Mower County transcript., 1908-10-28
CONGRESS COPIED
JACOBS0N'S IDEA
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PRAISE FOR MADISON NAN N
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Senctor Dolliver of Iowa Says Minne-
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sofa Republican Nominee for !
Governor Is an Advanced
Thinker. &,
PRAISE FOR MADISON NAN N

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Hon. J. f. Jacobson, the Repuht7
lican nominee for governor, is nat
only a man rightly famed for his
rugged integrity and worth, bnt
in all justice must be accredited
as deep and advanced thinker;
man whose ideas and plans for
the public veal have always been
many years ahead of5his day. =t2=:
- Mr.. Jacobson~:is 50 deseribed
by no less: a parsonage th4n the
famous orator, Senator J. p Dol
liver Of iowa" This2s pa: atkmert
and the proof were >.Pfssented by.
Senator Dolliver .pef4e aE vast
audience in MinneaR3lis reeently!
He told how the]United Statss
congress had to. coa1e to Ninneg
sofa; to the n4odesf but brainY
| farm machinery .n1 1erchaHt Qf
Madison, to get fforYZfedera enaeF
| n1ent what has for: Years III: Mia
| nesota been .knoWn:as the :Jacoh
| son Wye law" ~: i: 2":z i: Is
( The jacobson: Wye law was
| the pioneer: statute::in the fJnit9d
States to- establish: the s:great
precedent for <th;e.Sppple tfatsia
railroad can be Compelled to:make
a connection With :other roads>at
1intersecting stations, and that a
joint rate onsfreight may e:estab-
.1ished therefore by law. ! Il,
Not only did congress come to
Mr.. Jacobson;for his idea on this
subject, but they found He had
drawn the MinnesataxlaW So per-
fectly that the Jacobson Wye
law of Minnesota Was copied,
word for word, intE fh4 h4congres:-
| sional actIk1loWn ass thd5Shern1an
law, and is now W&pf It'll strong
est and most: valuaMe sections%d
that great act. IL j:E
Every great reform always
meets with. great opp@sition: And
so it was that Mr.. Jacobsom had
to wage great legislative battle
to get his Wye biHspassed~by the
Minnesota Legislature. This was
in 1895. Two years qater, recog-
nizing defects In the original
draft, he had the law amended in-
Ito it's present -form,s and it has
since proved a great boon for the
public. -: 7
The railroads 4; refused :at39 sdrSt
to comply:&swit1ls' this: 1aw;. and
Mr.. : Jacobson brought: "a :. test
ease. before: the 1hoarne tpft rail-
road and WA rebausa,o e@n1traik-
sioners. He::> prtpafeh the gcase,
presented the evidence and made
the argurnen obeffeQrss 'sfe IS the, boara, e.
which, rendered ss a deSision, sis i i sa1le-
t.taining+ i1n-oi nn,..*eyerXs. .pQint. .sbf
Econtentioh:: - ttefh1ee he companies ak-
pealed The; case on points Of laW
+ to the, district :ca,tR11h ! md it*$Wzs
tried before JtdgeFdWersa of tfie
Twelfth district, WIS r11dYfed an
elaborate decision. .Sustaining the
commissioners: sIteWaszthentaken
to the supreme courtof Mi11r1e-
sofa, which upheld Juqge:Powers.
From there it. was carried TO the
supreme court of the United
| States, which co11frmed~the Min-
nesota court, and the "Gentleman
from Lac .qui Parle'H: :ha d#the: sat-
isfaction Of having the law he in
! troduced, and was instrumental
in passing, declared constitutions
al by the highest court in the
land. .,.. 80: .'*7t727s s>'sas ssaassas: 9:
This state law has: Been: Of in
Nestimab1e value. ande~convenienee
to farmers and other shippers
throughout the S$tt:atte. tat AS included
in the. Sherman law, 1t it has also
/ become of trcn1endo,asi value to
I shippers all over the country.
And these thousands. Of people
thus corlvenienced have to thank
the humble yet. brilliant Plain
Man Of the People, :F.J jacobson
Of Madison, M inn. ts..,s. ,5' s. so
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Sole Aim Of .Johnsonism.
Johnson is candidate for re.