Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-03-31
Pre-Convention Dope is
Proved Correct as the
Ticket is Chosen.
Atwood Bows to Will of
Administrations; COmmu-
nistic Problem Ignored.

Harold R. Atwood, present
Railroad & Warehouse Commits
sioner who is serving out the
uneXpired term of the late Knud
Wefald by virtue of his appoint
ment by Former Governor HAL
mar Petersen, capitulated at the
eleventh hour and received the
endorsement of the convention
for the office to succeed himself.
Atwood had been a bone of
contention for several weeks,
preferring not to take stand as
to factions within the party, but
late Saturday delivered pre-
pared statement from the speak
ers' platform informing the con-
vention that he would 60 down
the line for the endorsed ticket
and platform if chosen as en-
dorsee.
That statement, however, did
not appear to completely sat-
isfy some of the delegates and
he was asked point-blank if he
would file if the convention re-
pudiated him. Being ION the
spot" as no one else had been at
the convention, Mr.. Atwood an
swered that he would not.
Mum Elected Chairman.
The convention, soon after conven-
ing on Friday morning, chose Charles
Mum, Railroad & Warehouse Com
as convention chairman and
two of his opponents for the job,
Harold Barker and Howard Y. Will
liams, as first and second vice chair
men respectively. Those three
welded the gavel for the long and
laborious sessions throughout Viena
johnson of Duluth, was elected con-
vention secretary.
Harold L. Peterson, secretary-treas-
urer of the Association, presented
detailed report as to the financial
condition of the Association and the
conduct thereof as carried on by the
Committee. Mr. Peterson stated that
100 new units had been organized
throughout the state and that the
membership had increased 80 percent
over last year.
Olson's Voice Heard.
Hearkening to the past it was a
real treat for the convention to hear
a 15-minute portion of the late Gov
ernor Floyd B. Olson's address which
was delivered at the 1886 convention
in st. Paul and which had been re-
corded. Listening to the words of
the great leader, the audience was
carried back to that time when audi
ences were held almost motionless
while listening to the eloquence Of
him who had since passed to his re-
ward.
Soon after that the convention got
into its full swing. Governor Ben
son gave his keynote, much of which
was devoted to national legislative
suggestions, some to international and
some to state.
Other speakers on the two-day
program were John T. Bernard and
Henry Teigan, Congressman who
found time from their duties in WASH
ington to attend the convention. A
telegram was read from another Con-
gresham, Dewey w. Johnson, who
said matters of important legislation
kept him in Washington. Congress-
man johnson expressed best wishes to
tho 6o1ihnrofinroc of tho onnxyoofino
Joe LaPrairie of Cloquet, a full
blooded American Indian, also was
a speaker.
Many Resolutions Passed.
There were many resolutions pre-
sented for convention action by the
committee on resolutions, but these
were only small part of what were
handed in. One of the important
ones was that which prohibited can
didates whose names were before the
convention, from filing if they were
defeated.
A resolution was also adopted and
copy was sent to President Roose-
welt. 1t follows:
Resolved: That we commend Pres
ident Roosevelt for the clear, pointed
words delivered during his address
at Gainesville, Georgia, March %, in
which he lays bare the heart of our
present economic stale-mate and the
social and political difficulties grow
ing out of it; places himself squarely
on the side of the democratic philoso-
ply as opposed to the feudal philoso-
ply of special privilege; and re-