The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-09-02
New Regents

Governor Benson has appointed
four new regents of the state uni.
versity to succeed four whose
terms have expired. He did this
because the legislature failed ia
elect new regents, the House and
the Senate being unable to agree as
to procedure. There has been con.
siderable talk to the effect thai
Governor Benson desired to swal-
low the university as his political
oyster, but such is not painfully
apparent in the selections which he
has made. The new regents are
George B. Leonard, a Minneapolis
attorney, Lewis E. Lehman, Of st
Paul, former state commander OF
the American Legion, Ben Dubois,
Of Sank Centre, secretary OF the
Independent Bankers Association
and Martin Olson, farmer, OF
Vining. OF course the men selected
are of the same political party as
the governor, but there is nothing
to indicate that their appointment
means anything inimical to the es-
tablished scholastic, scientific, cul-
tural and educational ideals OF the
university. The problems connected
with the conduct of the university
as the head Of the educational sys-
tenn Of the state are too numerous,
interesting and weighty to the men
who undertake the responsibility to
allow any time for politics.-Mor-
rio TrihIfne
The Muddled Political Situation
There are thousands of Citizens
in the state of Minnesota who are
at present in somewhat of mud
die when the question of political
party utilization is given thought.
Republicans and Democrats still
lack real leadership in this state,
and cannot seem to get the neces-
sary cooperation to get going along
any definite line. Uncertainty and
stalling are costing them plenty OF
support every day that goes by.
The Farmer-Labor party is APP
parently splitting into two parts.
Those who can no longer tolerate
the tactics of the present admins
tration are looking for a party al
filiation that will more nearly
meet their views than do the ex-
tremists now in power at the cap
itol. This is not to be wondered at,
as it is merely history repeating it
self. The older parties have had
this happen to them before, and in
all likelihood it will happen again.
Keep a party in office long enough
and all the evils that crept into the
other parties will be found present
| and flourishing until an aroused
electorate boots them out of office
This housekeeping has had salu-
tary effect, as it gives party lead
ers notice that voters are as rule
patient and forgiving, but they toe
can stand just so much. The an
nual bid for votes is just around
the corner-what are those thous-
ands of undecided voters going to
do in the next election? What par
ty are they going to affiliate with
to get the kind of government they
| want? Cockiness and overconfi.
dence will get politicians nowhere
this time. It is high time for party
leaders to do some tall thinking
right now. People demand to know
what a party is going to stand fol-
now. and not a few weeks before
an election.-By B. A. Gimmestad
in Dawson Sentinel.
John L. Lewis, self-constituted
Saviour Of the ranks Of Labor, who
set himself up on pedestal in the
organization of his C. I. o., has
done nothing more than split the
ranks of Labor. Now he is whining
because he did not get the backing
of the President in his scheme. 1t
is our bet that the old A. F. of L.,
which has labored earnestly and
honestly for the laboring man, will
come out on top in the end, and
that Lewis will be relegated to the
scrap heap where he belongs. His
gas bag will be punctured, and he
will fizzle out.-The Hutchinson
Leader.
Congratulations to our neighbor
citizen. Ben Dubois, Of Sank Cen
tire, upon his appointment to be a
regent Of the state university. Ben
is a liberal but nevertheless a hard
headed citizen who will not be SYM
pathetic with the plan afoot to
make a socialist incubator out of
the states great university.-Long
Prairie Leader.