Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-02
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as the nose ON reformer's face tina
the principal object the governor ha,
in view was to lecture the legislature
Perhaps he also felt impelled t.
establish his newly acquired democ
racy by stating his opposition t,
bounties. At any rate his actor
vetOing this bill was considered ever
by many of the leading men of tn
cOnglomeratiOn Of political issueI
that he stands for rs serious mis-
take, and an unwarranted interior
ence with the duties of the legisla
ture. Men in his own party, who
have the convictions, moral stamins
and backbone of men, publicly anc
vehemently denounced the governors
act. Democratic leaders in thu
Senate and House such as John
son of Nicollet and Stivers of Grow
Wing i'll unmeosured terms resented
this uncalled for interference with
their business. The constitution
provides for three DISTINCT branches
of state government and absolutely
prohibits any interference. 1t dele
gates to the governor the power to
make suggestions to the Legislature
from time to time, not to treat
them as school boys. If Gov. Lind
thought the sugar bounty act too
loosely drawn, or if he considered it
wise to repeal it, ne might 50 have
informed the legislaturein his regular
or in some special message, but he
had no moral or legal right to tum-
"Hsd no Moral or Legal Right" ~ to
Use the vetoing Power,
BILE into the legislative arena in the
pompous and overbearing manner in
which he did. His message indicated
that the coordinate branch of gov
eminent to whom it was directed,
was composed of either a lot OF
numbskulls or ut least Of such who
had no interest in the States funds.
But Mr. Lind soon discovered that
he was mistaken; he discovered that
he was dealing in the main with men
who knew their privileges, and who
would guard them just as
sacredly as Mr. Lind would his. He
found out to his amazement that the
ching was loaded;' that he was
"monkeying with the buzz-saw.
Not even all OF his own party asso-
ciates would pardon this executive
blunder and vigorously raped the
gubernatorial fingers that were stick
ing themselves into forbidden prem
Uses. And no legislator, unless a
moral coward, and senile, abjcct
slave of partyism, would have bent
the knee to the dictates of his arro-
giant excellency. But there were a
few who did. There were few, all
of the reform (?) species, Mr.. Editor,
who didn't have the courage to
stand for the inviobility of their
rights as legislators, there were q
few who silently and cOwardly per-
mitted Gov. Lind to attempt q
usurpation Of their duties, there were
a few allowed the governors spe-
ciOus message to swerve them from
the path of honesty and vote to re-
pudiate just and equitable claim;
there were few who evidently saw
in the governors message the very
consensus Of Populist reform (repudi-
atom and these few Mr. Editor,
bowed to the dictates of the newly
found king of fusion and voted to
sustain the governor, and among the
noble patriots who so we'll would
exempilfy the Populist doctrine of
reputation was our own distin-
guished Senator Grue, the pride Of
the reformers, and the protege Of
Reform Lawson.
Twas in the senate chamber when
the bill was passed over the COVER
nor's veto and assure you Mr.. Edi-
tor, that the attempts made by some
of these reformers to explain their
second vote were not only ladicrous
"p' Was There, and it Turned His
Stomach.
but extremely nauseating. They
acted like a lot of kids who are
are about to perform some rascality
and whose conscience reOukes them.
They hemed aud hawed in true Law
son style and finally said they want
ed the bounty law repealed first,
then they would vote to allow this
claim. Mind you, Mr.. Editor, every
one admitted that twas AUST claim
and would have to be paid, but, the
bounty law was a bad one. They
suddenly remembered that they as
Democrats were from principle
againse bounties. That's the only
excuse they could make and when
ever one of the distinguished reform
(?) solons delivered himself of such
grist vi nonsense his associates
, would smile that smile OF incredul
BUSINESS which plainly indicated how
contemplate they regarded this ex
hibition of moral cowardice. Oul
own senator made no explanation
He simply voted to sustain the gov
ernor. If the governor had sent in
message repudiating the Old Tesla