Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-10-19


swamp lands rant ia which Gov.
Lind gave NJ sl,ch prominence IN his
speech 81 acceptance. hol dinE that the
company never was, entitled ~ such II
Grant. hut had been decided some Sd. 900
acres Of land improperly, the attorney
general, the Hon Nv. B. Douglas does
not agree with the governors, but has
given an opinion that the company hAs
q valid grant, under an act Of the leg
.islature subseauent 5in date to those
acts which the governor had depended
.upon as the basis Tor his opinion. IA
4 False Pretensea ana Plagiaxial1.la.sass
q And yet Gov. Lind ~ reported as
saying in a speech he delivered recent
" at Red Wing, that he had been busy
ever !. since a he assumed once In
Strengthening cont 4 the mess arising
from the ;cond ition 81 IN railway land
grants This r. simply an assumption
of credit and duties which rightfully
belong to the auditor Of state. and ~
part and parcel OF the series Of false
pretenses. misrepre alton and
wholesale plagiarisms upon which the
Democratic campaign sisS being con-
Quoted. + $' ~ 1 sss
1 Absolutely the only works which our
opponents can honestly claim q their
own are the achievements OF the rail-
road and warehouse commission, the
operations OF the state grain inspection
department and the manag cement OF
the state prison binding Irvine plant.
Our political opponents are CLAIMING
great credit for their NJ \.
Railroad ana warehouse Commis-
sS2s' 85&S. j ss.sS s.5 sion. {sj3
They say that when the Republicans
were in control Of the commits sion 3it
never initiated proceed ngs to- secure 2.
reduction Of railroad rates, but Gov.
5Lird'ss commission has, Of It's own an In
commenced such proceedings.
The Democrat who. made this state re-
ment would much better have re- re-
manned silent in the interests OF his
party, for It recalls to my mind GER
tain facts which cannot help their can y:
syass. NJ have shown you how; the Re-
publican party fought and won the
battle for state control 81 railro
Further than this, Repub ncanS legts-
latures created the railroad and ware
house commits sion. vestin8 * With such
wide powers 40 to enable * to control
the rates charged by the railroads, and
to proceed, on their, own initiative, to
regulate such rates as they deemed
reasor,able or equitable. Chapter 10,
81 tie General Laws 4 Of 1887. vested
the commission with such authority. "a
ss In 1891. when the Democrats Il and and
Populists controlled the legislature.
they proceeded, like bull ii 81 china
shop, to make a few improvements
and they enacted a law (Chapters 100 OF
the General Laws Of 1891 which re-
stricted the 4 railroad commissioners
from instituting any action TO secure 8
reduction 81 unjust OF exorbitantE rail-
road rates, and prescribed that they
should not act III such matters except
upon q verified complaint duly hled
with them. It was the Republican leg
islature2 Of 1897 that again conferred
the power upon the cornm a ission 81 q g
proceed n its e. own initiative u. me Nj III
!, y = II y. BY, s.
ama r. - 4 ,las $3.50. 4 -
Assl, rs 49, ~
Snouen no Y. .ss. s. =,
u ~ .ne 49, = 81 Z. D.
p Peg So, upon !es vW :. ..,.saA
Lac tns rs s. gig go
! farms q ~. i. Z
classin fand y - 80
same 80 tnad at' D
ana ~ wa q Sne 80
q ass Is tnas $50 I, Al
sfhat tne raiiIoaa .Ss
missioners snoulo rs cnosen 80
So people, gt gssans
pointed pystne ~
We nnd
cratic speilninders % aarolsly $3.50
ana so SsnsaI
own use and penent tne erealk ZOE rs s
neficial atlroad iegisiat nlcn
the Repunlican ~ part gave sto tns peg
PIE Ignoring y Nne iact
sion egislat .,re of 1921 sue
ceeded "a scrippiin for e Tune the use1
fulnescs 9of the raliroad WaTe-
house commisst on.
81! f. sSs Grain IpsDe
Now j come to d question over which.
our; POLITICAL opponents are greatlySex-
ercised ana n deeply. sdistr essed, since
me deliyery 81 = certain speech u Y 81
81 and ~ I'm III, the