Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-10-27

the intellectual caliber or motives of
the self-annointed leaders of the
Farmer-Labor party as I have been.
Living as do, in very small town,
far removed from the capitol Hill
Crowd" 1 did not come in contact
with these scheming, conniving, self
seeking individuals to sufficiently
realize before the last June Primary
election how little they have the well
fare OF the people at heart or to know
the inner workings of the vicious and
insidious political machine developed
by them and now operating full-blast
in their selfish interest, in this gen.
eral election campaign. At this point,
in the making of this statement,
want to give the people of Minnesota
fair warning, crack this machine at
the polls in November or it will crack
you. Two more years of scheming
and plotting, at the taxpayers ex-
pense, by these political shysters and
their cunning Communist cohorts,
now holding many important elective
and appointive offices and the peo-
pies rights to ''life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness" will be a for
gotten dream in Minnesota. They
already have us we'll on the road to
conditions that brought about the
Civil war in Spain where fathers,
mothers, sons and daughters are in
front line trenches, arrayed, one
against the other. Some may say,
ut can't happen here" but just re-
member, four years of civil war did
happen here and in the memory of
men and women still alive.
No one need misunderstood me
when l say I am still a believer in
Farmer-Labor party philosophy and
principles as promulgated by Charles
"A. Lindbergh, Magnus Johnson and
Floyd B. Olson which embodies the
Republicanism of Abraham Lincoln,
the Democracy of Thomas jefferson
and the Progressivism of Robert NJ
LaFollette. For nearly a quarter of
a century l have been affiliated with
the liberal and progressive move
ment of this country. l helped create
the sentiment that brought the Farm
er-Labor party into existence. l have
helped that party grow from mere
inspiration to the power that has
ruled and served the people of this
state. No one but the old Farmer
Labor party leaders know what in
the way of time, effort and money
the building of the Farmer-Labor
party has cost. Now, in these trouble
some times, when more than ever
it should, and could be, power for
good, we find it stands before the
people of this state and nation today
a thoroughly discredited shadow of
its former self. From the high regard
in which the party was once held
by Minnesota voters it has come to
be thought of as a contemplate
racket, operating below the level of
the gutter, its leaders in a dog fight
for the spoils of office.
The pity of it all is there are still
thousands who are not yet aware
of the cunning and ViciouSnesS of
these scheming connivers or of the
extent to which they are being used
to promote interest detrimental to
their own welfare or the welfare of
the state as a whole. 1 only hope
those who are being misled will
awaken in time and join the forces
now working for cleaner government
and better state, national and world
Orr0 of
Since the June goth Primary cleo
ton, tens of thousands of former
supporters of the Farmer-Labor
party have pledged their allegiance
orous, fighting gubernatorial standard
bearer of the rejuvenated, revitalized
Young Republican party. How has
this immense change been brought
about? For the reason that Harold
E. Stassen is a man that can be
trusted. He is honest, liberal, progress
sive, sane and not a dishonest COM
muniStic radical with an insane lust
for power Harold E. Stassen is a
clean-cut, high-type man of unusual
ability, man by training and pro-
fession well qualified to cope with
political gangsters on the one hand
and the serious problems of state on
the other He means what he says
when he states that if elected Gov
ernor of Minnesota he will clean the
racketeers out of our state govern
ment and that he will give us pro-
gressive administration fair to all
concerned. He is neither a Fascist
or a Communist but as liberal and
progressive as any Republican, Demo-
crat or Farmer-Laborite. Under his
leadership it will be possible to use
the Republican party machinery just
the same as it has been used by the
people in North Dakota and by the
people of Wisconsin. BY using the
Republican party machinery we can
not only elect Harold E. Stassen Gov
ernor of Minnesota, but we can adopt
and enact into law the principles for
which the real Farmer-Laborites have
for so long fought and which under
Elmer A. Benson and his cohorts will
be impossible of realization. Under
Harold E. Stassen's leadership we will
have a government fit for men, wom-
en- and little children to live under.
CARL A. RYAN.
Jenkins, Mimi