Morris tribune., 1910-10-07

| UnlCeu states senators ny popular
vote.
The Problem of Transportation.
One of the most important prob
lens before the people of the state is
| that of transportation. The Demo
cratic platform IS absolutely silent on
that vital question. On the other
hand the Republican party has placed
itself on record with reference to the
Segulation and control of railway, tel
egraph and telephone companies in
the clearest and strongest terms. 1
| quote from the platform:
Eve assert the right of national and
state regulation and control over all
transportation companies, whether OF
the people, commodities or messages;
declare that all such companies are
entitled to charge rates that will yield
a fair profit on actual investment,
meeting all actual expenses, including
liberal wages for all employees, provide
for deterioration, lay by a reasonable
sinking fund and no more, and that
the nation and state, each within its
respective Jurisdiction should see that
such rates are maintained and that 10
discrimination is allowed to be prac-
ticed between individuals and lOcali-
ties"
Upon that plank Of the platform
stand without reservation and through
| the legal department of the state I
shall exert every effort to guard the
interests of the people in all the so
called Minnesota rate cases now pend
| ing before the courts.
Legislative Record.
Referring to the recent legislatures
the Democratic platform accuses them
of being:
"Debauched by aggressions of mo-
nopolistic and lawless wealth"
concerning those same legislatures
Governor Johnson made this signif-
cant statement in his keynote speech
at Montevideo two years ago; and |
quote it here, because | want to add
! my hearty endorsement to it:
] mo legislature in the history of
Minnesota has enacted into law as
many vital reforms or placed upon the
measjWes OF constructive statesman
ship as the legislatures of 1905 and
1907"
Knowing the work of the last legis-
lature it is safe to conclude that had
| Governor Johnson spoken today he
would have included the legislature of
: 1909
Good Roads.
I One of the most important problems
/ to which it has been my privilege to
/ devote considerable time and atten-
! ton is that Of good roads. After Sc
curing the passage Of the Highway
Commission Act" in 1905, I immedi-
ately set out to interest the people Of
the state in the appropriation of nee
essaTy funds. Through the efforts OF
the press generally, good roads assO-
Citations, leading men, such as Hon.
r. C. Dunn. and others, together with
the commission Itself, tn e n3s arisen
! such an interest Eli over the state
that | viii recommend, in accordance
with the Republican platform, that
! the next Legislators authorize the sub
mission to the people Of 1-mill state
road tax. 1t should also raise the pres
ent levy to the authorized limit of one
fourth mill and amply increase the au-
thcrity Of the commission so that road
, construction throughout the state
could be properly supervised and i'm
proved The state can make no better
investment than the extension of sd
in the supervision and construction
OF good public highways, not mere:'
from a purely economic standpoint,
but because it is essentia, in The
/ proper development Of rura! schOo.s.
Labor.
Minnesota is rapidly advancing as
commercial and industrial state Con-
sequently the protection and advance
ment of labor should receive the most
careful consideration. No state can
be prosperous unless its labOring
classes are prosperous and amply PRO
tected by the strong arm of the state.
There is no question where the Repub
lican party has stood and where it
stands today with reference to labor
All the advance labor legislation on
our statute books has been enacted
pursuant to it's policy of aiding and
protecting labor and shall use every
effort to secure further legislation in
the interest of child labor, the prC:HC-
ton of health and life Of al wage
. earners anG the enactment of a work
, mems compensation act in accordance
with the recommendations of the com
mission provided for by an act Of the
last legislature.
Education.
No state in the Union can boast Of
a better educational system than Min
nesota. Yet l think we are ready to
admit that our state has paid too 1T
tie attention to the teaching of agri-
culture. industrial training and home
OOT schools This 3