Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-01-07

Railroad and Ware house Commission
ers, that he wanted 70 appoint them
and make them also part Of the
great Minnesota Tammany organiSa-
tion. II this attempt had. succeeded.
It would have cost the State 5000 900
more per annum. Isl .s.1 55. s..
People Will Become vassals.
The question arises IL this inefiici- |
ency, this predatory control. this ac-
cumulation Of political power Is al i
lowed to continue another ten years,
will not the people become mere vas
sails Of this gigantic political organiza.
ton? The Governor threatens TO put
this legislation thru at the next SEES
sion of the Legislature. He has made |
1t an issue In this campaign. #S
The State Auditor has also declared
his candidacy for Governor. The
main argument used in his own behalf
in his announcement is that he has
held Office in the State of Minnesota
for the last thirty-two years. { III
+. The wasting Of the natural resour-
ces that belong to the people Of the
State is SO extensive that it would be
impossible to 60 into that matter in
short statement. Let me, however,
call attention to the fact that millions
Of acres Of land have been sold by the
Auditor Of Minnesota, and the price
received in 1862, fifty years ago, is
practically the same as that received
in 1912, 1858 per acre. ~ - ::
Public Domain Wasted.
In my campaign speeches I, shall
demonstrate to the people how their
public domain has been wasted thru.
the conduct of the State Auditor. We
have never been able to have an in
vestigation Of the Auditors Office Of
Minnesota. The outside Influences Of
the predatory interests have exercis-
ed such power over the Legislature
that that body has never yet made a
| thorough investigation of that Office.
The Auditor comes out on a. platform
of economy. Let me call your atten-
ton to the fact, that during the in
cumbency of the present auditor,
when you include the State Immigra-
ton Bureau, which was created for
the purpose of assisting in the sale
of state lands, you will find that the
cost of conducting that Office has in
creased from thirty.six thousand to
one hundred and four thousand doll
ars per annum. The state paid out
last year $24,747 to the Bureau of I'm.
migration, which was created for the
express purpose of assisting in the
sale of public lands, yet the public
lands of the State were practically
sold for the same price, 1858 per
acre, that they sold for fifty years
ago. ~.
Both Represent Machine.
The Auditor and the Governor both
represent the machine and the preda-
tory interests of the state. The Aud
itor is not running against: the Gov
ernor. He expressly states so in a
newspaper interview. There is no
friction between the two. They are
products of the same organization
The machine will be we'll satisfied
with either one Of them for Governor
A few months ago it dawned upon
the Governor that the government e1
the State of Minnesota was inefficient
He realized that there would have to
be an accounting to the people at the
next campaign; he realized that there
had been extravaganza and that he
would probably be defeated at the
} polls unless some sort of play was
made, so he appointed an Efficiency
Commission to propose legislation
} that would reorganize the state de
partments.
What Have They Been Doing?
II The question arises what has the
Governor been doing all these years
He has been Governor practically
three terms, and is seeking fourth
What has the State Auditor been do
ing? What have the officials of thu
state been doing in their different de
partments? Is it not their duty tt
|, recommend to the Legislature rene
dial and constructive legislation Sc
: that the government of the state car
be improved? The answer to this
question, fellow citizens, is that those
7 men have been too busy keeping W
. the efficiency of the machine to lool
after the interests of the state. W.
: are told, however, that the machine
, cannot be broken. We are told thai
it has certain number of votes ant
those votes will go for the Governor
however inefficient he may have beer
as public official. do not believe
that there are enough voters in thu
State of Minnesota that would be 81
unpatriotic as to. elect the machine
candidate, right or wrong. l believe
that the people at the next election
! will smash the political machine int
kindling wood. believe that thu
time has come when the people of thu
}, State will assert their right to contro
and manage their own affairs. H.
shall attempt to speak in every
locality in the state, and expect tt
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