Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-10-19

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ed, but it was exact n syyhat 700 ss
XXI Now, there III another question hlGlS
n want to touch upon mot orS 0f s1a0ys!
sLind's promises ana that gaS
that IL he was elected Il governor h6
would see To- Il that honest men WSs0
appointed for the different poGlt lions ~
this state. M believe he had the Ut
5of Intentions to do 10. but WHEN yqas
come to look over the ground ana oQo
the recruits, they are somewhat di6ap
pointing; even to his friends.
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8SS M go z = -. 84is
Nov. N the otner epellrtm q ents soI -
state. nov - ~ 7 \ ou nave not neerd.
+ ou ars NOT intereste U. 4 ou nave me-
looked the matte y p. ksut the ra0s ~
that y costs more per capita la evefy
single state institution unders the Dr.
ent adminlstratlon q John Lind Sthan
" did il TWO years ago under the Repuh-
#lican administration. II 10 true, " 10 q
not much, but It 80 more all along tho
whole line. There y not 2 single 90.
partment that can show one dollar of
saving. Perhaps you will say that thAt
~ the result OF the changed condtttQn
OF affairs. Yes: It ID q fSsult Of tho
change OF administration, but there u
no other cause that j can Gee. Then.
IL there any reason why we should
continue I'd vote against the interests
Of our own party, and support q man
that has not been able to do better
than we did? s; "a. VI "A III: ss2 jss
Some Facts About che RailrOaN Cor.
W l@g misstOn.
There 10 one other feature that Z
wish to cxll especial attention to, for 81
10 the ono Gov. Lind lie making hiS
campaign on this fall, more partfc1~
larly. He promised me two years aGo
that, II he was elected governor, he.
would see to It that we should got rea.,
sonable freight charges IN this state.
Let$us zee whether or not he has f0l-t
filled these promises. want to he per..
tfectly fair. I want to give the rail-
road and warehouse commission credit
for everything they have done, and Z
want, also, In addition, to call your ~
tention to the added facilities under
which his commission has been able 20
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 and
held constitutional by the supreme
court, was the STEVENSON rate case.
There It was decided that the legts-
lature and the commission had the
power to establish Just rates through
out the state. But the railroad CONF
panies OF the state appealed the case
from the district court to the supreme
court, holding 1t in the courts for near.
ly 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 oe
the state had been paying the same
old rates that they were compelled To
pay before the decision was rendered.
In 1897 introduced a bill makinS
the order OF the railroad and ware.
house commission effective immedi.
ately upon the Judgment in the district
court :; that II the railroad company;
wanted to appeal from the district
court to the supreme court. or to the
United States supreme court, hefor0
they could take an appeal they must
give q bond to the State Of Minnesota
that they would repay everysd dollar of
freight that had been paid In excess Of
fha order ~ the communication ,hetweAn