Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-09-30

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do not criticise the Board of Con.
troll for the suggestions made for the
increases which required greater and
more liberal appropriations on the
part of the state. believe they acted
wisely, and that the legislature acted
wisely. But do object at this time
to have this man, who asked the leg.
is'ature to make increases beyond
those they were capable Of making
and practice economy, now attempt
to indict this Republican legislature
and this Democratic executive admin
istration for extravaganza, as detailed
at his Belshazzar feast at Duluth.
Extraordinary Expenditures.
Before leaving this subject l wish
to call attention to a few of the ex-
traordinary items Of appropriation by
this alleged extravagant legislature:
Thirty thousand dollars for the pur-
pose OF paying claims against the state
ton Of the Live Stock Sanitary ryo Board.
Fourteen thousand dollars for the
Board Of Regents Of the University, to
pied and deformed Children. @ % e'
Thirty thousand dollars for the drain
age Of swampy and marshy lands Of the
6tAI6.
erection Of monument aS raised in of honor nos
Of the Union soldiers who gave their
lives during the siege Of vicksburg.
the state and county agricultural socie-
Fifty thousand dollars for additional
witch had not received the sum 'e Of fif:
teen hundred dollars In previous years
Twenty thousand dollars for additional
legislative expenses.
Three hundred and fifty thousand dol
| lars for the main building of the state
university which had been destroyed by
fire.
= Fifty thousand dollars for the Board Of
Control for tho purchase Of additional
LANDS needed by state Institutions:
,l t,fteen thousand dollars for school
building at the agricultural station at
Seventy five thousand dollars for a new
building for the accommodation of ex-
wives and widows and mothers, as pro-
Fifty thousand dollars, for live stool:
Society for the benefit Of the agricultural
| industry of this state.
Is there a man in Minnesota who
disapproves of one Of these appro-
priations by this legislature? Is there
a man in this audience who would
criticise the members of the legisla.
| ture for making any one of these ex.
traordinary appropriations? l leave
the matter with you.
The Evils Of Partisan Prejudice.
One OF the greatest obstacles to
good government in the state and
its municipalities is partisan pref.
udice and interest, which causes
otherwise intelligent and patriotic
citizens to oppose good men and good
measures on absurd political lines
which have no application to state
and municipal government. And the
greatest step ever taken by the peo.
pie Of Minnesota in the direction of
good government was when, in 1904
and 1906, they set the example by ig.
noring the bounds of narrow partisan.
ship and making 1t possible during
the last four years of state admin
istration and two biennial sessions of
the legislature for the state legisla.
tive and executive departments to
work together for the highest gen.
eral interests of the state without re-
gard to party jealousies and party
gains.
Sovereign People tho only Master.
In my first inaugural message to
the legislature I pledged the mem.
bers of the two houses that l would
be guided by one and only one pur-
pose, namely, to serve the state as a
whole and only the interests of the
whole state, and on that basis l asked
and I received their cooperation. In
spirit, and in many an act of practi-
cal craftsmanship, they joined hands
with me in the pledge which closed
my inaugural message: THAT you
and I will best serve the parties oi
! our choice by conscientious effort
to serve but one master, and that
master-the sovereign people of the
State of Minnesota" Thus was the
verdict Of good government register.
ed by you at the polls consummated
on broad patriotic lines in the halls
Of legislation and the offices Of ad.
ministration.
A public speech does not offer the
time or place for a proper review OF
legislation; but, with your permits.
sion, I will here inject into my re.
marks brief list of a few of the
measures recommended in my first
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into law by Republican legislature
which constitute the first product Of
tabIish good government In the state
capitol OF Minnesota, regardless OF
party Interest and prejudice, regard.
less Of party machines and bosses,
and regardless Of the special inter.
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the army OF timber trespassers and
mineral lease sharks, entrenched be.
hind those machines and bosses.
What Legislature Accomplished.
In fulfillment OF the pledges made
to you in the campaign of 1904 and
Endorsed with your sanction at the
polls, the following measures were
carried into effect and made a part
of the laws of this state in the win.
ter of 1905:
Thorough revision of the laws govern
ing the public timber, appraisal and sales
of stumpage: surveys Of timber lands
! stolen and apprehension of trespassers,
keeping Of timber records and settlement
| for trespass, In comprehensive act en-
| bracing forty-tlvs sections.
| Creation Of a state board Of timber
commissioners consisting Of the governor,
| treasurer, auditor and attorney general,
with the governor an chairman and audit
or as secretary, who pass upon all sales
make the sale. and have full authority
to investigate and prosecute cases Of
trespass. with fund to carry these
Equipment Of the department Of attor-
ney general with sufficient force and
funds to enable It to successfully con-
! A,1nt NrA0ocnfioro ~ firnhor froc
and enforce laws regulating railroad,
| telegraph. telephone. EXPRESS and other