The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-07-20

when Mr.. Klein learned that a rank
outsider had been called in to pass
on Carver county patronage. Here
point of order interviewed and the
fall of the chairman's gavel brought
further hostilities to an end-for
the time being at least.
OF the probable $50 or $50, chair
men, chairwomen and committee
men present at the State Central
Committee meeting, 96 per cent, it
could be said, came with a chip on
their shoulder and were prepared
to argue out their point of view to
the bitter end. Hotel grill and cor
ridors were noisy with their COM
plants and when the meeting OPP
ened the air was tense with possib-
ilities. Sensing trouble, those in
charge promptly disposed of the
preliminaries, though not without
protest from one Duluth delegate,
and recessed for lunch. With Gov.
Stassen as the guest of honor there
was softening of hostilities and
what promised to be a battle royal
seemed on the eve of resolving it.
self into a love feast. And it might
have been so except for the unex-
pected tilt between the Governor
and Mr.. Klein. More heat was I'M
questionably in the making, but it
never got a chance. AS explained
by Chairman Radebaugh, the meet
ing was at the instance of Gov.
Stassen. The meeting in many ways
was without Republican precedent.
AS to Morris Rose, he will be on
his own, shortly, according to the
Governor.
How long the patronage contro-
versy will continue remains to be
seen. It should be at an end along
about August 1, when the new civil
service commission will take over
the job of hiring and firing state
employees, but there are some who
hold that it will continue after then.
Practically all key positions have
been filled and the few places that
remain are minor department jobs,
many of which have been discon-
tinued through department CONSOLE
dations or lack of funds. Another
interference is soldier preference
The new state government reorgan-
ization act is also eating into the
number of jobs available for the
faithful. Perhaps never in the his
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Minnesotans become public job con-
scious and the new order of things
has brought about much embarrass-
ment for all concerned. Have a
heart" might well be asked of
those now engaged in cussing the
new state administration.
AS Minnesota's lone Democratic
congressman, Elmer Ryan, of the
Second District, may well look to
his 1910 laurels. They are in dan
ger if Second district representa-
tives at the recent Republican meet
count for anything. And leading the
fight for his retirement will I'M
doubtedly be Charley Klein, of
Chaska. Mr.. Klein espoused the
cause of J. p. O'Hara, Republican,
in the last contest, but lost out in
the finals because of unexpected
support from Gov. Stassen, form
er Ryan law partner. Congressman
Ryan is also said to be in Dutch
with some of the Democratic or
ganization boys because of alleged
Democratic organization offishness.
Talked of 1910 contenders are J.
P. O'Hara, of Glencoe, and State
Senator Swenson, of Nicollet coun-
ty.
To many the Republican patron
age row is the limit of absurdity,
but it has nothing on a Minneapolis
so-called Stassen All-party group
which met recently and squawked
long and loud because of alleged
non-recognition in the matter of
jobs. Also in protest was a group
calling itself the Stassen Labor Vol
unteer Committee. Buck passing
was freely charged and threats of
future retaliation INDUCED in.
While in official attendance at
the New York exposition, attempts,
it is reported, were made to contact
q number of the Minnesota delega-