The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-08-02

Believing as do lots of honest Democrats and Re-
pubcans that the reelection of Olson is in the bag
since fusion hopes blasted Farmer Labor county
organizations are preparing to make concerted drive
to hold every seat in the legislature they have
and add enough more to assure the governor an OPP
portunty of experimenting with cooperative COM
monwealth."
In this county the party successful in nomin-
atng all three of it's preprmary Endorsed candidates,
Frank Romberg for reelection state SENATOR E. c.
Steinberg for representative at-arge and Mike Kram
er for county representative Every effort will be
made to elect them.
Few will deny that Mr.. Romberg has the best
chance of the three after noting that he had major
ity of the votes at the primary However Leon H.
Brown count supporters since he was
given the ego by" by the second ward Farmer-Labor
club last week. His support in the primary was OBJ
tanned with minimum of effort. By putting up bat
tie between and November he might surprise the
organization.
Mr.. Stenberg and Mr. Kramer have even more to
worry about. Fred H. Dawson polled nearly many
votes in close fourway did his opponent, Mr.
Kramer. The other two candidates far less
radical than Mr. Kramer. Dawsons friends count
ing getting big share of that vote.
Political prognostcators still wondering how
John Zwach far ahead of Mr. Steinberg and two
oCner candldateS. NOT the tnat gets OVer-cOn-
fdent, Mr.. Zwach be counted to make an active
campaign His chances appear to be about as good as
Mr.. Romberg's.
All in ALL the governor hadn't better count too
heavily on this district.
Praise is due Hugh T. Kennedy of Kerkhoven,
Democratic nominee for secretary of state who offers
to withdraw from the in favor of the Republican
incumbent two other and three Republic
ans will do likewise, giving the state fusion ticket
At last Minnesota has politician who puts per-
sonal ambitions second to the welfare of the I'm
fortunately far five other candidates have not fol-
lowed his suggestion.
Perhaps Mr.. Kennedy was up against an impossi-
bic situation since Mike Holm has reputation as a
vote-getter that Farmer-Laborites respect but
his chances were little dscouraging than those
OF the others he would have withdraw Patrick j. De-
laney fer state auditor and Maynard M. BARLEY for
state treasurer, both Democrats and Martin A. Mel
son for governor Franklin F. Ellsworth for lieutenant
governor and Oscar F. Youngdah for encouragement
on the Republican ticket
Should Mr.. Kennedys suggestion be carried out
the fusion ticket would include John E. Regain Dem
crat for governor; A. D. Reynolds Democrat for lieu
tenant GOVERNOR Mike Holm Republican for secretary
of-state; Julius A. Schmah Republican. for state
treasurer; Alric Anderson, Democrat for attorney
general and Stafford King, Republican, for state
auditor.
lhe strange things in progress in Minneapolis are
enough to confuse the public particularly the voting
public
Stories of violations of agreements between en-
poyers and employees, of firms who pay their drivers
agreed amounts in checks and require them to cash
them at the firms window where unreasonable deduc-
tons are made of police who allegedy shoot persons
in the backs three blocks away of communists and
threats and volence-all to confuse.
Newspaper reports and charges of the governor
are so different that they further befog the picture
Several things do obvious from this distance
however One is that the affair has been grossly mis-
handled from the first If Minneapolis EMPLOYERS yio-
lated the NRA Codes they should have been brought
before federal code authorities don't believe Cen
eral johnson is afraid of Minneapolis EMPLOYERS or
any others.
Another is that Governor Olson by indecision and
trying to play the game in a way to win support of
both sides, has lost support on all Sides
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace took sane nosi
ton this week when he declared that although drouth
will cut down the surplus control of acreage devoted
to certain crops should be continued to prevent mme-
date building of another cloud to hang over the
market.
Undoubtedly agitation will be strong in the east
where they prefer to have low priced foodsuffs for
ending the AAA program. In rural sections which
suffered severely from drouth the crop reduction paw
ments godsend, the only income some farmers
have. We know of no section where the checks will
not be welcome.
Clothes don't make the man. according to an old
saying but when it to weddings the brides at
tire surely occapies a nromnent MA in ~.