The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-15
Senator Fitzpatrick,
Hon. L. A. Rosing's Speech.

| l.. "A. hOSlHS was ln0H luITOOuceu HE
subject was State Issues" He said, II
part, as follows:
Hon. L. A. ROsing's Speech.
Political parties are composed Of men
| believing in the same principles of gov
eminent and organized for the purpose
of securing sufficient power to make
themselves an effective force in applying
| those principles to the questions and
problems of government as they arise,
thus shaping the policies of government
in harmony with the basic principles OF
their party faith.
In order that men may be induced to
work together in parties, 1t is necessary
that tie organization should represent
| high morals, true government principles
and policies, which make for the uplift-
| ing of humanity and are capable Of arous-
| ing in men the highest and best impulses
| for human action.
When the party stands for honesty,
| morality and high aspirations it be-
comes an effective. and uplifting force;
| capable of impressing it's principles and
policies upon the legislation of the state
and nation.
When, however, a party has been long
! in power, it always gathers to itself the
selfish and corrupt influences, and those
| in time become dominant within the
party, with the result that it departs
| from its ancient mornings of honor and
| integrity and becomes an organization
| which is used by the selfish for the pur-
| pose of looting the public, whether by
! direct stealing or by legislation and ad-
ministration in behalf of special inter
| est. OF course the old party still pirates
| about its ancient glories and achieve
ments, and enGeavors to conjure with the
| great names of the past. The people will
! for time give them power and oppor-
| tunity to govern, in the hope that the
! leaders may again follow the exam
pies of the old party heroes but the
leaders cannot take advantage of these
opportunities, because pelf and plumber
! is now the only cement that holds them
! together, and men are so constituted that
| when they have abandoned high princt-
| pies and morality as the bond of union.
| and have grown to depend only upon the
! binding power of selfish interests, they
| are bound to disagree over the division
| OF the spoflS; consequently, there is non
| action, nothing can be accomplished and
| all is failure.
Republicans Are Incompetent.
This natural disintegration of party,
| as the result Of the abandonment Of
principles and high aspirations. has been
strikingly illustrated during the past two
Gcan party, the party that used to boast
of its power to accomplish, the PARTY
that claimed a monopoly of all high
| morals, has degenerated into a business
party TO such an extent that It cannot
| now do business.
If we could choose one word to charac-
| terize the Republican leadership in this
| state, L think that word should be Gin
given us an incompetent governor, an in
| competent attorney general, an incompe-
| tent warehouse and railway commission,
| an incompetent board Of control and
| lature, body which in special session
| spent thirty-Odd days in considering tax
| matters, and after bringing to the con-
| slderatlon of the subject all the power of
| its mentality, aggregate and individual
| it finally succeeded in repeating the tax
on dogs. That was the net result of the
SPECIAL session in regard to taxation.
IhlS experience of a Republican legisla-
ture cost the citizens of Minnesota some
| $4,000 or $4,000. Pretty expens ive-but
| we are assured by the Republican press
that 1t was worth all it cost, because OF
the educational value to the people OF
the state, resulting from the agitation OF
tax matters, and the disgust aroused by
the non-action of the special session.
| " ell, that may be true, because [ think
the people will be educated out of the
idea that there is any virtue left in the
! u. o. Z. am sorry that time will not
permit me to give you a history of the
body which has stamped its own value
upon itself by acknowledging the abso-
Lutte dictatorship of a man whose sole
stock in trade as a leader consists in his
capab1lfty to forcefully and in a loud
piercing voice proclaim that the mem.
bers of the legislative majority are cor
Fupt ana unworthy of confidence, and il
Iney vote against any of his pet meas
ures, then he will prove it on them, and
they are so fearful that he NAV
carry out his threat that thew meek,
~ tali In line for any compromise meas
ure that he may decide to introduce
Doomed to Defeat.
Are the people of Minnesota going r.
13dorse the action of the majority mem.
bers Of such a state legislature? We car
saIelX trust the people of the state tC
say SAY NO, WREN the dominant party has
given us bluff and jolly river cap
Jam for governor, and he enjoys tht
Qlstlnctlon. he daily worships at the
sprne OF Van SAINT. The kind Creator
seems to have designed every man f.
successfully fulfill the duties and obIiga,
! items of certain sphere in life. and an
reliably Informed that the captain is :
olSunct success as a commander of E
river BOAT, but as governor-surroundef
by the SchiffmannS, Warmers and Reeses
and confronted by the Mollie Morris anC
merger problems-1 imagine that the cap
t taln Is IN nuch the same mental condi
ton as son of old sod, once describ
ed by my eloquent friend, Judge Willis
IhlS man slept in the second story o.
a motel, when it caught fire. He hurried
~ pulled on his neither garment-in his
hurry wrong side to-he Jumped ont nj
the window and struck on the hard STONE
walk, and as he was getting up, friend
TrG g;5i5 q, up to him and said Are We kilt
Mike! and Mike answered woefulIv a,
ne looked down at himself-''Not kilt
eIlIIfeIy, but l fear fatally twisted"
Inc governor has one point of political
strength which should not be overIooiSe-
and that is: Wherever two or three az.
gathered together" there he is also teV eT @lr
II he has. got to travel to Chicago ant
stand IN the hallway to salute Mr. Prince
me me governor says IT'S the fault of Tho
legislature, and the legislature saws cit.
, all up to the governor" and the peopI.
WI WI say this fall "a plague on both you
railroad Commission a Failure.
me railway and warehouse commission
mas tailed to perform the duties imposed
py law upon that body. We, as a people
nave got to recognize that railroads
merged or unmerged-are through thet
nature and constitution. natural monopo
hes The resolution introduced in tn,
senate last winter by Senator johnson
| calling upon congress to enact Legislation
which shall give to the interstate com
; merce commission absolute power +,
regulate freight and passenger rates with
III constitutional limits, such as il nov
possessed by our railroad commission. re
cites: "Railroad charters are Cranted