St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-17

ought to be.-St. Peter Tribune.
The New Ulm Review tells of the
visit Of q Pioneer Press agent to its
town:
OF course he made big offers and vir-
tually bought the patronage. Every
subscriber is furnished with the paper
and is given an atlas of the world as a
present. In addition to this, for every
$40 received In subscriptions they agree
to give $40 worth of gratuitous advertis-
ing.
In other words, the newspaper might
just as we'll be left out of the bargain.
And judging from the miserable excuse
Of paper sent out by the concern they
evidently consider that they give enough
advertising, premiums, etc, to make
good their part of the trade without be-
ing compelled to furnish much OF a
newspaper. Their view is doubtless
correct enough. except that 1t necessi-
tates their subscribers to take another
paper in order to obtain the news and
other desirable reading matter.-Man-
kato Free Press.
The Scheffer law is novel one, and
at the present time is attracting great
deal of attention, especially in Glen
wood. Three convictions in one day
and no acquittal reveals a determina-
ton to enforce the law. The law, we
believe, is good one. DIT Is the best
temperance measure Minnesota ever
had, though that is saying but little. 1t
is statute that should ever stand on
our statute books, because it hits a re-
sponsible party.-GlenwOOd Times.
Senator Scheffer's law, by which par
ties who are found drunk may be pun
ished by fine or imprisonment, is nOwin
force, and many are the walls being
sent up by the fellows who have been
enjoying tear and were pulled.-Ben-
son Times.
Sam Nichols is making no report of
fees received by his deputies, as re-
quired by the law. AS the legis
lature made no appropriation for
his. salary, Sam is probably sup
plying the oversight and max
ing the appropriation himself from the
fees turned in. But then, possibly it is
as Dunn, from Anoka, said when the bill
was under debate, there are no fees to
return, because ''the deputies will steal
We have heard it stated this week by
parties in position to know, that Sena-
tor Washburn is seriously embarrassed,
financially. Speculation in wheat is al
legged as the cause. 1t is also stated that
Tom Lowry owns plaster on the sena-
tors palatial $700. 900 residence in Min
neapolis. Getting an ''honest" express
sion from Minnesota legislature is also
said to be costly businesS.-Winnebag
Press.
Senator .Washburn is realizing to a
painful extent that official honor is not
what it seems. Bankruptcy looking
him square in the face, owing evidently,
to his extravaganza in securing his cleo
ton, being constantly beSeiged by office
seekers asking for the fulfillment of
promises which he knew he could never
pay, even when he made them, and
lastly his. party and its press, usually
loyal to an honest politician, now de-
serts him in his hour of need to make
him the odious politician he undoubt-
edly is. Washburn is not feigning
sickness, he is sick; and theaman who
must be lined with brass and nOn-cOr-
rasive at that.-St. Peter Herald.
When you hear man sneering at the
local paper because it is not as big,
cheap and newsy as the city papers,
you can safely bet that he does not
sQuander his wealth in assisting to
make it better, and that generally the
paper has done more for him than he
has for it. The man who can't see the
benefits arising from local newspaper
is about as much value to town as a
delinquent tax list.-Jackson Republic.
Since the passage of Scheffer's bill
for Furnishing drunkards, some of the
people, and quite number of the
papers throughout the state, have been
questioning whether it was good law.
as it would be impossible to decide
when a man was drunk. Before tie
passage of the bill constables arrested
persons, and they were fined for plain
drunk. The conditions of affairs have
not changed. The same condition is all
that is necessary.-Wilmar Argus.