The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-09-26
Minnesota NelDs and
Comment
BY r. w. HITCHCOCK

Board, that is the State OF Minnesota
will pay $4,268.
The new hospital Is practically ready
for occupancy. It win supply 10 beds
with comforts, conyeniences and
modern sanitary conditions which have
been almost scandalously lacking at the
Soldiers Home make-shift hospital
housed for many years in an out-moded
ill-placed building.
Following an investigation In 1888 the
House voted SITS 900 for a new hospital
at the Soldiers Home, but the Senate
turned thumbs down ON the proposition
From state appropriations for relief the
Executive Council voted $3.50, 900 for the
hospital and, as nearly as can be ascer-
tanned, the federal government has al
ready spent 100000 on the project.
Secretary Glen H. Davis and the
members of the Soldiers Home Board
who have worked untiringly on this
matter for many years, as well as scores
OF veterans sorely needing hospital care,
are feeling pretty good about the
matter.
Labor troubles in Minneapolis, an
parently fomented by Communists and
ultra radicals who seem to feel secure
against interference with their activities
on the pant of the state, have again
resulted in some destruction and In the
death of two innocent persons.
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The outside world looks somewhat
aSkance at Minnesota in this matter.
The Chicago Tribune in a recent edi-
torial said in part: 1.-The city (Minne-
apolis) has reverted again to the law of
the club and the fang, as it did year
ago during the truck strike. The pro-
posal of Governor Olson to call out the
militia, in view of the conduct of that
body in the previous strike, can be in
terpreted not as move to suppress dis
order but to foster it by military pro-
lection. The extent to which Mime
apOlis Subscribes to the un-Americn
gospel of class warfare, the irresponsible
utterances and violent acts of Governor
Olson in supporting civic disorder, and
the utterances and violent campaign
of that official and his party to des-
troy freedom Of the press are sufficient
to refute the claim of the city to a
place among civilized communities"
In It's structures against Governor
Olson the Chicago Tribune overlooks
one e0tenuating circumstance. The
event seems to prove the wisdom OF the
Governors actions, for did he not carry
every labor ward overwhelmingly, and
the city itself by substantial vote, at
the election which followed his inter-
ference in Minneapolis?
The taxpayer, who is primarily re-
sponsible for the kind of government he
has, has already paid out $421, 26O.22 for
calling out the militia last year i'm the
Minneapolis truck strike and the bills
are not all in yet.
This year a total of lat men were
summoned, held in readiness for five
days and then disbanded.
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State Treasurer Julius Schmahl will
leave September Goth for California
there to deliver the principal address on
Minnesota Day at the San Diego Ex-
position. Although Julius is host in
himself, he will not go alone. The Red
wood Falls city band Of 40 pieces will
go along to help its fellow-townsman
and doughty State Treasurer make him
self heard in Southern California.
Congressman Harold Knutson, who is
here, there and everywhere, will be out
there too and will doubtless, as usual, be
putting in a weighty word in season.
Another member of the State Execu-
tive Council Is out of the state this
week-State Auditor Staff King who
with several thousand Minnesota Le-
gionnaires is making strong effort IL
elect Pat Cliff of Ortonville nationa
commander of the American Legion al
st. Louis.
There Is no politics in this, of course
that is, not more than there Is in any
election. Members of the Legion from
Minnesota, no matter what their par
tiSanShip, are united and enthusiastic
in this campaign, but 1t is difficult not
to suspect that national politics may
influence the vote Of some state dele.
cations and may have decided bear.
ing on the result.
Minnesota has an outstanding candi.
date and preliminary survey of thu
field indicates that he has strong
backing.
Twelve western Minnesota editor.
united last week in an appeal to thu
Executive Council Word had go
around in the western part of the stats
that pressure was being brought to beal
on the Executive Council to cancel vari
GUS commitments for river conservation
projects IN that part of the state. Tn,
three big cities had, in fact, demanded
that some such cancellations be mad
and that the balance of 81 100000 still
available from the relief appropriation
TO the Executive Council for the year b
devoted to direct relief in the cities.
The editors, although wise to aci
were probably undrly alarmed. Score
tary of State Mike Holm and othe
members of the Executive Council, ha'
already before the editors took action
gone on record against diversion of tn
funds allotted to the water projects.
The Lac qui Parle project, caus
celebre In the Minnesota campaign Q