Restore the people's rights in Minnesota politics
The speaker argues that Governor Johnson's legacy and party work benefited the state, urging direct election of U S senators, direct legislation, and county option regulation. He defends tariff reform, freight and passenger rates, re-apportionment, workers compensation, primary expansion, and conservation while condemning entrenched interests and urging a forward, people-led program.
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Johanson
America
Senate
Beverridge
Minnesota
Eberhart
Johnson
Railway Commission
Commonwealth
California
Department of Endeavor
Iowa
Illinois
Minnesota political history and reform under Lind and Johnson
A nostalgic view argues Minnesota has rarely produced lasting governors and that reform began with John Lind in 1898 and continued under Democratic leaders. The piece compares state leadership to Roosevelt era national reforms, urging voters to curb stand-patters at the state capitol and in Congress.
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Minnesota
John S Pillabury
van Sant
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Northern Securities Company
John Lind
St. Paul
Duluth
Wisconsin
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
New Hampshire
Vermont
John A. Johnson
Roosevelt
Congress
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the Tariff Commission Bance
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Appomattox
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Minneapolis
State Bar Association
Otis
United States Court of Appeals
State Railroad Commission
Union
Act
Mon Iren
Arnold
Thi Jority
James Gray
Rayo
Te Holmes’ Hardware Co
Fergus Falls
State House
E. C. Williams
Kuppenheimer
the House of Kuppenheimer Chicac
Golden Eagle Clothing House