Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-01-03
FL. LEADER IS
NOW A WEEKLY
C. D. Johnston, Well Known
Political Writer is Added
to Staff.
Senate Will Have to Decide
on Final Status of Two
Senate Seats.
BY HENRY G.. TEIGAN

IA6 FdIIneT-LdDoT party HoS 10
campaign for 1896 under way. With
Farmer-Laborites a single election Is
not Of primary importance. The fight
to emancipate the common people
from the bondage of Big Business
cannot be achieved in one election.
The Farmer-Labor Association is
launching a campaign to build up its
units in all parts of the state. Had
1t not been for the efficiency OF the
organization it is a certainty that the
vicious campaign carried on by the
Republican party backed by Big Bus
mess organizations, would have been
successful
In addition to increasing the mem
bership OF the Farmer-Labor Assocla-
ton, the Farmer-Labor Leader, off,
cial publication Of the Farmer-Labor
Association, will be published as a
weekly beginning with this weeks
issue Since January, 1880, the Leader
has been published on a semi-monthly
basis.
Johnston on Leader Staff.
In addition to making the official
organ a weekly newspaper, c. d. john
ston, well-known political writer, has
been added to its staff. This will en-
able the Leader to cover a great deal
more ground than heretofore, and will
familiarize it's readers with just what
is going on in the movement from
week to week. Mr.. Johnston is a
man of much more than average abil-
ity and is unquestionably one of the
best informed men on politics in the
state of Minnesota. Moreover, he has
been devoted to the progressive cause
for many years Notwithstanding his
long connection with a conservative
newspaper in st. Paul.
notwithstanding the claim of Re-
publican newspapers that the legis-
lature is overwhelmingly anti-Farm-
er-Labor, the fact is that the 1885
legislature will have a larger repre-
sentation of liberals than any legisla-
ture has had since the Farmer-Labor
party came into existence. A few
weeks ago it was contended that the
Senate would have large conserva-
tive majority but now it appears that
the old-partyites will experience some
difficulty in organizing that body.
Two Votes Stolen.
Conservatives will have a two-votes
advantage on organization that they
would not have had except for their
success in temporarily stealing two
Senate seats. 1t seems beyond ques-
ton that in recounts in the Carver
Scott district, and in the Goth district
In Minneapolis, fraud was resorted to,
to give victory to the conservative
candidates. The fight for these seats
will, however, be continued and the
senate will have to decide whether
the "upsets" in a few precincts will
justify a complete reversal of the Of
fetal returns in those districts.
BancO Trial at MOOrhead.
The trial Of ]. Cameron Thompson.
president of the Northwest Bancorpor-
alton, at Moorhead. is attracting a
great deal of attention. 1t is little
short of astonishing that any state
administration would have the cour-
age to undertake prosecution Of So
powerful d wi pOi ftilOll DIS ClIllcT VI
the two large Banco groups. 1t is
safe to state that no Republican gov
ernor in the history of Minnesota.
would have dared to attack corpora
lions of this size and influence.
The prosecution is based upon the
Banco's sale of stock for prices based
upon fictitious values. Thousands Of
dollars af stock of the Northwest Ban
corporation was sold to innocent pur-
chasers on the fraudulent claim that
the corporation was earning profits
that did not exist.
w. E. G. Watson Of Minneapolis,
special assistant attorney general, is
in charge Of the prosecution. He is
assisted by Roger Rutchick. assistant
attorney general. am! Garfield w. Ru-
stad Of Moorhead, special assistant
attorney general. The case is being
we'll handled and will be prosecuted
with vigor. The trial will probably
last two or three weeks