St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-01
RAILROADS OFTEN BEATEN.

Judge Wilson's Large Practice
Against the Corporations.
But have trespassed OH you and on
this audience already too long, and l
must bring my remarks to close. My
political adversaries would have it be-
lieved that l have been merely rail-
road attorney. They know, and the
records of the courts show, that very
large part of my practice has always
been against railroad companies. l be-
lieve L have obtained more verdictS and
larger verdicts against railroads than
any other attorney in this state. and |
am very sure that l have collected by
suit more money from them than any
other attorney of the state. l obtained
and collected one judgment against the
Minnesota Railway Construction CON-
pany, which was composed of promi-
nent men in the Milwaukee q st. Paul
and Chicago q Northwestern COM
panies, of over S1SO,OOo. This, too. was
at time when L was attorney for both
OF those railroad companies in the same
sense in which l have at any time been.
l do not refer to this as matter to my
credit. but to illustrate the want of cam
dor of the governors committee and
"Organs."
ask no credit, nor do / deserve any,
for my sympathy with the laboring and
producing classes against the power of
concentrated capital. l was born on a
farm and reared on a farm until l had
nearly arrived at my majority, and l
think | know something of. the priva-
tons and needs of the farmers. l
think, too, have not been unobservant
of the inequality of the laws OF the I'M
fairness OF their administration, which
have borne heavily on the farmers and
the other laboring classes. And l freely
admit that | am an migrate If l have i'll
thought, word or act taken the part of
those who have been arrayed against
their interests. My adversarieS well
know on what side my sympathies and
efforts have uniformly been, or they
would point to some word or act of mine
to the contrary, instead of opening a
campaign solely on misrepresentation
and falsehood. They admit that they
cannot i'll truth say aught against me in
this respect when they make the war
cry Of the campaign falsehood so bald
that no honorable man would utter 1t. L
have lived in this state thirty-five years,
and my record has been made in broad
daylight within the sight and hearing OF
thousands of my political adversaries.
/ challenge them to bring one honorable
man to say that | have ever been even
half-hearteo in my advocacy of the
rights of the people. The record which
| Gov. Merriam and [ have made, and
which Justification cannot change. shows
| that neither of US has forgotten his
origin or his instincts.
! Gov. Merriam's committee are mis-
taken as to the intelligence of the peo-
pie if they think they can divert them
from the real issues of this campaign by
absurd and incredible falsehoods. They
attempt to draw attention from Gov,
Merriam's record by misrepresenting
and classifying mine. They refer to me
as plutocrat when they well know that
his annual income is, perhaps, more
than the whole of my worldly posses
sions. They hint that L am in favor
with the railroads, when they know that
their candidate is the pet and idol of the
! general managers of the railroads that
have manifested any intention to inter
fere in the election.
But l will notify the managers of the
governor that the people are not to be
SO hoodwinked. Until the polls close
on the night of election we shall try to
keep before the electors the real QueS
tons involved in this election and the
position of their candidate Oh those
| questions.