The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-10-18

This incident made the people Of
Murray county inquisitive. They
looked into the Governors state
ment, made at Slayton and repeated
at Granite Falls, Montevideo and
other west-state towns that Sena-
tors Rockne, Nc Kenzie, and Weber
(who lives at Slayton) ''put repub-
lican politics above human misery
by voting against the $5,000,000 re-
lief bill. The bill was in two parts,
$2,500O00 for relief and $2,50O,000
for certain internal improvements
projects. The curious citizens dis
covered that the senators named,
every one of them had voted for
the S2,50O,000 relief half of the bill
but had voted against the $500, 900
internal improvements part of the
bill, and they further discovered
that the senators had challenged
both the constitutionality of the in
ternal improvement part of the
bill and had dared the Governor
to attempt to enforce it, a dare
which he has not yet taken, al
though he has had is months to do
it in.
Curious citizens also looked up
the Governors statement, made
many times, that he had saved the
state $7,OO0O00 in 1888 and found
that it was not he that had done it,
but the legislature, - and that the
Governor had said it couldn't be
done and had vigorously opposed
it. Nevertheless, at last reports the
Governor was still peddling the
story.
The recognized betting center of
the cities is Snyder's in the Mime
apolis loop. Odds at first were to
on Olson, dwindling to to 1, then
10 to 8. Last week the odds
changed to even money.
The "bombshell' edition of the
Farmer-Labor Leader, heralded
with blare of trumpets that
echoed and reechoed throughout
the state finally exploded with a
pop like pea-shooter.
A "tax-free state" was the bomb
shell editions bomb. The leader
explained that many months had
been spent in collecting and COM
piling the date to show, in an ex-
animation of some so communities,
that Minnesota by taking over pow
err utilities could become a tax-free
state.
Charles Cheney. author of
Minnesota Politics" in the Mime
apolis Journal, examined the shin
ing examples and discovered that
not one of them was tax-free.
Then Luverne, the sole Mime
sofa community cited by the Leader
as tax-free made vigorous protests.
1t wasn't tax-free and never had
been and it quoted figures showing
that it is paying substantial tax.
Moreover it was discovered that its
widely touted municipal power
plant was laying aside nothing for
depreciation, and that when the
plant has to be renewed the citi-
Zens of the town will have to put
up the kale.
But the solar-plexus blow was de-
livered by the Little Falls Trans
cript which noted that the total tax
paid in Minnesota this year is $115,-
740,531 and that the total receipts
of the light and power utilities in
Minnesota is $50, $40, $40 per annum,
so that if Minnesota took them
over and charged the citizens of the
state three times as much as they
are now paying, it would still be
short of enough to foot the tax
bill and make Minnesota tax-free,
and it wouldn't have so much as a
thin dime or a red cent left to pay
the expense of running the plants
Surely the farmer-labor leaders
in this state are not fools, but more
and more the conviction grows
that they are either just that or
they think that the people of the
state are driveling idiots
1t did not require the newspaper
poll with its stunning victory for
Martin A Nelson to show the
people of Minnesota that at last, in
Nelson, they have a candidate for
governor after their own hearts.
OF course, the newspaper poll sort
of emphasized the fact.
For some weeks the people Of
Minnesota have slowly been getting
acquainted with Martin A. Nelson.
The better they know him the bet
ter they like him.
He does not seem to be very
good at waving his arms on the
public platform and he is no prom
User of miracles whatever. but the
conviction grows that he is a keep
er of promises. Down in Austin,
his home town, they know him for
just that, among good many other
common, everyday sturdy and ster-
ling qualities which have distingu-
ished the Vikings and their sons
for many centuries.
Political Advertisement Prepared
and ordered published by WI.
Boerger for which regular adv.