New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-08-29
he Cap tain S
Record
MOST GALLANT IN WAR BUT A lag
GARD IN LEGISLATION.
The Genial Captain Drew HIS Salary but 1t
was too much Trouble to Vote Il B Il

"By their fruits ye shall know them r
i The fruits of a public man are his pub
4 lie acts. The public acts of legislator
are recorded in the journal of the house
/ of which he has been a member. &. # Il
] Not many years ago (not so many that
the ink has faded) the present Republi-
can candidate for governor of Minneso-
ia was member of the house of repre-
sentatives. To avoid all possibility Of
mistake, let it be said that his name is
Samuel R. Van SAINT, otherwise known
as the Captain" Like all other men,
bers of that worthy assembly, he left be-,
hind him record, to bless or to damn,
as the case may be. ~..< e.,
Let US take II look at it. The Captain,
being such "jolly" good fellow, will
not mind it, and, being candidate for
governor, he is, of course, anxious that
his zeal and devotion to duty IN the min
or position should count in his favor,
now that he aspires to serve the people
in more important, Office. What more
natural than to expect promotion for.
duty we'll done2
So here goes: 1t was IN the year 1893
that the Captain carved out for himself
the record which now will be examined.
| The first measure of Importance to be
met with in the journal of the house is
H. F. No. s6. This was a very meritor-
ious bill. 1t aimed to protect the rights
of citizenship by making it misde.
meanor on the part of employers to re-
quire, as condition of employment, the
surrender by any person of his rights as
a citizen. This measure was conceived
with the idea of protecting those who
were not in position to protect them
selves. The worthy Captain would be
the very man to bear down hard on a
bill of this kind and to sit up nights
thinking how to secure its passage. Let
US see how he voted. Thunder and light
ming! What can have been the matter
with the Captain2 HE FORGOT TO
VOTE. There must have been some
misunderstanding somewhere. Perhaps
the Captain had not got onto the ropes
yet.n
The next bill of a somewhat similar
character was H. F. No. 95, "a bill for
the protection of employees. What does
the record say?
Forgot to vote again2 Well, we'll,
sure enough. Captain, you will have to
do better than this if you want the votes
of the Iaboring men:
Next comes H. F. Nc. 324, bill pro-
hibiting pawnbrokers from charging
more than 10 per cent interest, Surely
the Captains heart bleeds for these poor
people who find it necessary to patron
ize the pawnhroker? Let us see the
record. Did he forget to vote this time
also? Well yes, he did, of course. He
is the prosperity candidate, and will
have nothing to do with such low own
trash as the people who patrouze the
pawnbrokers. In the language of the
classics, to Ill with 'em.
| Now let us try a senate file for a
change. Here is one, s. F. 266, bill
for an act to compel street railway COM
panies to protect certain of their en-
| ployes (motormen) from the inclemen-
cies of the weather. Now, if there ever
was measure that had merit in it. this
is the one. The motormen used to have
to stand out on the open platform, NO
matter how cold or stormy it might be-
4 1t was such an inhumane and unneces.
sary hardship that public opinion de.
manded a stop putato it; but, hanged Il
if the Captain did not again forget tc
vote. + +.
For fear that this thing may become
tiresome, perhaps it would be best Il
{ Ipostpone moralizing and go atsthe facts
as revealed by the record without fu1th.
er comment. .s. $50
! H. F. 502 provides for the erection 81
grain elevators on the right Of way q
railroads and is designed to prevent mo.
Z nopolyi in the local grain markets. The
{ Captain forgot to vote.
2. r. 674 declares ex press companies
Il to be common carriers and as such sub.
tject to regulation. T. G. TT. v. TO save
J. space these letters will be understood j,
3 meaning that the Captain, as usual, for.
q got to vote.
], =. r. 7s4 prohibits pools and trust,
] in Minnesota. e. g. +. {. 8. .I.,
!. 8. T. I = 'ls'l authorizes the levy and col