The Sauk Centre herald., 1906-09-06

MOrrlsOn county ana MI. bucKman
Immediately repudiated the action OF
that convention and declared him
self an Independent candidate for the
state senate, thus boiling the regular
Republican convention, and proceeded
to form a combination with the lead
ing Democrats Of Morrison and Crow
Wing counties, and by vigorously
attacking the record Of Mr.. Fuller,
who voted against the Anderson bill
for the taxing OF railroad lands,
succeeded in being elected. A few
quotations from the Little Falls
Transcript during that campaign out
of many columns that were published
will give the public the opinion that
Mr.. Fuller had OF Mr.. Buckman at
that time.
The Transcript of September 3Oth,
1893 contains the following: "The
candidate for Office who tries to trade
you of in support Of a mongrel
ticket does not deserve your further
support. He is an unworthy leader"
The Little Falls Transcript OF
November 4. 1898, "A political
trickster (refering to Mr.. Buckman)
who will combine with the opposition
to gain votes for himself and sell out
his party will sell out his constituents
when he has a chance"
During that entire senatorial
campaign the Little Falls Transcript
teemed with charges against Mr..
Buckman OF being political
trickster, an migrate and ready at all
times to sell out his party and his
constituents.
It is true that Mr.. Fuller is now
supporter OF Mr.. Buckman, and we
give these quotations to show how
Mr.. Fuller regarded Mr.. Buckman
before and after taking post Office.
On the other hand Mr.. Buckman,
openly charged MIR. Fuller and his
supporters with going out throughout
this senatorial district and by unfair
and underhanded methods of corrupt
ing and bribing the voters and de-
liberately thwarting the public will in
order to secure his own nomination
for the state senate.
Now the supporters Of Mr.. Buck
man can take whichever horn of the
dilemma they choose. If Mr.. Fuller
told the truth, then Mr.. Buckman is
not entitled to any support from the
Republicans of this district, on the
grounds OF loyalty to the Republican
party and its organization. If Mr..
Buckman told the truth and Mr..
Fuller obtained his nomination by
corrupting and debauching the
public, then what sort Of a represen-
tative of the people must Mr.. Buck
man be when upon being elected to
congress, he Immediately appointed
this corruptionist and debaucher to
the third most important Office within
his district.
Mr.. Buckman was elected to the
state senate after an exceedingly
vigorous campaign and served from
1898 to 1901 and his record in this
session was but duplicate of the
preceding one when he served as
member of the same body. There
were two important measures that
came up for consideration during
this session of the senate. One was
Senate File No. "a the title and pro-
ceedings of which are as follows:
Session on February Oath, 1899.
A bill for an act to amend Section
% of Chapter 10 of the general Laws
of 1887, as amended by Chapter 1O6 of
General Laws of 1891, being an act
to regulate common carriers and
creating the Board of Railroad and
Warehouse Commissioners.
This bill came up for consideration,
and after the railroad lawyers in the
senate had exhausted every par
liamentary trick for delay, this bill
came up for its final passage.
This was a bill to enlarge and ex-
tend the powers of the Railroad Com
missioner. Mr.. Buc m n,
true to his instincts, voted with IL
other senators known as the railroad
senators against the bill, the next was
Senate No. 25 in which the following
proceedings were had:
Session of 1899.
A bill for an act providing for tax
alton of railroad companies in this
state, and to repeal all acts and parts
of acts inconsistent herewith, and to
provide for the submission of this act
to the people of this state for their ap-
proval or rejection.
PROCEEDINGS
After the usual preliminary proceed
ings on March %, 1899, the Judiciary
Committee made report recommend
ing that the bill be indefinitely post
poned," which report meant, if
adopted, that the state senate refused
the people the right of expressing
their opinion on this matter.
On March %. 1899 the matter cara