The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-10-11

also heartily 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 il absolutely silent on
that vital question. On the other
hand the Republican party has placed
itself 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:
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 a reasonable
linking fund and no more, and that
the nation and state, each within its
respective jurisdiction, should see that
such rates are maintained and that no
discrimination is allowed Ito be prac-
ticed between individuals and Iocali-
ties"
Upon that plank of the platform T
stand without reservation and through
the legal department Of the state |
shall exert every effort to guard the
Interests of the people in all the -
called Minnesota rate cases now pend
ing before the courts.
Legislative Record.
Referring to the recent legislatures
the Democratic platform accuses them
Of being:
"DebauchHd by aggressions Of mo
nopolistic and lawless wealth"
concerning those same legislatures
Governor johnson made this signfh
cant statement in his keynote speech
at MOntevideo two years ago: and
quote it here, because want to add
my hearty endorsement to it.
NO legislature In the history aof
Minnesota has enacted int0 law as
many vital reformsaor 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 1egfs-
lature 1t is safe to conclude that had
Governor johnson spoken today he
would have included the legislature of
1909.
Good Roads.
One Df 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, l immedi-
ately SCI out to interest the people of
the state in the appropriation of nee
essaTy funds. Through the efFBrts of
the press generally, good roads asse-
Cations, leading men, such rs Hon
r. c. Dunn, and others, together witt
the commission itself, there has arisen
such an interest all over the stats
that will recommend, in accgrdancs
with the Republican platform, that
the next legislature authorize the sub
mission TO the people of a 1-1nIIi state
road tax. 1t should also raise the pres
ent levy7to the authorized limit of one
fourth mil 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 4
from a purely economic standpoint, 4
but because it is essential in tbs !
proper development eof rural schools.
Labor.
Minnesota Is rapidly advancing as "a
commercial and industrial state. Conf
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. II
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
to its policy of aiding and
protecting labor. and | shall use every
effort to secure further legislation in
he interest of child labor, the protec-
ion of health and life of all wage
earners and the enactment of work
mems compensation act in accordance
With the recommendations of the COM
mission provided far by an act of the
asst legislature.
Education.
No state TN the Union can beast of
! better educational system than Min
lesota. Yet / think we are ready to
Idnft that our state has paid toe lit.
lie attention to the teaching of agri-
ulture. industrial training and home
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