Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-10-18
Thursday, October rs, 1900. I
be inferred that the railroad and
warehouse commission have always
had thai power - 81

NOW = say that all these new laws. and
@ slt law passed in 1897, gave them adj
e stl1l power that they did not have
oeIoFe. u gave them the privilege OF
Spuo4nmenclng an action without any one
. lll'8t'alnS complaint. They took advan-
!, SAse 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-
DIE 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
1T necessary to give the commission more
power than they had had before, and
therefore now they are betterIequippe
Railroad Commission Negligent OF
& Duty. 3
Now, there are great many other
things in regard to the state administra-
ton that should be gone into in detail,
and il they were gone into they would
not show UP half as we'll now as they
pretended they would two years ago,
Just before election. Let us see whether
or not Lind's administration in the rail-
road and warehouse commission has been
al that 1t ought to be. Two years ago
next spring made complaint to the rail-
road and warehouse commission concern
ing the wheat rates on this particular
road, and I want to read it to you. II
@ZE est. Paul, Feb. q, 1885,
Railroad and Warehouse Commission, st.
Paul. Mimi. zyi 81
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 to grain
rates We demand a reduction of at
least two cents 4 bushel 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 patrons Of this road had the
snoral and legal right to expect, taking
the earnings into consideration they have
instead largely increased the same with
I'm 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. o-r.1 W. ;.a,E...- .-:,. =.
j. f. jacobson,
III. Haussr"
Now, under the law, any citizen of this
state has a right to. make complaint to
this commission whenever he 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 vet
taken one step toward prosecuting the
company named by Senator Hauser and
myself. I mention this simply to show
that the commission has not done as it
ought to have done When / complained
TN the Hanley Falls ''Y" case to the com
mission, Of the failure Of the company
60 construct q ~ down there, inside
OF one month from the time made the
complaint the railroad and warehouse
that case as far as they could go with
1t. But this complaint has laid in the
office ofthe commission for twenty months
before it has summoned a single witness
10 prove or disprove the truth Of the
complaint So I say. when YOU look into
the administration of the different depart
ments, it Is not all as you thought It
would be two years ago. before election.
In a good many departments it has sim
ply been a failure So say again. Is
there any reason why we should con-
Gnue 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 Nob1er. Truer Man Than Capt.
fefsf.afs,. Van SAINT. ,$S, &:
Now, who Is our candidate for gov
ernor, and what record has he made?
He was member Of the legislature in
1893. He was speaker Of the house of
representatives in 1895. i served with
him for two years. so that I know some
thing about the man. I know him as well
as any man can in that length OF time,
and wan to say to you tonight
that there never was a truer, nobler,
cleaner man ever placed on any ticket
for governor OF this state. He is not the.
eblest man IN the world, but he As a
good, clean, honest business man, that
nobody needs to feel ashamed of. In
1891 the Democrats and the Peoples
party got hold Of the legislature. It cost
chat legislature $1es, 900 to do the bust
ness OF the session. In 1893 1t cost the
Republican legislature s142 900; that
was under the administration tsof
speaker Lee. Under the administration
OF Van SAINT, who was elected speaker in
1895, It cost the state $137 COO, or nearly
$27 goo less than under the democratic and
Peoples administration party administers
ton. cite this as an Illustration Of his
business capacity. I want to say to you,
as fact that figures will demonstrate
that under Van SAINTS administration, one
which he had more to do with than any
man ia the legislature, the business Of the
legislature was the most economical Of
any administra ton for many years. When
people came there who wanted an Office.
aid I want to say that there are hundreds
OF them at every session hey are look.
ing for soft Jobs Of S. per day-Mr Van
SAINT had the nerve and the backbone to.
say: I'VE don't need you, and he APP
piled the same business principles through
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