The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-07-06
LIMBS EXPLANATION.

LIMBS EXPLANATION.
Governor Lind Explains Why He Vetoed
Senate File No. "a.
The UNION has no desire to do Gov.
Lind any injustice. His action in
vetoing S. F. No. 24 has been unspar-
ingly condemned by the UNION, hence
it is no more than fair.that his explain
alton should be given the benefit of
the UNIONS circulation. Under date
Of June 20, 80. the governor addressed
the following communication to Hon.
H. J. Miller, publisher Of the Luverne
Herald, and senator from the 10th dis
trict
ST.. PAUL, Mimi, June 20, 1899.
Hon. H. j. Miller, Luverne, MINI.
DEAR SIR-I confess was not little
surprised when copy Of your paper Of
June 9th was placed before me and
saw the article headed "Lind's Betrayal
of Trust" the first paragraph Of which
reads as follows: "The Herald has
made the charge in previous issues that
Senate File No. "a, relating to proceed
ings for the enforcement of the orders
Of the Railroad and Warehouse Com
mission. was killed by Governor Lind
at the instance or by the demand Of the
Great Northern Railway company" I
had been informed previous to this that
you had made charges Of some such
character in earlier issues of your
paper, but paid no attention to them
as 1 hoped that you would be down
to the City and that might have an
opportunity to place the facts before
you in their proper light, my time
hardly permitting communication by
correspondence in matter SO involved
as the consideration of our statutes re-.
lating to the Railroad and Warehouse
Commission, but this last charge is such
brazen falsehood and of such charac-
ter that, coming from the source it
does, feel that it demands not only an
explicit denial, but an explanation of
the law as it now stands and the effect
of the proposed amendment, so that you
and any citizen who desires to under
stand the matter may see and appreci-
ate the dangerous character of Senate
File No. "a, which refused to sign.
In Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway
Company VS.. Railroad and Warehouse
Commission, Al Mimi, 1856, which was
one of the earlier cases under the pres
ent railroad law before our Supreme
Court, Judge Mitchell uses this Ian
guage: ''The act claws 1887, Chapter
10y regulating common carriers and
creating the Railroad and Warehouse
Commission is piece of legislative
patchwork composed Of provisions bor-
rowed from different and dissimilar
sources without uniformity Of plan and
not always consistent with each other.
A construction Of the act is therefore a
difficult task.' Although the act has
that language was used with reference
to it, it is still applicable to many
of the provisions of the law as it
now stands, as any one who has read it
with care must concede; but, neverthe-
less, it has now been before the Court
so often and many Of it's sections 81
thoroughly construed, that the most
striking Inconsistencies have been rec
onciled and the legislation, as whole
made harmonious by judicial interpre
tation. In my message to the legisla
ture recommended only one change
and in the following language: ''The
report Of the State Railroad and Ware
house Commission will be laid before
you. No new legislation is needed or
that subject, except that the record
made before the Commission on a hear
ing should be made to constitute tn,
record on appeal. The present practice
of trying a case de novo in the Distric
Court is useless and expensive and b,
its delays tends to defeat the ends O
the law" An amendment in harmon,
with this suggestion would have been
decided improvement on the law as i
now stands and would have had m
prompt approval, as it had my cordia
endorsement in advance. cannot he'll
feeling that you are under the impress
sion that Senate File "a would hav
accomplished the purpose indicated b
my recommendation, for l can hardl
conceive that a man of your standin
would purposely traduce and malign
public servant from partisan motive
alone. l shall therefore take more tim
and exercise more patience in explain
ing the law to you than I would to on
for whose character and motives I hav
less regard than have had for yours
the past, believing that when the ma
ter is placed before you in its prope
light you will have the manhood I
undo, SO far as you are able. the inju
tice which you have done me.
BY our legislation constituting til
Board of Railroad and Warehouse Con
missioners and defining their powers, tn
duties of the Board are divided into tw