The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1910-06-25

than any other political party in the
history Of the world While at times
accomplishment Of what seems to us
most desirable and necessary; while at
times, even recent. there may have
tions Of The members OF that party
with respect to the accomplishment Of
certainS policies In their fullest meas
man ever realized fully his own ' ideal hc
no great reform can be ideally accom-
plished. Great ideas permeate the
minds Of the people OF great nation
| come in time. .s #5
Party Redeems Pledges.
daaThe, Republican t l party has always re-
be depended upon to maintain that pol
icy in the future. The people of the
country are ready, willing and eager
and advancement. When they have a
and fa}sasnd w 1ney pd aaxs
their march toWard a1 e desir can go saGp
Among the, great practical issues
! which confront the. Republican party
and with which the lofiicials Nominated mated
by this convention will have primarily
| to deal is the development and conser-
vation Of the natural resources of the
state. Conservation is by no means a
new and novel proposition, as popularity
supposed. It Is an effort to return to
those original principles with respect
to the disposition of the public domain
which contemplated the use, occupancy
and requirement of that domain by the
| individual citizen. as opposed to its ex-
ploltat1on by vast aggregations of corr
The original homestead law was a
Republican measure. 1t was intended.
enabling the. pioneers and immi grants
to occupy with homes. the public do
main It was not designed that this
subterfuge, gather together in vast
Of the few TSe law Vas de aas aanf fo
preserve it for the use Of the many;
ing to the plain. provisions of the law
has allowed the law to be so perverted
that the public domain has been, &C
of wealthy corporations to the detri-
ment of the public at large.
Conservation means, in part, the
turn to the first and: original principles,
! and further extension of these prin-
siples to other natural resources such
| as our mineral deposits, our. forests, our
the reclamation Of land by the -appli-
cation of modern drainage systems
,,,. The party should be committed TO- a
| legislative representation.
Good Roads Important.
+ha The party should be commtted to
promote the easy intercourse of the
agricultural development by means of
an adequate system OF good and per-
| Every year thousands of people pass
through our state, migrating into north
sate aaoa aaa Of tfe the great
possibilities and superior advantages
offered by the unoccubied broad acres
sS And we has not groPery
! ton bureau in their efforts to make
| known to the public opr great natural
been tagging behind Dur Western and
ph "other states have Established and
II nEuve aad ais fsgir
We, eonsoions 81 our
| advantages. In this respect we have
vast resources and great natural ad-
opportunities for receiving our fair
proportion of new settlers. We have
| remained inactive too long and watched
own desirable lands into other states
| and territories which have far less adj
vantages.
This is the day of advertisement.
it is advertised and our state should
| adopt this method of making known
to the Werld at large our proper PRO.
to be developed.
minnesota has been pioneer in ad-
among. the states as conservationist.
Our school law was and is the greatest
conservation nse measure that was ever
mated. that this enactment will return
imstely s4oo6,ooo,s making possible
bringing within the reach of the poor
est in the state these higher educa-
tional advantages. -r.......
Pioneer In Rail Regulation.
minnesota has been the pioneer in
railroad rates, and its examples in this
Great anS of hai the 0e ofher ststes
which has adopted verbatim PORTIONS
of our railroad statutes.
minnesota has also taken advanced
ground in the matter of solving the
vita1ly important problems of taxation.
BY the adoption of = constitutional
| commission has been created and ma
chinery set in motion which will i'm
prove methods in taxation. remove ex-
listing inequalities and work out a sa t.
isfactory solution of all the questions
involved. ,.
THE state of Minnesota is also up
to-date in the matter Of labor legisla-
ton, as shown BY the laws on the stat
ute books and by the practical results
Of their application: Our laws against
school attendance and a more recent en-
actment of law creating a liability
commission, all go to place the state in
the e. front rank of practical and humani-
Gentlemen. we, have assembled here
today, then, for the purpose of nominat-
ing set Of men consecrated to these
these great duties. to the continuation
and perpetuation Of these great policies.
This convention will name such a
az r l. l@,, - -
head will appear the name Of that
vigorous and capable young leader, who
has won the confidence of the people of
| ton, of our public affairs and business
for1nearly a year. the Honorable Adolph
O. Eberhart."
When Chairman Keller concluded,
O. A. Allen of Hector, nominated M.
J. Bowling of Renville as temporary
secretary and A. H. Vernen of Little
Falls, Harry West of Sank Rapids,
and Farley Dare of Walker, as assist
ant secretaries. After the appoint.
ment of a committee Of credentials
had been dispensed with, because
| there were no contests and Chairman
Brown had been seated as a delegate
| in the convention, Frank NJ Eddy of
Stearns, moved that committee on
resolutions be appointed by the chair.
| The motion carried.
The Resolutions.
Frank M. Eddy of Sank Center,
Stearns county, former congressman
and newspaper man, presented the res
olutions of the convention.
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