The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-10-01

: to monopolize and control the trade and
shut off all competition. In many cases
poses. entered into the scheme. In brief
they were both combinations in restraint
Of trade and stock floating schemes, in
some form combined. And if the true fig,
ures could be obtained it would be found
that more havoc was wrought among the
victims of inflated stock than among the
consumers of the trust products. But a
day of reckoning came for many Of these
inflated trusts, such as the steel trust
and the shipbuilding trust. The partial
or total collapse of their stock was in
evitable and inherent in their makeup.
The stock victims found themselves sud
denly Invested Of their little all-the say
ings Of a lifetime. The immense shrink
age in stock values led to one or more
the rest Of the country was prospering,;
and in no need of money. The promoters
of these corporate trusts, by reason OF
the havoc they. had wrought, found their
calling OF floating and unloading inflated
stocks at a. standstill-it had to some ex-
tent become disreputable and at a dis
count.
sUnsafe, for Pirates.
In the meantime the president as IN
duty bound under the Constitution and
the sanctity of his oath of Office, had in
stituted some suits against some OF the
great combinations to prohibit them from
destroying competition in interstate trade;
and these combinations were not OF the
stock-jobbing kind which I have de-
scribed. But this fact-the fact that these
with avidity by all the promoters OF IN
flated trusts and by them made charge
able with All the losses of their 1s stock =;
finding their calling, for the want Of more or Q
victims, at a standstill, and with the
immense shrinlzage in the value Of in
flated stocks and the consequent tlgnt-
1t is these people, who have thus preyed
upon the confidence and the purse OF a
confioiag people, that have set up the
cry that Roosevelt is not safe man.
In their eyes any man who interteres
with their piratical calling Is not SAFE al
man. But what a comfort it IS R 10 me
welt as unsafe for them. If he is unsafe
for them, we have in that fact an assur-
ance that he is safe for u.s. He mas a.,
ways been unsafe for w-breaKers ana
themselves above the government and IT'S
laws, for those who would trample on
the dearest rights of the American PEG
p Pc af ROOSEVELT must be to the Demo
cratic candidate, Judge Parker. The kind
of safety they miss in President Roose-
yelt they profess to m ma at IN 191g ben.
dulum Of Wall street will, in their opln-
ion, find no impeachment in him. TO them
he appears entirely safe. And TINS u.s.
setfe al to 5h 9h ehs1 peope by
Democratic party And on this issue,
more than any other, the Rep4o1c*aln a
P Rmeric anp1 people, feeling assured that
they want no man IN the WMte HOUSE
who will not take care that the laws Do
faithfully executed
Candidate for Governor and state
Ticket.
do not understand that the militant
Democracy of this state question the
character, integrity and qualifications OF
+In cfo q
any of our candlda1eS} on 'f for '
against whom their chief attack is made.
They have faint hope-but 1t is VANITY
Of Of the eGnc eo on
vention, and the soreness and dlsappolnt-
ment which they fancy. resulted there
from, that they can make such 1nroaos
on his vote among the Republicans OF
didate. There were three candidates FOR
the office of governor before the Repub-
lican state convention: Mr. Dunn, Suuge
Collins and Mr. Eddy, all men OF integ e,
rity, ability and considerable experience IN
political affairs. The good character Of
none of them had ever been questlo4n nee
omce although all Of them had been
many years in the public service. Be
cause Of their good qualities each OF them
had multitude Of JEALOUS s,, tr1e Goo+ W1o
There was enough of c1oseness IN the
strength Of the leading candidates to oreed
the usual fervor and strenuousness tlia'
cumstances. But one Of the three could
secure the nomination, and quite MAUI
rally many Of the friends of the other can
didates were disappointed. Such IS a.
wa..E The case after a strenuous ana ex-
Gting conysnfion. But the defeated can; can;
didates and their friends are al g4po
Republicans who have the weltare OF me
coHntry and their Parry cherish the idea Of
T VIII not t t6e aadinistratj6h 81 ST.
in the hands of the Democracy. There is
no valid ground on which any good' sound
Republican can vote against Mr. Duhh'
-. pann and His RECORD.
Let us briefly Tor moment en- t5 Scan n the tn
1855 and came from a good Protestant
family Of the middle class. At the age
of seventeen he. came to. the United
consin' He soon moved to st. Louis;
where he learned the printers trade and
wrought at the same until he o1 moved to
IN 1T th1 has eyer Since a published
and edited the princeton Union one OF
The spiciest and most interesting and re-
liable country weeklies in the ; state cn ne
getic and public spirited citizens of his
fowr3. and has always had the confidence
and GOOD will of his neighbors. He has
CLERK Ct his his town f9r many hi feow
citizens have had such confidence In his
Integrity and ability that they have twice
chosen him for county attorney. Ills dis-
trict has twice sent him to. the legis-
iat1re. and IN the legislature he was the
nioneer in initiating legislation for the
Safeguarding and proper sale OF our state
lands and the timber thereon. ~,
In 1894 be was elected state audlt9r, a1lu
was Reelected four years later: Dur IN!
p DO, office no one questioned his inte a
ia re- 6f the state. AS auditor ne was not
only ex officio land commissioner ana nao
charge of the care and sale OF al tne
state lands. the timber thereon, and the
minerals therein, but he was also the
clerk. the bookkeeper and the auGltor OF
ali the accounts Of the state. Ihfousgh
his office were drawn all drafts on the
drawn for any purpose except. upon Hls
warrant Whoever heard OF ms ISSUING
an unauthorized Or excessive warrant!
Timber Lands. -
, His success in disposing of our lands and
tho timber thereon at a high prlce-h1gh-
~. than beforehand thereby increasing
our permanent school fund during ms
farm to the extent Of four and. a half
,oi,1ion dollars, was most re1narka ble and
was noted from time to time in the puollc
nress with praise and approval. When
ever he found legislation wanting or In
snfficient to safeguard the interests or
the state, he did not sit idle IN dlgnlfled
ana thy. but he went energetical!y to work
to secure the necessary legislation.
SIf was through his efforts and on his
s,,ooestion that the timber trespass law
sesIISa5 was passed. Most of the state
- -. Sc j., the Northern part of the state.