The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02
Salutary Independence.

The absurd Doodle charges Speaker
Miller Of the lower house of the Illinois
legislature made against the Mueller trac-
to some extent his unconstitutional eff
forts to override the will of the majority
have fallen fiat. It is now plain that the
Indy bill, in which Miller evinced so
much interest, Is the favored measure of
the Lorimer machine. The Chicago pa
the third insult the people of that state
have had to accept from Lorimer since
his election to congress last fall. One of
these was the election of Miller as speak
er, he being known at the time to
be unfit for the place, the next offense
election commissioners not to make re-
count of the ballots cast for congressman
in Lorimer's district; then came the at
tempt of the speaker to override the con-
stitution.
Governor Yates is supposed to be hand
in glove with the Lorimer machine and
opposed to the Mueller bill which puts the
traction franchise conditions in the form
the people Of Chicago desire. Yates even
upheld Miller In his revolutionary course
in trying to force the Indy bill thru.
Some Of the Chicago papers are advising
the legislature to pass the Mueller bill
and then adjourn for two weeks SO as to
force Yates to show his hand, inasmuch
as a failure to veto the bill within ten
| days after it's passage will make it a law.
| If the legislature should pass the bill
and adjourn sine die the governor could
veto the bill without giving reasons; but
| if it is in session he must tell why he
| vetoes it. The Illinois legislature might
not be able to pass the bill over the gov
errors veto, but there would be an in
teresting and edifying discussion.
| Between Yates and Lorimer Chicago
Notwithstanding its high toned council, is
I liable to be added to Lincoln Steffens
| class of cities of shame. So strong {
party paper as the Chicago Tribune finds
! the situation SO. desperate that it prac
| tically advises all republicans who are
opposed to Lorimer's offensive bossism t.
| vote the UeulOCIdIlC Juu1Cldl llCftC III Iii
cago. "Unquestionably,'' it says, 'th
democratic ticket in point of characte
and fitness Of it's members is superior t,
the republican ticket, and the people vii
so adjudge it, The Tribune says tina
some of the men that have been nominal
ed by Lorimer are 1ncorrigible idlers
some are invalids, some are lacking il
} legal capacity, some are politically facil
and subservient and some are mer
speaking tubes for party managers.
It is independence of this kind in news
} papers and voters that will finally over
throw all corrupt machines in Aneric
: if they ever shall be overthrown. Fc
) years our people have acted on the theor
3 that it is better to have bad men in OF
} flee if their political color is right tina
1 to have good men Of the wrong polite:
!. color But we are now coming to sc
9 that no political principle, under our sys
4 TEN Of government, can do so much harl
: as a bad man. When this conviction
general there will be fewer bad men
s office Political parties have their plac
e but many crimes have been committed
r: their names. The present trial of
g former mayor Of Minneapolis recalls
: very great local political crime committe
It in the name Of a party.