The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-01-30
THE BRIDGE.

THE BRIDGE.
There il considerable discussion going
on over the new bridge, some people
contending that it's charter provided for
free traffic by pedestrians, and others
that it d d not. We do not know who
Is right but we do know that if clause
was not inserted in the charter provId-
ing for free traffic by pedestrians, if not
by vehicles, those whose duty it was to
protect the interests of the public ne
elected their duty and should be held
accountable for their negligence, not
to use stronger term. The poor have
rights as well as the rich, and because
pay toll to an inflated corporation for
the privilege of crossing too or from
Duluth is no reason why they should be
denied that privilege. A toll imposed
upon foot passenger is a relic of bar
barism. Indeed there are those who
believe that a toll imposed upon a vehi-
Gle is much the same thing, aud who
believe that the new bridge should be
free to all, and those who do not be-
lieye in free bridge are influenced by
q fear that their business interests mi ght
suffer. While we respect the opinions
OF these latter still we think their are
no grounds for their fears, as we are
sure they would gain as much as they
would lose. Our merchants can sell
their wares just as cheaply as their
competitors in Duluth.
1t is said also, that it is the purpose
of the owners of the bridge to bond the
bridge for three times W hat it cost. This
looks ugly, not to say suspicious 1t
may explain the absence of the clause
above referred to, extra revenue, even if
it is squeezed out of the poor, being
necessary to pay the interest on fictitious
values, and. most likely, grease the
hands of officials who are false to the
people.
We notice that the mayor has e1-
pressed his determination to insist on 4
free passage for pedestrians, and to OPP
pose he bonding of the bridge at more
than its actual cost. We hope he will
succeed. In the mean time it Will be
we'll to keep in touch with our con-
gresham and let him know what we
want, and that we expect him to look
after the interests of Superior, or we
may find ourselves placed at the mercy
of n solcless corporation.
Beware,
Let us have national grain inspection
by all means.
Lyman b. Gage has consented to
become Secretary of the Treasury.
We pause to remark that Col. John
G. Spooner il again entitled to the proix
- Senator"
The Princess De Chimay has de-
serted Janos Rigo, the fiddler. Evidently
her love for the GYPSY fiddler was not of
the real simon-pure kind. Such women
are n ui-s,auu ~ 1>'norf,.e.. =---vzt
Three distinguished men will not be
in the next I. :. senate: Hill, PETER,
and Voorhees,. Well, they will be much
missed as they were familiar figures
and made the senate ring in their dav.
We do not know what Ella Wilcox
ever did to the Superior Leader that it
should feel compelled to characterize
her verses as rubbish" We gave the
Leader credit for more gallantry than
that
Gov. Clough has appointed special
counsel to assist in prosecuting alleged
municipal corruptionists in Duluth The
governor would seem to be of the opin-
ion that there is something rotten in
Duluth.
Mark Twain Is said to be poor and
old and IN i'll health, and in a foreign
land. While we heartily wish it were
otherwise with the author of limo
cents Abroad, we must admit that he
is in very good company.
Press and Printer: Dead men are
soon forgotten. SO are dead advertise
ments. The business man who adver-
tises one month in the year cannot rea-
sonably expect to be long remembered
by the purchasing public.
The last pages of Mr.. Bryan's book
are now in the hands of the printer,
and 1t will only be few days before it
Will be IN circulation The book en-
bodies story OF the campaign in 1896,
its important events and issues, and in
clndes the most notcworty incidents of
Mr.. Bryan's famous tour.
The Nevada Assembly have passed
n glove contest Dill, to permit Corbett
and FItzsimmons to settle, IN 4 physical
way, what they have been unable to
settle through the press. 1t is to be
hoped that there will he no more left of
them after the mill than there was of
the Kilkenny cats after the last fight.
Judge Fitzgerald, of New York. has
ruled that men who organize crime are
responsible for the crime, even though
they commit it by corporate act. and
now the Tobacco Trust conspirators and
other conspirators must face juries and
accept the consequences. The mills Of
abe gods grind slowly but they will
grind the trusts 1t last.
-EN-Queen Liliuokalini called at the
White House the other day, and chatted
with President Cleveland for a few
minutes. Her ex-majesty does not
seem 10 worry over the loss of her
dominions. Perhaps she has, since r.
lieved of the cares Of state, realized the
truth of the saving, Uneasy lies III 2
head that wears CROWN
The extreme cold of the first part OF
the week caused much suffering TO man
and beast throughout this country and