The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-24

have a fair share In the central gov
and the major and controlling
share In the provincial and municipal
They are gradually learn
We have provided them with stable cur
rency, on sound basis-somethin they
were without before. We have relieved
them of the land ownership, and Its re-
sulting servitude, Of the friars. We are
providing them with roads and transpor-
tation facilities, and are improving their
harbors and their coasts. We have estab-
l1shed and put in successful operation,
for the first time, an educational system
among them. We have provided a free
and easy way for them to become land
owners And we have provided for leg
islature Of their own in the near future. |
And while we have aided them to secure
all these advantages, and many more that
could be named, the expenses Of the same
are met directly or indirectly by their
own revenues. Aside from the mainten-
ance of the small army among them
and If the soldiers We're not there we
would have to maintain most Of them at
home-they are in no wise now a financial
burden to us, And 1t Is a great satisfao-
ton to know that the Filipinos are, with
cheerfulness and alacrtty, availing them
selves of all the privileges and advan-
tages we have accorded them. They
eagerly and trustfully travel the roads
blazed for them by American civilization
and American spirit. They are fully real
izing the advantage and glory of living
under the American flag, and have sense
enough to see that they need It's aid and
protection at home and abroad.
We have indeed acquitted, and are ac-
quitting, ourselves, as becomes a great
people, of the moral duty entailed upon us
by the Spanish war. The sun Of America
has cast it's beneficent rays In the dis
tant orient and brought in it's wake pros
perity and growth, happiness and joy
an imperishable object-lesson for all ma
lions and for all times. And all this
grand and noble work for a helpless and
downtrodden people the besotted democ-
racy cannot appreciate, and continue to
call imperialism: Yes, 1t Is indeed irnpe-
riallsn, but not in the democratic sense.
It is the imperialism of high moral duty.
Senator Nelson commended President
Roosevelt for his attitude toward the
trusts, which had caused the cry that
he is "unsafe," and showed this very
course had averted panic by stopping
the overcapitalization and reckless
f1otation Of new stocks.
gized R. G. Dunn, the republican nomi-
nee for governor, and praised his ad-
characterized the democratic attempt
to defeat Dunn as ttvain hope.' He
declared that considering the vast
amount Of property in his charge, Mr..
Dunn did remarkably well for the state
while auditor The trespass collections,
in Senator Nelson s view, were the best
he could have secured. On other points
, he praised Mr.. Dunn as follows:
| Eulogy for Dunn.
Mr. Dunn has the gratitude Of many
poor settlers in the state who, in times
:. Of distress were in, default on their pay
,, ments of interest. Wherever he was sat
isfied that the state would sustain nc
+ loss, and that in more propitious times
: the settler living upon and improving
! his little claim would without a doub
r meet all payments tof principal and in
: terest, he never declared . a. forfeiture
. never resold the land to some hungr!
speculator, but gave the settler ohanc'
= to preserve and retain. his little home.
4 Mr. Dunn also deserves great credit TO
= the manner In which he succeeded in set
d ting and adjusting the many disputes
: and controverted railroad land grants. H
II got one company to accept a conveyanc
: Of rather inferior lands, selected by MI
: Bierman, which the company refused t
accept during my term rs governor. L
one case he secured from a company tn
= relinuuishmen to the state Of 1000
\ acres of land to which it laid claim, an
! part of which thru inadvertence ha
Is been conveyed to the company. In an
q other case he procured the correction {
ID an erroneous decree Of court thereb
Or recouping and saving to the state 42,0C
to acres of land, on which are located thre
le most valuable iron mines.
Mr.. Dunn has, for years, favored an
as advocated and still favors and advocate
OF an increase in the gross earnings ia
IN from per cent to per cent. TEe gres
iron companies had for years escape
m the payment of their due share Of take
e. Mr.. Dunn was largely instrumental
le getting the law amended SO as to NAL
re them pay their just share. Before tt
TO amendment they paid 100000 pea
OF last year 100000. He was also instr
"a mental in securing legislation giving o,
III state board of equalization ampler pow
to adjust inequalities and discrepanci
in assessments.
he Jackson swore, Too.
81 In conclusion, Senator Nelson enter
a. an apology for the candidates. profa1
ch language and lack of refinement, al
Nv drew Jacksons saying:
an an He is not profane If at all, for the sal
~ ~ Of profanity, but 1t may be that. II
y, many good and great. men Of the pa
when his ire has been: aroused at
m wrong or a falsehood, In his righteo
ST. Indignation ne. may .1l1Ve " ottouAcou
,ss anathema on the wrong and the falls
+ hood, the wrong-doer and the fa1sifi
ed His strong sense Of Justice may, on su
1st occasions, make him very emphatic, a
he sometimes there Is no emphasis tt
ts seems to do such Justice to the subJt
So as an OATH Andrew Jacks on-Old Hic
ry- ory-of the same race and blood as
ay Dunn was so indignant at nullif1cati
The and the nullifiers that he swore at the
to The American people have long ago j.
ur- tilted him that oath. jackson was MOI
Chesterfield; he was not man OF mt
refinement. He was plain, blunt, re-
es- less man. out measures up III eAecu.