The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-09
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Edited This Week BY
III. E. RASMUSSEN
(Austin Daily Herald)

ii. T.. RASMUSSEN
(Austin Daily Herald)
Motivated by the desire to approach
the capitol in the most liberal frame
of mind and gather material for this
column, I was shortly given jolts that
caused doubts to arise in the mind.
The unfortunate part of it is that the
administration in power now in Minne-
sofa opposes and detests individual sue
cess. That must happen if the col
lectivist state is to be ushered in to
the strains of a foreign symphony,
which heretofore has been revolving to
all militant Americans and loyal Min
nesotans. The philosophy of the FL
party in Minnesota is not one Of aid to
the worker and the farmer, but funda-
mentally it is one Of complete change
of the basic elements and traditions in
order to transfer control of the destiny
of the individual into the hands of a
supernumerary group.
And, instances are not lacking
laundering but bluntly the state sought
to inject itself into home rule stu
alton in Albert Lea last Monday when
an attempt was made to prevent Ii
censed and franchiSed buses to operate
to the fair grounds because some FL
taxi operators of that city had made
a complaint to buddies in the capitol
who thought they might try to put over
fast one" through the state highway
patrol. The courage of Mayor Hayek
of Albert Lea nipped that plot in the
bud with plenty of ammunition anG
there were profuse apologies. Just ar
instance of what might and is at
tempted, however, every day by the
conniving, political sharp-shooters who
infest most of the government depart
ments in st. Paul. Their chief qualifi-
cation for jobs is the showing they made
in their ward or precinct during tht
election.
Another propaganda writer has beer
added to the staff of Abe Harris, chic
propaganda, and has been assigned tt
the Office of the attorney general. Hi.
job is to help "sell'' the administration
to the voters-who pay the bills alst
for the selling" AS if, indeed, Their,
were not already too many employee
in the state capitol where they sit likt
parasites on the stair steps, clutter VI
desks, and, as ravens, cluster about tn,
refreShment stands. A Is per cent re-
duction in the staffs would doubles
result in greater efficiency Privat.
business operated on the same basis a
the state capitol would go banNup
within a year.
The taxpayers are paying, too, for
little printing commission on a bookle
that failed to carry the Governor
name. 1t is the pamphlet of instruc
tons to drivers containing the highwa,
traffic laws and what not. The frs
batch got out with only the name O
N. w. Elsberg, the highway commits
sioner printed on the outside cover, a
has always been customary. When Alb
Harris and his aides, Roger Rutchic
and Art Jacobs got wind of it there wa
trouble galore. The governor must b
advertised and all that could be don
was to have another batch printed III
and, presto!-it is done at the tax
payers expense.
| Will Hjalmar Listen?
Like the lure being placed for grass
hoppers throughout southern Mime
sofa, George Griffith, chief oil in
spector, also rated as top plot strate
gist, sets out dish for Hjalmar Peter
sen. The bait is in the form of al
olive branch to Hjalmar, whose popu
larity has been growing entirely to
rapidly to suit the FL chieftains an
the proposition is for Hjalmar to b
given the nomination and made cover
nor in 1910 if he will only be good now
crawl into his hole and lay off criti
cizing the Mexican generals and tn
governor.
Human interest must precede prop
erty interests" is the phrase ofte,
mouthed by the FL laddies. Thei
human interests" are shown in the wa
they discharge competent employee
who have served the state efficiently fo
upward of twenty years and whose onl
SSAASANAASy WOO AAiS ldCh VI pOllGlCdl dc
tlvity for the FL party. G. P. Bull
state weed inspector, was interrupte
In the middle of a letter he was die
tating, told that he was discharged, t
let his dictation go, to get his buds, t
beat in and stay away He was sue
ceeded by northern county residen
who knows little about weeds. He wa
a faithful lackey of the party for
number of years, though.
AS to the governor, his place is bu
incidental. Aside from going into tan
trums of anger, stamping his feet an
pounding the desk to impress those wit
whom he takes issue, organizip
Peoples Lobbies and travelling to Ne,
York to address communists, he play
but an insignificant role.