The Appeal., 1910-10-29

alSO HeafLlly faVOr the election OF
United States senators by 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
hf the Republican party has placed
itse-- on record with reference to the
regulation and control of railway, tel
egraph and telephone companies in
the clearest and strongest terms I
quote from the platform:
1--WE 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
fair profit on actual investment,
meeting all actual expenses, including
liberal wages for all employees, provide
for deterioration, lay by reasonable
sinking fund and no more, and that
the nation and state, each within it's
respective Jurisdiction, should see that
such rates are maintained and that no
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 l
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 signifi-
cant statement in his keynote speech
at Montevideo two years ago; and I
quote it here, because I 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
statute books as many important
measures 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.
One of the most important problems
to which it has been my privilege to
devote considerable time and atten-
tion 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
essary 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, there has arisen
such an interest all over the state
with the Republican platform, that
the next legislature authorize the sub.
mission to the people of 1-mill state
road tax. It should also raise the pres
ent levy to the authorized limit of one.
fourth mill and amply increase the au-
thority 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 aid
in the supervision and construction
of good public highways, not merely
from purely economic standpoint,
but because it is essential in the
proper development of rural schools
Labor.
Minnesota is rapidly advancing as a
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 it's 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 I shall use every
effort to secure further legislation in
the interest of child labor, the protec.
tion of health and life of all wage
earners and 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
better educational system than Min
nesota. Yet l think we are ready to
admit that our state has paid too lit.
3le attention to the. teaching of agri.
culture, industrial training and home
economics in all our schools. This
should be remedied Immediately The
two conservation congresses held in
st. Paul have stirred up the. interest
and enthusiasm all over the state to
such an extent that the time is now
ripe for introducing these important
branches of education in all our pub.
lie schools, thus teaching the people
of the state how we cay conserve sur
wealth and increase our prosper ity
The time has also come when our
schools should be taken out of poll
tics and when all our educational off.