Willmar tribune., 1899-07-05

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nnesota. I, ednesday,
publicans? Also,why does he no,
praise Mr.. Nelson for voting against
the bill?
"Please state,Ealso, how in the >
true interest OfItreform' the SEN
ator voted bothfor and against
the sugar bountybill. Which was
his reform vote?
Mr.. Grue voted Tor the sugar bounty
bill because twas alegal claim against
the state, not because he believed in
the principle of bpnnties. Gov. Lind
vetoed the bill, not because he denied
the validity of theEclaim, but because
he believed prudence demanded some
restriction>as as to the amount to be paid
inthe future. Without such restrictions
the claims might become so large as to
empty the state treasury. There was
ample time to so; amend the bill, as the
session was not half over. Mr.. Grue,
recognizing the force of the argument,
voted to sustain the governors veto.
The legislature passed the bill over
the veto, but subsequently passed a
bill embodying the suggestions of the
governor, thus sustaining the justice
of his grounds in yetoing> the bill. The
Legislature had theefun of passing the
bill over the governors veto, but as
later he secured the reform he asked
for, it was nevertheless a victory for
him. Ea$s.
If Mr.. Feig is anxious for classif-
cation of Mr.. Grue's votes, he can put
down the second vote as a reform one.
given, not to deny:a legal claim, but
to secure restrictions on such claims
in the future. The first was routine
vote for a legal claim, given before
such restrictions had been suggested.
We see no reason why a person should
be ashamed to change his vote when
good and sufficient reasons are pre-
sented. :4f.
Estate, also,s your reform
views as to Representative Mel
sons vote against the bill to elect
the railroad commissioners by di-
rect vote of the people. What
position does and. did your reform
party take on this important sub
ject?' @."
The policy of the Peoples party is
to bring the government as close to
the people as possible. We believe
that such important officers as the rail
road and warehouse commissioners
should be elected direct by the people.
Mr.. Nelson did not.ask for our views,
nor for the viewsSof any of his con-
stituents, as far asSWe know, before he
registered this vote. While we hold
such views, we adnltsthat there is room
for argument as. The limit. OF. state
officials to be bal1Ja tBsd for. we know
that as the matter stands now, half of
the people do not vote for the associate
judges Of the supreme court, and still
larger numbe of offices would proba-
bly, not get better treatment on the bal
lot. Some also argue that it is better
that the responsibility for the admin
istration be centered in a few than to
be divided up among a great number.
Neither of these arguments we believe
are strong enough: in the case of the
railroad commission. The regulation
of the grain department and the rail-
roads is question of the highest i'm
portance in this state, and we believe
that the people of the state will take a
special interest in the selection of these
officers. !
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"Explain, also, why Mr.. Mel
son voted in favor. of the O'Neill
anti-boycott bill. In what way
was he serving his constituents by
attempting to m,1zzle them?"
Mr.. Nelson informs us that he voted
for the anti-boyoptt bill because he
honestly believed, sand still does be-
lieve, that the boycott is dangerous
that is liable to hurt the la
borer jnst as much as the boycotted
firm. And it seen that he was not
alone in this conziction. Indeed, in
his efforts to hit a tusionist, Feig gen.
orally manages to- kick a good.sized
portion of his own party. The O'Neill
boycott bill was recommended to pass
by the committee $ons general legisla-
tion, which was composed of twelve
and five fusionists. There
was no minority report, 50 it appears
there could not have been much objec-
tion to it in the committee. The re-
port was accepted without division,
proving that there could have been no
determined opposition to it.
Now, Mr.. Feig, gpt#pp and slap your
party associates inthefa some more.
It is intensely amqRing % the onlook.
ers. Mr.. Nelson Ind resyiously voted
to prevent corpors ions from black.
listing" it's emplo Mr.. Feig pre-
serves: a dignifie ilsnoe on this
point. The bill as passed ia the
same way as theNp eillbill. The
house seems to hae tried 70 q 3: muz.
zle" both laborer }Ians emp yers, but
the latter part haas egcaped the other