The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-30
.OPENSHIS CAMPAIGN
i. A. Rosing, Democratic Candidate
for Governor, Fires His First
Gun at Normanna Hall.
The Address Was Less Aggressive
Than Many Who Heard II
Would Have Liked.

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Would Have Liked.
So l.. "A. Rcsing, democratic candidate for ]
governor opened his campaign last9even-
Ing at Normanna hall. He spoke for an
hour to an audience numbering 500,
whose ardor was not dampened by the
heavy showers. The crowd applauded
him to the echo, and nearly lifted the
roof off when John Lind entered the hall.
Mr.. Rosing read his speech, which was
carefully prepared review of national
and state issues, and viii serve as the
democratic text this fall It was the state
platform elaborated, and somewhat re-s
vised. Its tone was far different from
that Of the famous Jefferson day speech,
and was on more dignifed plane
The address was less aggressive than
many democrats would have liked, but
Mr.. Rosing Is out to get republican votes,
and his speech was admirably adapted to
conciliate political opponents, Much Of
1t followed lines equally popular in both
parties such as removal Of the tariff from
trust made articles, and reciprocity with
Canada. az .C - 49, =. -
Mr.. Rosing did not censure Governor
Van SAINT for bringing the merger suit,
or criticise the manner in which 1t was
brought. He held that the governor had
b.
himself to do the same II elected. He did
critfcise him. however, for not bringing
another suit against the merged iron ore
roads, and he went for the railroad and
warehouse commission for their mac
tivity in the regulation Of iron ore and
other rates 511Sz s. Il
AS to the board Of control, Mr.. Rosing
did not demand abolition, but urged the
revival Of the board Of corrections and
charities, and, like Governor Van SAINT,
he favored removing the educational In.
stftutions from the scope of the board
Fof control. = @5;-4.s-,
The binding twine plank Of the platform
was significantly. ignored. @ss !.
&, -. Touches on Philippines.
Mr.. Rosing was introduced by F.
Winston, who presided! He began his ad-
dress with a general Endorsement Of the
state platform, and the statement that
this was essentially a campaign on estate
issues. However, certain national issues
were pressing, and would have a part
in the congressional campaign. and for
that reason he would mention them. He
declared for giving the. Philippines. the
same measure Of independence that we
have given, Cuba.
AS to trusts, he favored their restraint
by removing the tariff on, articles con
] trolled by the monopolies.s To Kill the
evils Of fictitious capitalization he ia
yored the proposition advanced by Gov
ernor Cumnins Of Iowa, that all stock
should be paid for. in cash., and the
money "legitimately, devoted TO- the es-
tablishment and conduct Of the business,
He then declared for reciprocal trade
arrangements with Canada, opening 6 to
Minnesota the trade of the Canadian
| northwest. :... III. ,.:I:r !
\ Turning to state issues, Mr. Rosing first
gave his attention to the railway
merger On this point he said: @.s. 5.'
| s',,...-sf5@ AS to the Merger. r. ~.
For good many years there have been
upon the statute books of this state pro-
visions forbidding the consolidation Of
| parallel and competing lines of railroad
It Is claimed that these provisions have
been violated by. the Great Northern and
| Northern Pacific railroads, andeit seems
to me that 1t must be apparent that II
they have not been directly violated, an
attempt has at least been made to evade
their, spirit. Following their plain duty
In the premises, the executive and highest
law officers of the: state instituted pro-
/ ceedfngs to prevent the evasion or viola
t1on OF those statutes. The proceedings
| so instituted are now pending and must
\ be: pressed to a final conclusion without
regard to the result Of this campaign. My
| wish or yours; to the result Of the
! litigation will have no weight with the
Judgment Of the courts before 2 whom
| those cases must come; and l. am fully
convinced that our courts will decide those
| cases with the same impartial integrity
| and intelligence that has always Tcharac-
] terized the American judiciary. -.
| Merger OF. Iron Range Roads. ~
| Governor Van SAINT did his duty in
calling upon the attorney general to en-
| force the law against the consolidation Of
the Northern Pacific and Great Northern,
! but there he stopped. The state senate of
Minnesota, during the extra session Of
| 1902, passed the following resolutions:
"'Resolved, That the attorney general
be and is hereby requested to investigate
the alleged consolidation of the stock OF
I the Duluth & Iron Range and the Duluth,
Missabe & Northern Railway companies,
and If he finds that a practical -consoli-
dation of SUCH companies has been tac
complished by the concentration in a
single corporation of a majority OF the
capital stock thereof, that he at once in
stttute legal proceedings to prevent fur
tller violation of the laws Of this state
'tWhy has not this resolution been
obeyed? In Governor Van SAINTS extend
T ed acceptance speech on July !, he abso-
lutely neglected to touch upon this point,
''The Iron Range roads were merged by
| the United States Steel trust in February,
| 1901, within sixty days after Governor
Van SAINTS inauguration, and three
months before the attempt to merge the
northern coast lines. II the state ad-
ministration is entitled to re- election be-
/ cause it brought suit to forbid the con.
1 solidation Of the coast lines, what does
it deserve for ignoring the merger Of
the Iron Range railroads, which are who'll
i ly within the state Of Minnesota, and are
1 within our power? -Iz& : s4s%l. ~
4 IT have perhaps no right to question the
governors good faith. / am certainly not
4 inclined to do so, but the personnel of his
advisers, who were closely identified with
i other competing railroad interests, gives
i color to the claim that the power OF the
4 great state of Minnesota was at least
! permitted to serve the purposes Of one on
a parcel Of ofscontending factions. i.s a.3
THE democratic platform pledges its
candidate and the party to the enforce
nlent Of the present statutes against con-
solidation, and that in every case, and II
! my nomination shall be ratified at the
polls this fall, pledge myself to carry cut
the instructions Of the party In that re-
1 gard. s 5g .s3 s5k .sbt 81
Rates More Important.
Mr.. Rosing then passed to the proposi-
i 5tiOn that the fnDOrtant relation of t1,s