The Worthington advance., 1901-01-18
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! especially desire to call your attention
is the fact that at an adjourned meeting
Of Gfot the % board. Dec: Z, 1900: the Duluth 8
general aees eesnss 1Saa %r eSanadies. esSSmadaiey sd
communication with the commission Of
the following tenor:
and 2 %aeSdass 5%e the Re- f
Of Minnesota.-Gentlem The Duluth
& Iron Range Railroad company. having
aron and ca9eeled the tar
June, 1900: heretofore filed with the COM
mission; In order that you may UNDER
ter s@d sates satss filed
and now withdrawn, is misleading, nuga-
tory and was filed through inadvertence.
legal d9ty to le the nas same ano Is onoer no
its nature and from the way the business
IL CONDUCTED interstate,
iron ore from the present time until the
opening OF navigation in the spring Of
Fourth--No iron ore has been trans
ported under such tariff, but all ore traf-
contract, and such tariff is not capable
from its nature it must be handled under
special contracts in consideration Of the
special services which cannot be enjoyed
Duluth & Iron Range Railroad Co.,
BY J. L: Greatsinger. President.
S% 5e ct IKE
Railway company. The attitude thus
sents question Of the most vital inter
competent for railroad corporation. es-'
pecially one to the construction of whose
railroad the, public has contributed 10
Range Railroad company, which has re-
ceived a grant of lands from the state
Of m more re tt than 600 ,ooo acres to Withdraw
effect suspend it's business as a common
carrier. then the people are absolutely
at the mercy of the instrumentalities
Much % has be been 4ee1id sad in the public press
and in our. political discussions about
in my Judgment :s the hTst overt act Of
anarchy that has been attempted in the
State Of Minnesota and should be met
aw and eSr peope not
any power that sets ITSELF aSove; the iHe law.
duty of the attorney general to insti-
tute proceedings for the executive to their
possession Of the railroads to insure their
operation as common carriers, pending
the determination of such proceedings.
taken, I am sure that the attorney gen.
eral and the executive will have the sup
port of every law abiding citizen in the
state.
for it's work and expressed the opinion
that the last acre which any land grant
company in the state was entitled to had
been conveyed, Governor Lind took up
the question of labor legislation, saying
among other things:
:, AS society provides in, advance by pub.
lie law an orderly way for the settlement
of differences between citizens in other re-
lations OF life, can see no good reason
why that rule should not be extended to
the relation OF wage employment at least
In cases where corporations are employ
ers. believe that the safety and welfare
OF society demand such legislation, and
perfume time. as we now have industrial
peace and the delicate questions involved
can be considered without passion or
The question is, What is the remedy
This. I believe, can best be answered by
analogy. Society abolished the wager OF
ali resort to physical conflict for the SET
tlement of private right illegal, is says
to all other contending parties: Society
your You % differences ices to psGi an Umpire. Take i his
jndgg Judgment .H abide by his decision and
of our institutions demand that we should
is objected that while the decision could
is no way Of enforcing it against the en-
and cannot be held to the payment Of
man is not irresponsi6le. In in the nsiS first
place, he is amenable to public opinion
like every other citizen. on the other
corporated under the statutes, ~ would be be
as responsible and as able. to respond in
damages if adjudged against them, as
are any other organizations.
If differences could not be amicably ad-
justed, then a law providing that either
party to the controversy might apply
ing arbitration wages and employment
should continue as though no difference
existed, would remove every occasion for
bitration tribunal i might @ be e' constituted a Of
two members selected by each side and
a fifth member to be either a judge of
me oaTe or ostet iydre " wnGPe ere
supreme court.
Reforms in county accounting were
of
treasurers sitting in st. Paul. The gov
ernor also advocated suitable appropria-
SHf both d for the %ed III s9 n
and for the Pan-American exposition, to
be held the coming summer at Buffalo:
Regarding state Eff finances, the new capitol
The last legislature fixed the tax levy
for state revenue purposes at is mills.
It. was found possible to- REDUCE this to
current year. Nevertheless the finances t
Of the state were never in better condi-
ton than at present. The funds Of the
have been sustained during my term Of Of
flee. This gratifying condition of affairs
Is IN large due to the faithfui
Judgment of our retiring treasurer, Mr..
Keerner; who leaves behind him a rec
ord that well be emHated by fu
Personal inspection will now enable you
the new capitol The expenditures in
s aats
ing balance of $4,000 for the inside fin
ishing and, for constructing the approach
satisfies me that it is absolutely impos-
sible to secure the completion of the
building inside and out in a manner at all
fSe extericr is Being Ss % with
this amount. And this. am glad to say,
is not the result Of either bad manage
ever rendered the PUBLIC more faithful
and intelligent service than we are re-
ceiving at the hands Of the present capitol
of cost be increased to such sum as is
reasonably necessary to complete the
building in harmony with the exterior of
III In view Of the fact that in the last
three gubernatorial elections in this state.
certificates of election haye been issued
received minority Of the votes cast and
that the integrity of the result as de-
clared has been questioned by large
body of our people, feel it my duty to
call your attention to the fact that our
statutes provide no method for reviewing
the election returns for state office or
the result declared. This is not in har-
mony with the general spirit of our leg
islation on the subject of elections, not
with the principles Of sound government
al policy. 1t is needless for me to say
that I do not ask that legislation in this
ready held.
The governor closed with words of
praise and gratitude for the departments
of insurance. the public examiner, the
NJ LOTT md