The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-20
Minnesota Politics
jacobson Begins to Take a Hand in the
GovernorsFip Game PersonalIy-An-
nouncement Looked for Soon-A. l..
Cole States Position on State Issues.

The sphinx Of Lac qui Parle has spoken.
j. f. Jacobson has begun to line up his
support for the governorship, and has
slgnified to a number Of his friends that
he is willing to go into the convention.
He has made no public announcement,
but the way things are drifting it is like
ly that he will be heard from soon. He
has been assured that his name will be
presented in the convention, so he Is
made a candidate whether he will it or
not, and as long as he is to be in the race
he finds it necessary to pay the matter
personal attention.
When jacobson speaks it will not be an
active. bid for delegates. He will take
receptive position, it is believed, and will
re1use to allow any aggressive campaign
with headquarters and a correspondence
bureau in action months ahead Of the
convention. However, an announcement
would bring him support that is now lag
glng back unwilling to help a man who
will not help himself, and it would also
justify him in stating his position on
state issues Up to date he has refused
to discuss politics for publication. The
jacobson boomers have been manipulate
ing things to force their man out and
they seem to have succeeded. Several
| friends of the man from Madison have
heard from him lately, and have his per-
mission to talk for Jacobson for governor
1t is only a step from that to an open an
nOuncement.
A. L. Cole of Walker spoke Saturday
| afternoon before a farmers institute
meeting at Zumbrota, on the questions of
stat development and railroad regulation.
On the question of railroad rates Mr.. Cole
urged people Of the state to take advan-
tage Of the laws we already have, which
are the best Of any state in the union,
and which govern about one-half the
freight business done in the state. Only
about 20 per cent of the interstate bust
ness affects Minnesota, the rest being
thru business Complaints made as tc
state business are investigated by the
commission without expense to the COM
plainant, and the commission will ever
collect the testimony for the complainant
| with these laws on the statute books,
said Mr.. Cole, what do we find? In the
year 1903 there We're seven complaints
made against excessive freight rates. II
six cases satisfactory adjustm were
made, and in only one case was there al
order made. and that order afforded relic
and went into effect at once In the yea
1904 only five complaints were made
four Of them were amicably adjusted, ant
again only one order was made, and tina
order afforded relief and no appeal wa
eighteen complaints made annual,
against discrimination. Three-fourths o
these complaints are satisfactorily ad
juSted. The commission makes order
in the balance Of the cases, and in nearl,
every instance substantial relief is at
forded. While it is claimed that million
Of dollars are annually being taken from
the pockets Of the people by the rail
roads, for which there is no adeuuat
in thn n
the commission there has not been on
complaint lodged against excessiv
charges by any railroad in the state, an
asking for a horizontal cut in rates t
all stations on that line.
Many newspapers and business men ar
talking about railroad robbery. The rem
edy. as offered by Mr.. Cole is:
Stop scolding and get busy, executin
the laws we have, unless you can wor
: and scold both at the same time. &c
, your chamber Of commerce, city coun
Gill; or even your humblest citizen to as
the commission to right the wrongs.
you can't get that pull in a beggar fro1
off the streets and induce him to max
the complaint; and if you can't do tina
: create such a strong public sentimer
that" the commission itself will take l,
r the question and adjust it without an
complaint. Under the law it is not onl
their right, but it is their duty to do so.
Mr.. Cole urged cooperation in stat
l development and in drainage of stat
land. He also favored an experimer
station to test tile drainage at state ez
pense, and went on record as favoring
1 state harvester factory at the prison.
T. AS the first speech of the year from a
aspirant for governor, the Cole address
: an important political document.
q Cole sentiment is growing in norther
= Minnesota, judging by the way the pres
Y of that section is beginning to indors
I his boom for governor. The Big Forl
o Compass recently declared for him in
column editorial, urging him as the PROF
"a er candidate for a state developme1
I campaign, and the Grand Rapids Indie
t pendent falls in line with a similar e.
n preston. Casss county papers indorse
the home man some time ago.
s The Crookston Journal calls attentic
+ to the small part northwestern Minnest
! ia is playing in pre- convention polite
u and suggests the name of Adolr
F. George, former receiver of the Crook!
ton land office, as good man for sta
d treasurer. The ninth district howeve
k already has two candidates for secretal
of state, E. A. Nelson Of FIallock and
g j. Lomen of Ada. -. a
i The st. James Journal Gazette, a nev
!. ly hyphenated cons :. alton of the Jou
, nal and the Gazette, says the senatori
It fight in that district will be between .
: R. Allen of Fairmont, who filed the 9th
10 day, and W. A., Hinton of Truman, wifi
:, Watonwan will furnish the two represel
= tatives. It declares that Tom Torson w
II not seek a denomination.
It Charles B. Cheney.