New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-03-12
Abraham Lincoln, son Of the Eng
Lish minister, oied last Thursday.


Good for Iowa. She has done the
sensible thing and returned Allison to
| the United States Senate.
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All the objections to the Lind district
court bill from Minnesota lawyers, that
are received by the judiciary committee
of the senate. are turned over to Davis
and Washburn. That's as good as
throwing them to the waste basket, for
both of our senators are pledged in IA
vor of the bill.
The House of the North Dakota leg
/ islature defeated the bill for the submits.
sion to the people of a constitutional
amendment giving women the right to
ballot, by a vote of only 35 to 81. From
4 the closeness of the vote, one would
conclude that there must be some
mighty queer heads in the North Dako-
Ity Legislature.
| AL our representatives in congress
are talking reduction. Every one has
instances in which he thinks the tariff
| is unnecessarily high, and each has
been outspoken in his belief that the
duties on the necessaries and not luxu-
ries of life should be removed. Wheth-
er they will act accordingly remains to
be seen. If their respective districts
are to be benefited by reduction, the
members should not only express their
sentiments, but do some tall rustling to
carry them out.
Congressman Lind had conference
with the interstate commerce commit
tee last week and among other things
succeeded in securing the granting of a
rehearing in the case, of the Minnesota
Business Mems Association against the
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Com
pany. Commissioner Bragg. who wrote
the decision in the case on the part of
the board expressed a willingness to re-
hear the case, if it was thought by the
interested parties that the facts were
not as fully presented as they should
have been in justice to the citizens Of
Minnesota.
There is lots of satisfaction in know
ing That the Alliance did pot give Don.
nelly the presidency of the organization
as he expected, but elected instead a
Morris man named Hall. The Alliance
may take delight in listening to Donnel-
ly's tale of love for the down-trodden
farmer and his defense of the states
agricultural interests against the on
slaughts of monopoly, but there are
enough of the members, who know the
political sage sufficiently, to refuse to
allow the Alliance to tie it.
self to his craft and permit its
being steered in the direction that Ig-
natius would be sure to set it. Donnel-
ly's smooth, but there is satisfaction we
say, in having it SO positively demon
strated that he isn't quite smooth
enough.
When Gov. Merriam is able to con-
vlnce any oouy' WIG y ho1 m ae G a
Farmers, alliance thu All The mo ,".v
paid for freight and passenger trans
portation to the railroads operating in
this state is money lost to the people of
the state, ne will succeed IN establishing
ene ooid dai1a ~ ,h s Ion tbn .nas
Of the railroads Is reduced r. q dollar
saved to the people and the farmers.
We think that, according to his logic. it
would oe SOUND pubic polcy 70 keep
until that no;nt i reached which = Il. /,
Illustrated by the story about the man
who treated his horse to steadily re-
auced olet' WIN vleM 70 de.ermlnlng
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