The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-03-13
allowed by law, is unjust -. ,,o, tho
farmers, and we urge such legislation as

allowed by law, is unjust to- ,,or The
farmers, and we urge such legislation as
will prevent the wrong.
That we look with alarm upon the in
vasion of our country by English capital
lists, who are Selling upon great local in
dustries, giving alien coatrol to these in
terests which are purely domestic and
American, and increasing the streng n of
home monopolies by the power of foreign
money.
That we deprecate the use of money by
candidates for Office, as it debauches the
public conscience and leads to the decay
of the body polite.
That We urgently ask of congress the
immediate passage of Senator Davis bill
for the enlargement and improvement OF
the Sault Ste. Marie canaI.
that we ask the next Legislature to es-
tablish the Australian system voting for
the whole state.
That all public Offices which directly
affect the interests of the people should
be made elective and for this reason we
hold that United States senator's and
railroad commissioners should be made
elective by popular vote.
That we demand the "war tariff, "
which has too long survived the object
of it's creation, shall be radically revised
giving very material reductions on the
necessaries of lite, and placing raw ma.
terial upon the free Est to the end that
we may comp te with the world for a
market; and that such luxuries as whisky
lieved from internal taxation, till the high
= Ia
ed of it's extortions.
That we are not satisfied with the &C
tons oftoe board Of control of the states
prison in not introducing the manufac-
ture Of binding Irvine. We believe that
the project was and still! is practical, and
that the farmers of this state have not
been fairly treated in the summary dis
position which has been made of the mat
ter.
That we favor cooperative union OF
all the agricultural and laboring classes
of the nation to protect themselves from
the robberies of non-producers.
That the alliance deems it unwise and
injudicious to establish an organ, but re-
CARDS with favor and will encourage
with it's support all papers which will
espouse its cause and defend it's principles.
That we demand the next Legislature
at it's next session shall submit to vote
of the people an amendment to the CON
stitution of the state forever prohibiting
the saloon AMI liquor traffic.
In the abandonment of the railroad
between Breckt nridge and GAINESVILLE,
which is a part of the chartered line
known as the Manitobs or Great North.
ern system grievous wrong and dam
age has not only been done 10 property
holders along said line, but to Wilkir
county, and as matter of public policy,
if allowed to stand as prect d mt 10 The
state of Minnesota. and whereas, in tho
petition of Edwin S. Templeton against
the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba
railroad a majority of railroad and ware
house commissioners of the state decided
Feb 6, 1890, that the said railroad com
PAW had a perfect right to vacate saio
piece of railroad, the state alliance con
slderS the vacation of said road as vlO
lation of the law and an outrage on the
people OF that section and of the whole
state, and that we call upon the attor
uev general OF the state to institute pro
ceedings at once to test the right OF said
railroad to take such action.
That this alliance urge upon the sena
tors and representatives in congress that
they use their best efforts to secure the
passage of a law for the relief of tho sett
Iers in the Rel river upon the certain odd
numbered sections of land in Marshall
kittson and Polk counties, now claimed
bv the St. Paul s. Manitoba or Great
Northern Railway company, but VIII oh
really has no legal title to the same. by
permitting the settlers to enter the same
as public lands giving the railroad com
panv other lands in lieu of the same, il
necessary.