Referring to the recent legislatures
the Democratic platform accuses them
of being:
"Debauched by aggressions of mo
nopolistic and lawless wealth."
Concerning those same legislatures
Governor Johnson made this signifi
cant statement in his keynote speech
at Montevideo two years ago and I
quote it here, because I want to add
my hearty endorsement to it:
"No legislature in the history of
Minnesota has enacted into law as
many vital reforms or 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 legis
lature it is safe to conclude that had
Governor Johnson spoken today he
would have included the legislature of
1909.
Good Roads.
One of the most important problems
to which it has been my privilege to
devote considerable time and atten
tion is that of good roads. After se
curing the passage of the."Highway
Commission Act" in 1905, I immedi
ately set out to interest the people of
the state in the appropriation of nec
essary funds. Through the efforts of
the press generally, good roads asso
ciations, leading men, such as Hon.
