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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31
Valiant Fight for the Rights of the People Makes
His Name Household Word Through
out the Whole Nation.
Fearlessly Braves Bitter Opposition of Great Rail-
road Combine That Is Now Doing All Money
Can Do to Defeat Him.
Will Be Reelected by an Overwhelming Majority
as an Endorsement of His Action and
Rebuke to Monopoly.

these roads; that in all that vast por
ton of our state there are no other
means of railway transportation. He
saw that the combination of these two
reads meant a shutting out Of all other
roads and an absolute monopoly of the
transportation business of two-thirdS
OF the state. He saw that it was the
death Of railroad competition. He
knew, too, the power of such combi-
nation to wreck the political future Of
any citizen, but he never faltered or
wavered. AS on the field of battle he
saw before him only his country's flag
and the states welfaEe. He was elect
ed to stand between the people and
just such danger, and he instantly
decided upon action. The letter of the
law of the state was plain. There
could be no question: as to it's intent,
and the legislature had passed it to
meet just such an emergency. The
only question was the ability of the
state to break down the barriers of
technical law points raised by keen
corporation lawyers, and so force the
matter to the plain issue. The ma
chinery of the states law department
was at once set at work on behalf of
the people. The governor grappled
the problem, and not discouraged by
temporary failure. nor deferred by
threats, he pushed the suits until he
has now the satisfaction of knowing
that there are three well under way
against the merger company, the
Northern Securities Company of New
Jersey. That these suits will be
fought to a finish is certainty if Gov
Van SAINT is reelected. He has braved
the bitter opposition of the railroad
combination, and it is doing all money
can do to defeat him; but he has not,
and he never will. hesitate to do his
duty and enforce the law. The people
know this. They know that if he is
re- elected the states suit. the one
most feared by the railroads, will not
be dropped. And they are going to
elect him by an overwhelming major
ity as an Endorsement of his action
in their behalf, and rebuke to mo-
nopoly that seeks to control not alone
the transportation of the state, but it's
politics.
Mr.. Rosing says that the railroad
merger question is no longer a politi.
cal issue, that it is in the courts end
the courts may be trusted to take care
of it. Through his committee, how
ever, he says that there is not case
now pending in courts on the merger
question. How easy it would be for
Mr.. Rosing, if elected governor,
through the support of these same
merger railroads, to repay them by
having the suit brought by the state,
which is the suit most feared by the
roads, dropped. The people will take
no chances on that.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31

used by the Globe, in which Gov. Van
SAINT was represented as being opposed
to the striking coal miners. The Globe
cid not stop to ask if this interview
was true or false, though Gov. Van
SAINTS well known friendly feeling to-
ward labor and his many public and
private acts in behalf of labor, marked
It as false to all who knew him. The
Globe published the fake interview,
and sent out a large extra edition. It
was compelled to retract the next day,
and to apologize editorially; but WIS
careful tina. no extra edition Of the
retraction was sent out.
Next was the assertion that the anti
merger suits were all cluster" and
that not suit was pending in the
courts against this railroad combina-
ton. At this same time everyone
knew that there were three suits pend
irg, and are we'll advanced in the
course of trial in the courts.
Next was the tale that Gov. Van
SAINT and the Republican leaders had
taken an oath" not to give office to
any Sweies. This was put in Swed-
fish paper, and 100000 circulars con-
fsining 1t have been sent out. Yet
Peter e. Hanson, secretary of state.
gas Swedish-born, and 10 on the ticket
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31
SENATOR NELSON'S TRIBUTE.
Van SAINT Among Best Governors the
State Has Had.

Van SAINT Among Best Governors the
State Has Had.
Samuel R. Van SAINT is among the
best governors this state has had. At
a great and momentous juncture he
stood guard, like the true soldier he
is, for the interests of the people of
this state. When an attempt was
made to consolidate two great trans
continental railroads, he raised his
voice to this menace to the welfare of
the state. He did not remain an idle
spectator to this attempt. At first he
was the object of ridicule by some;
but when our great President Roose-
welt took up the battle against the
trusts and applied the Sherman anti
trust law, the people began to appre-
ciate the manly stand and the fearless
policy of our own great Van SAINT. IL
we lay down our arms now. it will
give these great corporate interests a
taste OF blood, and they will feel
strengthened to make an onslaught on
our young and vigorous PRESIDENT
Senator Knute Nelson.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31

The Democrats, by their speeches
and in circulars, have openly declared
that the anti-merger action OF Gov. Van
SAINT has been all "bluster." They
have had the effrontery to say:
What have we to show for all the
buster about the merger? After all
the talk and the. lapse of year, there
is not a case even pending against the
merger in the courts. There have
been difficulties, we are told. All the
parties have not been summoned and
the cases fall fiat. If the law had been
violated ANY lawyer with sufficient
knowledge to secure a certificate en-
titling him to practice knows that all
the parties to the suit must be brought
into court. Anything short of this is
subterfuge.
While this is what the Democrats
say, what are the facts, and then what
do the people think of a party and it's
candidate that will make such state
ments? Not many people in this
state can fail to know that suits are
pending in the courts against the
Northern Securities company. The
daily papers this last week were full
VI tuO SOoSAlAO4y VI lOolQCnI dUu
others, taken before Examiner Mr..
Fred G. Ingersoll, at st. Paul, in the
suit ordered by President Roosevelt,
under the Sherman antitrust law.
This was the continuation of the testi-
mony taken in New York the first of
this month. Solicitor General Rich
ards of the United States; Assistant
United States Attorney Beck and As
sociate Counsel Judge Day were in st.
Paul in charge of the case in behalf of
the United States. Mr.. Grover, gener.
al counsel of the Great Northern; Mr..
Bum, general counsel of the Northern
Pacific; ex-United States Attorney
General Griggs, special counsel for the
Northern Securities company, and
Judge Young, the personal counsel of
President Hill, appeared for the de-
Tense, making the most notable array
of lawyers that ever were in court
In any case in this state. If this case
was not in court. and if it was not con-
sidered very serious case and men
ace to the securities company, what
were all these lawyers doing In our.
state?
Mr.. Ingersoll has also been appoint
ed examiner In the case brought by the
State Of Mi,nesota against the merger
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31

Both these gentlemen spent great
deal of time and much labor in inves-
tigating the law bearing upon the sub.
ject; and after the bill wGs drafted.
Mr.. Douglas requested ex-Gov. John
Lind, who had then gone out of Office.
to give his opinion upon the law as
drawn. Mr.. Lind spent an entire day
in the state library looking over the
cases suggested by Mr.. Douglas, and
made several minor changes in the bill
as submitted to him; but the language
of the bill, covering interstate COM
merce was not changed, and was fully
agreed upon by these three gentlemen.
Mr.. Douglas has in his possession not
only the bill drawn by Mr.. Childs, but
the bill as changed by himself, and as
separately drafted by Mr.. Lind; and
as to this clause covering interstate
commerce, the three absolutely agree,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31
FARMERS SOLID FOR VAN SAINT

Even more than on account of his
merger stand. the farmers of the state
indorse Gov. Van SAINT because Of the
record of his administration in regard
to the prison binding Irvine and the
state grain inspection. These two is
sues are sweeping the rural vote into
the Republican column. 1t is almost
the irony of fate. 1t was upon these
identical issues that the Democrats
won their single victory in Minnesota.
Under the Lind administration, the
grain inspection department lost over
Van SAINTS administration, the de-
partment showed profit of $9,493.S2
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31
FRIENDLY TO LABOR NEW ERA IN TAXATION
VAN SAINTS ATTITUDE ON STRIKE
Governors Sympathy Was With the
Miners-Refutes Bogus Globe
Interview.

For the first time in the history OF
our country organized labor has re-
ceived national recognition. Presi-
dent Roosevelt distinctly stated. that
he took part in the settlement OF the
coal miners strike merely as private
citizen, but the fact remains that he
accomplished his purpose by virtue of
his high Office as president. The pres
idents of the coal-carrying roads re-
fused to meet or treat with Mr.. Mitch
ell, the representative Of the miners
Union, but the president of the United
States did not hesitate to consult with
him, and they held many private con-
ferences. Organized labor, therefore,
can well feel that it has had a higher
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31


Under the second Van SAINT year the
profit was s25.458.67. No other argu.
rnent is needed.
The prison twine plant, since 1894.
has made let profit each year rang.
iEg from $4,000 to $4,000, with the
single exception of the year 1900, un,
plant made less than $4,000, after
forcing the farmers to pay cents per
pound higher than trust figures, where
in all other years it has ranged from 2
to cents lower than the trust price.
These two facts alone defeat every
claim that the Democrats might put
forward in behalf of their candidates.
st. Paul Dispatch.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31

This next week will doubtless be full
Of Democratic roorbacks. They have
been using this sort of argument free
" even early in the campaign, and will
probably fill the last week with them.
A roorback is simply a falsehood used
for two purposes: First, to keep the
other side denying, and, second, with
the hope that some people will believe
it. 1t is safe to take it for granted
that any startling tales, sprung late in
the campaign, are absolutely false, or
they would have been used earlier.
AS samples of Democratic roor-
back up to this time is the interview
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31
PLACE MINNESOTA IN VANGUARD
Constitutional Amendment on Taxa.
ton a Long Stride Forward -
Van SAINT UniustIy Criticised.

One of the grounds on which it is
sought to incite opposition to Gov. Van
SAINT is his agency in procuring the
passage of the law creating tax COM
mission to revise the tax laws, and in
calling an extra session of the legisla-
ture to pass the code prepared by that
commission. Nothing could be more
unjust. There has long been an urg-
ent demand for revision of our tax
laws. The governor in recommending
and the legislature in taking steps to
that end, were in entire accord with
public sentiment. The gentlemen he
appointed on the commission were well
qualified for the task. But when they
came to deal with the knotty problem
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31

fighter. Yet full Of fighting blood as
he is, he never seeks for trouble, and
there is not in his nature one trace of
the vindictive or of the spirit Of re-
venge. He is as gentle as he is brave,
and as kindly as he is courageous. In:
deed, it has often been said of him
that if he has fault it is his too big
heartedness. He will often do himself
injury or injustice in an endeavor to
help others, or to avoid doing others
possible hurt. He is eminently a
man of the people, and like that other
great champion or popular rights.
President Roosevelt. he never hest
tates in the face of an emergency, no
matter what the personal result may
be to himself.
When the question of the merging
of the three great railroad systems,
the Great Northern, Northern Pacific
and Burlington, Came to his official
notice he did not shirk or temporiZe.
He grappled at once the situation and
the danger to our state. He saw that
two-thirds of Minnesota, the territory
now most rapidly developing. was
completely In the grasp of two Of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31
President Roosevelt and Gov. 4
Van SAINT stand for the same
, political rinciple-that the rights
of the people must come first.

recognition than that from mere rail-
road presidents, and that Republican
pl esident of their country has reached
out the hand of sympathy and fellow
ship to them.
The settlement of this great strike,
which threatened positive disaster to
the people, shutting off from them one
of the necessities of life, has been a
distinct triumph for Republican gov
eminent. 1t marks an era in our labor
history, and goes far toward settling
what is to be the great problem Of
this century-the harmonizing of the
relations of capital and labor, under
the tremendous development of our in
dustrial and commercial interests The
rights of the employer, the rights of
the employed, and outside ofsand even
above these, the rights of the people
at large, are all to be considered. In
this strike the sympathy Of the great
mass of the people was with the min
eIs. This feeling was tersely stated
by Gov. Van SAINT in his interview re-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31
= Gov. Van SAINT stands as the =
, champion of the people against .
, railroad monopoly. Z
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tuting the bogus interview published In
the st. Paul Globe. The governor
says:
THE refusal of the operators and
the willingness of the miners to arbi-
trate, when in conference with Presi-
dent Roosevelt, has justly enlisted
public sympathy on their side, and
share it to the fullest extent
"A great public calamity threatens
the nation, and / believe that the
president would be justified in using
heroic measures to open the mines.
and | trust that he will find some
method to do So"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31

Few men are as well known today
In the United States as is Samuel r.
Van SAINT. governor of Minnesota.
There are not many people in this
great land who cannot give the name
OF the governor of this state; and yet
there are but few other governors of
all the states in the union whose
names even the best informed citizens
know. To be one of the distinguished
men Of nation of S0,000,000 of people
LIS an honor not to be lightly treated !;
1t is matter of great pride to every
loyal Minnesotan that our governor is
known and honored throughout our
country. No citizen can but feel a
thrill of satisfaction to have those of
distant states speak in high words of
praise of the official head of our state.
Gov. Van SAINT deserves this honor
and this distinction. for he has won
1t by being true to the people. That
he is a man of courage every incident
in his life shows. Never has he WINGED
in the face of danger, never has he
turned his back on public or private
duty. He is every inch man and a
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31
PRAISED BY ALL ALIKE.

Labor Bureau Under Republican Nam
agement Accompanies Great Work.
There is one department of Gov. Van
SAINTS administration which has been
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31

1--WE feel grateful to you. Mr.. Presi-
dent, for the patriotic efforts which
you have made to bring about an hon.
orable settlement of the strike; eff
forts which you continued despite the
remarkable spirit and conduct which
you at first found in the company's
managers. John Mitchell. President
of the Coal Miners Union. to Theodore
Roosevelt. President of the United
States.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31
. President Roosevelt and Gov.
. Van SAINT stand for the same po-
. litical principle-that the rights 4
. of the people must come first.

OF taxing personal property they ran
afoul of the constitutional provisions
that made any radical change in the
existing system impossible. They rec
ognized this fact in their report, which
was a very luminous and intelligent
treatise on the whole question of tax
alton. They framedsa law excellent in
most of its provisions. The legislature
enacted some Of the provisions of their
bill, which were a great improvement
on the old law. After long discus
sion, the chapters relating to personal
property were defeated; but the dis
cussion resulted in the framing and
passage of the constitutional amend
ment now before the people, which,
although far from perfect, embodies
the most advanced principles of taxa
ton, and will, if adopted, place Mime
sofa in the vanguard of the states in
the liberal power it confers on the leg
islature to place our tax laws on a
sound and just economical basis. So
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31

praised alike by Democrats and Re-
publicans and which will add great
strength to the Republican ticket in
certain circles. That is the labor bu-
reau. John O'Donnell, himself la
boring man, took hold of the office
that, since it's inception had been run
in routine manner, and in one year
made it the most-talked-of labor de-
partment in the United States. Such
men as Carroll d. Wright have mani
tested great interest in the new lines
of work undertaken by Mr.. O'Donnell.
and labor commissioners of other
states have been wondering how Min
nesota's bureau accomplished so much.
1t is not too much to say that, for the
first time in the states history, MINES
sofa really has labor bureau that Is
worthy the name. Gov. Van SAINT was
interested in labor, and placed prac-
teal, earnest man at the head of the
department, and labor will not forget
the benefits derived from the efficient
operation of it's own bureau under the
past administration.-St. Paul Dis
patch.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31
Be sure to vote for the consti-
tutionaI amendments; they are
in the interests of the people.
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that the final results of the governors
initiative in this tax reform movement
were worth many times the cost of the
extra session. The educative value of
the discussion in and out of the legis-
lature cannot be overestimated, and
was the governor himself, who finally,
became. and is now an ardent champi-
on of the constitutional amendment.
That amendment is one of the great
achievements of the Republican party,
and its adoption will mark new era
in the tax legislation of the country.
st. Paul Pioneer Press
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31

. There are two men in the Unit
. ed States who stand out con- !
. spicuousIy in public life for the :
. protection of popular rights;
. those two men are Theodore
. Roosevelt and Samuel r. Van :
. Sant.-Oscar ,Hallam, ST. Paul.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31

D The Democratic campaign is I
. not campaign for Rosing, but is
D against Van SAINT. No reasons
B are being given why Mr.. Rosing
should be elected; he outlines no
D policy, and has no record. But
D every effort is made to discredit
B Gov. Van SAINT and personal
, abuse is the chief weapon used.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31
KIND OF "BLUSTER"
THE PEOPLE WANT
Democrats Brazenly Declare That Van SAINTS Anti
Merger Action Has Been All 'sBluster''-Clever
Scheme That Will Not Work.

company, and the testimony will soon
be heard by him in it. AS matter Of
fact, this is the suit of which the
Northern Securities company is most
afraid, and undoubtedly the purpose Of
the Democrats in endeavoring to make
it appear that no merger suits are
pending in the courts is part of their
bargain with the Northern Securities
company. How easy it would be If
the people could be made 10 believe
this, and Mr.. Rosing should accident
ally be elected governor by the liberal
use of railroad money, for him to quiz
city drop the states suit against these
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Last winter at Washington the =
. great trust magnates declared q
q openly that there were two men .
. in public office who would never =
. be reelected; these two men .
. were President Roosevelt and .
= Gov. Van SAINT. =
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roads. 1t is very clever scheme ON
their part, but it will not work The
people know what Gov. Van SAINT will
do, and they know that as long as he
is governor this suit will not bs
dropped, but will be pushed vigorous
ly. Moreover, a third suit is pending
against the merger, brought by the
State of Washington, through the in
fiuence of Gov. Van SAINT, and it has
been held good by the supreme court
Of the United States.
With these three cases, not only
pending, but so far advanced in the
courts, what do the people think of this
bold and false statement of the Dem
ocrats, scattered broadcast over the
state, and what other purpose can 70
have than to make it possible for the
states suit to be dropped If the rail.
read candidate could be elected?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-10-31

. SineIe-handed and alone S. r.
. Van SAINT is making a fight
. against all the enormous wealth 4
= of that great railroad monopoly,
. the Northern Securities company, 4
q which is being poured out to the
. Democrats. He is the champion 4
= of the people, and the people will 4
o stand by him.