New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-10-08
REPUBLICAN PARTY
What Has This Organiza-
tion Done?
A Showing Of its Record in
the Farming In
terest.
THE HOMESTEAD LAW.
Its Enforcement of the Prin-
ciple of Protec-
ton.
IN THE STATE.
Its Creation of a School
Fund.
Observation-Disclosures
Dairy and Railroad Com
mission and Labor
Bureau.
Its Creation of a School
Fund.
Observation-Disclosures
F ARMERS,--Read the Record.

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FARMERS,--Read the Record.
What has the Republican party done for
the farming and labor interest in the way
OF legislation since it has been in power in
Minnesota? t:..".
This question il ;ieeringly asked by the
Democratic and alliance stump orators and
newspapers of the state during each re-
curing campaign. -s ~
1t is now proposed to answer in q general
way this question, and later in the campaign
facts and figures will be submitted to the
people of the state to demonstrate the ex-
act and religious truth.
- THIRTY YEARS AGO
In the year 1860 the Republican party
came into power in the State OF Minnesota.
At that time this great commonwealth was
one of the poorest among the frontier States.
Settlers were sparsely scattered over the
bleak prairies and along the skirts Of pr-
meval forest. There was not q mile of rail-
road in the State, and no manu- acturng
Interests save a few primitive saw mills
scattered here and there along the streams.
THE HOMESTEAD LAW.
A Republican congress in 1861 Inaugural
ted n system of free homesteads, and this
threw open the broad and fertile acres OF
Minnesota to be 'tickled with the pillow. that
ut might laugh with the harvest" Under
this law thousands of men who will read
these lines took to themselves the homes
still occupied, and whereby their families
have been honestly and creditably reared to
manhood and womanhood. Did the Dem
ocratic party assist in the passage of the
great and benefcent measure? No, every
Democratic vote in both houses of congress
with one or two honorable exceptions are
recorded against the principle of free homes
tor Tree men" upon the American continent.
WHY THEY DID So
In 1S57-S-9 and go the nation was enjoy
ing one OF those delightfully."- prosperous
seasons Of free trade-a name which has
grown somewhat into contempt oflate years,
but the same principle still exists to Re
fought for by pnr-blind Democrats.
under the more euphonious and deceptive
title of Tariff for Revenue 1t was the
fashion in those old daysto derive the reven-
of the nation from land sales; and the
poor pioneer was taxed to the extent of
$l.25 per acre Tor every inch OF land that he
made productive and added to the domain
of usefulness Our Democratic friends in
speaking of the protection principle are
won't to use the expression false in every
s!etail-"the tariff is taxi" But in those
old days they forgot to mention that charg-
ing the people 1875 per acre for their own
lands was also % taX-and q most onerous
tax, too, upon the very poorest and mostin-
dustrious class-the Pioneer Farmer of the
undeveoped West.
- PROTECTION TO LABOR.
After the commencement OF the Democratic
war in the Southern States, the Repu blicans
unrestrained for four years. and thus
had the unchecked power to egislate in he
real interests OF the people The first thing
this great and benefcent party did after the
passage of the homestead bill was to set in
operation the munificent principle of Pro.
lection, Tariff laws were passed without
protest even from Democrats, and notwith-
standing he destruction brought about ny
the most devastating war known to all his
tory. the nation continued to increase in
wealth and prosperity. Every laborer was
employed. and millions of money expended
in calling into existence the most complete
manufacturing plants ever known in human
industry Did the farmer profit by the> e
laws? 1t was through those laws and these
alone that Minnesota grew from poverty
stricken State OF $50, 900 souls to one OF the
grandest and most progressive farming COM
monwealths Of the entire sisterhood, mum er-
ing 100000 free, intelligent industrious
and enterprising people.
IN STATE LEGISLATION
Thus much for the action of the Republican
party in it's influence upon national legisla-
iaborer
Now let us turn and briefly review what
this same splendid organization has done for
the farmers OF Minnesota
Commencing its benign rule almost CO.
incident with the birth OF the state, its first
act was III accordance with its first duty. 1t
established wise law for the establishment
and endowment of
A PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.
The result OF this early legislation may
now be discovered in the location OF a com
Portable and we'll furnished school house at
every cross roads in every neighborhood
throughout the length and breadth OF the
state. In every village there is q public
academy supported under the name of a
High School at public expense. elimination
Of oil is found in q University centrally locat-
ed ranking third only in Importance
thraughout the entire nation; and tuition in
all ofthese, free as the air they breath to
every citizen of Minnesota.
LET II BE UNDERTOOK.
= That in all tine thirty years dur
ing which this magnificent syst EN-
has BEEN building, not ono dollar OF
school funds has been misappropriatcd, not
one acre of school land stolen, and not one
accusation Of defalcation amongst the Gus
todi;ans of the funds.
Can any Democratic state in the entire
Union show a like record. No!
THE TRANSPORTATION QUESTION.
with the rapid construction of railroads
came the absol utely new and untried prob
lem OF the regulation of passenger and
freight rates over these quasi public high
ways Disaffection spread rapidly among
the farmers of the state, VINO claimed that
lie owners OF railroads were receiving too
much for transporting grain to the worlds
markets, The great party was equal to
tile occasion 1t at once came to the
mid of Inc agricultural interest, passing
laws for the regulation of rates, and pro-
viding ways and means to prosecute
hose laws to the final successful ar
bitramept OF the highest legal tribunal in
tile nation-the supreme court OF the United