The Sauk Centre herald., 1936-01-30
THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN
WHISPERS
Rivalry

! Rival uSleSdlIOIlS lrOl1l MlAhSSo-
ia are promised when the national
Democratic convention conveneS in
Philadelphia next June and there
may even be third. It's the worst
mess in the history of the state
Cnterified. A week ago the Demo-
cratic state central committee, gem
orally known as the "Rumper'
division of the party, issued call
for a state convention to be held at
Mankato, February /; object, the
naming of twenty-six delegates to
the national meet. Saturday last
followers of Joe Wolf, National
Democratic Committeeman, gath.
cred in st. Paul and repudiated the
"Rumper" call by providing for
convention of its own. Reasons ad-
vanced were that the state central
committee was not on the square
in respect to its proposed endorse
ment of President Roosevelt. Since
the meeting a third group, sick 1t
says, of the continued chickering's
between the two, is demanding the
retirement not only of Wolf, but OF
]. N. Moonan, head of the state
central committee and if not forth
coming, threatens to name a dele
cation of its own.
Credentials
Four years ago John E. Regan,
twice the party standard bearer,
with a group of followers walked
out of a state convention controlled
by Wolf and was successful in the
primary election which followed
Their delegation to the national
convention, however, lost out and
Wolf was named committeeman
VOLTS scalp is the chief object of
the Regain Noonan faction, but
whether they will get it or not is a
question. Wolf with the backing OF
the Bremers, st. Paul brewers, is
said to have the well wishes OF
Roosevelt and Wolf unquestionably
is relying on this same backing to
seat the threatened rival delegation.
Wolf and Governor Olson are also
close friends, and in the last two
campaigns, the former played
openly with the Farmer-Labor
chief.
BY an almost unamanious vote
the executive division of the Re-
publican Central organization to-
gether with an advisory committee.
decided not to hold a state ticket
endorsing convention this year. In
stead there will be a convention for
the naming of delegates to the ma
t;opal convention and the selection
of Republican presidential electors
only. The use of an advisory COM
mittee in solving the problem was
smart Chairman Tom McCabe's
way, of leaving the central organi-
zation out of the controversy. AS
interpreted by some, the decision
may hamper the senatorial asplra-
tions of Mike Holm and Congress
man Theodore Christianson who
were hopeful of convention en-
dorsement. 1t also makes the NOM
nations for attorney general and
lieutenant governor, a free for all.
Party endorsement of Martin Mel
son for Governor, Julius Schmahl.
treasurer, and Mike Holm as secre-
tary of state are regarded as fairly
certain.
Townsend
"If the Townsend Plan had been
in effect in 1885, the average in
come of all Americans over sixty
years of age would have been some
thing over 2,40O dollars, but the
average income of all those young
er than sixty would have been about
211 dollars. These figures are
based on what the total national
income last year actually was.
I'm 1880 the incomes of those un-
der sixty have been about IL dollars
a year per person; by 1900 they
would have increased to almost 81
dollars apiece; by 1920 they would
have mounted to nearly 461 dollars
per person per year, and the peak
would have been reached in 1929
with the share of each person under
sixty being 486 dollars year. The
depression low of 1888 would have
been an average of 154 dollars for
each person under sixty"
1.-The facts are that about one
third of those below sixty are under
II years of age, while about one
third of those over sixty are seventy
years old or more"
The total national income Is the
whole amount that we produce and
pay out for goods and services"
From that total the Townsend Plan
payment would have to come, and
whatever was left over would be