The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1910-06-24

"lChlgdn VINO nave any grievance
against Governor Warner they must
fight the matter out with him. ANY
differences which may exist between
him and any other citizen or locality
OF Michigan are no concern of mine.
If | am nominated and elected nv adj
ADMINISTRATION will not be colored by
any personal differences which may
have heretofore arisen within the
party. | shall open up a new set of
books and all republicans who have
the best interests of the state at heart
will stand upon exactly the same
footing.
II have been connected with the
state government as lieutenant-gov-
ernor during the past four years and
without any attempt at Boosting l
want to say that take great pride in
the record which have made in that
office. l do not pretend to say that
my record is free from error. 1t
would be idle to claim that I have not
made mistakes. In this connection,
however, | should like to enquire,
against what official act of mine have
plant? What is there in the record
which have made that meets with
the disfavor of the people of our
stateY
The people certainly have never
expressed any disapproval of the po-
sition which took when the question
of two cent fares was before the
state legislature. 1t is not an exag-
geration to say that hundreds of
thousands of dollars are saved TO the
travelling public of Michigan annual
ly through the passage of this law.
The manufacturing, shipping and
other business interests of the state
have never complained because of
my position on the subject of rail-
road legislation and the creation of
the state railroad commission which
has been given power to fix freight
rates, to prevent rebates and discrim-
nations and to exercise general SUI
pervision over the transportation
business of the state. The creation
OF the state railroad commission was
great victory for the state. MY
vote at a critical time during the pre-
limtnary stages of its consideration
saved it from defeat. So far as I
know the people of Michigan have
never complained because l threw
all the influence of the office of lieu
tenant-governor in favor of this
measure III order to secure for the
state long delayed and much needed
! legislation.
Il have never heard any COM
plant coming from the people of the
state because as lieutenant governor
l urged and assisted in the passage
of law designed to prevent the
watering of stocks and the overcapi-
talization of all public service corpo-
rations. The people of the state are
only beginning to wake up to a reali-
cation of the tremendous importance
of this legislation.
Il have never heard any complaint
from the people because of the part I
took in securing the passage of law
to tax telegraph companies, telephone
companies and express companies on
the same basis as all other property
of the state. No complaint has ever
reached me from the people because
this legislation increased the taxes
assessed against this class of prop
erty almost $500, 900 annually
81 have never heard any complaint
from the people because l appointed
a committee in the state senate to in
vestigate the whole matter of the
or Of
with particular reference to our water
power and report it's findings to the
senate. AS a result of this investi-
cation and report, law was passed
placing the legislation and control
of all water power companies in the
hands of the state railroad commission
and gave the commission power not
only to regulate the issue of stocks
and bonds of water power companies
but also to fix the rate to be charged
to consumers.
81 have never heard any complaint
from the people because l appointed
a committee in the senate to investi-
gate alleged abuses in the handling
of state lands. AS a result of this
investigation a law was passed Gre
ating the public domain commission |
whose work has already met with
commentator in all sections of the |
state. Under authority given the |
public domain commission they have |
appointed a supervisor of trespass |
to see that the timber upon state land |
is protected; they have reserved the |
mineral, coal, oil and gas rights to
the state, whenever lands have been |
disposed of; they have reserved the |
rights of ingress and egress over and |
across state lands bordering on |
streams; they have provided that |
sales of state land shall be held in ]