Evening star., 1942-10-06
Stassen, Ball Victorie!
Seen in Minnesota 5
CrazY-QuiIt Politics
COP ond Democrats
Look Hopefully to
Former-Lobor Demise
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vacancy caused by the death of
senator Lundeen, a Farmer-Labor-
ice, mas been centered largely in a
group OF .so-called Old Guard Re-
pooncans- It started In 1888, when
GOV. Stassen gave his support to
FORMER Representative Ryan. q
democrat and his law partner, for
re-efection. to the House. Mr.. Ryan
was reelected, and the Old Guard
EepuDllcans could not understand
the Governors attitude.
Complain Of Neglect.
The Governor has since ignored
these Old Guardsmen-regular Re-
punlicans all. They complain bitter
~ that he has run things with high
nand. They insist today that ma
lorlty Of the Republican members
OF the Legislature are really op-
posed to Gov. Stassen. They re-
Sented his appointment of Senator
Ball. newspaperman and compar-
ataveiy young, like the Governor
himself. They say that Gov. Stassen
sought to oust Roy A. Dunn one Of
tnelr group, as Republican national
committeeman. With this group
the dislike OF Gov. Stassen is in
tense.
In addition to this political dis
IKE OF Gov. Stassen and Senator
Bali on the part of the Old Guard
Republicans, there is the opposition
10 them because they turned their
back on the lationists. This isola-
ZIONIST issue is an underlying sore,
which may not be brought much
into the open in the present CAM
palgn, but is bound to have some
effect on the voting.
Minnesota was one of the banner
1soiauonist States before Pearl
Harbor. While all of the isolationists
are out for. winning the war now,
they still resent the attitude of Gov.
Stassen and Senator Ball, who
boldly proclaimed their support of
the Roosevelt foreign policies and
OF strong national defense pro-
gram long before Japan attacked
Lnls country.
They are raising against Senator
Ball his stand in opposition to the
tarm bloc in the votes cast on the
recently enacted anti-inf1ation law
when that measure was before the
Senate. They have strong hopes
that they will get large measure
OF support for Mr.. Nelson from the
farmers, and indeed, some of the
farm leaders have assured these
anti-Ball, pro-Nelson leaders that
they will work hard to bring about
Senator Balls defeat. On the other
hand, Senator Ball stands pretty
solldly with labor in this State and
what he may lose among the
farmers he may make up among the
votes of labor.
An issue raised against Gov
Stassen. in addition to those al
ready mentioned. is the fact that
he has announced he will leave the
Governors chair next April, if he
is reelected, and enter the United
States Navy as a lieutenant COM
mander. They say that the people
Of Minnesota elect a Governor for
a two-year term, not for four
months. They made much of this
issue in the primary campaign and
may be expected to do so again.
Gov. Stassen is 35 years old. He
wants to get into the service. But
he also wants to remain Governor
until after the completion of the
term of the State Legislature, which
opens early next year and ends in
30 days. He is anxious that the
policies which he has advocated
during the last four years as Gov
ernor shall be retained and further
advances made. particularly relat-
Ing to labor laws he sponsored and
to the administration of defense
measures in the State.
The official vote in the primaries
showed Gov. Stassen winning with
218,457 votes over Martin A. Mel
son with 142, ,465 and John Alex
ander with 48.485. In the Farmer
Labor primary Mr.. Petersen won
with 66,4O5 over Paul A. Rasmus-
sen with 39,362 and E. B. Barnard
with 1927.
In the same primary Senator
Ball had 1878 votes to 111,834
for Walter K. Nicholson, news
paper publisher, and former sec
retary to Senator Shipstead; 19,027
for H. A. Northrup and 53,l38 for
6 7 Soltau. Mr.. Benson won the
Farmer-Labor senatorial nomina-
tion with 66,051 votes to 17,163
for Henry Arens, 24,0l9 for Mrs
I,undeen, widow of the Senator
and 4.453 for H. L. Millington.
Primary Vote Heavy.
The anti Stassen Republicans
t,gure that If Gov. Stassen had not
received many thousand Democratic
votes In the primary-and Senator
Ball, too-they would have had
less votes than their combined Re-
publican opposition. Their hope is
that all of the Republicans, or.most
Of them, who voted for other can
didates in the Republican guber-
natorial and senatorial primaries
will now vote against them in the
General elections. 1t is doubtful
however, that there will be suffl-
cient such votes to bring abou,
their defeats. Indeed, it would be
a surprising thing if it did.
The vote in the Minnesota pri-
mary. unlike that in Michigan ano
some other States. was not light
vote. 1t was in excess OF the pri'
MARY vote case in 1910 as a mat
ter OF fact. However, very man,
more votes will be cast IN the gen.
eral election, perhaps as many a
900 900 or more.
There has been no indication a!
vet how this vote which did moi
take part in the primaries will
divide UP. Gov. Stassen has beer
a popular figure, generally speak
ing. and given a good admins
tration of State affairs. He has beer
rated a presidential possibility ir
the future, and many Republican!
will rally to him. If he and Senator
Ball get as good percentage vot'
from these who did not take par
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