Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 22, 1898, Page 6

Grand ‘Rapids Heraias Review By E. ©. KILEY. ” WO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE Six Months........ $1.00 | Three Months......,,...50¢ Entered at the Postoffice at Grand Rapids, Minn., as second-class matter. ———$————— The Democratic State Ticket. OHN LIND,’Brown county J. M. BOWLER, Renville J. HEINRICH, Hennepin . ALEX. M’KINNON, Poik GEORGE N. LAMPHERE, Clay Attorney General, JOHNE. KELLY, ‘Ramsey Clerk Supreme Court.Z. H. Austin, St, Louis Judges THOMAS @. 'Y, Hennepin Supreme DANIEL BU , Blue Earth Court. .... WM. MITCHELL, Winona Congress, Sixth District..CHAS, A, TOWNE, St. Loui: uuis. Democratic County Ticket. For Auditor. BE. J. Farrell For Treasure! Miller | For Shoriff, .. elberg | For Register of Deeds For Attorney For Judge of Probate For Sup’t of Schools.. For Coroner.. For Surveyor County Comm District No. 1 air J. Donohue -T, M. Brady Mrs. M. 8. Ehle M. Perreault | Al Phillips W. Robinson ohn Rellis District No. 4. District No. 5. Trainor E. Leeman DEMOCRATIC STATE PLATFORM. Hereby reaffirm the Chicago Na- tional Democratic platform, and pledge toit their unswerving support until its principles shall have be- come the established governmental policy. We recall with pride the courage and gallant leadership of our late presidential candidate, William J. Bryan. His devotion to the prin- ciples of free government and splen- did elucidation of those principles in the campaign entitle him to the last- ing gratitude of the people. We commend as wise, patriotic and brave the actions of our Democratic senators and representatives in con- gress, and we confidently trust them inal! the trying emergencies of the hour to preserve the people’s rights while they uphold the country’s hon- or. In the momentous struggle in | which we are now engaged every re- source, moral and material, should be employed ina vigorous prosecution of the war to a triumpbant conclu- sion. When-, our country is engaged in foreign conflict, political partisan- sbip should be merged into united and enthusiastic support of all meas- ures necessary for the success of | American arms. We rejoice in the skill, bravery, martial exploits and fortitude already exbibited by our gallant soldiers and sailors. We demand that those who may survive shall receive adequate recognition of their valor, devotion and sacrifice, and we:pledge to them that they shall not be forgotten at home while they are tighting our battles abroad. Those who may fall in the fight shall be ever held in that grateful remembrance traditionally characteristic of the American people. We hereby denounce monopolies and trusts as dangerous foes to the peace, well-being and prosperity of the people. We find in the public affairs of Minnesota a political condition such us to cause in the minds of thought- ful citizens grave apprehensions. Great as has been our progress in population and wealth, we declare that such growth would have been |} yauch greater had there been at all times an open, honest and impartial administration uf our public affairs. Let facts speak to prove this as- sertion true: 1. During the period of Republican control our people have seen their vast heritage of public lands—agricul- tural), timber and minera., ap empire in itself—frittered away aboa price rediculous when compared with their true value. 2. They have seen millions of acres thus obtained wrongfully with- held from taxation. 3. They have seen the farmers, toilers and producers of wealth com- pelled to bear this increased burden of taxtion. 4. They haveseen them subjected to the most merciless exactions of railroads, warehouses, elevators and other favored corporations. These corporations specially favored have in return controlled legislation, dictated nominations and furnished the money to carry elections. The policy of this class has been to divide and ruin, then conbine, divide and ruin again. 5. Our banking institutions, established to care for the deposits of the people, have not had their condi- tion of solvency or iusolvency ex- amined by a competent bank examin- ! er. Even where reports of insulven- | cy were made they have been with- held from public view. Through a jof Minnesota are wrongful combination at the state capitol millions have been lost to our people, while the good name of our state has suffered abroad. 6. The offices of the clerk of the supreme court, oil inspection and sur- veyors of logs have been allowed to demand and receive exorbitant fees, amouuting to about $50,000 annually, which, if at all proper should have gone into the public treasury. In- stead thereof, they havé been used for the most part to perpetuate “machine rule.” 7. Our railroad and warehouse commission has failed to fully pro- tect the people. Unjust discrimina- | tions and exorbitant charges in rail- way rates demand proper regulation by this commission. In every portion of the state equal and reasonable charges for transportation should be faithfully maintained. The members of such cosnmission should be no longer open tO appointment by the governor but should be subject to election by the people. 7. Weare even now confronted by aspectacle more humiliating. The present administration, assuming to act under the honored party name of Greeley and Lincoln, attempts to pro- vide for its succession and uses there- for the public machinery of the state. The favored corporations name the public officials execute, and thus itis farcically proclaimed that the people to be allowed to continue in the enjoyme of “good government and sound money.” In view of all these and many other wrongs inthe administration of our state affairs, this convention now pledges itself to the work of thorough and complete reform. It deraands: 1. That the public Jands remain- jug unsold shall be sold only at their fair value. 2. That all public institutions shall be managed with prudence and economy, --3. That we shall not lose the fruits secured by the decision of the supreme court in the iand tax case. By that decision 8,500,000 acres of un- used railroad lands will be added to the tax list. Thetincreased valua- tion will be from $15,000,000 to $20,- 000,000, annually. We demand that in the threatened appeal to the United States supreme court the legal department of this state shall per- form its full duty that the people's rights may be protected. 4. Of still greater value, perhaps, is the decision of the supreme court in the Steener rate case. 1t estab- lishes the pri that the basic charges for trans ion should-be no more than a fair-income on the cost of reproduction . of the. plant. This principle should be maintained atall hazards, au »plied in all matters of public se. Both these decisions and many others amply attest the fullfilment of our promises made in 1892 in refer ence to the judiciary. 5. Regarding agriculture as one of the substantial foundations of pros- perity. We look with interest upon all forms of diversified farming. 6. We favor the election of United States senators by the people direct. 7. We condemn with severity all partisan appointments to the judiciary. i 8, We favor legislation looking to the construction and maintenance of goud roads. 9. We recommend that within reasonable limitations the principle of direct legislation be applied. 10. We faithfully promise that if entrusted with the administration of affairs there shall be atall times wise, frugal and competent government. To the end ‘that all these wrongs may be righted and all these reforms effected. The Democrats of Minnesota, deep- ly impressed with the solemnity ot their cause and actuated only by a stern sense of duty, now call upon all the people, irrespective of former political affiliations, to join with them in one grand and heroic effort to break down “‘the rule rings” and to redeem our state from its long and oppressive misrule. “ane $10 Ex Excursion to Detr September 13 is the date set by the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic rail- way for their third annual autumn excursion to Detroit. This excursion, which has been so popular the past two seasons{ will leave Duluth 6:30 p.m. the above date, by rail to St. Ignace, where the train is due to ar- rive at 10 o’clock the next morning, when passengers will be immediately transferred to the City of Alpena, one of the double-deck steel side-wheel steamers of the Detroit & Cleveland Navigation company, giving a twenty- four hours’ sail to Detroit or thirty hours’ to Toledo or Cleveland. The round trip fare to Detroit wiil be $10 and to Toledo or Cleveland $11. The return limit will allowa full ten days’ stop atdestination. State-room berths on the steamer may be reserved in ad- vance» and there will be no over- | crowding, as these steamers hava 175 state rooms and.parlors that will ac- commodate three, persons each. For further particulars, reservations and tickets apply to T. H. Larke, Com- mercial Agent, 426 Spalding Hotel | bloek, Duluth, Minn. OF MINNESOTA Enormous Losses to the State From Republican Malad= ministration. AN APPALLING ARRAY OF FAOTS Millions of Acres to Railways—Timbor Lands Sqiandered — Mineral Lands Worse Thana Stolen—What the Figures Show—Whit’s to Bo Done ?—Chaage Men and Methods—John Lind For the Sacred Trust. At the close of 40 years of TRepnbli- can rule in Minnesota, a complete his. tory «the dealings of that party and its varied officials with the public lands lying within the state, would read like a romance. Unfortunately nosuch history has been written. It never can be written. | Muc: of it hag never seen the light of day, and what is official, or semi-official, is the’ recora of bare results. Weknow what has gore irom as, but the arts used, the tricks and stratagems employed, alasi thess ure buried beneath the vast and colossal fcrtunes to corporations and individuals, which simply challenge the admiration of the passer-by, For vastness of enterprise, it is without limit; for wealth, it is ‘beyond the dreams of avarice;’’ and for the general paralyzing effects upon the common industries of the misses of the psop.c, it stands without a paraliel, The pu lic lands of Minnesota havo been a source of immense revenue to many of her distinguished citizens. They too have not been. wholiy un- grateful for the favors so receivel. They have at all times been conspicu- ous inthe council chambers of the grand old party.- They have furnished the suggestions as well as the means by which tor all this long period publican ascendancy has been ma: tained. Meanwhile the meeksr follow- ers shouted lustily for the flig, and thanked God that no matter how other stutes might revolt, Minnesota wa3 sure, and as steady as the needie to the pole. Can the game be continued longer, is now the one gzeai question for the masses. What the Railreads Have Rece!ved, In round numbers the state of Min- nesota contains about 54,090,009 acres of land. Of this amount there: are to- day about 6,590,000 acros under culti- vation by cuc farmers. Of tho extire amount the railroads own or claim about 20,500,000 acres. This is about two-fifths ‘oi the entire area, and about three times as much a3 all our farms. Of course most of this came direct from the general government, and at a time when congress was g.ving away every- thing for the purpose of building rail- roads, and so opening up the country. Bat our leg.slatures tollowod the same rule. The siate recoive! from the gov- ernment agrant of all the swamp lands with aview to their drainage and reclamation. From 1861 ° to 1836 praciically all of these wore given away to railroads by our various legis- latures) THEY NEVER DRAINED AN ACRE OF THEM EXCEPT AS BECAME NECESSARY IN THE BUILDING OF THE LINE. A more wasteful disposition of lanus cannot easily be imagined. The Timber Lands, In the northern half of this state once grew the finest of pine forests. For over 80 years the one work has been to first acquire the title, This has been done by sales, by pre-emptions and by homesteading. Careful explor- ers esiimated the timber, the next thing was to secure the title. Practi- eally everything wa3 taken as fast as surveyed, and it may now be said that the bulk has fallen into the hands of speculators, and at the minimum price of $1.25 and $2.59 per acre. Oa lands owned by the state and where tres- passes were committed and detected, the matters were adjusted as best they could be. The saw and the axa havo been at work all these years and there is as much leftas has been taken. Vast corporations now conirol all that is left, and both the general governmeut and the state have boon fleeced at every turn. The Mineral Linds. The same may be sa.d of the mineral lands. Some 10 to 15 years ago it be- gan to develop thatiron ore in im- monse quantities existed, on the Ver- nillion and Mesabi ranges. Then camo the day of the speculator, the explorer, and later the millionaire. A single in- stance will show some of the gains and losses. In 1884 the state of Minnesota had selected certain lands asindemnity school lands. In 1847, however, th2so selections were relinquished. ‘Iwo private citizens claimed them as home- steads, although a crow could not have lived there, They ultimately turned up in acompany controlled by Rock- feller. He in turn leased them to Quar- nogie for $60,000 in cash, and a bonus or royalty of 50 cents per ton for 60 years. The amount to be taken out each year was at least 69,000 tons. Tais gave the Moantain [ron minea value of fally $15,000,000, Meanwhile the siate leases its mines on a royalty 25 cents per ton, Of the 8,500,000 acres or thereabouts, donated for our public school fund, about 1,800,000 acres have so far been sold. The price averages less than $6 per acre, .This, with receipts for stumpage and royalties, makes the scbool iund now aboat $12,090,000. THAT Is TO SAY, &LL SUCH £ALES AND RECHIPTS ARE FAR, LEss THAN THEVALUE Of THAT ONE MINE! Yet it once fairly be- longed to the school fuad and was afterwards lost. The legislature in 1897 took steps looking to its recovery. } the chances for suco3ss are infinitessi- TIE PUBLIC LANDS: Oae of the | Merrits placed the value at $20,000,000. * Me fmal. Thos» robbor barons'follow tha fale of Robin Hood: “The good old rule, the. simple plan, ‘that they skall take who have tho power, ‘ And they shall keep who can.”” Thuas it is that what is the school fuud’s loss is the corporation’s gain. Taxation of Railroad Lands. During all these years the railroads managed in one way or another to keep their unused lands out of taxation. The Anderson bill and the supreme court decision changed all this, and now some three or four million acres @re to be taxed justas other ‘property is taxed. The valuation will probably be from fifteen to twenty million dol- lars. THIS DECISION, COUPLED WITH THAT IN TH STEENER.- SON RATE CASE, HAS DONE MORE FOR THE PEOPLE OF MIN- NESOTA THAN ALL OTHER ACTS COMBINED. THE LATTER ALONE WILL SAVE THE SHIPPERS A MILLION DOLLARS THIS FIRST YEAR. Remember that this decision is due to Justices Canty. Buck and Mitchell, the reform c.uid-iatea for eupreme court. Selections of Land. The railroads always claimed the right of. making selections of lands so granted by the state. To this end they kept surveyors and explorers out, and they never failed to select the best, beitafarmora mine. It mattered little whether a swamp. In 1894, how- ever, the Demccratic state auditor, Mr. Biermann, congeived it to be his duty to make the seloctions, which ho did for some 271,000 acres. > Tne company simply rebelled, and the deed there- for is still unsaken. The legislature, however, has since bean besieged ‘to adjust the matter.” Wiil the adjust- ment succe-d? Nothing te Say. Upon all these importaut matters the | Thte Republican platform has not a | word to say. Indeed it has nothing to say about any state matter except “good roads.’’ Is its solicitude for good roads prompted by a desire to make more comfortable the carriage of the millionaire? Or is the solicitudo for the wagon of the tarm-r? With such mighty iuteres:s at stako as the proper care of our puvlic lands, and the proper maintenance of that, most sacred of ali objects—the fund for the education of our children—who do the poopie of Minnesotu prefer as their next governs? Will it bo William Honry Bastis, WHO BOWED THE KNEE TO THE MINNEAPOLIS STREET CAR COM. PANY WHEN IT REFUSED TRANS. FERS, AND TOOK UP THE FIGHT AGAINST HIS OWN NEIGHEORS AND FRIEND? Who iater on al- lowed the city of which he wa: the mayor to be swind!od in the hospital dea ? OR WILLIT PE EONEST -O°N LIND? THE MAN W!O NEVER WaAS FOUND ON THE SI E OF THE OPPRESSORS Os THE +:0 PLE! The answer at once comes back: WE DEMAND A CHANGE O! WEN AND A CHANGE OF MELFOu:! LIXD ALONE CAN AND WILL GIVE 10 1HE PEOPLE O¥ MINNE- S0.\.AN HONE>T AN CAPABLE AL STRATION OF OURSTALE AFFAIRS! SHAME ON HYPOCRISY. Mankato Review, referring to the ridiculous ‘‘charges” against Quarter- master Lind: -It is just such pretenses as this that cover up,and protect thiev- ery. Mr, Lind is an intelligent man, undoubtedly understands the powers of his position and the means of redress. When he says he spent hours every day protesting against those things he undoubtedly mad» his complaints to the proper chinneél. That they wera not heeded and the evils redressed, 13 sufficient and convincing proof to thesa reckless and partisan papers that Mr. Lind, the accuser, and not the perpetrators high in authority and pro ected by the wr department, is to blame. Shame on such hypocrisy and dowuright dishonesty. ELECT JOHN LIND. a If William Henry Eustis is ele ted governor of the state the interest of Dives will be attended to as they have been by his Repuoli- can predecessors dxring the past 40 years. We trust the people will exer- cisd common sense and consult their own interests by electing honest John Lind, the unanimous choice of the re- form forces o! tue state. Trish Standard: JUDGES FOR ALL THE PEOPLE. Progressive Age: The corporati-7s and combines favor the defeat of Jas tices Canty, Mitcheland Back. jo not forget this cogent fact. It was the courage of these men that made the railways pay taxes on their ee as woll as the actual settler, and of course they want a court that will favor their interests. Do the people want a court that the railways want? WANTED—A HOUSECLEANING. Twin City Gaard: It John Lind fa elected governor of this state Nov. 6, 1898, we will have an opportunity of cleaning up our state board of. equali- gation. A general housecleaning is very much needed at th.s time. ALGERIAN WHITEWASH. Litchfield Independent: Twonty dollars a day and expenses is what each of the nine investigating com- missioners are to get for clearing Alger of the charge of incompstency ‘in his managenientof the war department. This is a pretty steep figure to pay tor whitewash, INJURED INNOCENCE. Litchfivia Independent: istration at Wash ngton is now busy investigating itself. If it don’t make out a-clear case of injured innocence we willbe mistaken, The admin-. Bete ert rer rt) ae W.V.FULLER&CO., Lumber, bath . and Shingles. Manufacturers of Sash, Doors and Blinds. Turning and Scroll Sawing Done on Short Notice, EE Re ee a ESTIMATES FURNISHED. W. V. FULLER & CO. 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