Willmar tribune., 1900-10-17
GOV. Lind DECLARES.
UNDER NO CONDITION WILL HE BE.
COME CANDIDATE FOR THE
UNITED STATES SENATE.
Would Consider It Political Dishonesty
II He Were to Become Candidate For
the United States Senate in Case He
Should Not Be Elected Gevernor-That
Republican Spallbinder - Yrreproach.
Able Record OF the Present Admins
tration-Bzreau Notes, Etc.
REFORM PRESS BUREAU.
CT pAI1r. Oct 6 1Q00

Governor Lind has made a declara-
tion and it is one that admits of no
misunderstanding, misilterpreting or
juggling. 1t is such q one as could not
be expected otherwise from a man
whose reputation for honesty and
moral integrity is as irreproachable as
that of Governor Lind.
It was at Benson, Minn., during one
of the most successful meetings of the
campaign. In introducing the gov
ernor, Chairman julius Thorson re-
ferred to his record in very favorable
terms and added the statement that his
friends hoped to see him elevated to q
seat in the upper house of congress.
In reply to this allusiol the governor
made the following plain statement:
Il am not, never, have been. nor do I
expect to be a candidate for the United
States senate. am a candidate for
governor, and if elected governor, will
serve out my term. Any other course
would be politically dishonest. While
I appreciate the kind words of the chair
man, wish to make this statement as
emphatic as possible, that there may be
no Misunderstanding"
A mere, common, self-seeking poll
tician might have been tempted to shift
and temporize and consider his own i'm.
mediate interests, but for o man whose
record has earned for him the title of
"Honest john no other course was
possible or even to be thought of.
1t is nice to be good at figures. A
man who is good at figures can prove a
thing and then turn around and prove
the exact opposite with equal dispatch
and felicity. An example to the point
in question is the Republican SPELL
binder of whom the Republican press
exultingly announces that he ''fred a
deadly volley" into the state admins.
tration. However, the funeral has not
been announced yet, and gifts of flow.
ers would be decidedly previous.
After a good deal of hard figuring,
the gentleman makes it appear that
the grain inspection under Mr.. Reishus
has cost $4,000 more last year than it
did two years ago under Mr.. Clausen.
The only wonder is why he didn't go
back a year OF two further, or even five
or ten years. If he had, he could have
gotten a much better showing for his
side than what he has now.
Why didn't he tell US that the cost of
the department. in 1909 was $45, 900
greater than in '97, or $4,000 greater
than in '96, or $4,000 greater than in
'95. If he had only carried the iri.
descent logic of his reasoning out to the
bitter end, he would have told us that
in 1900 the department cost 1921, 900
more than it did the year before it was
started, which in point of fact would
have been indisputable, but as an argu-
mentit would have been an absurdity.
BY very simple process of subtrac-
tion, we find that the cost of the de.
partment in '96 was $27,000 greater
than in the preceding year; for '97 the
increase is $4,000; for '98 it is $15, 900,
and for '99, the last year of Clausen 8
regime, the cost of the department was
$4,000 over the preceding year. so that
the expense of the department in '99
were $66, 600 more than in '95. Max
ing an average increase of SIG, 500 a
year. But our Republican spellbinder
will not let US consider the last year Of
Clausen's regime, because he worked
under Democratic governor that year.
Now just why Republican grain in
spector should be obliged to spend more
on his department under Democratic
governor than under Republican gov
ernor, surpasses the understanding of
an average citizen. A good, staunch
Republican no doubt can easily see it,
but common, average citizen would
be inclined to think that according to
the laws of human nature, the Demo-
cratic governor would be inclined to
keep Republican grain inspector un.
dor him on as short an allowance as
possible. But even if we throw out
the year 80, we still find that in '98 the
department cost $4,000 more than in
80, making an average increase of
nearly $15, 900 year. And so if the
gentleman tells US that during the past
year the cost of the department was
$50, 900 more than it was two years ago,
he merely tells US that the expenses
have increased at an average Of $l5, 900
q year, the the same rate of increase
that had prevailed during the last five
years of the Republican administration,
an increase which is founded on the
natural growth Of the department.
Everybody knows that more elevators
are built and more scales are put in
every year, and state weighers and in.
spectors are required in each elevator;
and consequently the expenses of the
have constantly increased.
Moreover, the expenses do not depend
merely on the size Of the crop. As
Mr.. Clausen, Mr.: Reishus' Republican
predecessor, himself has said, it costs
more to inspect poor. unsatisfactory
and uneven crop, like the one we had
this year, than big, fine crop. ~
But this is not all The Republican
fp,,lbinder insists on adding the cost Of
the Board Of Appeals, amounting to
$4,000, to the expenses Of the grain in.
spectien department Of the present
year. But this Board Of Appeals is q
new institution, established by the law
OF 90, and being q new institution, it
naturally requires an extra appropria-
tion to support II. y.
In comparing the expenses Of the
Ostentation.