New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-01-11
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he says of these Offices and Of that Of
clark of the supreme court ssIt il cons
monty understood that the revenues are
SO large that they cannot in any sense Of
the word be regarded as compensation.
When the income of any officer passes
beyond the compensatory point, it is
plundering the people. It becomes a.
power for corruption and a menace to-
good government. I recommend that
the laws relative to these Offices be a.
mended SO as to place the Offices on
salaried basis. =
II the servants of the people in the
legislature of Minnesota wish to do some
practical work in cleansing the s.dirty
pool of politics. in this state here is the
open door Of opportunity. Never in the.
history of the state has the exact combi-
nation come about that now exists
legislative branch controlled by one po-
lltical party and the executive elected
by the opposing party. Gov. Lind could
have kept silence on this point; could
have filled these fat Offices with friends
Of his own political color, and SO have
aggravated the fatty degeneracy from
which our politics is suffering; or he
could have taken his present manly
stand for practical honesty in state af-s
fairs.
It now remains for our state polit1-
clans to shake off this old habit of plum
dering the public; to deny to an abnoIm-
al appetite the stolen ssplums" on which
they have been fed for years. The tees
of one of the surveyors general, as has
been stated in these columns, runs as
high as $4,000 over and above all ex-
pense incurred in the office. The Office
| of oil inspector is supposed to be even
more oily, while the clerkship of the SUI
prene court falls but little below these
figures in richness. Why should sur
veyor general, man who might other
wise be well paid by $1,000 salary,
draw twice the income of judge OF the
supreme court of the United States2 Or.
why should an oil Inspector be paid for
campaign hustling by salary ft for a
6rst-class ambassador Such outrages
not only create corruption in govern.
ment, but they breed popular discomfort
with honest earning, and make theft
seem desirable and respectable. The.
lumbermen are more directly interested
in the abolition of these excessive fees
than are any other citizens of the state,
but every self respecting citizen owes it
to himself and to his state TO give his
influence to legislation against this out
Erage.
Catholic Day.
January 22nd will be Catholic Day in
New UIm this year, and among the ex
ereises held IN observance of 1t will be-
public meeting at the opera house.
The speakers and topics at this meeting
will be as follows:
German Character, It's Substantial
Features. True and False Patriotism
Geo. Stelzle of st. Cloud.
Materialism in It's Different FORMS.
Editor Mall of the Wanderer.
Religious Indifference. Rev. Meyer
Of Winona.
Catholic Societies. John Juenemann
Of st. Paul.
The Catholic Parochial School. Rev..
sandmeyer OF New Ulm
State Order Of German Catholic Soci-
ties. P. NJ. Kerst Of st. Paul.
The first batch Of appointments sent
to the senate BY Governor Lind were
promptly confirmed. They were as fol-
lows:
For public examiner and superintend-
ent Of bank Gen. 3. NJ. Pope Of Man
kato.
For member of the railroad and ware
house commission N. Ringdal Of.
lCrookston
For labcr Commissioner Martin Me-
Hale Of MInneapo
For dairy and food commissioner !,
- :
AI. Bowler Of Bird Island.
For .nembersof the prison board
IG. Weiss, man ger Of the Duluth Herald.
+ Capt. Dunniaglon Of Redwood calls
llandea Tie position sersssalit at 4 rms
sof the senate g ftel an INTEREST ing gilt
with I'honlas Downs. Downs, who vas
at ono lime sheriff oif colIet conn
was selected saa Dunn iaa ten assist