New Ulm review., 1901-01-23

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Wisconsin Legislators, or at least
some of them, will try this winter to Sc
cure the passage OF bill reducing rail
way fares in that state to two cents pei
mile, but will they do it2 That's the
&questiou.
Andrew Carnagie has made Aurora
college gift of $4,000. There is one
good thing about Carnagie's spasms OF
generosity. Unlike those of Rockefeller
the poor consumer of kerosene oil does
not have to pay the freight.
In the makeup of the various leglsla-
tive committees, 8. D. Peterson has been
given place upon the following: Gen
eral legislation, grain and warehouse, in
surance, labor and labor legislation, mil
itary affairs and temperance legislation.
For the year ending June 80, 1900,
there were ,129,990,202 pieces of mail
matter handled by the post offices of the
United States. This was about SO pieces
for every person in the country, and
more than, half were letters and postal
cards.
The, congressional committee which
has been investigating the Booz hazing
affair at West Point will report that
they do not find that the death of Booz
was caused by his treatment there, but
that does not alter the case that the sys-
tenn of hazing practiced at the military
school is ungentlemanly, brutal and en-
tirely useless. Shut it off.
One editor is already worrying about
the way the next century is to be vel
coined. He doesn't want the people to
be so childish as to welcome it with
tin horns and COW bells. He will prob
ably be listening for Gabriel's trumpet
when the event occurs and the noise
might disturb him prematurely.- Prince
ton Union.
Hanna says that he IS going for the
newspapers that have been libeling him
regarding his subsidy bill. When Hanna
goes out after the newspapers that have
been scoring him for his advocacy of
this great steal, he had best suspend all
other business for their name is legion.
There Is another thing Hanna will do
we'll to notice and that is that as soon as
public man begins to go out cunning
for the newspapers they generally take
still deeper interest in the public acts of
the man. Hanna has not any too clear
a record politically and the less it is
stirred up, the healthier it will be for
him. However if he feels aggrieved, he
knows the remedy, but it will not do to
try to bluff the newspaper boys by talk.
If he means business he will stop that
and begin his actions.-Le Sueur Senh-
mel.
In tie selection Of Moses E. Clapp fOl
the short term senatorial vacancy the re.
publican majority IN the state legisla.
ture performed one of the most com
mendable acts which will mark the pro
ceedings of the present session, although
we ale sorry to note that such was no
their original intention. 1t may no long
be said that no good can come out O
Nazareth. With the most kindly feel
ing for Bob. Evans, it is no disparage
ment of his ability to say that the state
of Minnesota will lose none Of its pres
tige in congress-, will he shorn of none
of its glory, by the succession of Gen
Clapp to the senatorship vacated by th'
untimely death of Cushman K. DAVIS
The writer knew .Mose" Clapp when |
boy and has kept close tab on his public
life during all the years he has beer
prominent in politics, both in this STATE
and Wisconsin, and has no hesitancy il
making the prediction that he will NEE
with favor in the national congress ane
that this short term will not be his last
Apropos of the boyhood days of Gen
Clapp, the writer has now in his posses
sion violin, crude though its design
which was jointly built by "Mose" anc
himself away back in the 7O's when ths
former use to spend the days of his sum
mer vacations on his fathers fam il
the wilds of Polk county, Wisconsin
In the many laudatory things writer
and spoken of General Clapp no one ha'
yet mentioned his musical propensity
but know that in those days he never
was without jews harp or mouth