Morris tribune., 1883-03-10
VOICE OF THE PRESS.

Duluth Tribune: The Minneapolis
Tribune sits down hard on the Legis-
lature. \ case Of tit for tat, as it were.
Minneapolis Tribune: The tabaccO
tax is reduced, but as the cost OF rails
ing Pennsylvania cabbage remains the
same there will be no reduction in the
selling price of pure Havana cigars.
Evening Journal: The new tariff
strikes a blow at the industry Of legis-
! lative, senatorial and other banquet
! giving. 1t substantially raises the
! duty on champagne from T6 to T1.60per
| dozen.
Minneapolis I'ribune: Those postal
notes of five dollars and less are going
! to be a great convenience, and the fact
! that the fee for their issuance will be
only three cent stamp will increase
! their popularity.
Globe: Now use up your stamped
| check books. After July there will
| be no occasion for stamps on bank
checks. Almost any one can afford
| to draw check when there is no eX-
penSe for stamp.
Fergus Falls journal: There is a
steadily growing feeling among the
people and their representatives that,
though prohibition may be premature
in some cases and extreme measures
impracticable, the liquOr-selling and
drinking customs of the country call
for more careful and stricter legista-
ton.
Waseca Herald: The friends of tenn
perance should not relax their efforts.
Their Wisest course now is to continue
to work vigorously for the spread of
such information as will properly ed
ucate the young and uniformed as to
the great evils Of intemperance; to
create healthy moral public senti-
ment on this great question.
st. Charles Press: While there are
undoubted evils which might be rem
edied by judicious legislative action,
vet in the present condition of the de-
Velopment of the State, with the needs
that exist for the con nstructiOn Of new
railway lines or extension of old ones,
it is better to do too little than too
much in the way of restrictive legista-
ton.
Faribault Democrat: Mr.. Coles an
ti-pr0hibitiOn-const itutional--amend-
ment speech in the Legislature has
many excellent qualities, but not more
so than its bOldness, which, in these
degenerate days of dodgers and quib-
blers, is as refreshing as Minnesota
blizzard People who do not agree
entirely with Mr.. Coles position can
but express admiration for his logic
and his rhetoric, but, above all for the
bold and manly statement of his con-
victions, regardless of consequences.
Pioneer Press: The mormons are
said to be preparing to leave Salt Lake,
because of Gentle prosecutions. Apos-
tie Thatcher was for many months III
the City of Mexico negotiating thep pur-
chase of a large tract of land in one or
more of the Northern States Of our
sister republic. The long delays at
tending that purchase were attributed
to the difficulty of securing satisfacto-
ry guarantees from the Mexican gov
ernment to exempt the Mormon
church from prosecutions for polyga-
my. But the negotiations are now re-
ported closed. The saints would find
Mexico more congenial cline than
Utah. The saline basin doesn't seem
10 agree WITH Tie nedlbIl vi Cileil poIJS-
amous institutions.
Hasting Gazette: The legislature
of 1888 will be chiefly remembered for
the effectual work done by the monop-
olist and the parliamentary slug with
which it was accomplished-tbe mo-
ton for indefinite pestponement. The
granger bills fell like the Philistines
before the famous jawbones, i'll heaps
upon heaps. The question often oc-
ours: What is the use of sending
farmer to st. Paul anyway for two of
the most inclement months of the
year? 1t is true he is surfeited with
attentions, his appetite is gratified,
and his vanity flattered. He is polite
ly furnished with free passes 10y the
railroads, and the great merchants of
st. Paul soothe his sensitiveness with
farewell banquet, but his wrongs are
pooh-poohed as imaginary, his notions
of fit laws are derided,
Evening Journal: To use racing
term, we may say that the republican
party has saved it's distance by the
passage of tariff and tax reduction
bill in the closing hours of the con-
gressional session. Had Congress adj
journed without any action at all upon
| these subjects it would have Jared hard