The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-10-06

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had, single-handed and alone,
put down the late rebellion; but
he understood that it took the
Judge three days TO go from
Washington to the battle-ground
Of Bull Run and but one day to
come back, SO he guessed he was
all right.
He had been notified that he was
IN "the enemy's country" but il
he was, The 'enemy" had q very
peculiar method of demonstrate
ing it's antagonism. He had been
much pleased with his present
trip and the manner in which be
had been received.
He was here for the purpose
of giving an account of his
stewardship during the past two
years. He hoped the present
campaign would be free from the
methods adopted two years ago,
which left sting. He believed
thoroughly that public officer
should obey the law as well as
private citizens. Two years ago
it was charged that r. G. Dunn
had violated the law, and was
equally as strongly denied. Mr..
Dunn intimated that he had done
the best that be could in the
matter of settling tim Der tres
pass cases. The speaker had
stated in the cam paign of two
years ago that he would investi-
gate and would see that every
dollar due the state from tres
pass was collected and turned
into the treasury. Il
Many who bad violated the law
in this respect desired to settle
on the basis Of actual trespass,
but t:were forced to pay treble the
trespass according to law. As
the final result of this activity,
according to the speaker, there
had been turned into the state
treasury nearly $5o0,000, and he
named several prominent lum ber
firms who do business in the
north half Of the state as having
been forced to "cough up"
In the matter of transportation,
as a result of his suggestions
and direct acts with the railroad
and warehouse com mission there
had been secured q reduction of
ten per cent on the rates of trans
portation of grain, twenty per
cent on merchandise and ten per
cent on coal, netting a saving to
the people of the state of $5, ,OO0,-
600 annually.
!! Partisan papers intimated that
he had been slow to act. He re-
minded his hearers that but
once before in the history of the
state had any reduction been
obtained and that was during
the administration of John Lind
Van SAINT, who was asking these
questions, had been governor
four years, and did not accom-
plish anything along this line.
| Mr.. Johnson took up the
matter of insurance and said that
under the present system of
economical management til, in.
surance department had earned
$35, 900 over and above operating
expenses.
In the matter of drainage and
good roads he wished to chal-
lenge Mr.. Coles attitude in the
matter. What Mr.. Cole was now
attempting to father he had
recommended to the legislature
in a message prior to any active
attention on the part of Mr.. Cole.
He denied his right to claim the
credit for the initiative in the
matter. He wanted to be under.
stood that he, if elected, would
personally give his attention to
enforcing the laws; not say, like
his opponent, that the laws
should be enforced and say
nothing of his (Cole's) own &C,
tions in the matter.
The governor closed with 9
eulogy on the great North Star
i state and rnmindo1. that vOfore