Morris tribune., 1900-10-20
Saturday, October 20 1900.
be inferred that the railroad ana
warehouse commission have always
had that power.

be inferred that the railroad and
warehouse commission have always
had that power.
Now say that all these new laws, and
another law passed in 1891, gave them ad.
ditional power that they did not have
before. 1t gave them the privilege OF
commencing an action without any one
making complaint. They took advan-
fage of that law and commenced an action
themselves, but you do not hear them
mentioning anything about that new law.
They want to convey the idea to the peo-
pie of this state that they are doing
something that the old commission would
not do They do not tell you that with
in the last two or three years these new
laws have been placed on the statute
book by Republicans, because we found
it necessary to give the commission more
power than they had had before, and
therefore now they are better equipped.
RAILROAD Commission Negligent OF
Duty.
NOW, there are a great many other
things in regard ito the state administra-
tion. that should be gone into in detail,
and if they were gone into they would
pretended they would two years ago,
justsbefore election. Let us see whether
or mot Lind,s administration in the rail-
road and warehouse commission has been
ali THAT it ought to be- Two years ago
next spring I made complaint to the rail-
road and warehouse commission, concern
ing the wheat rates on this particular
road, and want to read it to you.
est. Paul, Feb OK, 1899. {
Railroad and Warehouse Commission, st.
Paul, Mimi.
Gentlemen: Having examined closely
into the cost and earnings of the Min
neapolis & st. Louis Railroad company
of this state, we have become thoroughly
convinced that said railroad is charging
excessive and exorbitant freight rates,
and this being specially true as ito grain
rates. We demand a reduction of at
least two cents a busheI on all distances
of 100 miles or over Such a reduction
can be made and yet earn "a reasonable
net profit on the actual amount of capital
invested in said road. We further find
that said road, instead Of reducing freight
rates as the ipatrons Of this road had the
moral and legal right to expect, taking
the earnings into consideration, they have
instead largely increased the same with
in the last eighteen months. We there
fore demand that you take such action
as will speedily remedy this unequal and
unjust condition of affairs. Respectfully
yours,
u. F. jacobson,
H Hauser.''
Now, under the law, any citizen of this
state has a right ito make a complaint to
this commission whenever 'fle has any
grievance, and this complaint was made
more than twenty months ago; yet the
commission up to this time, from some
reason unknown to me, have not yet
taken one step toward prosecuting the
company named by Senator Hausers and
myself, 4 mention this simply to show
that the commission has not done as It 1
ought to have done. When complained
In the Hanley Falls ssY'' case to the com
mission, of the failure of the company
to construct -.sY'' down there, inside
of one month from the time made the
complaint the railroad and warehouse /
commission took action and prosecuted
that case as far as they could go with |
1t. But this complaint has laid in the |
offre ofthe commission for twenty months
before it has summoned a single witness
to prove or dispruve the truth Of the
complaint. So I say, when you look into |
the administration of the different depart |
Tnehts, It is not al as you thought It |
would be two years ago, before election. |
In a good MANY departments 1T has sim
ply been "a failure. SO I say again, Is
there any reason why we should con-
tinue in power these officials? Is there
any reason when we vote the rest of the
Republican ticket. for singing out the
governor? Has he done anything to de-
serve the support of any Republican?
NO NoBIer, 'Truer Man Than Capt.
Van SAINT.
Now, who is our candidate, for gov-i
ernor, and What record has he NADER!
He was a member of the legislature in
1888. He was speaker of the house OF
Representatives in 1895. served with
him for two years, so that I know some
thing about the man. I know him as we'll
as any man can in that length OF time,
and wan to say to you tonight I;
that there never was a truer, nobler.
cleaner man ever placed on any ticket 4
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for governor OF this state. He is rot the
ablest man IN the world but he Is a
good, clean, honest business man, that
nobody needs to feel ashamed off. Tn
1891 the Democrats and the Peoples
party got hold Of the legislature 1t cost ,
that legislature S1630o0 to do the busi-
ness OF the session. Tn 1893 it cost the
Republican legislature $4,000; that ,
was under the administration OF
Speaker Lee Under the administration !
# Van saTs, who was elected speaker i'm
s95, it cost the state $4,000, or nearly
27,000 less than under the democratic and Z
Peoples administration party administra- !
ion. cite this as am illustration of his i
BUSINESS capacity. I want to say to you, t
IS fact that figures will demonstrate. IS
hat under Van SAINTS administration one 9
which he had more TO do with than any '
nan In the legislature, the business of the Z
legislature was the most economical of b
ny administration for many years When 4
eople came there who wanted an office P
nd / want to say that there are HUNDREDS
f them at every session they are look
lg for soft jobs at SIS per day-Mr. Van
ant had the nerve and the backbone to i i