Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-09-30

state and that he will obey and en-.
force that obedience to the law and
that striving for right, absolute JUS
tice and the best interests Of the state
the poorest citizen will know that he
stands for the whole state and moth
ing but the state.
The issues in campaign may
change from season to season; there
is no change in the right of the human
race to enjoy liberty and the pursuit
Of happiness and no man who does not
believe in That right should ever be
chosen to a position Of public trust.
Human beings are prone to err, man
may make mistakes, but the impulse
for right will bring man to do his
duty; the impulse to do wrong inev-
itably leads to failure and ruin. Then
what are tho issues in this campaign
The dominant party has declared it's
platform; we have ours. Some one in
Jest has said that they were so much
alike that it was difficult to tell one
from the other. If that be true then
the question for determination is the
character, ability and quality of the
nominees. If that be the standard l
say of our ticket: There they are,
siOner: we ask for comparison and
ask for yonr honest Judgment, free
from political bias and prejudice.
Judged by that standard we have no
fear of an impartial verdict.
But there are certain issues which
arc: paramount, as they concern the
few days ago my opponent opened his
Gill
tons, laid special stress on these:
The primary election law, the gross
earnings tax, swamp land drainage,
good roads, tax legislation, assessment
of iron mines. the board of control
and other subjects. A few of these
questions l shall treat in detail; the
remainder in a general way.
AS to the primary law and it's extern
sion to include state officers let me
say this: The primary law is still a
crude law and as it exists now permits
50 many abuses that it needs to be
corrected before being extended. And
yet, when we remember the methods
employed by the convention which
nominated him, it is not surprising
that there comes suggestion of need
Of change. The primary election law
is here to stay, as is every other law
which gives to the people the fullest
rights to directly control their own
affairs, and whatever opinion one may
have had as to its original creation
no one now would dare to attempt tC
abridge that law. AS one who helped
/ to make it and at the time of it's enact
ment urged that the state officers be
included | now doubt the wisdom OF
such a change, believing that we
should first make good what we now
have. All judicial Offices should by ali
means be removed from the primary
system and nominations be by non
partisan conventions.
|; Swamp land drainage is a business
proposition and it admits of no argu-
ment. Some one has said that he who
makes two blades of grass grow where
:but one grew before is a bencfactOr;
he who turns swamps into fertile farms
lis no less q public benefactOr It is
EgOOd business policy for the state OF
minnesota to convert this class OF land
into farms for the Minnesota settler.
i The question OF good roads has
:passed theoretical stage and has All
|vanced so far that it is no longer an
issue. The question OF good roads is
ia settled question and only the dc
tails remain. Speaking of tax lcgisla-
ton Mr.. Dunn says:
1.-The operation of our present tax
laws arc very unsatisfactory, a large
portion of intangible property escapes
taxation, altogether" Upon this he
and are agreed, although he might
have aided that no system Of taxation:
is just which compels the cottcr's
home to bear the greater burden .!
taxation that corporate wealth may on
joy special privileges. I believe III {
constitutional! amendment which would
permit an income tax on credits and
that class of property which now
escapes taxation entirely.
f, | commend his utterance in which
he praises the veterans of the war
To the grizzlcd patriot who offered his
all that this country might NOT Perish
we have Onl, reverence and love. The
nation cannot .De too generous to him
hnt; society owes him a. debt thai il
can never rcpay@> The old so:,ie: -
our first citizen and is entitled 10 Ia!
consideration at the. hands OF iiN ma
ton which will make his dee iilin1
years both rcatc ful and happy. III!
Dunn and l Viii take no issue thorc.
1t will be remembered that the con
ventiOn which nominated him did not
appear to share this sentiment, how
ever
GROSS. EARNINGS TAX.
Ny opponent in his Duluth speech
lays special stress on his approval o.
the constitutional amezdment inclcss
ing the gross earnings tax CT railways
from 3 to- .per cent The platform O:
his party is strangely silent upon this
question and, speaking q: this nlnjs
sion, he says: ''DY, an Oversight. II:
reference was made in ting pia>f.kG,
to the per cent gross carNipgs tax.
It is remarkable that a convcnticn' SO.
deliberate in its proceedings and which
followed tifefnlly constructed plan
Of organization should have overlooked
what the candidate for governor dc
clares to be the chief point of interest
In the present campaign. If that is
the issue ] trust that may he par
doned for stating that, as mnmbcr
'of the state senate in 1899 and 1901
r was loyal in my vote anil support
Of the plan. to Increase the gross earn
ings tax to 4 per :ecfat:' The record is