Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-10-18

they they have found It necessary to s11a-7
SSploy q larger number OF men than the
Republicans did when they were -
power? The same amount us PAID n
every case, but Gov. Lind has kept ~
larger force than was kept there be-l
fore to do thessame class and the Same.
amount Of work That was another -
the reforms, and that was the kind -
reform you get In that depar tmsn1
This was not exactly what you expsess
ed, butt was exactly what you got.
Now, there Is another question Whlo
Il want to touch upon-another OF GeNs
SLind's promises-and that was thlA
that il he was elected governor -
would see to 1t that honest men were
appointed for the different positions -
this state believe he had the beDe
of intentions to do 80, but when -
come to look over the ground and So
the results they are somewhat disaD-
pointing, even to his friends.
Increased Expense I'm All DeDaxs~
5#s naents.
Now, In the other departments Of the
state, how is it? You have not heard.
You are not interested. You have ne4
looked the matter up. But the fact n
that it costs more per capita In every
singlevstate institution Under the pres
ent administration Of John Lind than
it did two years ago under the Repub-
lican administration. It is true, II -
not much, but it is more all along tho
whole line. There Is not a single de-
partment that can show one dollar OF
saving. Perhaps you will say that that
lis the result of the changed condition
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change Of administration, but there -
no other cause that can see. Then,
is there any reason why we should
continue to vote against the interests
Of our own party. and support a ma1
that has not been able to do better
than we did?
Some Facts About the Railroad Cora.
3 mission. 5
There Is one other feature that
wish to call especial attention to, for Il
is the one Gov. Lind is making his
campaign on this fall. more partioa-
larly. He promised me two years are
that, If he was elected governor, he
would see to it that we should get reA-
sonable freight charges in this state.
Let us see whether or not he has full
filled these promises I want to be per.
road and warehouse commission credit
for everything they have done, and 4
want, also, in addition, to call your at,
tention to the added facilities under
which his commission has been able 70
work, that were not In existence four
and two years ago. The first rate case
in this state that was tried, where any
result was arrived at in the courts ana
held v,ey%{t oaN I,rv
court. was the Stevenson rate case.
There it was decided that the legis-
lature and the commission had the
power to establish just rates through
out the state. But the railroad COM
panies of the state appealed the case
from the district court to the supreme
court, holding it in the courts for near
~ three years before we got any de-
cision, and before we got the decision
the railroad companies, little by little,
had reduced the rates on those freights
until they were about on par with
the decision Of the commission. In
the meantime, however, the people o
the state had been paying the same
old rates that they were compelled to
pay before the decision was rendered.
In 1897 I introduced bill maklne
the order of the railroad and ware
house commission effective inmedte
ately upon the Judgment in the district.
court; that if the railroad company
wanted to appeal from the district
court to the supreme court, or to the,
United States supreme court, before,
they could take an appeal they must
give bond to the State Of Minnesota
| that they would repay every dollar q
freight that had been paid In excess of.
the order of the commission, between
the time that it was in the district.
court and it's settlement In the sd
preme court, provided the supreme
court sustained the decision OF the dis
trict court want you to pay partlo-
ular attention, that you may under
stand fully the significance OF this
kind Of legislation, and see why Gov.
Lind has been successful In some Of.
these suits against tho railroad COM
panies. s
Lind's Success Attributable to Re-
publican Legfslatf0n.
| If that law had been on the statute
book in 1897, when this STEVENSON rate
case was finally decided, the railroa1s
companies would have to pay back to
the people Of the State good man1
hundred thousand dollars that thsv
collected between the time the decisioo-
was rendered in the district court an6
the final decision in the supreme court.
In 1899 introduced another bill,
which was passed by the Republaoa0-
legislature and which is now law
prohibiting a railroad company frousa
raising the rates on wheat, flax ana
other grain products, on stock, coal
or lumber, without first obtaining the
consent Of the railroad and warehouse
commission. Mr.. Lind's commission
last spring, had an opportunity to ase
upon one Of these requests by The
railroad companies. The railroad eaS-'
pany, for the first time in the history
of this State, was compelled to ask
leave and get an order from the cons-
mission before It could raise the ratsA
on those commodities in this stata.
And you will remember now how
much credit Gov. Lind and his come,
| mission have taken to themselves To-
/ their action upon these particular mAeo
/ tiers that have mentioned. The ran.
road companies, last winter. when ~.
erything began to go up, when labes'
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