The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-03
READY FOR ACTION.
Minnesota Officials Return From
the Helena Conference.
THE PEOPLE ARE BACK OF THEM
And They Will Begin Legal Proceed
inEs at Once-DOuglas Goes to
Washington.

Preliminarles are over. Now for the
big fight.
Governor Van SAINT and Attorney Gen.
eral Douglas reached home yesterday.
Both drove straight to the capitol and
went to work: There is no rest for
either.
The attorney general will henceforth be
night for Washington and will institute
the states suit Monday in the federal SUI
preme court. His appearance Monday
will be a formality. The court will set a
date for the hearing, and Mr.. Douglas will
return to Minnesota. When he next goes
to Washington he will be accompanied by
George P. Wilson and M D. Mum, his
associates in the case. Then the great
battle will be on in earnest, Minnesota,
through, her legal champions locking
horns with the great railway trust before
the highest tribunal in the land.
Tuesdays conference cemented the sym
l.pathies and interests of Minnesota, South
Dakota, Montana, Idaho and Washington.
Resolutions did not end it. There is now
perfect confidence each in all, and in eff
feet those present are in league ''to
provide for the common Defense" They
will be in continual correspondence and
| Minnesota will receive material help from
the states to the west. The cause of one
| is henceforth the cause of all.
Grown Past Belittling.
| 1t is not a few politicians against the
railroads, playing for public sentiment
| The time for such talk is past. The eff
! forts Of Hill organs to belittle the anti
merger campaign show that they realize
| how serious it is. Business men and labor
interests each with good reason, are heart
and soul in sympathy with the governors
At Helena and en- route, members of the
| inn TO no ri hno md nxri1 ors
side. The following interview with e
Montana mine owner is just sample OIL
| the general feeling:
| Your governor is all right in this business.
We all know that, but we don't dare say it
| in public. We are shippers over the Great
| Northern and the Northern Pacific, and if
this deal goes through we will be at Hill S
mercy. .-
| We don't want to see the Northern Pacific
| Great NorthernZed. We are proud Of the
N. P, of it's splendid equipment and service,
and we know what Hill control means. This
Securities company is the saving of the Great
| Northern, cut i. will be done at the Northern
| Pacific's expense. AS I understand it, il
| gives the shal ekolders a chance to pool theil
dividends. This will give the Great North
| ern a chance to repair it's roadbed and build
| up its equipment, and the Northern Pacific
| will pay the dividends for both. They will
| let the Northern Pacific run down and milk
it of it's earnings to put the Great Northern
| on it's feet -S.,
Joe Toole is all right He is not corpo-
| ration fighter, but he looks at this thing
| just as we do, and he knows he will have
plenty Of backing, even if we don't say
very much
| Fear Jap Labor.
Laboring men Of Montana, both in ant
| out of the unions, are cursing the Grea
Northern for employing Jap labor. Oh
the Montana Central and westward, prac
tically all the section work is done b.
the Japs,, who have come over by thou
sands, and are replacing white labor. The
are under white foremen. The Japs ge
$40 month and board themselves. It i
commonly believed in Helena that tn
Japanese are to be substituted farthe
east, and that when the Northern Pacifi
comes under Great Northern methods, tn
white section men on the Northern Pa
cifc will have to walk.
White Is Ridiculed.
North Dakota has been McKenzied. Gov
ernor White has given evidence that h
is amenable to the influence of Alexande
the Foxy, Hills satrap in the flickertai
dominions. His ignominious funk, fol
lowed by statement in which he turne
| complete somersault, has called dow
| I'LL I1u1CulS anu ueIlSlOu. All dlOQ
the line of the Northern Pacific, on tn
return trip, trainmen and passengers wer
roasting the man with the reversible cor
: victions. # Mckenzie has promised hi
l denomination he will have the fight
5 his life to make his word good.
Governor Van SAINT called the Helen
: conference against the advice of most G
his friends. They distrusted the sincerit
of his western colleagues, and feared tina
4 the meeting would either be fruitless
o that the democrats would dominate it an
3 force buncombe resolutions through
v 1t was taking chances, but the sresul
q justified Van SAINTS course, and vindi
q Gated the western officials.
4 Praises for Douglas.
! Much of the credit is due to Wallace
b Douglas, Minnesota's attorney genera
q Clean cut, upright and tactful, he shape
9 things without dominating. Governor Va
t SAINT paid him an earnest tribute thi
. morning. He said:
: 4 was proud of Mr. Douglas out there H
: was invaluable in the conference. He keI
his head, and reasoned the extreme ones O,
Of their positions. without antagonzing then
He made a splendid statement of the case tn:
first afternoon, and he cannot be given to
much credit.
Won't Talk Politics.
The governor read the story of Dunn
, Heatwole combine in a ST. Paul pap,
. with evident interest, but declined to dis
= cuss it. He laughed and said:
. "I'm not running for office. I'm fgh