The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-10-26
Governor johnson Guest
of Steel Magnates.
H!SSWING ROUND THE RANGE
He Occupied One Of the PaIatial Goa
ches of tho Company; St. Paul
Political Gossip.
Especial to The Free Press.l

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listened to the imprisoned appeals OF
Governor Johnson before the Municipal
league which met in st. Paul last Jan
uary and have heard his fiery denuncia-
ton of the railroads would not have
supposed for a minute that he would be
the man to accept favor which would
place him under obligations TO these
corporations Yet the story comes to us
from Duluth. and has as yet been uncon-
tradicted, that when the governor made
his famous trip around the range towns
that he was the guest of the steel trust
and occupied q private car on special
train which was subject to his order.
These steel trust roads are the parallel
and competing lines which are being OPP
Grated in defiance of the laws of the
state. and which the democratic party
in 1902 accused Governor Van SAINT of
protecting. 1t was argued by these
statesmen then that Van SAINT should
have included these roads i'll his merger
suits. I'm the face of all this the gov
ernor accepts the hospitality of these
roads gladly and worked it to the limit.
Not only this but the shops and mines
were shut down and the men were or
dered to attend the meetings which were
addressed by the governor. 1t is said
that some of the section men had to
push their hand cars ten miles to reach
the point designated by the steel trust
for them to meet the governor. | un-
derstand that the trip wound up with a
grand banquet and that all the expense
was borne by the steel trust magnates.
Like the magnet to the pole our COVER
nor is drawn to the clutches of the &C.
topus of the iron range.
All is serene again at democratic head
quarters in the Glfillan block Day has
succeeded in getting the socialist John
son off the ticket, and the only John
son now holds the fort. The rather
strange part of it is that the other
Johnson quietly acquiesced in the pro-
ceedings which ousted him. Now the
democratic voter will have 10 trouble III
finding out how he wants to vote. He
has simply to put an Y after the name
OF Johnson and that will do the bust
ness. 1t was real thoughtful of Frank
to fix it up so that the intelligent DEM
ocratic voter would not get mixed in his
principles and candidates OH account of
the numerical strength of the Johnsons.
/ met young gentleman by the name
of Lindberg at function given in honor
OF the new principal of the Humboldt
high school and the new superintendent
of schools, which was given at the West
Side club the other evening. Mr.. Lind
berg is a student at Carleton college.
He told me that at the county fair of
rice county held at Northfield, a short
time ago, and which was addressed by
Governor johnson and Mr.. Cole, that
the governor Just burned up Cole "
When pressed as 10 how the baptism by
fire was accomplished Mr.. Lindberg was
not very clear. He seemed to have taken
it for granted that just because the gov
ernor talked he was saving something
1t appears Mr.. Cole had made certain
references to the necessity of keeping
the people from leaving the state and
going to Canada. He thought that we
should be locating people on our OWL
vacant lands rather than allowing them
TO go to foreign nation. When John
son got the floor, according to this
Young man. he showed that the posper-
ity of the state never was as great as
at present. all of which is probably true
as we have a republican national admin
istration to shape the great policies
which bring prosperity. 1t does not fol
low, however, because we are prosper
Gus, that every acre capable of raising
crop should not be titled, or that citi
BchS snoulu HOt De ellcOuTageu W HAM
this great state their home and increase
the material prosperity of the state and
nation. Praising the national policy
which accomplished all this constituted
burning up Cole" at Mortified. / only
refer to the fact because Mr.. Lindbere
i, not the only one who listens care
lessly to speeches and is carried away by
personality and gush rather than fact
and argument.
Just i'll passing | would like Mr.. Ros
ing, the chairman of the state board Of
control, to explain why the well known
experienced and successful doctor, who
has been the physician at the state
school for dependent children at Owa
tona for many years, WHO happens tt
be republican, is to be removed t.
make room for young doctor, without
any practice or experience except thai
he got holding down a government jol
at the state prison, whose father ant
family connections hannened to he aitha