Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-02-08
MARCH Fl SET
FOR FL. MEET
State Gathering of Endorse
ments, Platform Making
to be i'm St. Paul.
County Conventions to
Choose Delegates Will be
Two Weeks Sooner.

The date for the Farmer-Labor
state convention has been set for
March 9th, and the time for county
conventions will be set by the chair
men Of that party in the various
counties. Announcement for the Pine
county convention will likely be made
next week by Chairman E. j. Pro-
chaska of Pine City.
Pine county, on the basis of the
1882 vote, will be entitled to six dele
gates to the state convention. AS eX-
planned in the call for the state con-
vention by the State Farmer-Labor
Association, all dues-paying members
OF the association are delegates to the
county convention. and in townships
and villages where there are no or
ganized Farmer-Labor clubs voters on
the Farmer-Labor ticket may get to-
gether and send two delegates from
each such precinct to the county con-
vention-
Teigan Explains.
Senator Henry G. Teigan of Mime
apOlis, veteran member and leader of
the Farmer-Labor Association, in his
FL. press service explains about the
county and state conventions soon to
be held. in the following:
The 1884 Farmer-Labor state con-
vention will be held at the st. Paul
auditorium on March q next, accord
ing to the call just issued by the
state executive board of the Farmer
Labor Association.
The conventions duties will con-
sist of the adoption of platform, and
the Endorsement of candidates for
state and congressional offices. I'm
like the old political parties, the con-
vention itself will formulate a plat
form and select its candidates. Re-
publican and Democratic conventions
merely ratify the plans of their po-
litical bosses who have the ground
thoroughly prepared before their con-
ventionS meet.
Delegates From County Organizations.
Delegates will be chosen by the
county organizations. Each county
organization, under the constitution
of the association, is entitled to as
many delegates as the vote for COVER
nor at the last preceding general cleo
tion will justify. That is to say, each
county is entitled to one delegate at
large, and one additional delegate
for each one thousand votes or major
fraction thereof cast for the Farmer
Labor nominee for governor at that
election.
The convention held on March q
will undoubtedly be the largest in the
history of the party. There are today
active dues-paying organizations in
all but six counties of the state, and,
in all probability, these six counties
too will be organized in time to par
ticipate in the county conventions
which must be held on or before
March 10.
Representation Provided.
The provisions of the call are all
set forth in a letter addressed to
chairmen and secretaries of all Farm
er-Labor county associations. The
letter reads in part as follows:
"You will note that all dues-paying
members in the county shall be dele
gates to the county convention. In
addition to these members, every un-
organized township, village or other
subdivision in your county is entitled
to two delegates in the county con-
vention, but, provided that all dele
gates to the state convention must be
members of the Farmer-Labor Asso-
citation, either by direct affiliation
through membership in labor unions
or farmers economic organizations.
~The state committee adopted this
representation for county conventions
after considerable thought and con-
sderation. Many counties are only
partially organized; the movement
has grown rapidly and will need from
two to four years more before the
counties will be sufficiently well or
ganized to insist that each and every
delegate to the county convention be
q dues-paying member. However, it
= deemed necessary that no portion
Of our rank and file movement shall
be denied representation in the for
nation of the principles and platform
of the movement or in the selection
of candidates for office to put such
platform in operation.
County Convention Early in March.
County conventions should be held
on or before March 10. The county
officers are hereby instructed to not
fly all dues-paying members Of the
county convention. Also to person
ally, or by delegating someone In
each township in which there are
no dues-paying members, arrange a
meeting for the purpose of selecting
two delegates from the township to
attend the county convention.
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