The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-10-15

SuOulU ne cIluctCu Oll Ills SuUJcClb AuU
men In charge of our public institutions aaA n
those who have the commitment OF unf0r.
tunates. should be made to understand thai
while 81 generous public will care for those
who cannot care for themselves and Wh0
cannot be cared for by relatives liable Hr
their support 1t is carrying public gen
crosby too far to relieve the individual OF 1
the burden that he should justly bear.
though 1t may not be a pleasant OF Il profit 4
able one to him.
conducted as to serve personal and
partisan ends cannot be gainsatd. 1t IL
unfortunate, and IL 1t Is continued will
gradually undermine the spirit of popular |
generosity with which they have been sup
ported. That the economical expenditure T.
of the peoples money has been lost sight l.
Of in many Of them is evident by the report 4
OF our present state auditor, showing con- 4
clusively that the cost of maintenance per
capita is higher than 1t should be. Theys
manner in which those in control Of QUIZ
state institutions have OF late years COMFY
bined not only to control political actions. .
but to influence legislation as we'll, is a &
menace to good government.
WITNESSED A HUMII4IATING SCENE. L
1 personally witnessed scenes at the last
meeting of the State Dairymen's Associa-II
tion i'll my own town which were as hum.H-
atng and disgusting to the unbiased OBJ
server as could we'll be imagined. The
State Dairymen's Association receives some
aid from the state. like many of the similar
institutions, and 1t has been productive of
much good and is deserving of the greatest .
encouragement but politics of partisan
spirit have hampered its work. 1t was ru-
mored. though 1 have no knowledge as to
the truth of the rumor. that one of the
men most prominently connected with the
society, and the one of all others who has
rendered the dairy interests of the state
the greatest service, was not in harmony
with the administration. or at least with !.
the state food and dairy commission part
nf pnCftt 11,. {I<,1 had 1~kI,
apparently, that he should be removed;
political heelers and state food and dairy in
spectors, whose training to fit them for
such a position would not have commended
them to a business man, game wardens
and other state officers, reported promptly
and in great numbers. and by schemng
and exercising pressure In the association
ousted the man who had contributed more
to the dairy interests of the state than any
other individual. Such abuse of public
powers and duty should not be tolerated.
Men of no higher conception of public
duty. whose training and fitness does not
marx them In greater degree than some
OF them I saw on that occasion, should
not be tolerated IN public office, and
wish to say right now and here that if the
responsibility should be cast upon me to
appoint persons to any public position re-
curing special fitness or training I shall
never be guilty of appointing one who
does not possess those qualifications.
TAKES A WHACK AT THE BANK EX-
AAIINER.
The conduct of the state bank examiners
office furnishes striking example of off,
cial incompetency and Indifference to the
welfare of the public. This was demon-
strated first when Mr.. Burke. nearly a
year before the collapse of the Guaranty
Loan Association. called the attention OF
the public examiner to the rottenness of
that institution and was rewarded with
physical violence as his thanks, and again
IN the recent bank failures both In this
city and in St. Paul. Professional duties
required me to investigate the affairs Of
the Bank of Minnesota after its failure.
A worse condition of mlsmanagement 1
have never seen. Over 100000 of the banks
money had been used, borrowed by its
president. This state of affairs had existed
for year. The bank examiner must have
known 1t. 1t is a remarkable fact that
though that bank was the largest state
bank in the state, the public examiner had
not. either by himself or deputy, entered
It's doors for over year before the failure.
Is this the kind of supervision, the kind of
protection that you want for your saw
1ngs and the savings of the widow and of
the orphans share? The only thing that.
the present bank examiner has accom-
plished that l am aware of was to draft
Dill which the legislature of 1895 enacted
into law. That bill had some good pro-
visions. some that might be commended.
1t changed the liability of stockholders in
state banks from double liability to single;
In other words, before 1895 stockholders in
state banks were responsible to the cred
itors and depositors Of the bank in case Of
It's failure 81 for every 81 they held in
stock: since 1895 they are only responsible
dollar for dollar. Was not this strange
recommendation for the guardian of the
public credit to make and for the leg!sla-
ture to adopt and at that particular time
was some people getting ready for what
was coming
No one need fear that shall cripple the
public service by indiscriminate removals.
but If elected. whenever find or so soon
as l find that the public can be better
served or protected by having a change, tho
change shall be made -.
There are many other questions of inter-
est that might be prohtably referred to and
discussed on this OCCASION. but neither the
time nor my strength permit. There is
one question. however. upon which desire
to express my convictions before close.
have already called attention to the ia
cilities that our legislature has afforded
capital to associate and assume functions
of the individual entity with recognized
rights and attributes before the law; this
40, as said before. where the privilege
has not been abused, conducive to the best
interests of society and humanity but in
this period of rapid and material and in
dustrial development, in the hurry and
. . scurry, utilized the powers of nature and
IN the factors OF steam and electricity, to
make faster and more goods, new mills and
additional ones and to rake in the almighty
dollar. 1t would seem almost as though So
ciety had permitted its brains to run away
from it's heart. Material things have been
provided for; man has been lost sight of.
He stands but little chance in opposition to
the great aggregations of capital and
wealth. Experience. and bitter experience,
demonstrated this fact long ago. The la
boring man has found it necessary for his
self protection to associate himself with
his fellow workmen. This l regard not
only as necessary result of the assocl-
ton of capita. but absolutely indspens-
able for the protection of the working man
and for the protection of society.
Society as whole has vial interest in
the welfare of its every member. We as a
state or as nation could not long survive
the degradation of the workers. Associa-1
ton and cooperation on the part of capital,
without like action the side of labor.
would present not only an unequal contest,
but one in which believe the laborer wou d
suffer. am not here to apologize for the
many mistakes of organized labor, nor do
commend all their actions: they have made
mistakes, SO has organized capital. so have
we ALL But l do contend that under the
new condition of affairs the association and
organization Of labor has become an abso-
lutte necessity, and l say the people of this
State-yes. of the tnion-have been derelict
in their duty to the laboring man and to
society in not giving organized labor such
recognition before the law and a standing
III all courts the same organized capital.
The interests of society and the American