The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-10
Reveals to a Minneapolis Audience Some of the
Dark Pages of the History Of
Minnesota


responsible for It'll don't believe that he
wrote the speech that was credited to
him. Naughter.) Now, 1 will tell you
why. Thursday preceding the meeting at
the Exposition, l went up to the north
ern part of the state to meet the next
president of the United States, (Applause)
and as L was going up bought Min
neapolis Tribune. CHANGING over the
news, | saw this announcement: Capt
Van SAINT has not spoken on state issues,
and he does not intend to- l think it
said: He does not intend to-, but ] am
not certain about that 1t did state that
he had not spoken on state issues, and it
said no one should pay any attention to
thai 1t is not his fault. He is simply
obeR Rng the command of the state COM
mittee.
VAN SAINT UNDER CONTROL.
1t is amusing to see citizen travelling
nigh office of governor should have so lit
tie control of his own time and his own
convictions and his own plans that he
was was bound to follow out the dictates of
any committee. l do not propose TO
nave any committee or any individual,
or any citizen of this state not even the
chairman of this meeting, dictate to me
what / shall do or what I shall say.
(Applause.l 1 say, that rather led me
to think that this was rorced upon him,
because never discovered any guile in
Capt van SAINTS heart. Qaughter.) He
Is not a man who would go out and abuse
a fellow citizen without strong provoca-
ton, and I do not think that he has had
the proVocation in this instance.
But, my friends whatever he may say
apout me, or how he may be used or en-
ployed to throw dust in the eyes of the
people, does not tend to elucidate the
issues in this campaign. 1 will say here
1alrly to Capt. Van SAINT and to his COM
mlttee, that While 1 have my voi-e-al-
though my voice is in bad shape-nothing
IN TINS world would please me better than
to meet him on every platform that We
IN iS cfa 70
night between now and election time to
discuss the issues of the campaign. (Ap-
plause.9 And this is a standing offer.
1t is not because think that | hold
over him In argumentative power, or be-
cause l think I am possessed of any or
atorlcal spell, for that you know [ am
not that make this suggestion. But it
Is because these questions that I propose
70 dlscuss are business questions that we
are all interested in, the people Infinitely
more MOI than we are. Supposing I am de-
be a, little humiliating for me for few
minutes, but not very long. L made q
aVIng iig pe1ofe was governor, AMI I laid up
a, a nttle money every year before l went
none in the last two years l shall shed
no tears, shall feel no keen regret if
y0q og see 1T to elect Capt. Van SAINT. I
B,Lt fslt you tha5 sincerely and truthfully.
but It IS Infinitely more important to
you whether you make a mistake. Not
tnat any man can make or unmake fhfs
slaee, as was well said by Prof Cation. /
am one of those who believe thai (Iod
sends the showers and the breezes and
the sunshine. 1 don't think thew come
rom any government, or even from Mark
Hanna. Q1aughter)
FIGHT FOR JUSTICE.
!. Bl But II It is, Is important for you that the
justly and fairly administered. II Is I'M
portant to you that in the rnatter OF
oaXatlon "a; a,l justice should be done alike to
an al the dIfferent interests. It is important
70 you that the public lands of the state
should pc saved for the future; and fl,r
the maintenance of our schools and oIlg
institutions It is because have dis
cuSSed theSe things, because took a de-
clded stand upon these questions before
our last legislature, and because / pro.
posed TO argue and pound upon them un-
tto ~ .ustlce IS done by, the people of the
ana tried to throw dust in the eyes of
the people. Why, they say that bindine
lynne Nv cost more this year than last year.
Or course it did They say that some
thing else cost more than some wears
ago. They say that forty years ago the
HepuD1can party was a good party and
passed good laws; that it passed all the
good laws that we have in the state
today. Well, what other party was there,
10 pass them? They have been in pos
session of the state government and the
STATE Sat @ administration all these years.
have never said that we have not a great
many good laws. Neither have l con-
tended that most of our laws are MOI
goqo; goo ~ M9st g 9, Of them are good. But it IS
not Inc republican party that is entitled
TO the credit. 1t is the good people of the
state who are entitled to the credit. CAP
pIause) And in great degree irrespec-
tive Of party.
THE CAPTAINS SPEECH.
On this point I wish to call your at
tentlon to one popularity in the captains
Speech. want you to read that speech.
II Is what made me think that possibly
ne was not the author, because I really
thlnk that the captain would have known
pettSr tnan to use the language that he
used if he had written it. He saws: ssIt
was Republican legislature that pro-
vlded FOR the taxation of the earnings
OF the railroad companies. Well, Of
course 1T was. That is the only kind
that we have had in this state for thir-
ty years, and everybody knows that rail
roads pay some taxes. He says: "They
passed the so-calIed Anderson law thai
provides for the taxation of unused rail
road lands. Now, We know that Re-
publican legislature passed the Anderson
law, put am very sure that if the cap
tain had noticed this part of his speech
before. he came to read 1t on the plat
form he would not have called attention
to this fact, because 1t appears that
while member of the house, when the
Anderson law was passed, he lodged the
vote on that same Anderson bill
Q4aughter).
- Then rheIa he goes on in this way: "And fur
acted upon the state auditors claims by''
he claims that have plaigarized in the
regard; that / had appropriated some of
the glory of Bob Dunn Well now. in
this matter there is, glory enough for Bob
Dunn and myself, and everybody else
lLaughter) He says, by passing laws
imposing a tax upon inheritances and
upon foreign corporations
Now, just think of this. Here the
valiant captain takes credit to the Re-
punhcan party for passing an inheritance
law. lie evidently is not familiar with
the fact that the same Inheritance law
was held unconstitutional by the supreme
court of this state on the 18th of Febru-
ars.l arg IasL CLaughter) You will find the
Northwestern. page S39 That is an
other thing that convinces me that he
could not have written this speech him
self because If he was familiar enough
with the Inheritance law subject TO refey
to 1t in a public speech he must have
known that the supreme court OF the
state held the law unconstitutional. and
that within the last year. Q1aughter.)
Then again he says, 'sFhey have passed
a law for the taxation Of the property of
ferelgn corporations" Well. that is just
Is not a law on the statute books of this
state which enables the taxing power of
the AAte to claim one cent Of taxes from
fr the stanoaTa Oli company, or the Sugar
doing business in this state 1t is 70
remedy in part this fault this ininstice
to our. people, that made the recon-
mendation that did to the legislature at
its last session. ~
SAVING PUBLIC LANDS.
Now, there is another matter equally
important, that means as much to the
state as the matter of taxation, only in
direrent way. that commands the at
tention of the executive. 1t is the pres
erVation and saving OF our public land.
| was reported in the papers as saying.
In speech that made at Crookston not
long ago, that our present state auaitor
had been guilty of dereliction of duty in
that regard. I was enormously quoted.
said that former state auditors had