Evening star., 1936-08-13


taking votes away from the Roosevelt
party. Fore here in Minnesota there
is an insignificant number OF persons
enrolled as Democrats. The two
major parties are Farmer-Labor ana
Republican.
The Farmer-Laborites are some
what disturbed by the entry OF the
Lemke-Coughlin- Townsend movement
because the votes are to be obtained
for it only at the expense OF the
Farmer-Labor party. Thus the Re
publicans are very confident of elect
ing their candidate for Governor-
perhaps by 70,OO0-and they think
former Gov. Christianson, very able
citizen, may win as. the Republican
candidate for the United States Sen
ate against Gov. Floyd Olsen.
Olsen May Make Trade.
Olsen is desperately i'll. Reports as
TO his condition are conflicting, Any
way he is at a hospital in Rochester,
Mimi, and has not been active and
NAV not be. If he gets sufficiently
better to get into the fight, it Is eX-
pected he will trade votes with the
Roosevelt leaders who, in return for
help in his Senate fight, will receive
Olsen votes to aid Mr.. Roosevelt.
So the Governors health or future
tactics may play commanding part
in the outcome. At the moment, the
Republicans have the best organiza-
ton they have had in many years.
They talk confidently about carrying
the State for Landon.
Neutral sources put it this way:
Mr.. Roosevelt carried the State by
236.OO0 four years ago. He will be
lucky to carry it by $4,000 this time
and it might swing to Landon by
exactly that amount. Should the
third party of mke-Coughlin grow
stronger, it will be cinch for Landon.
Business men show almost united
front in opposition to Mr.. Roosevelt.
They insist his reelection will pro-
duce additional uncertainty. They
complain about the difficulty Of doing
business under the new tax bill and
insist that uncertainty as to Roosevelt
policies is robbing the present upward
trend of any feeling of security for
the future.
Imports Irk Farmers.
Out through the farm areas, those
In touch with the farmers report an
increasing opposition to the New Deal
because of the importation of cattle
from Canada. Secretary Wallace made
q poor impression here by his state
ment insisting that only feeder cattle
were coming in over the Canadian
line when statistics were available at
local offices showing that go per cent
of the importations are cattle for
slaughter.
Among the farmers, the sentiment
for Landon has not yet crysta.llzed.
There is curiosity as to how he Will
amplify his views on the agricultural
plank of the national platform. There
is incidentally more and more dissat-
isfaction among farmers and city folks
with the mounting public debt. 1t is
the major topic of conversation wher-
ever politics is discussed informally by
the voters. The idea that the farmers
may have to pay higher and higher
taxes to pay the cost of Federal
Santa Claus is becoming widespread
especially among dairy farmers-one
class that didn't come in under the
A. A. A. and which feels that the
A. A. A. thereupon imposed reprisals
by encouraging the planting of forage
crops in the South where cotton, for
instance, was curtailed. In this way
1t is felt that competitive dairying
was stimulated.
One hears strange tales here about
deep religious feeling among the