The San Francisco call., 1906-09-17
EDI1 q Il IA1 r. GE
Direct Primary Sounds Death knell
of Bossism in the Gopher State.
BY George A. Van Smith.

Dy oSOI&S ~
~ 7. PAUL Minns Sept la-one of the most convincing
~ intrnsically the benefits to
derived from public selection of candidates for pub
lie Office furnished by the retirement of James ].
Hill from the politics of Minnesota
financial Inconvenience of
oldtime wheel horses" who fattened
the sunshine the system" HILL president of the
Securities definitely declined
ther participate the politics the North Star State
The politics Minnesota district and of the
principal municipalities absolutely dominated for
years by system. the of
elimination of politics that have character
his wonderful railroad became the system
after it assumed proportions worthy Of the name
has his of the whole unsatisfactory
business the election law is responsible for
righteous abluton people of Minnesota have in
their which the railroads system
better. relieved interests of the
duty of selecting the public's
MINNESOTA is PROGRESSIVE
Minnesota a progressive commonwealth Few
her in natural resources in
of her people.
Minnesotans enjoy expatiatng the in
the North leads the in all matters
worth and the dignity of
but austerely commanding position While
the Gopher not much given to boastng of
It, Minnesota a short entitled
to prominent place among the systemed States. She
of the pretest OF corporate control
galaxy commonwealths whose
dim the will of great commercial in
The the Minnesota system quite
effective and vastly methods
than those employed by high finance of the older
States Its workings superior methods
superior to the fnan-
operations of the late Richard Turpin It's operations
calculated
best society
MONEY THE sINEws WAR.
The real practical potcianthe boss that lesser
luminary the wheel aspiring the heights
bossismbelieves first in organization develop
American politics closely associated
merciasm that the boss has to read organization
the Interests synonomously The wheels of the Boss
Machine be moved by The Interests
money without them money the vocation
uninteresting; pol
itics would be numbered the lost Given
community without the Interests that community
would be promptly and consistently Stunned by the boss
practical philanthropist The the Mime
naturally lie in railway
territorial later railroads absolutely
any substantial development The great prairies
comprising the richest fields known,
needs remain barren without outlets to the
The assistance of Federal Government
grants and. honeyed
bait of immense rich railroad
passed out for the mere asking.
Minnesota snugged up with railroad projects
When the dignity of statehood there
eleven companies with territorial They
good charters viewed from the railroad
probably they equally from
the few citizens of the State spasey along
the banks of the Mississippi southern
of the territory The
the provision fixing earnings
of three cent in lieu of all other taxation
RAILROADS GRAB THE LANDS.
Lands in possession af the State by Fed
the rails went down in blocks of ten miles. began
evidenced energies OF great en-
builders, chief them J. Settlers
rushed to these lands rapidly titles passed
to the companies The wilderness with home
seads. Hamets, villages and towns sprang up. Counties
organized The railroad very nat
ura interest in the political development the
development tapped by their
lines indebted to the com
panies from which they purchasing lands
work great difficulty to make them see the
light through glasses. time was ripe for
the And the boss is
energetic fungus. be active being
with single pass of the magic wand Once animated
with fe he clings the favor as
naturally does wall. boss ever so
blind his unerringly to tba
boss the creature of the railroads
the sunshine of their and favor be lived
it ordinarily in other perfectly nat
The advantages of his industry, became
the statesman What be more enco,,r
aging big comforting sense tho
in Of a railroad counties could -.