Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-02

Reform, reform with big R. An
our friend Lawson gives this reform
|(?) his unqualified approval. Saw
ing at the spigot and wasting a
the bung would just about hit MI
Cruces reform pretensions.
The sugar bounty act was passe'
to encourage new industry in thi
State. Other states did likewise.
was particularly in the interest q
Pleads for the Sugar Bounty.
farmers, but this did not deter Gov
Lind and handful of legislators q
the Grue caliber to try to repeal til
law. You, Mr.. Lawson, rant abou
restrict 1t isn't restriction
that were wanted. It was an abso
lutte repeal. If only restrictions wer
wanted why didn't Messrs. Grue ant
Nelson vote for the Roberts bill
which puts certain safeguards
around the act of 1895. Oh, no! It's
repeal these wise servants of an ag
ricultural constituency wanted an6
they wanted it because his greatness
John Lind, wanted it.
That the interests of some of their
constituents were in jeopardy when
the governor made his grand stand
play to square himself with demOc.
racy never occurred to our distin.
guished or rather unsOphisticated
members. What Gov. Lind said
went with them, no matter if it pro.
vided for bounty on pumpkins,
That would have settled it.
Because the democratic party. ia
boos bounties, Gov Lind does. Mr..
Grue and Nelson fvllow SUIT. How
quick these republican renegades
will change when they are admitted
to the ranks of the old democratic
party. In connection with his re-
marks as to Cruces doubleheader on
the bounty bill Mr.. Lawson figures
out a victory for Governor Lind.
How any sane person, even calam-
ity bowling populist, can do this is
beyond all reasoning power. Instead
Of a victory for the governor it was
the most complete fiasco OF his init
atory administration that one could
possibly imagine.
He attempted to usurp functions
OF government that distinctly be-
longed to others and in doing SO he
not only got his knuckles raped by
the republicans but he met with a
stern rebuke from many Of the men
who helped boost him into office.
If to get turned down by the oppo-
sition and rebuked by prominent men
in ones own party constitutes victo.
~, according to the wisdom 90 of
our friend Lawson, then 1 believe
that some great victories are still in
store for Vic also.
Governor Lind's victory in the
sugar bounty matter was not un-
like the fellow who said he threw
his opponent right on top of himself.
No, no my dear Lawson, Republican
while not infallible, will
not tolerate coercion, not even from
a man who holds the high position
of governor. and when one so at
tempts he will find that he is dealing
with men who know what is right
and have the courage to stand for
their convictions.
Governor Lind's turning down in
the sugar bounty veto was we'll
deserved, we'll received Except by
him) and very appropriate resent
ment OF executive interfering. 1t was
the most thorough moral defeat that
any governor of Minnesota, ever sus-
tanned. He attempted to lord it
Lind Attempted to Play Lord.
over a coordinate branch of our
State government, but this other
branch, with few exceptions a la
Grue, had the manhood, the courage,
the moral rectitude prompted by a
sense "f honor, to say to his excellen-
cy, "GOvernOr, attend to your bust.
ness, and we will attend to ours.'
On such victory Qor the legisla.
ture) I feel I can congratulate Re.
form Lawson without tinge of bit.
terness.
May every governor henceforth
who tries to dictate and bulldoze the
legislature meet with the same re-
buke that Lind did. And now we
come to the question of Railroad
and Warehouse Commissioners that
Mr.. Nelson wouldn't trust the PEG
pie to elect. His negative vote OF
this proposition received some com
ment from me last week. But few
more words may not be out of place
The office of Railroad and Ware
house Commissioner is one of tin
Two Columns on Nelson's Bad Vote,
most important in the State. TIL
acts of the Commission affect ever,
interest and particularly the inter
ests of shipper and carrier.
They should he men of strict i'm
partiality. The method in vogu
has been for the governor to appoin
them. This is the method that on
party to the great controversy nov
going ON between the people and tn