The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-03
GOVERNOR OLSON
DIES IN ROCHESTER
Public Funeral Held in Minneapo-
lis With Burial at Lake
wood Cemetery.

of his long fight against stomach
cancer. The governor, under opiates
since late in the afternoon drifted
from coma into death, with relatives
gathered at his bedside. Death
came only a few hours after Presi-
dent Roosevelt announced that he
would speed up his intended tour of
the drouth areas and visit the COVER
nor in the hospital on Wednesday, the
day the governor was buried.
Thousands of persons paid their
final tribute to the states chief execu-
tive as his body lay in state at the
capitol rotunda in st. Paul until We'd
nesday morning. Private services for
the family were then held at Welan-
der-Quist mortuary in Minneapolis be-
fore the body was removed to the
Municipal Auditorium for public SER
vices at P. M. DR.. ]. A. o. Stub,
pastor of Central Lutheran church
and a close personal friend of Gov
ernor Olson for many years, officiated
at the last rites. The governors last
resting place is Lakewood cemetery
where he was buried. 1t was
the Governors office decision that
there should be no honorary pallbear-
ers-that Governor Olson's family
desires, because of the large number
of the Governors friends, that we
name no honorary pallbearers for his
funeral. He belongs to all the people
of his state, the great army of his
admirers. For that reason, all the
people will be honorary pallbearers.
We feel that is what Governor Olson
himself would have desired" as it is a
state event, sergeants of the National
Guard were the active pallbearers.
President Roosevelt was not able to
attend the funeral.
President Roosevelt said the nation
had lost ga personality of singular
force and courage. His statement fol-
lows:
1.-THE nation has lost a personality
of singular force and courage in the
death of Governor Olson. Year by
year since he assumed the governor
ship of a great commonwealth he had
become a more massive figure in our
national life. He had unbounded faith
in the wisdom and the honesty of the
common man. AS public official he
never shirked the responsibilities OF
office nor compromised with the truth
as he saw it." The President also
sent personal message of coincidence
to Mrs. Olson.
The death of Olson will make neces.
sary important changes in the slate
the Farmer-Labor party will present
to the voters in the fall This prob
lem will have to be tackled by the
Farmer-Labor state central committee
which has the power to name a can
didate to take Olson's place as candi
date for the United States senate OF
the party ticket.
Olson's death automatically elevat
ed Lieutenant Governor Hjalmar Pc
terson of Askov to the governorship
William B. Richardson of Rochester
takes over the duties of Lieutenant
Governor.
The affection which caused his deatf
had its beginning some six years ago
when he was advised he had a sto
mach ulser. For several years hi
sought treatment through dieting ant
found relief, although in the summe
of 1881, few months after he as
sumed the governorship, he wa
forced to spend several weeks In sc
clusion at Gull lake. 1t continued t,
bother him during the 1882 governor
ship campaign, but his first move to
ward surgical care came the follow
ing year when he entered st. Andrew
hospital in Minneapolis for an opera
ton.
DR.. A. w, Hoaglund, his persona
physician, removed the governors az
pendix On May IL, 1888. The opera
tion gave him relief for a consider
able period. Abdominal pains return
ed in 1884 and bothered him frequent
ly through the winter of 1884 an
1885. He then began to lose weigh
In 1885 he made visit to the May
clinic for examination and was az
vised to rest when it was disclose
that his condition was becoming con
plicated. Most of the summer an
early fall he spent at his Gull lax
home.
Confined to his home much of th
time through the early part of tn
winter, he was finay forced to ente
the Mayo clinic a few days afte
Christmas, 1885. On December 81, a
exploratory operation was performe
the results of which were declared
be discovery of polyps-small growth
on the esophagus and upper st
mach. No effort was made to reno,
them and Mayo physicians advise
complete rest. Unofficial reports fro
the hopital were that the polyps wei
not malignant.
Secluding himself most of the tin
again, Governor Olson nevertheless
appeared before the Farmer-Lab,
convention in st. Paul March 81, 1913
and made a two-hour address.
that time he accepted the party's
: dorsement for United States senate
Throughout the ordeal, Governor {
, son gave up cheerful attitude.
: though in state of coma when
reached Rochester on the last trip,
rallied and insisted that he would !
cover. DIR. w. ]. Mayo described hi
as one of "the most courageous m,
I ever knew"
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