Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-13
AND DUTIES COLLECTED ONLY As RE-'
81 QuIRRD FOR THE sUPf0fer Of J
% The. GOVERNMENT. =
The Great Corporations Must b. Re-,
pressed and Their Dangerous =
Power Circumscrfbod. ~ ~
Laws Should be Made to Protect the
People and not to Enrich ~
Monopolists.F ~@S -:
At Preston, Judge Wilson Reviews HI
Course in the State Leg
islature, ~ II,
4Andkshows How Single Handed He Fought.
the Infamous Bond Steal. fs't 4
BY His Untlring ERorts Saving to the state'
Clean Million Dollars. - NJ
The Great Railroad Corporations Forced II
Give up Their U~nscrupulous PrscticeS, !

- - Ut -. OF T-ta
The Great Railroad Corporations. Forced to
Give up Their INSCRIPTIONS Practiees,,s
-- t. ~ o,ts5=+ . 5fl
And, Despite Intense Oppesitiop, Their Lsp4s
Placed on the Tax List 49,
A Magnificent Record, Always C~onsistlessj
Always the Champion Of the People. II
The Democratic Platform, Brief, Clear and
CForcibIe in Behalf Of. the - .
People.
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THE OPENING ADDRESS '-3z
Judge Wilson made the first speech.
Of the campaign at Rochester,. aad-
dressing a large audience In Library.
hall. Judge Wilson was. introduced
by w. L. Breckenridge, who paid 4
high compliment to the eminent,
speaker. Judge Wilson's appearances.
was greeted with enthusiastic ap-;
Plause.. He spoke as follows: "4|@Hs
In all countries occasionally there
Is a breaking up of old party lines
and a Encouragement on new issues
This must be 40 as long as men, are
more interested in principles than in:
empty names, for the issues that en-
gage attention this year, are often dis
placed by new and different issues
next year. Thirty-one. years ago ]
was a member of a convention at st.
Paul which first, I believe, organized
the Republican party In. the Terri.
tory OF: Minnesota. That convenksDn
was composed ofmen some Of wh64h,.
like myself, had been Democrats;
others had been Wings. Some, there
fore favored the doctrines Of the. for.
mer party, others those OF: the latter.
But agreeing for the time to forget
and subordinate all their differences
on mere economic questions SO that:
they might act In concert about what.
they deemed to be more important
one, they agreed on one. single point
as their platform of principles, Wis
Opposition to the extension ofslaVery..
But when slavery became q thing Of
the past, and the right to- carry, II. In:
to the territories could no longer be
an issue, those political questions
which before engaged the, attention.
of parties became living issues, upon
which men who had composed the
Republican party found themselves.
divided. The fact, of course, that.
men had agreed as to the right.to car
ry slavery into the territories would
not tend to harmonize their views on
the questions of political economy.
Those who had before been whiga
were generally found to be favorable
to protective tariff and to look with
some favor on certain tendencies Of
the government
TOWARDS GENERALIZATION,
while those who had been democrats
stood opposed. Hence, when the war
closed and the issues Of the war he.
came matters Of history, there was
found to be no unanimity in therepub.s
lican party on these questions which
remained unsettled. Each faction
sought to impress its peculiar views,
on the party. Republicans ins,the,
Eastern states especially, and In some
of the Middle states, influenced ~
what seemed to them their own In,
terests, have ever since the wax.
attempted to commit the republican
I Nnvkay IN nNnknokiVyn "a ~ r. wv tia TIM
people In the West In that party, BY
no means assented to this. But 90
the party, when assembledin nation.
al convention, has been controlled by
the monOpolists OF. the Eastt, . high
protective tariff has resulted as. tie
doctrine oil. the prty. To this doctrine
of high protective tariff and centrali.s
4ation-..to the extent to which tie re,
publican party has carried 1t, many
have been unable to assent I am Of
that number. I have therefore, for
the past few years, acted with the
democratic party, whose views upon
these questions accord with my own.
II believe. and the Democratic party
% : rule believes, that protection TO
the exteut to which 1t has been carried
since the war, Is not what the word
would impiy--.protecti0n % the weak
against the strong.-.but the contrary,
protection to the strong and powerful
and wealthy against I
THE WEAK AND POOR: :
that 1t Is an oppressive burden I'M
Justly imposed for the benefit ol
monopolists who are milliOnaires;
that it's effect has been and must boto