Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-10-29
]. JACOBSON ANO DRAINAGE
Republican Nominee for Governor Hal
Always Stood for Drainage and De.
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veiopment Of Waste Lands.

. pamphlet violently assailing Mr.. ia
cobson's record on drainage leg1sla-
ton. AS usual, they have distorted
and mjsstated the facts.
The statement is true that Mr.. ia
cobson voted against Senate File No.
I'll, which was a general drainage act,
but if the Democratic committee had
Intended to be at all fair it would have
stated in its pamphlet that Gov. john
son, when he was state senator, also
voted against the same measure. (See
Senate Journal page 594, March 81,
1899 The only difference between
the record of Representative Jacobson
and that of Senator Johnson is that
Mr.. jacobson had the courage to state
his objections to the measure, while
Gov. Johnson, following his usual pol
icy Of evasion, has remained silent
upon the subject to this day. We call
attention to this Willful omission on
the part of the opposition only to show
that it has no disposition to treat Mr..
Jacobson fairly in this or in any of the
other criticism which has been aimed
at this greatest friend the people OF
Minnesota ever had in the state legis-
lature.
Mr.. Jacobson's objection to this
measure was that the members OF the
legislature from the north, who were
in favor of this bill, thought it neces-
sary to go into combination with
other members of the legislature who
sought to take some 100000 from
the state treasury for other purposes
than drainage.
The friends of the drainage meas
ure, which was a good one, have long
since seen their mistake, and are now
willing to admit it.
Two years later when House File
No. 131 was introduced, Mr.. jacobson
worked for and voted for the measure,
because it stood upon its own merits,
and it's supporters had not entered in
to any entangling alliances with other
interests, and the bill became law.
This is the present drainage law Of
Minnesota. In this matter the Demo-
Gratis also failed to make mention of
Mr.. Jacobson's support, again showing
studied design upon their part to
misrepresent the present Republican
candidate for governor. The defeat OF
the measure in 1899 did not kill the
policy of drainage, but simply delayed
the enactment of the law for two
years. Mr.. jacobson believed, and all
fair-minded men who have taken pains
to look into the matter agree with him.
that the defeat of the 1899 bill was
absolutely necessary in order that
other rights of the people might be
protected
At the time when the first drainage
BIZ! was under consideration, Mr.. ia
c. son had his eye on the state treas.
ury, and was not willing to allow the
interests Of the people to be sacrificed
at the hands of any combination, and
he notified the friends Of drainage in
advance that if they did not desist in
their support of these other combina
tions he would defeat tie entire plan
because he felt obliged to do so. He
did defeat the whole combination, and
this is the only time that Mr.. Jacob
son has been known to lift his voice
against any drainage measure Of gen.
eral application.
Of course, innumerable bills have
been introduced from time to time in
the legislature during Mr.. JacObsOn's
long term of service, which called for
the drainage of some particular spot
or territory, and which would often be
the pet measure of some private land
owner or owners rather than one of
general benefit AS to these measures,
Mr.. Jacobson was always known to
care for the interests of the general
public rather than for the pocketbook
of some individual who sought to use
the peoples money for his own private
end, and in so doing he performed
greater service for the real friends of
drainage and state development than
could have been done by supporting
the pet meas Tres that we're intro
duced.
Mr.. jacobson did not uphold the
drainage of county the expense
Of another, did he eve in tax
ing the smaller land ow. ers for the
purpose of improving the lands of
spectators and railroads.
1t is hoped that every real friend of
drainage will study carefully the rec
ord of Mr.. Jacobson on this subject,
and not be missed by deceitful repre-
sensations of INSCRIPTIONS politicians.
One can readily see from what has
al, cady been said that the sole pur.
pose and design of sending out pamph-
lets which do not tell the whole
truth is to mislead the voters.
When the idea of draining, develop
ing and reclaiming public lands in
Northern Minnesota came first to be
recognized as a sound policy, the
large spectators tried for few years
to get their hands into the state treas
ury, and would have succeeded in so
doing had it not been for the watch.
fuIness Of Mr.. Jacobson, who was al
ways able to detect the difference be-
tween genuine drainage act and +
bill to benefit only special interests at
the expense of the people. #
4 We can think of no better illustra-
ton of the great benefit that Mr.. ia
cobsQn has been to the people of the
state than to call attention to the cir
cular Of misrepresentation which the
opposition has put out, wherein it is
clearly shown that Mr. Jacobson never