The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-09-30

often been made against the pres
ent state administration and 1t Is a
charge almost certain to dominate
all other issues in the 1888 cleo
ton.
A. #. OF L. Scores House Action
Evidence of the reaction to the
state administrations use Of the
spoils system is seen in a report
read at the recent American Fed
GRAFTON Of Labor convention in
Hibbing. The report recites the his
tory of labors civic service bill in
the last legislature where 1t was
passed unanimously by the conser-
vative senate but smothered and
killed by the administration con-
trolled house.
The A. F. Of L. report concludes
with this blunt statement: 1.-THE &C
ton of the Cloquet convention in
structing it's officers to secure civil
service for state employees was de-
feated by the leadership of the
House."
State administration leaders
make no secret of their reasons for
opposing civil service. They admit
frankly that civil service law
would deprive them of the whip
they now hold over state employees,
the fear of losing their jobs, which
whip enables them to collect party
funds and require party work from
these employees.
The question arises of course in
the minds of many people-Are
state employees working for the
taxpayers who pay them, or is the
state treasury being used merely
for the support Of party workers
and the building of campaign
funds for a political party. The
question is one that will likely be
asked quite insistenly in the cleo
ton next year when the present
state administration comes before
the people of this state for renew
ed support.
This whole matter was discussed
by State Senator M. r. eastman
last week in an address at Ovation
ma where he said that the state of
Minnesota Is now supporting 49,
900 jobholders and that If all meas
ures that leaders Of the Farmer
Labor machine had wanted had
been passed it would now have 3d.
600 Of them.
Are MINI. Farmers For G. I. o.?
Speculation is rife around Capt.
toll Hill as to the purpose Of the
state wide farm conference which
| Governor Benson has called fol
October 4th in St. Paul. So far
however, little explanation has
been given. At meeting in Min.
neapolis last Saturday the COVER
nor set out to explain the purpose
of this forthcoming parley but af.
ter a few words on the subject de-
voted remarks to unqualified abuse
of the states newspapers and tho
state senate. He stated that the
owners of most Of the states news
papers do not believe in demo-
cracy and never did" He also add
ed that these same newspaper own
ers do not believe in the Declare
ton of Independence and never
did" The result Of this was that the
meeting ended with the purpose of
the farm conference still unexplain-
ed.
Some possible light on the s1b-
ject can be seen, however, from the
conference of national farm lead
ers in New York City September
oath where OHM Bosch, Of Atwa-
ter, Mimi. president of the Nation
al Farm Holiday Association urged
the formation of a national farmer
labor party along the lines suggest
ed by John L. Lewis, c. I. o. chief
in a recent address. Bosch stood
alone in his support for the Lewis
idea, however, with all other nation
al farm leaders present solid In