Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-09-26
Governor Expresses Debt of Gratitude to kndepen-
denf Voter and invites Continued Corporation
Of Friends Of Good Governments.

favor, and lmpartially in their appl1ca.
ton to every interest. In my admins
tratiOn of the duties Of this high office
I have been prompted by the single
motive Of administering the laws for
the government Of all the people as laid
down by the representatives of the
people. have maintained for myself
and for those subordinate to me, that
ri. it was incumbent upon the people,
the soverigns Of our commonwealth,
to- yield the strictest obedience to-. law,
it was In a fuller sense the absolute
duty of their public servants to yield
obedience to the law and loyalty to the
public interest.
Fulfillment of Pledges. r 49,.
Two years ago the Democratic
party, In its platform and in, the
acceptance speeches of its candidates,
made certain promises to the people.
tits matter Of special pride with me
on this occasion that every such prom
Use has been kept; that not a pledge
has been broken; that we have kept
faith with the people who reposed
their confidence. in us. Conditions
change from time to time, and issues
change from time to time. There are
some things eternal. First and fore.
most among these Is the right: of a
people to L govern themselves; and
secondly, the duty of the public officer
to be true to the reposed in him
BY the people. Firm in the belief that
the: promises Of the past have been
kept, and realizing full well the cares
and responsibilities Of the future
should I again be called to this high
position. now pledge to, devote my
self and every energy. of which I am
possessed. to the honest fulfllment OF
duty along the same lines of conduct
which i, !, have ruled and governed me
during the past two years. s y: e
..* =: Public Timber. Trepas.. ~. -:
!. The history Of the last contest, with
all it's aroused public sentiment and
sensational acrimony, has not been for
gotten. It will be remembered that
one of the. chief issues ..of. that CAM
.paign was. the charge that the law
had been violated by public. servants
in sthe settlement Of the states inst
claims against men; who without the
authority of law and without due legal
comp nsation, s had taken & the states
lands, timber and 81 mineral rights.
] thereby: robbing. the school children al
! Minnesota Of a. sacred and valuable
heritage. 41t>was charged In an official
state ocument 10 fter off fetal; investiga.-.
ton, that /. system had come con, into
I Vouge by which 1T was cheaper z.to
steal the t inlbe from the public
domain and settle for St with stat1
off Gals, than 1t was to buy the tim.
Der atslega public sale. / promise al
{ that time a that rs I were elected COVER
nor Of g. Minnesota Is would see that
suits Were Institute by the stat "a
recover, so far: as.#it was physically
and legally possible, every do llar3which
belonged to he sci ool fund sof this
state. $50
s< One of my first fetal actions; was
to: den1and "a compile te transcript .dn.all
the charges thus preferred, and "a
bmttst the matter to the attorney, gen.
seraL "a an a5off 1cial communicate ton:
dated Feb IS, made d inquiry. as
to- the status =of fall suit apend inR. and
asked g thea torney general whether Ills
g1departme ant was fully equipped S "a
Institute suit for. the recovery, 81 the 1,
money properly belonging Azto the state:
and give. stn1ned land &. con- inulous
Sattentt ion to- the prosecut 81 of nose
cases that onsid ered til e,rreeafIV
important that heir prosec sbe
simmed date an Cont nuous, AM II svo,un-.
steered toS cooperate to the fullest Hex-
tent 4orNthe recover o. al oney1*of