The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-02-27
Minnesota NeWs and
Comment
BY r. w. HITCHCOCK

moval of her buildings not later than
June /, 1886.
Vouchers were issued by the highway
department on January 14th this year
to Mrs. Appleton and Mr.. Murphy ,or
5000 and $4,000, respectively, although
the condition as te removal of the build
ings had not been fulfilled. The state
auditor, Stafford King, held up the
vouchers, and later taxpayers at Red
wood Falls secured temporary
order restraining him from issuing war
rants for these amounts. A hearing was
held before Judge Emerson in district
court at Redwood Falls, February 1St,
1886, on this restraining order. The at
torney generals office moved to dismiss
the restraining order, the motion was
denied and the trial of the case on its
merits was set for February 18th at
Redwood Falls.
| Look at this picture:
From Able I. Harris, able No. l
farmer-labor publicity mans Capitol
News Review-"A clever bit of detective
work by the crime bureau last week
placed one of the nations most danger
out criminals behind the bars. Richard
Franseen, 80, of oregon, for the last
ten years has left burglaries, train rob-
berries, bank holdups and counterfeit
bills in his wake. He has also been &C
cused of murder. His career ended on
Mortified farm. Two bureau oper-
ativeS arrested him there without a
struggle"
And then this:
From the Mortified Independent of
January 23rd-"Richard C.. Franzeen,
employed by Floyd Jones on Mrs. Julia
Palons farm three miles south of
Northfield, gave himself up to state
authorities Wednesday last. Franzeen,
who had been employed by Mr.. Jones
since last July, had intimated shortly
before Christmas that he had led a wild
life, and later told Mr.. Jones of charges
against him and asked that the author
tiles be informed of his presence on the
farm. He became quite inSiStent that
this be done, and the day before Mr..
Jones took action he had threatened to
commit suicide as an alternative. Mr.
Jones thereupon passed the word on to
the authorities, and when two men from
the state bureau of criminal apprehen-
sion arrived here Wednesday Franzeen
appeared both wiling and relieved to GO
with them. According to his own state
ment, he never knew what it was to be
treated with real kindness and he ap-
peared quite moved by the treatment he
received at the Jones place. During the
holidays he was invited to come with
the Jones family to the N. j. Sergeant
home for family dinner, and seemed
greatly touched by this attention.
Knowing that there was $4,000 reward
offered for his apprehension by the
postal department, Franzeen insisted
that Mr.. Jones should turn in the re-
port to the authorities so as to quality
him for the reward"
The Minnesota state debt has been
almost entirely accumulated in the last
II years. In 1919 the state debt was les:
than $30O0,00O. When Floyd B. Olsor
became governor in January, 1881 the
state debt had risen to $88 100000. This
increase was due to the demand of the
people of the state for various services
principally three-the soldiers bonuses
the rural credit undertaking and the
state highway program For thess
three purposes the state borrowed a:
follows, prior to January l, 1881: Sol
diers' bonus, $20.OOO,OOO; rural credits
$57, 600, 900; state highways, $35 900 900
total of $112,O00,0O0. During tha
, period the affairs OF the state wer;
T economically administered. All expense!
were paid; the state debt of $3O00,00(
. plus borrowings of SIP 100000 had beer
reduced to $4,000 600, total reduction
T of $27,000,000. In the five years of far
mer-laIbor control since January l, 1881
the savings stopped and spendings in.
creased the state debt by SAL, 119 ,231 09
A favorite farmer-labor statement i:
: that most of the state debt was in
CURED prior to farmer-labor control
The statement is true. Of the debt Sc
accumulated, $20,000000 was for the
soldiers bonus Would the farmer
labor party have refused to pay that?
A total of $57050000 was for the rural
credit program, every dollar of which
was voted for by every farmer-labor
member of the legislature. The rest of
the debt was for highways for which,
to their credit, the farmre- labor MEM
bers of the legislature voted enthusiast
tically
The outstanding facts as to the Min
nesota debt situation are: Cd that
SGT 100000 of the debt was paid off
under what farmer-la labor loves to call
republican control" or "reactionary
control" while co SAL, 100000 was added
to the debt under farmer-labor control.
! The State of Minnesota has been adj
miniStered for many years-ever since
its beginning republicans and dem
ocratS without, with one or two very
brief exceptions, a deficit. AS soon as
farmer-labor administration took
charge, cash balances disappeared and
| the deficit became permanent thing.
The deficit on December 81, 1885, con-
sisted of the following: cash overdraft
in the state revenue fund 81 937 ,615.11,
temporary borrowings S11036, 468.20-
total $13 ,OO4, O83.31.
! Court and congresses look alike to
Floyd B. Olson-he has poor opinion
of them both. When the cooperative
commonwealth gets to going there will
be none of these drawbacks to govern
ing.
If anything, the governor has done
! hetter with the lawmakers than with