Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-07-13

It IS good news that Editor Hearst Of
the New York journal and San Fran.
cisco Examiner gives to the Democracy
Of the country and especially Of the
West this week. It is the announce
ment of a new journal in Chicago, to be
inaugurated at once, to be known as
the Chicago American" and to be de-
voted, under Mr.. Hearst management,
to the furtherance of American ideas
and principles and the support, as the
best representative of these ideas and
principles of the Democratic party and
the Democratic candidate, William
Jennings Bryan. 1t is needless to say
that the courageous and energetic Mr..
Hearst will make of his new venture a
complete success and that the Chicago
American will during the coming cam
paign be of incalculable assistance to!
the supporter of Mr.. Bryan.
The railroad and warehouse commits
sion, nothing daunted by the ridicule of
railway attorneys and railway interests,
has come to the definite conclusion that
the St. Paul and Duluth and Northern
Pacific are competing lines of railway
for the transportation of freight, mer-
chandise and passengers from the city
of Duluth to the cities Of St. Paul and
Minneapolis, and that therefore the
sale of the St. Paul and Duluth to the
Northern Pacific Railroad company is
in all respects in violation Of the laws
of the state and void. That great
legal battle will follow as result of
this conclusion is already apparent and
upon the issue more depends than the
railroads would have the public believe.
! In fact, the contest will be one in which
not only the country tributary to the
two roads, but the entire state will be
vitality interested. The St. Paul and
Duluth, it must be remembered, is the
only road doing business in Minnesota
that lies wholly within the state It is
the only one, therefore, of all the roads
operating between the Twin Cities and
the head of the lakes that is amenable
solely and exclusively to the laws of this
state and to the control of the railroad
commission. All others originate with
| out or extend beyond the borders of the
state and can to great extent make
! themselves secure in their schedules Of
charges and prevent the wholesome in
! reference Of our state railway
commission by alleging the carrying
! on of an interstate business. It is
plain, therefore, that the absorption
| Of the St. Paul and Duluth by the
Northern Pacific would be a public mis-
| fortune. 1t was through the independ-
| ent character Of the St. Paul and Du-
| luth that the decision in the New Ulm
coal rate case, affecting the whole south
western portion Of the state, was made
possible. With the St. Paul and Du-
luth merged in the Northern Pacific
this eminently fair and timely decision
would be void and of no effect, the
Northern Pacific as All interstate line
being in position to ignore the COM
missions ruling by setting up the plea
of inter state business over which the
commission could exercise no control.
! Viewed in this light the question be-
comes public one, and the people of
the state ought to appreciate the excel
lent Judgment of Governor Lind in Civ
! ing them a commission that is ever
alert to the public interests and doesn't
wait for proceedings to be instituted by
private citizens, but takes up matters of
this vital character on it's own motion.
We predict that when all of the COM
! missions grounds for action are made
i known there will be as pronounced a
kick throughout the state against
the consolidation of these tive
roads as there was against the pro-
posed consolidation of the Northern
Pacific and Great Northern some years
ago.
The Republicans in their platform
say they favor gross earnings tax on
railroads. So do the Democrats. The
only difference is this: The Republic
cans are satisfied with tax of 3 per
cent; the Democrats insist that it shall
be raised to per cent. The people are
with the Democrats; the railroads with
the Republicans.
General Moses E. Clapp: ''The Re-
publicans would rather nominate Van
SAINT than elect me-"
The Sank Center Avalanche sees in
the new men at the helm in state Re-
publican politics great concern for GER
tain classes. Thus, all country mer-
chants will be specially benefited by
the prominence given General 8. E.
Olsen, the department. store prince,
labor will ''rejoice'' over the honors
conferred on Magnate Tom Lowry, and
every user of single, lath or piece
of board will be tickled to death that
Tom Shevlin. head Of the Minneapolis
lumber trust is to be national COM
mitteeman.
Sept. 6 is the date set for the allied
forces to make up the ticket which will
do the sweeping in November.
The Window Press, Republican,
frankly admits that Lind has made SO
good a governor that he is entitled to
| another term if he wants it.