The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-21
THE EX-AUDITOR'S RECORD
VS.. DUNN AS A CANDIDATE
The Inheritance of the People Sacred Trust To Waste the
Public Lands and Timber Rob the Children Of the State
of Educational Corporations and the Proper
r. Way to Regard Them-The Merger Issue.

value thru the growth Of timber and
the discovery of mineral. 1t was given
to the state as a sacred inheritance
to the people of this state and to their
children's children. 1t was given to
advance the cause of universal educa-
ton that people under a free govern
ment might always be assured that
the schools and university Of this state
should never lack for funds to edu-
cate the children Of the state.
The. people have given too little
attention to the real meaning of the
school land and the school fund. This
fund is a guarantee and bulwark
that shall provide for the future edu-
cation of the millions Of children who
shall yet succeed us in the develop
Of a peoples government among a
people who shall be sufficiently edu-
Gated to maintain republican form
of government.
Timber Trespass.
Every man who steals tree from
the public lands steals book from
the hands of the children Of this state.
Every man who steals a ton of ore,
thereby lessons the chances of the
children of this state to receive the
education to which every child of the
republic Is entitled. Every man who
loots these public lands is taking your
money and your property. He Is de-
priving your children of their birth
right. He Is an enemy to our system
of government. There is not a man
| in this state but who is distinctly and
| vitality interested In the school lands
! Of this state and In their proper pro-
lection. There is not man in this
audience but what has right to know
exactly what has been done with these
lands, whether they have been prop
| erly guarded and where every penny
has gone in connection with this Of
| flee. sng4
II the lands and inheritance Of the
people have been properly managed it
state auditor are public property and
| it is easy to show whether there has
| been neglect or carelessness In this
office. The report Of the state exam
| liner makes distinct and definite state
ments as to official neglect and care
made by page, date and amount. The
citizen should remember that the state
examiner Is a paid officer Of this state,
under oath to the state Of Minnesota.
His statements are either true or
they are not true. ;,
If they are not true the public ex-
aminer has no right to hold his posi-
ton and should be held to account
under the law.
If these charges are true, they
should be sifted to the foundation re-
CARELESS Of the interests Of the Off
Gals or administrations.
1t has been matter Of common
knowledge in the state of Minnesota
for many years that the peoples land
and the inheritance Of their children
handled. There is no time better than
the present to find out the exact facts
in this case and to take immediate
and stringent measures to see that
this great fund is sufficiently protected
in the future. Until there Is some
definite and distinct explanation Of d.
rect and definite charges, 1 propose
to uphold the candidacy Of Judge Col.
Inns. whom I believe to be a good man
and courageous public officer.
i Corporations and People. IL
+ Much has been said in abuse OF
the corporations who thwart the PEG.
pie by the use Of money and corrupt
influence. Too little has been SAID
about the neglect of the common PEG
, pie Of this country who refuse to pro
r tect their own interests; who refuse
to examine facts and who permi
y themselves to be led about by politi
clans who presume to deliver then
: hand and bound to whatever interest
- they may wish.
= If you will not protect your owl
E interests, if you will not take tn
= trouble to examine into public mat
= ters and to cast your vote in favo
. of honest government, you canno
I complain if the laws of this countr
I are overridden and set aside.
u The common people Of this Ian
L have an absolute majority of the votes
;. If they would utilize them in behal
u OF good government, corruption an
l. misgovernment would be overturne
n within a year. The people of thi
IS country are generally right, but the
1t rarely take the trouble to protect O
n safeguard the republican institution
n of the land. In the last analysis, tn
future Of this republic and the futur
II Of democratic government is depend
l. ent not upon corporation or capitalist
. but upoHs the plain ordinary peop]
who have the legal vote. 1t is d.
is upon the man who has children VIII
j. shall live in the future after he he
is passed away.
20 - The Republic an Experiment.
III In the slow progress Of this worl
t. toward it's final destiny, the fate (
r. any one Of us who gathers here t
tie night, is but a matter of smalle
l. moment when weighed in the scales
illimitable time. 1t is a matter
f. great moment, however, that as cit
or to coming generations the inheritan,
ne of republican government and that v
Id should hold stanchly to the equ
to rights of every man under the la
d. Measured in the long life of nation
to our own republic is still an expe1
n ment. Let us see to it that it does n
he go the way Of all former republics
a governments which have persisted TIL
of the neglect of their citizens to perfor
in their proper duties toward the stat