Mower County transcript., 1903-01-07

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An editor of olden time,
Who was most WOndrOus wise,
In setting forth his thoughts sublime,
Used up ten fonts Of rs, .5 sszs
Then, finding that his rs were out,
Used Wand 9. 5@
That's why we have TO- day, no doubt,
The editorial "We.' II
Albert Lea Enterprise: Newspaper
publishers and employing printers and
boarding house Keepers in this city
have not as yet made any move to
organize. tits possible for the board
ing house keepers to get together, but
the newspaper men and printers have
become so accustomed to working for
glory and the public that it would be a
pretty difficult matter for them to
agree upon scale of prices. >.
Breckenridge Gazette. There is a
more than hundred Of the bright
citizens of Minnesota who are spending
not only time but necessarily money in
an endeavor to land some appointive
office in the legislature that will last
but few weeks and that will pay
them about one third of the amount
that it will take to land besides lacking
in glory or honor. Why is human
nature so constituted?
= Anoka Union: This government is
in mighty poor business sending around
sneaking, cunning and dastardly
pension examiners, whose business it
seems to be to report more lies than
truth in regard to pensioners Speed
the day when the United States will
give every soldier who served in the
army three months or more a flat
p p5nsion, and in doing so, dispense with
whole lot of men, who in order to
earn their salary, must do some mean
work. :.--.,' !
Milwaukee Wisconsin: Low plea
sures are indeed a pollution, and per-
vert the natural purpose of recreation,
which is to strengthen and uplift, not
to weaken and degrade. There are
many amusements innocent in them
selves which become harmful by excess,
or by reason of environment. Happy
are those, old as we'll as young, who
find their chief delight in the family
circle and the home. There even the
dross of amusements purely frivolous
often turns to gold.
Albert Lea Times: Were a poor
man or even a. citizen of ordinary
station and standing to go on witness
stand in our courts and avoid giving
testimony as we see our railroad
managers and officials and other cor
poration magnates doing every day, he
would be jailed in minute by the
indignant judge: From this it would
appear that. while every man in this
free country is equal before the law
they are far from equal before the
court. f...,-
New York Sun: In a case at
Syracuse a horse trader testified that
'you can trade horses without lying
but not often Perhaps flying is TOO
harsh word for known accomplish
ment of many horse traders. Even il
"lying" be the right word, the casuist
may hesitate to affirm that lying by {
known liar to another known lia
carries any taint with it. Whether i1
Arabia or at the Bulls Head, hors'
dealers are poets, playing at game o
romantic establishment and exag
geration.
Fairmont News: The majority O
men are moral, believe in enforcing tn
law on general principles, can tall
loudly of what ought to be done, bu
when it, comes down to personal mat
ter between them and someone WHOM
they have known as "gOod fellow
they weaken and conclude that an e1
ception should be made in his case bt
cause II know him. This may b
F called tender heartedness but there
another motive that is worse. It
cowardice. Fear of personal abuse, {
7 what is still lower, fear of losing
l business. We are all good in gener;
: way, but are apt to be bad when
y comes down to personal matter.
St. Paul Dispatch: w. A. Nolan
the only member Of the Minnesot
Legislature who was born west of tn
state. He first saw the light in Yanl
e ton, 5. D., 80 years ago. Yankton WI
l. then a frontier post. He received h
f education in the common schools !,
=. this state, and when still boy engage
) in business as a harnessmaker and liz
j. stock dealer in Mower county, whe
y he still resides. His home is at Gra1
:. Meadow. He is a republican, and h
served as president of the villa,
. council. He served his first term
d the legislature during the sessions
e. 1901 and 1902, and was re elected to tt
Il house without opposition.
70 Albert Lea Enterprise. Iowa al
II uses the grand jury system but it
= composed of only twelve men while
" Minnesota it is nearly twice as larg
Iowa had the same large cumberson
}grand jury system twenty-five yea
x ago but the legislature wisely conclu
O led to have the number reduced =
o twelve, and the ends Of justice are