Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-29
AUSTIN, MIMI
THURSDAY MORNING, Feb. -, 1872.
Editorial l:orrespon 1lcncc.
ST. PAUL, Feb. -, 1872,


Editorial correspondence
ST. PAUL. Feb. q, 1872.
The rcssi"n Of the present Legisla-
ture is drawing rapidly towards close.
A great deal Of work ha. been done.
and very much which Il in progress viii
yet be successfully consummatcd, but
considerable will die inirun.;tu. The
burf|e" If tho business il Of a hcal
character, and calls loudly sor taxes aud
expenditures by which co,nmun;,ie.
may, perhaps, obtain souM public i'm.
proveueuts at an earlier day than they
otherwise would. Whether there will
add sufficiently to the material wealth
Of the country which purchases 30 dear.
y or not, I cannot predict.
Mr.. Pages temperance bill passed
the Senate to-day, and will, no doubt,
receive the Executive approval. This
is a substantial improvement upon the
present law, and is all that could be
wrested trom the anti-teurcrance ma
jority Of tho Legislature. Mr.. ChiId's
bill is lying before the committee Of the
whole, but is practically abandoncd.-
1t has caused extended discussions and
called out very general expression Of
the public sentiment upon the business
which it sought to regulate and control.
Not less than 25, 900 persons have petit
tioned for tho enactment Of law em.
eodyiug substantially the principles
contained in the bill, while at least
$4,000 people havs demonstrated
against such consummation. Strange
us it may seem, I believe that fully
threc-fourths Of the Legislature are hos
tile to any rigid restraint upon the H.
quor traffic. But few Of those who
have participated in the debates upon
that subject express any sympathy with
the liquor-dcalcr, in fact, none have
done this, and yet they deprecate all
agitation Of the question, expressing
the belief that it is one of the evils
which is Of so purely Social character
as to be wholly beyond the province Of
legitimate legislation, ignoring the fact
that morality depends largely upon
friendly legislation for the power which
it Yields in keeping society from run
ming headlons into the channels Of vice
aud crime, which lead in easy grade
from the surface down to the bed rock
upon which the virtues Of youth have
been so frequently and fatally dashed.
The bill authorizing al increase of
the State debt, subject to a decision Of
the people, to m extent net to exceed
.S250,00o, has passed: Since this meas
urc is proposed for the sole purpose Of
raising money with which t. complete
some Of the public buildings which are
'"n the list If State charities, l have but
little fear Of it being defeated. The
means CON be had upon reasonable
interest, and the imminent necessities
ofths State will fully justify their en-
Payment at this time.
All the usual appropriations for the
running expenses Of the various institu.
/ ions Of the State have been made and
will. no doubt, b. approved. A great
effort was made to break up the Normal
School system, bat the friends Of ia.-
proved p.etasods Of instruction have
icon patient but persevering, aud have
,Iiumphed, aud, l think, justly.
A House bill. providing for the
establishment of ':Farmers' Institute"
to BE- held under tho auspices Of the
Regents Of the University, aud appro-
pr'ating $500 to defray expenses Of the
same was lost on Saturday last. This
Is a new feature in education-one
peculiarly for the benefit Of the agricu'-
tural classes, and will not be crowded
out Of the next Legislature. The psrk.
ing men Of the State, those who earn
the money which the law-n'akins power
oppropriutes, will demand it in such
tones US to secure, at least, some d,'grce
II favorable notice. There ought to be
40 antagonism between capital and Ia
Dor, or between the learned professions
and the working classes, and yet the
Senate has to-day voted to create
State Board Of Health, while the rep
rese"tatives Of capital have denied to
the farmer the pittance Of $500 asked
BY him as a means Of acquiring addi-
tional knowledge in his special depart.
ment Of labor. It is not safe to ignore
the working classes, NEITHER Ia IT
RIGHT.
Late News.
The river is now open at St. Louis.
DICK YATES, Ex-Governor and cx-
Sanafar of Ill;no;s il d.nno.onsl,, III