The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-08-25

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pires to serve the people in a more
Important Office What more natural
than to expect promotion for duty well
done?
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. Il. No. 26. This was a
very meritorious bill. 1t aimed to pro-
tect the rights of citizenship by max
Ing it a misdemeanor on the part of
employers to require, as condition
of employment, the surrender by any
person of his rights as citizen. This
measure was conceived with the idea
OF protecting those who were not in
position to protect themselves. 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 captain? HE FORGOT TO
VOTE. There must have been some
misunderstanding somewhere. Per,
haps the captain had not got onto the
ropes vet.
The next bill of a somewhat similar
character was L. f. No. 95, bill for
the protection of employees. What does
the record say?
Forgot to vote again? Well, we'll,
sure enough. Captain, you will have
to do better than this if you want the
votes of the laboring men.
Next comes III. L. 324, bill prohib-
iting pawnbrokers from charging
more than 10 per cent interest. Surely
the captains heart bleeds for these
poor people who find it necessary to
patronize the pawnbroker? Let us sec
the record. Did he forget to vote this
time also? Well yes, he did, of course.
IIc is the prosperity candidate, and
will have nothing to do with such low.
down trash as the people who patron
ize the pawnbrokers. In the Ian
guage Of the classics, to Ill with 'em.
Now let us try Il senate file for
change. Here is one, S. Il. 26G, a bill
for an act to compel street railway
companies to protect certain of their
employees (molormeW from the in
clemencies of the weather. Now, ii
there ever was Il measure that had
merit in it, this is the one. The mo.
tormcn used to have to stand out Oh
the open platform, no matter how cold
OR stormy it might be. 1t was such
an inhuman and unnecessary hard
ship that public opinion demanded a
stop put to 1t; but, hanged if the cap,
tain did not again forget to vote.
For fear that this thing may become
tiresome, perhaps it would be best to
postpone moralizing and go at the
facts as revealed by the record with.
out further comment.
III. Il. 500 provides for the erection
of grain elevators on the right of way
of railroads and is designed to pre-,
vent monopoly in the local grain mar
kets. The captain forgot to vote
III. Il. GA declares express compan,
les to be common carriers and as such
subject to regulation. Il. C. f. t. V. |
Go save space these letters will be
understood rs meaning that the cap
tain, as usual, forgot to vote.
II. Il. 7S4 prohibits pools and trusts
in Minnesota. II. C. f. t. v.
S. Il. III authorizes the levy and
collection of taxes on inheritances,
etc. T. c. f. t. v.
S. r. 127 requires railroad companies
to give notice of the time when be.
lated passenger trains are expected to
arrive. Il. c. f. t. v.
S. Il. ST. provides for the appoint
mcnt of Il committee to investigate
certain frauds upon the state in con-
nection with the sale of public lands.
Il. C. f. t. V.
II. Il. sc provides for the building of
sidetracks to elevators and mills stu
ated on lands adjacent to the right of
way Of railroads. Il. c. f. t. v.
II. Il. $40 provides for the inter-
change Of cars at junction points. Il.
C. +. t. V.
II. Il. 27-l provides for the stopping
of trains at county seats. The captain
here cleared his throat, spat on his
hands, manned his soul with firmness,
donned his rough rider hat, and voted
against the bill.
=. S. Ii he had been permitted to
have his way he would now be CAM
paigning with parachute attachment
to help him get Off the trains at some
of the county seats.
The captains record for 1895 is re-
served for some future occasion.
The genial captain is receiving
shameful treatment at the hands OF
the leading organs Of his own party.
He addressed two meetings in Mime
apols the other day, and he certainly
had the right to expect that the Re-
publican dailies would report part at
least OF what was said by their can,
didate for the governorship. But in