The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-10

at cotton-seed oil, which was running
the business of the pork raisers. And
yet the governor says We did nothing
for the farmers.
s. An act to authorize the forma-
tion Of farmers mutual fire insurance
companies.
9. The 'Anti-Pinkerton act,-pro.
hibiting any but residents, of four
months standing, being sworn in as
constables or policemen; and prohibit
ing the hiring out of armed bodies of
men by private parties for the use of
corporations. This act was demanded
by the laboring men of our cities. The
Republicans in thirty years had never
passed such measure.
10. An act to prevent railroad COM
panies requiring their conductors or
brakesmen, who have worked for 20
hours to go to work again without
hours rest. A humane act as regards
the men, and wise act as regards the
safety of the travelling public.
ii. An act to extend the time for
the payment of seed grain loaned to
poor farmers, who had lost their crops,
by hail, etc.
u. To compel all railroad passenger
trains to stopat county seats, to take
on and let off passengers. Declared
constitutional by the Supreme Court.
Fought bitterly by the railroads.
13 An act to do away with ''struck
juries;" most iniquitous scheme, in
the interest of the rich and against
the poor
IA. An act to protect women from
SANDER
Is. An act to make the legal age of
consent of a female fourteen years.
and two or three other acts to protect
children from violence. etc.
! 16. An act to require railroad corpo-
rations to provide suitable waiting
rooms, we'll lighted and warmed, at all
| depots. An important matter in our
cold winters; where oftentimes half
| frozen passengers would drive across
the prairies to find the depots closed
| or fireless.
II. An act to regulate common car
riers, etc, prohibiting unequal tariff
rates on railroads, and providing for
speedy hearing of cases in courts, etc.
An important measure.
land to drain and reclaim them where
others lands are affected. Another
important measure.
10. An act to make Washington's
Birth day and Memorial Day legal
holidays.
20. An act to provide for the revis-
ion of all the laws of the state of Min
nesota.
81. An act to provide for the ap-
pointment of commissioners to en-
quire into the Torrens Australian sys-
tenn of land transfers, now in use in
Canada, etc.
%. An act to carry on the investi-
cation of the question whether hun
dreds of thousands of bushels of
| wheat had been fraudently taken out
of public elevator at Duluth, with
out inspection.
%. An act to establish and main
tain Farmers Institutes in Minnesota.
"a. An act to furnish seed grain to
farmers, who had lost their crops in
1890, from frost, blight or hail.
25. A memorial to Congress against
option dealings, in wheat and other
agricultural products.
And yet with all these great acts be-
in no of 70 Of
the Governor says that the Legisla-
ture of that year passed no measure,
except the Australian law, of any in
terest to farmers!
And, it must be remembered that
for every good bill, which got through
the ordeal of Plutocracy and became
a law, there were a dozen that "died
in the borning" The Alliance could
| only suggest remedial measures:-but,
with about One-fourth of the votes,
| they could not pass them. Many of
| the Democrats and some of the Re-
publicans we're good, honest men; 9th
erS were worked upon, through party
prejudices. to fight anything that
came from an Alliance member or SEN
atOr.
In that list of 25 good measures we
omitted the Alliance act to appropri-
ate $lS5, 900 to increase the manufac-
ture Of twine in Saltwater. That
measure required a considerable ex-
penditure to buy machinery and sup
plies, but it has saved the farmers of
the state, hundreds of thousands of
dollars, and will yet save them mil
lions. The sum OF $4,000 was appro-
priated to buy an additional twine-
making machine; and $3.50, for raw
material. This reform has reduced
the price of twine from 18 to 61 and
cents per pound. But the governor
has not word to say on the subject.
For thirty years the Republican party
has been taking the farmers money
and giving it to everybody else. When
did they ever pass such an act as that,
to use the farmers taxes to help the
farmers, except when forced to do so
by Alliance men?
And the Governor complains that
the Legislature of 1891 was very ex-
travagant one and appropriated more
money than they should. He knows
very we'll that every one of the state
officers in that year 1891 were Republi-
cans; and that they told the Legisla-
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