Life of John Albert Johnson : three times governor of Minnesota . royalty taxwould not reach mines operated by their tonnage tax bill was introduced and passed inthe legislative session of 1909. Outside the ironregions of the state it was a highly popular meas-ure — and four-fifths of the people of the statereside beyond those regions. When the bill waspassed the people of the iron districts were fran-tic. They considered it a ruinous measure. Threethousand telegrams were rushed to the Governordemanding a veto. The remainder of the statedemanded approval. It was a situation thatseemed
Life of John Albert Johnson : three times governor of Minnesota . royalty taxwould not reach mines operated by their tonnage tax bill was introduced and passed inthe legislative session of 1909. Outside the ironregions of the state it was a highly popular meas-ure — and four-fifths of the people of the statereside beyond those regions. When the bill waspassed the people of the iron districts were fran-tic. They considered it a ruinous measure. Threethousand telegrams were rushed to the Governordemanding a veto. The remainder of the statedemanded approval. It was a situation thatseemed hopeless for the continuation of the Gov-ernors popularity. After due deliberation hecalmly took the unpopular course and vetoed thebill. He supported his veto with a message whichwon instant approval of his course — and thus tak-ing the unpopular course, he found himself morepopular than ever. It was a wonderful illustrationof how implicitly the people will accept the judg-ment of a man in whom they believe. The insurance reforms of recent years found158. ACHIEVEMENTS IN OFFICE Governor Johnson ready to do his part. The affairsof a large insurance company having its headquar-ters in Minneapolis were found to be greatly in-volved during the Governors first his insurance commissioner, Mr. T. , he brought about a reorganization of thecompany and a general straightening of its the necessity of better and more uniforminsurance laws. Governor Johnson was instrumentalin bringing about an interstate conference at Chi-cago, over which he presided, that adopted a pro-posed insurance code, which has since been adoptedin many states. Governor Johnsons influence was a powerful fac-tor in railway legislation and rate reductions. Onespeech of his resulted in a voluntary reduction of tenper cent, in certain classes of freight rates in north-ern Minnesota. Other reductions were made bycommission order and legislative enactment, thoughthe c
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