The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-22
OTHER AFFAIRS OF STATE,
INCLUDING PENDING LEGISLATION
AND WHAT WILL BE DONE
WITH 1T.
To Any Civil Service Bill That May
Be Passed ?-His Friends
Think Not.


Shrigley, a buttermaker of Racine,
Mimi, Of the diamond medal offered
a year ago by Chicago produce jour
nal for the buttermaker whose average
on twelve lots Of butter shipped during
different months of the year should
run highest. The medal is of heavy
gold, contains four good-sized dia-
mOnds and a photograph Of the win
ner on a gold plate in the center OF
the trophy. The presentation was made
at the annual session of national but
termakers held a week ago at Owa-
tOnna, and the people Of this state
viii naturally feel proud of the home
man who captured the laurels in a
contest in which there were represent
ed 12S creameries in the Western states,
and in the progress of which 47S lots
Of five tubs Of butter each were scored
by the inspectors during the year 1885,
1896
The contest is considered by butter
makers to have been the most valuable
and instructive one in an educational
direction ever attempted outside of the
dairy schools. Each lot Of butter was
scored, the defects pointed out by the
inspector and suggestions for their
remedy made by an instructor who was
furnished with q detailed report Of
the progress Of the manufacture. Mr..
ShTigley's record of 964 as an average
for twelve scorings of five tubs each
is really remarkable.
When the contest opened a trif1e over
8 year ago, there were twenty-one con-
testants, but one by one they dwindled
down until there were but six left who
remained in the struggle during the en-
tire twelve months. 1t will be seen
from the appended list that a Mime
sofa man is also tied for second honors:
h u Shr1gley, Racine, MINI ............. 1864
L. J. Stewart, Jonesville, Mimi ..... $3.50
Marten Martensen, Iowa Center, 10 ....... $50
A. FTcksen, Clermont, 10 ................ 959
r. n. Kugler, Walten, Ill ..................95 1854
W. H. Schmidt Harmon, III. .952
you rub my back, and I'll rub
yours" appears to be the policy which
IS to govern the deStinies of the Greer
travelling library bill in the house, and
II reports be true there came near be-
ing a critical condition in which no.
bOdy's back would be rubbed Mr..
.-St-0les made a gallant fight for the
passage of the Greer measure in the
lower house, but from the outset met
with opposition which was as unmis-
taxable as it was vigorous. At all
events the bill came perilOuSly near be-
ing Strangled, being saved at the last
notch, and it is bruited about that Sem
,satOr Greer will withdraw his support
from the Hastings end of the fourth
insane hospital struggle, unless Mr..
Donnelly and his POpulists stop pull
ing away tho props from Mr.. Greer
library bill. There you are It is
probable that the country members
feel that the library matter is a fad
and will oppose it anyway when it
raioes its head again.
Some little surprise was evinced
early last week by the statement, sup
posed to be accurate, that Gov CIough
was still opposed to the principles of
civil service, and might possibly de-
cline to affiX his name to several civil
service measures which it is supposed
will pass both the house and the SEN
ate this session.
There is little room for alarm, az
parently, for although it is understood
that the governor is not a very ferVent
disciple of civil service ideas, he will
recall the sentiment developed two
years ago by his action in vetoing the
bill placing the state grain inspection
department under civil service rules,
and will no doubt give the people of
the state a chance to try the scheme.
His friends argue that, when he in
dOrSed civil service in his biennial re-
pert made at the opening Of the SEES
sion, he had principally in mind the
state grain inspection department.
Although little has been said about
local option in the counties of the state
except on the side Of those who wish
the bill now in the house to pass, the
matter has been carefully considered
by the committee on temperance, and it
is promised there will be a surprise
when their recommendation to the
house is made known.
The agitation in favor of county op-
tion has been carefully planned and a
campaign is being carried on which
has in the ranks as fighters a good
many voters no end Of women, min
listers, young peoples societies and
what not
They want county option they want
it badly, and now, and are not a bit
backward about saying so. On the
other hand it is given out that a ma
jOrity of the members Of the temper
ance committee are not sure that il
is what is really needed. The bill was
introduced this session by Mr.. Hollis
ter, of MOrristown, who is said to be a
prohibitionist, and who Is on the tenn
perance committee. He wants the bill
favorably recommended at this time.
but his efforts up to this time have
been unavailing.
A number of reasons are given for
the objection, chief of which is that
some town in the country which votes
no license may wish to license LIQUOR
selling, but under the law-if the bill
becomes a laW-Will be prevented from
so doing.
Meanwhile the petitions for the pas
sage of the bill are pouring into the
house and the senate daily
4
In the pOtpourri of violent harangues
In which loud protestations are made
to take the place of convincing reason.
it must not be overlooked that one of
the best and most complete presenta-
items of any measure made this session
was that presented early last week by
Fred Snyder, of the Hennepin delega-
ton, when his bill asking for an in
crease in the tax levy of the state uni
versity came up for the consideration
of the house.
Graceful, logical and full Of tact were
his remarks in spite of repeated
thrusts made regarding the needs of
the institution, which were not entire
ly without the imputation that the
''U'' was getting as much money as it
was entitled to and possibly more, and
it was apparent to those who listened
to him that he had prepared himself
for any possible objection which might
be raised.
Although Mr.. Snyder never raised his
voice he was heard with respectful at
tention and came out of the debate
with a long way the best of it. Ex-
cept for the lamentable blunder into
which the university accountant fell,
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