Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-08-09

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reject his cSndi dAcy
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people various INTERPRETATIONS os1
|ths past n qnAk centur;y Hs]
left the republ icanI party III the latd
e, q tsrW sId affiliated with
the spopulist party serving one term
s61 ate 1 sem 6 rom ths Croo kston
district. III
iRingdal can we'll bes termed ths
snestor sof n proxreSsive principle III & III
Minnesot politics. 1hhs tthings d ~
stood for twenty I've sS ago .are.
Sd1Y. s7Ss Hss Is 40 recent convert te
progressive eiples. He 80 8 funda.
mental DEMOCRAT, Who beieves IN thu
absolute rule of the people .1ss:1ss &
When John Lind was governor Of
Mime sota, Mr.. Ringdal served ass II .
member of the rai1road fs;t5# and ware
house commissio ion. I'll His record as iss 3
memibe OF that cornmissi onsis an opel
book. ~ The Duluth 5 News Tribune ins.
Inmates that e SRingda would do
nothing startling AS governor, s. but
that he would ,'sF give the people
clean, 81 business. like Y. administration,
not much diifferent from that, Of tho
nary nary 81; others who have occupied ~
Mr.. Ringdal, as . member Of tho
Minnesota railroad and warehouse
commission; showed the kind Of stuff
out Of which he is made. The com:
mission of which he was q member
made the only fair and just rules for
{ the regulation OF the railroads Of
Minnesota that has been made in this
state sss.4.sl tts I. INK AZ. n
He voted on the commission to re-.
duce iron ore rates ON the iron range
railroads, from 80 cents to- go cents
per. ton. When q republican slegiss
latres put him out Of office, the new
railroad warehouse commission rein.
stated the old rates which have been
in effect ever since and until recent
exposures by q committee Of demo-
cratic congress. 4 III. N. y
H If Mr.. Ringdal is elected governor
Of Minnesota, he will not sit supinely
by. and permit the railroads to dictate
the policies Of the governor Of the
state. If he had been governor dur
ing the past two years the people Of
Minnesota would not now be obliged
to pay; three cents per mile for riding
on a railroad train within the state,
but they still would be riding for two
cent per mile. ::: ss.s. ..g.s,as /
In 1897, when Mr. Ringdal was .
member Of the state senate, charges
were fled by the Minnesota State Fed
GRAFTON of Labor against LeGrand
Powers, commissioner Of labor, for
using his office in his own personal
interest and in behalf Of the repub-
ican party. s=., Il
Mr.. Powers had published a report
entitled ''The Purchasing Power Of
Gold'' for the sole purpose Of influence
ing the workingmen Of Minnesota to
vote against Mr.. Bryan for president
Of the United States. He was also
charged with using the states money
in making a. genealogical tree of the
Powers family Il.
It was Senator Ringdal who made.
the fight in behalf of the workingmen3
Of this state, and it is because Of that
1 fight that the Bureau of Labor was
given it's proper place in looking after
the rights and interests Of the work
ing classes of Minnesota. His legis-
lative record is one of which any per
son may be proud. He is: by far the
real leader Of the progressive forces
of Minnesota and he won his laurels
by a quarter &of a century of#scon-
sistent advocacy Of progressive prin-
ciples which are today being pop
ularized. ~. J.. i, q ~ i. !5$5s=s,..,
e Governor johnson recognized s the
true worth of Mr. Ringdal when he
appointed him as a member Of B the
board of. control In that office he
has made good. If he is chosen gov
ernor the people Of Minnesota will be
the benefciaries. They, at least, have
person representing theEss in the ex-
ecutive department. Of the state gov
eminent who will not 3Teceiye daily
instructions from a political machine
that owes it's existence to the patron
age Of the railroads of this state nor
to any other special interest: ."ssss;a3jz
.3a SAIL NATION TEAM WON Isl
In a loosely played game on the local
grounds Thursday afternoon the 1fsAll
Nation baseball team defeated the