The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-18
LIND CONNECTS DUNN AND JONES WITH
FACTS TAKEN FROM THE RECORD

and land commissioner of the state of
Minnesota shall have the right to forth
with select the lands in said counties for
the said Duluth & iron Range Railroad
company and fill said grant.
4. 1t is further adjudged and decreed
that certain pretended deed OF land an
governor and state auditor and land COM
missioner of the state of MinneSetaeto the
said Duluth & Iron Range Railroad COM
pany to fill the grant to said company,
be, and the same is, together with the said
record thereof in the Office of the said land
commissioner, hereby adjudged to be null
/ and void and of no effect, and made with
out due authority of law and contrary to
the decree and judgment of this court.
4 (Signed) William Lochren,
Judge.
STATE Has SECOND PICK
BY the terms of this settlement as con-
! firmed in the decree it will be seen that
not only is the right of the state to Sc
! lect a single acre of iron land in those
counties postponed until the railroad com
pany (the Standard Oil company has had
| the first pick, but the settlement of the
land grant by the deed bearing my sigma
ture is set aside and the right of the
company to select lands continued until
| the last acre of swamp land in those
counties has been surveyed and patented
There is probably a surplus of upwards
of 10000 acres of swamp land in those
| three counties above what Is required to
fill the railroad grant which must be held
/ by the state indefinitely for exploration by
the company.
There are still over 100000 acres to be
surveyed by the government. When those
surveys will be made no one can predict
How much longer it will take to secure
| a patent from the government for the
last acre, no man living can estimate. I
| think few if any in this vast audience will
live to see it done.
New deposits of iron are found in this
/ region almost every month and usually
i on swamp lands, but hereafter they are
] not for the state The enormous loss to
the normal schools and to the other state
institutions by this transaction cannot be
estimated It may be $5,000,000, it may
| be $50, 000, 600.
Is my charge of recklessness establish
/ ed? I might add here that was never
informed about the bringing of this last
suit. had no knowledge that my deed
had been set aside or such a settlement
made until read it in the court records. !.
Now a word about our convention and
the ticket that we present to the voters
/ The Democrats of Minnesota met in
/ state convention more than thousand
represented. None came on railroad
/ passes nor did any OF them carry contests
| in their pockets. They came together to
exercise their best judgment in selecting
good and fit men for the various offices,
and well they did their duty.
NoN-PARTiSAN BENCH
| The most important action taken by
that convention-a step that ought to ap.
\ peal to every good citizen-was its stand
| for an Independent, non-partisan judi
| eiary. For the supreme court we nomi-
| mated two Republicans, Judge Brown,
whose integrity. Or ability has never been
| out of the Republican convention after he
| had been nominated-not because he was
/ not an able and upright judge-but be-
| cause his place was needed at the bargain
counter. The two Democrats we named
i are men of the highest standing, personally
i and professionally. No jurist in the state
/ than Judge Otis Mr.. Hall, of Red Wing,
| our other candidate, it is my pleasure to
!, know more intimately than the others.
We We're colleagues in congress for two
years. 1 learned to love and admire him
/ dependence.
| ney general, is man of character and
| standing. personally and professionally.
Mr.. Winston, our candidate for Heuten-
ant governor, is man of sterling integ-
! rity, ripe experience and fearless courage
4 in combating political rottenness AS
foreman OF the grand jury in Hennepin
county he made a record in the cause of
good government.
! John A. Johnson, our candidate for gov
| ernor, have known since childhood. He
was born in ST. Peter where he now re-
] sides. His life Is an open book-every
page of his record is an inspiration to
/ duty At eleven years of age he became
1 the. sole support of poverty stricken
| mother and several younger children. He
! found place in grocery store at So per
| week and for three years-156 times--ilis
mother drew that pittance for the support
of herself and little ones.
! He then obtained better position in a
drug store, where he continued for nine
! year. devoting his earnings to the support
/ of the family and the education of his
/ sisters and brothers. The brother and one
1 sister are still living and owe their educa-
/ ton as well as their support to John, who
] is to them father rather than the elder
! brother. BY indomitable energy and per-
sistent work he also obtained an educa-
| ton for himself. Recognizing his ability
! as well as his worth some of his friends
| bought the ST. Peter Herald for him. In
time he paid for it and has continued
to own and edit it to the present time.
His standing in his profession is evil
denced by his election to the presidency
! of the Minnesota Editorial association.
In 1898 he was elected to the state SEN
| ate over strong and popular opponent,
| and this notwithstanding the fact that the
! district is overwhelmingly Republican. In
! the senate he rendered the state and his
j district efficient service and won the con-
fidence and respect of his colleagues
Our other nominees are each and all
1 men of ability and character. They are the
/ peers of their competitors on the Repub-
| 1ican ticket and have better title to have
| their names ON the state ballot. They were
i nominated by the people. IL elected they
will serve the people and all the people.
COMMITTED TO REFORMS
Aside from the excellent ticket which
we present to the voters OF the state, the
Democrats of Minnesota stand committed
/ to certain reforms which we shall urge
upon the people, in season and out Of
season, until they are adopted.
| Justice to the people of the state de-
| mands that the pending amendment to in
crease the gross earnings tax on railroad
property from to 4 per cent should
! be adopted To the support of this
proposition we stand pledged by our plat.
our candidate for attorney general it will
| be enforced.
| Our tax laws are antiquated, cumber-
/ some and in many respects unjust. We
! favor their amendment or revision.
/ We demand and shall labor to secure
! the necessary legislation for the IMPOSE
| ton of a state tax on incomes.
We are pledged to legislation which viii
impose the same burden of taxation upon
foreign corporations doing business in this
| state as the law now imposes on domes-
! tic corporations.
/ The general government generously
/ donated to the state for internal i'm
! provements upwards of 10, 600, 900 acres of
| swamp lands. Most of these the legisa-
! ture has donated to railroad companies,
but some remain, and it is our aim to
the equivalent, to the drainage and re-
| clamation of the vast areas of valuable
/ lands in the state which are too poorly
drained and too low for profitable cultiva
! ton.
/ We acknowledge the service done to
! the state by those who have invested their
1 money in the construction of our railroads
and other public works. We cheerfully
| concede that they are entitled to fair
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