The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-25

p pSsase n now, that there should be no
SO lar as it applies to education. Let
educators manage educational institu-
s sig, iee of only ny men known for their
| worth. be appointed on the board of re-
Re i.S anu o5ner boards, and let our schools
sena rls ~ i from partisan politics. A
t .1o,.1i institutions would, 1t seems to me
! w Mor n. no good for society; it would reach
70 the high school. the college of fhe
| common people, and might endanaer the the
"eIl-peing of our educational system. 'le
.,d IN other words, let US let wen enough
THE RIGHTS OF LABOR
The platform upon which 7 stand do
clares for the right of Ameriesn nI a pe
70 organize and condemns as un-AmericaI
any de denial "a OF that right. Labor in every
1lon. the right OF organization belongs tn
lapor naturally and the state and natton
Mn when, recognizes the corporate right Of
no one OF sound mind would argue in
favor OF the abuse of that right nor
f "a me f ABUSE OF any other right. go
Mn a.sl boasts of its prosperity labor has
right TO be well paid for a DAVIS work.
Of mapo aa mas mas the right to enjoy the privilege
| 1000 and comfortable home which does
not pear more than just proportion of tha
| its share. nol SCI
From this platform some years ago that
eEeaa Trend fh OF labor, Henry George de-
labor asked was a fair chance and bu
Ialr chance is meant reasonable hours
the 'G rgh at }sf as 9as Labor has
means that he shall have a fair pro1ortio,,
OIL PIN the earnings of the sweat of his own
gTow . ana the products of his own Drawn.
Inc right of organization to secure his
own rights must not and cannot be de-
,llSu MN. It must not be denied him in
f Mandes4sa pennsylvania or. Colorado. and
~ o.e GENIAL OF that right means the absence
9! human liberty. In the great and in
dlsputable doctrine of equal rights to all
n nnt SpeG1ai privileges to none. labor must
IN, the luxury which wealth NAV br rp.s
what constitutes a nation? Surely not
p natio VI gold ana bonds and stocks-a great
nation can only exist when those who
work succeed. and this nation with sew
ensy millions of prosperous and hannv
erovaIleI ii 4, pe greater than though labor
sioFeHeo III poverty and ignorance
NoN-PARTISAN JUDICIARY
The Democracy in its late conventio,
LOOK advanced ground looking to the ulti-
mate qlvorce of the judiciary from poll
i,oS; 1 am not OF those who believe that
am OF those who think that the judiciary
VI our own state is being dragged through
s ere n miTe OF partisan politics to the dis
spectacle of a judicial nomination being
held up to barter and trade has recently
peem emphasized Pm in our. state and in
manner that calls for the most severe
denunciation and condemnation The
courts of our state should be above re-
proach and men should be chosen for the
bench because of their learning in the law.
OF their known integrity and the purity
| or their lives. To this end the party
Which represent tonight has not only de-
cared Tor a non-partisan Judiciary but
has shown its good faith by suitine the
action to the word. The action will ap-
peal to the reason of intelligent men and
must be followed eventually by the
dominant party for the reason that a peo-
pie believing in high ideals will sooner
or later demand that the judiciary be
placed beyond the realm of trade and sale
even though a party in power must be
| rebuked to bring about that end. If ju-
dlciai nominations can be made goods for
the bargain counter it will follow that the
| judge will be open to barter and sale him
self. The supreme court of the land Is
the highest protection of the people, and
as men beyond the slightest question of
reproach the rights of the people are no
longer safe.
CANADIAN RECIPROCITY
In the speech accepting the nomination
offered me l expressed a hope that the
time would speedily come when our coun-
try would remove the barrier to free trade
relations between Canadian Americans
and United States Americans. This ques-
ton opens up discussion of our pres
Il
the time now, but will limit myself to a
brief reference to the question ofsCanad-
ian reciprocity.
For years we of the Northwest have
labored under a tariff system which at
best benefits us but indirectly. No one
has dared to argue that there has come
producer, even under this system. and
amongst those who have favored it there
has grown up desire for a nearer com
mercial relation with those near by
"a
conventions with Canada and especially
demands the removal of the tariff on coal
maintained on lumber which, while small.
has made combination possible and the
price of lumber high, to the oppression
of the builder. l believe with President
Mckinley, who in the last address he
made to the American people, said .'that
reciprocity. treaties are in harmony with
rangements which will not interrupt our
home markets, we shall extend the out
let of our increasing surplus of produce.
The man who bulids modern nome
bine lumbermen. No man should be per-
mitted to represent Minnesota district
in the congress of the United States who
is not pledged to reciprocal trade rela-
lions with Canada or who should be re-
turned there if he was untrue to that
pledge.
Northern Minnesota is an empire whose
development begins when the Canadian
border line is no longer a barrier to a free
stacle and the Twin Cities and Duluth
are the commercial keys to that vast coun-
try reaching far off to the Boring sea.
A natural growth made possible by one
system and utterly impossible under our
present tariff policy. Under one system
we may work out manifest destiny
which will float our flag at Hudson's bay.
THE MERGER
Two years ago the one important issue
in that campaign was that of the So
called merger of the Northedn Pacific
and Great Northern railways. :. The peo-
pie of the state spoke in no uncertain
sound in the election which followed, and
Endorsed the present executive and his
official action with a majority unparalleled
in the history of the state.
The party which gave him such a phe-
nomenal majority two years ago has as
its candidate to succeed him one who In
has taken his stand in opposition to the
policy of the present state administration
and in accord with those who sought to
effect and did effect combination of
these two vast railway systems The
platform on which he stands was adopted
before the convention was organized and
those instrumental in his nomination
eyade the issue with the declaration that
the party really did not adopt a platform
at all. But whether the question is treat
ed light or seriously. like Banque's ghost,
it will not down. The merger was con-
trary to law, it was against public policy,
was not right then and Is just as wrong
now as then. 1t was a combination which
annihilated competition. 1t created a
mower which MA ces hundreds of thousands