The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-19
PUTS IN some HARD HITS
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SUPERINTENDENT OF REFORM
SCHOOL THROWS FLASH lights
ON REPUBLICAN METHODS
BAD BLOOD AND SORE HEADS
Senator Stewards Negotiable In
strument Bill" Is Denounced as
"Cinch for the Money
Sharks.v

PIERRE, S. D., Jan. 1S-(snecia1,-
There has been considerable tail< ahn,,+
pad blood and hard feelings within the
ranks OF the Republican majority. and If
Is quite true that several old members
III the senate felt sighted over the make
up Oh some of the committees. and fhat
TACT is probably the chief grounds for
the report. There was some talk of re-
ORGANIZATION, but the Republicans claim
tnat this came mainly from the outside
winch was interested in getting IN q
rumpus. There is, however. NO doubt
that there are some sore heads among
the Republican legislators, but. If thew
make any attempt to kick over the
traces the party lash will be applied
and may be depended upon to keep them
in line.
The report of Supt Tompkins. of the
reform school, has been received and is
interesting reading. Mr. Tonpkins makes
NUMBER of charges against his prede
cessor IN line with those made by ex-
GOV. Lee. He charges his predecessor.
Col. Ainsworth, with having tried To
prejudice the inmates against him
(Ionpklns( prior to his appointment. He
states that the board of charities and
corrections ordered him to paw $780, 60 to
Col. .A1nsworth on the final settlement
which he refused to do and still refuses
because he thinks Col. Ainsworth is in
debted to the state, as Mr. "Ainsworth
handled from $1,000 to $4,000 of state
funds annually that did not 90 through
the auditors office, and of which he
Kept no correct cash account, and he
also lett no accurate account Of expen6l
lures In the institution. He accuses Mr.
A1nsworth Of having poeketed all the
proceeds of the reform school snewspaner
Inc Mail, while the state footed all the
bills, and he estimates the amount due
to the state on that newspaper at sc. O0O
he also states the records to- show that
nineteen head of cattle disappeared he
tween April and July 1. 1899, while DIR
Ing these months over $500 were paid out
Tor meat for the school He also charges
MS predecessor with having paid exor-
bltant prices on various occasions. and
nnally he states that nearly half of the
pages of the two large ledgers had been
torn out and were missing: He suggests
that an investigation would De very
much In place, but, Of course, the Re
publican majority will be careful not TO
act on the suggestion.
In his report, Prof Todd, state COCO
gtst, in balancing his final account
makes the entry: "By balance not speot
because OF misunderstanding, S3I rs"
Inc professor apparently thought it hts
duty to spend the entire appropriation
and felt called upon to explain his fail
ure to do so. s..i $3.50
senator Stewards Negotiable Instru-
ment Bill' is receiving a great deal of
unfavorab,e comment. If is claimed M
II throws the courts wide open to the
money sharks and gives them full swine
10 Ieece the borrowers. After attacking
various sections of this bill the Sious
Fails Daily Press concludes:
but section 81 takes the whole bake
II is made payable at a bank
II IS equivalent to an order to the hank
70 pay the same for the account of the
pIanclpal debtor thereon. Payment is
or after the maturity of the instr11ment
to the holder thereof in good faith and
TTitnout notice that its title is detective
had at9 notn I, OF al this is that if You
paIlk ana also had an account in the
same 6ank. on the day that your note
f fha cue the bank would simply charge
me note against you and place the note
among your Cancelled checks The bank
would not even have the trouble of send.
ing gfen you ~, Word *EG -, that it had taken such
present 1t on the day of maturity the
same as check. The present laws Of
tne state are ample in regard to negotia-
bic instruments for all business not look
ing for a cinch of some kind and there
Is no crying demand for gthet enactment
Of any such laws by the legitimate in
terests of the state.,' 80, -
The retail liquor dealers throughout the
state have put up an assessment of $40
apiece to maintain a lobby at the legis
!ature What they SEEM ter fear most
is the passage Of local option law that
would put them into a. losing fight in
many counties of the sta te. H.