The Irish standard., 1898-10-29
HIS ADMINISTRATION AS MAY R.

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III the pernration of his opening speech
of the gubernatorial campaign in st.
Paul Candidate lIustis referred to the
figure of justice above the dome of the
state capitol holding Il drawn sword in
one hand and a scales in the other, and
said they symbolized The states dual du-
ties Of war and peace. In his mc.liGu-
Gus tones he then exclaimed 1T is the
duty and should be The ambition of
every executive of our state to enlcayor
to hold those scales enuipose between
interests great and interests small, be-
tween the high and the low and to see
the scales balance. though on one side
be Dives and OH the other Lazarus"
The sentiment so beautifully expressed
by the eloquent Republican nominee for
governor elected vociferous applause
from his supporters. The most captious
Democrat would not hesitate to applaud
the utterance if he had not known what
manner of man William II. Eustis was
when occupying previous official po-
siton by the votes of the people. He
served as mayor of Minneapolis for one
term, and in a speech made in this city
on the evening of Oct. 90 as reported in
the Times. he declared: "If my life
while with you is such as to receive
your approval, and | am elected your
governor my administration shall be
the same as was that while l was mayor.
Further than that | cannot say, but
shall perform the duties Of governor as
becomes the great state of Minnesota"
Now. it becomes necessary to know
what his administration as mayor was
in order to know what his administra-
ton as governor would be in the event
OF his election. for lie publicly announces
that my administration shall be the
same as was that while l was mayor"
We shall confine ourselves in this article
to one official act of Mayor IIustis,a and
our voting readers can determine for
themselves whether or not he held the
scales of justice euuipoise between "tle
high and the low and made them bal
ancc though on the one side be Dives
ana on the other lazarus
When w. II. Eustis was mayor of this
city In 1889" he vetoed the transfer or
dinacc requiring the Street Railway COM
pany to issue transfers at crossings. The
ordinance was carefully drawn and was
passed unanimously by the city council
and yet Mayor Eustia refused to sign it
and addressed a message to ''the honor
able city council" in which he said:
WHILE WE HAVE NO CONsTlTU-
TIONAL RIGHT 10 DEMAND THE
ISSUANCE OF TRANSFERS at other
points than those contracted for between
the city aud the company, yet l have
faith to believe that whenever the public
are seriously inconvenienced whether in
the location or method OF issuing trans
fers, that the COMPANY WILL ACCEDE
TO THE NECESSARY CHANGES. Els
PECIALLY If WE ASK AS FAVORs
THINGS WE MAY NOT DEMAND AS
RIGHTS" The closing paragraph i'll
MS famous message reads as follows:
There is Il business side of the transfer
question. THE RAILROAD COMPANY
SHOULD BE CONSULTED ON ALI.
THESE QUESTIONS, and believe that
when their business interests are not
made to suffer they WILL as they should,
gladly yield to any reasonable request on
the part of the public
The council passed the ordinance over
the mayors veto by yeas Is, nays. Z.
thus barely getting the required two
thirds majority, as the street car COM
pany had been busily at work since the
passage of the ordinance and succeeded
in securing seven aldermen to sustain
the mayors veto. 1t is needless to say
that they were Republicans.
The street railway company took the
case before Judge Smith. of the district
court, and that noted jurist, who is now
no more. rendered n decision against the
street car company and overruled the OBJ
jections raised by Mayor Eustis in his
veto message to tho council. Among
other things Judge Smith said: THE
city did not grant the right to the re-
sponden to use the public streets for rail-
way purposes for its sole benefit, but it
was granted solely for the benefit of it's
citizens and the general public and for
convenience" William Henry Eustis.
as chief magistrate. held a contrary
opinion and thought the people should
approach the corporations as supplicants
and TASK as favors things we may not
! demand as rights"
In this one official act of w. II. Eustis
we ask If he "held the scales equiroisc
between interests great and interests
small, between the high and the low, be-
tween Dives and Lazarus" Suppose he
were governor. would he do any better if
a bill was passed by the legislature af-
fecting the interests of the grasping
railroad companies of the state? Is 1t
not reasonable to suppose that the cam
didate Of the railroad corporations would
| veto any bill passed for the benefit of
the citizens OF Minnesota, as he did in
the case Of the transfer ordinance when
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