The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-02
AFTER TWO YEARS.

Your mayor has well said that in or
binary times and under ordinary circum-
stances, the question of taxation is the
vital question. In state and city politics
it is a question. I have perhaps devoted
more TIME, more thought and more con-
Sideration to that subject than any other.
! made certain recommendations to the
last legislature which, if they had bsen
adopted and acted upon, what your may
or suggested moment ago, might have
been realized within TWO years, to wit:
That this city of Minneapolis would new
er again have been called upon to con-
tribute one cent toward the maintenance
OF the state government or the state in
stitutions. CApplause.) And all this With
out injustice TO any interest; with o at
prejudice to any industry, or any form
of capital invested in this state. We
were told two years ago that my cleo
ton would mean ruin to the credit Of
this state. daughter and applauSe.)
That the banks would break. Oaughter.)
That your merchants would fail of cred
it; that your factories would close. None
of those things have occurred so far as
l know. One or two banks did get lit
tie shaky, but we caught them in time
before they had done q great deal of
mischief. daughter and applause)
Now, my friends, 1 haven't ogotism,
thank God. 1 was endowed with more
common sense than to say it is because
of my election that they have prospered.
We have prospered because we have
great state and in it great people, Gap
plause.) We have prospered because that
tr1ouS. And when any mani care not
whether he stands back of a president or
is ard-heeler-Whens he comes before
you and says that American greatness,
American manhood and American pros
perity are contingent upon the election of
this man or that, he is telling you what
is not true; it is an infamy. (Applause.)
No man in public Office can be more
or should be more, than the organ of
law. This is a rule of law. Our institu-
lions rest on that Caprice, imperial
ism, If you please, is not in our law
books, 1t IS not in our constitution 1t
is not IN our institutions, and God grant
that is never will be there. loud ap-
piause.( Under Institutions where the
law rules, and not the decree of caprice
of any man, all you need is honest and
efficient officers to execute that law. (Ap-
plause.) If the law is defective, elect
councilmen in the cities, legislators in
the state and congressman in the nation
who will make the right laws, laws that
Will carry out your wishes and work JUS
t1ce and equality between citizen and cit
DINNER PAIL ARGUMENT.
My friends, repeat 1 am heartily sick
of this dinner pail argument. 0,alishter
and applause.) feel that it is humiliat-
ing. l have sometimes thought that it
might have been well If had been born
of some race than the one from which
descend; Tor one purpose, and one only
that is, to be enabled to tell story
You never heard of Swede, so far as
JOo NV u 4ACcAO "a OI1S VI OW6Q.
ish descent who could tell a story.
Qaughter) But can relate little In
c1dent of fact that IS very distinct in my
memory. AS you all know and appreci.
ate, was born and lived on a farm for
a good many years of my life. Qaugh-
ter.) We had an old horse, and it is the
first horse, that we had in this country,
that we called Prince He often saw hard
work, in fact, that was his daily portion !:
sometimes hard usage, and when he was
| turned out on the luxurious green prairie
&C 1n ,nf ok
caught. He was not anxious to be cap
| tured; in fact, he suspected my father
OF evil designs. Naughter) So he would
would say, John. get a pail with some
| oats and go and take Prince daughter )
| used to try him with the wooden pail,