Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-19
come almost one. Il is hard to tell where

cotne annost one. e IS nar6 to tell Wnere
Sey S 81 5u Rpp darn aSt{a tits
parce fh P poltiesi ms
chine of this state. Under these circum-
Sss o ad dstn hs f0E the the
asking great deal Of frail human nature.
these questions, my opponent refers to the
phenomenal p13e sta4a g growth and development Of
for the says th of tha speaks S
e the phsnomena1 growth of the e city !e' Of
q a HHasase # he t rsfeagS 9G 70
the fusion legislature Of 1891, and charges
It tbe with exGeISiye
should have been, but if they were, why
d 81 not ", the republican governor veto
mem He was there for that very pur-
Mr.: Lind then cited some comparative
Sb5 15rss IS shoWing the receipts and dis
the years 1891! 1892, 1893 and 1884 and added
that if the fusion legislature of 1891 was
ms ones must have tf Been pre
E "a credt the e. Legislature Of 1891 was entitled
e the sf It p 1hnf fhe f ba ha9 Wne
plant II the state prison on its Feet t"' It
pce Of ne tha} tru and Feducfd the
railroad legislation, under. Which, t'@ the SUI SUI
esion GouI be ade the nov famous de-
cision more far-reaching and more con-
d t5s to the future Welfare of the state
smnre NY o e ever promulgated by our
THE most fertile expedient BY which
ehrough me foh haXe n robosd the public
been by the practice know as swatered
STICK Now; I DO not wish to be Under
such. I only condemn the abuses 9 hal
haze crept in and which they have been been
et{ou Sf per5onsPP etdo4d hv sort Of
II IS indispensable for carrying on many
OF "a. In 20 operations pe3u of modern society.
and the bonds it has issued are suDoosed
TO represent that much money paid into its
n reasurE rb ana expended for corporate -pur-
OF me rallroads in this state averages in
e HfSs of $4,000 per mile: and this not
hs faSt o that hSy Of
la a besides large cash donations How
mu oGav Of this capitalizat ton represents
The legislature never required the he r seiI
roadS or any other. corpora tons to make
actualy any eeded i the of
G &c up I'm of the PUBLIC undertakings. It
e IS Sffe to say that fully onshaf
mat proportion of the Outstanding shares
I in to no. fbe any, actual capital paid
baleful Influences of great corpar gn tto 1ns;
f ~ noed;1 by cunning individuals. That
66a ag citizen could deny The RAILROADS
nag ;pla1yed most Important part in the
pPT M non n1s;tory OF the state.
ne CONVICTION on the part OF orr non.
PIE that their railroad partners in bi1sjppees
n Mh;eh not put in the amount of capital for
the 'cr root 5hey " exact profit has been and is
worst feature Of it was that or ana st me
g Whieh ne has had provided no means by
could De ascertained ~ '>-e1
5,i ms board also has another important
grades 50 Of Pfe rroin estabshment Of the
non of the inspection force. Have theee
h hen e: been properly performed? Are thew
ay n6 Nv er{opsd 9ow? our
one or the questions that will keep tilt
an Tfh roe eleetion WIN YOU allow it? lA'
ndapandeRn af{ ud haye to
me Judges who made that decision have
i friota n more independence, wisdom and pa
has been called a court to conside iu th hnae
Of the k HAIR for n the
Judges are republican in politics: thTee
OF OF them were elected by the fusion forces
CAN'T fche Of r4 hsse tHG St
t tor s;o. representing the producers and
S ana at PfeS T H2er SeePsT
Ch Chi s. That they performed their duty
Knows tn tbem and n every one who
Gepablicans: Al of these men, with the
ezx;3e aI of Chief Justice Start were can
oldates Tor the nomination for office at
the hangs OF their respective parties Jrs-
tee Collins for governor; General Childs
to succeed him on the supreme bench: Mr..
and Buck for the positions Which thev now
hold. If those who have the policy Of
the republican party in their keeping had
not bav t sad 1 Of the Ttae would they
eral Childs, "Well done good and foitifrl
servants. you deserve Continuance and
merit deserves recognition.' If thew had had
been true to their professions or desire an
lndependent judiciary. would they not have
Justice Mitchell had been Endorsed by the
ETe en Wt 9nf Sr Ehef they did MT de-
suit their partisan ends to nominate them
LIZ, Gaf re-, not which: the reflection is equally
Continuing. Mr.. Lind assumed his prem
ise for an arraignment Of the railroads.
Inc supreme me e9u:t he said had solved the
simple language the Substance Of the de-
csion in the famous Stevenson rate case,
and in .; the course Of his remarks said:
ney for the street railway company Stated
bebo the state e equalization board the
system q the twin cities eou}d BE- s'i put
down for SO 100000 or less. He undoubt-
eGly knew what he was talking about
IT my information is correct, the public
is made to pay interest on MANY times
this amount. Will the people continue to
do SO?
What we need now to obtain the full
benefit of this decision is an able, honest
and fearless board of railroad and ware
house commissioners. board that will not
be trammeled by any partisan or political
consideration; that will be Just to all in
terests and command their respect; a
board that will apply the principles of
that decision to all cases of unjust rates
in the state. Such board the people of
this state shall have. If I am Entrusted
with its election.
State Lands Sauandered
Mr.. Lind went into an exhaustive review
of the land grant policy pursued by the re-
PUBLICAN party in this state under which
one-third of the area of Minnesota had
been given to railroad corporations. Mr.
Lind said that the profligacy of this policy
was stckenfnE to contemplate. He also
charged that fraud had crept into the ad-
ministrat ton of the school lands He cited
the case in which a republican state au-
ditOr, after selecting the famous section So
containing the Rockefeller mines, estimat-
ed to be worth $12. 900 900. released the
states claim without giving any reason
therefor and the state lost this vaIua bile
property: AS for the swamp lands. 1t was
impossible to give an intelligent statement
of their condition.. Railroad schemers
could get the republican legislature to give