-09-13
Governor is
TERMED GREAT
Fake Charges are Made
Against Him by OPP
pOnentS.
Townley Revolt Will not
Sway Voters to De-
feat Him.
BY HENRY G. TEIGAN


During the past week the Reac-
tionary Press of the state has de-
voted considerable space to an al
legged Revolt in the Farmer-Labor
party, led by A. c. Townley, former
head of the National Nonpartisan
League.
As usual, the organs of special
gandize the voters than they are
ir giving real information to the
public. The Townley revolt, if it
may be so termed, is not one-tenth
as serious as the newspapers would
have the people believe.
Undoubtedly Mr.. Townley has had
many friends among the Farmer
Labor workers who admired him for
the great work he has done in times
gone by. But this must not be taken
to mean that they are going to follow
him, or any other person, or group
of persons, in an effort to bring about
the defeat of their own Farmer-Labor
administration.
Olson Great Governor.
Farmer-Laborites are fully appreci-
ative of the fact that Floyd B. Olson
is the greatest Governor in the
United States today. They know that
he is the one Governor in America
who is not in the service of Big Bus
mess and is at all times on the alert
to serve the cause of the common
man.
Moreover, Farmer-Laborites, re-
gardless of their differences. realize
full we'll that support of Mr.. Townley
means giving aid to the candidates
of Big Business, John E. Regain and
Martin A. Nelson.
ScurrilOuS InnuendO.
One of the contemplate bits of
innuendo, disseminated. by the poll
ticians and press opposed to the
Farmer-Labor party, is that Governor
Olson and President Roosevelt share
responsibility for the shooting of How
ard Guilford, scandal sheet editor in
the City of Minneapolis. These
charges are, Of course, not made di-
rectly, for those spewing forth such
libelous suggestions do not care to
run afoul of the criminal statutes.
Mr. Nelson, Republican nominee for
governor, was the first of the gentle
men to throw forth the suggestion of
the Governors responsibility, and
this was later followed by one from
Senator Thomas d. Schall that RoOse-
velts New Deal was implicated in
the affair.
The charge made by Mr.. Townley
at Bemidji Monday evening that Gov
ernor Olson received large sums OF
money for appointing John P. De-
vaney chief justice and Julius j. Oh
son associate justice of the supreme
court, seems hardly worthy of con-
sideration. 1t is quite on a par with
the charge that the Governor was
implicated in the Guilford shooting.
Thinking persons will. of course, not
be influenced by such wild charges
serve as a boomerang, aiding the Gov
ernor rather than harming him.
TOwnley's Elimination.
AS to Mr.. Townley, it is apparent
THAI lHC luluS tlldl SiiCfCo L al hiSi
Laborites most is not that his cam
paign-in case he should become a
candidate for governor-will bring
about the defeat of Governor Olson.
This will not happen. What they
are deeply concerned over is that Mr..
Townley himself will obviously be
eliminated from any further useful
ness to the Progressive cause. This
will be a source of regret to many
of the old time Farmer-LabOrites and
especially to those who aided him in
the building of the Nonpartisan
League in the stormy days of the war.
Farmer-Laborites throughout the
state will not be swayed from their
course by the Townley revolt, or by
any other revolt of its kind. They
will stay on the job and go down the
line for Floyd B. Olson and the en-
tire Farmer-Labor ticket.