Mower County transcript., 1903-02-11

NOV [
Vel. xxxv-No 40,
FARMER \ .BiEIN'S COLUMN.
/ don't calkerlate that these called
gOin' on in the legislator
over the new state house stealin's will
amount to much. There will be kind
of show of dOin' somethin' but the st.
Paul push will soon browbeat and they
know how to get round the innocent
country ninnfes that don't know
enough to resist their seductive Wi1es
or tnrn the x-rays on their iniquitous
Schemes. The fact is that the people
don't seem to want to send the strong
est and ablest men to the legislator but
persist in maxim up the list out OF
political tools that can be worked by
the Wirepullers behind. What q lot OF
rot is now bein' introduced in the way
of crazy and insane bills that the folks
that interduce 'em don't know what
they mean or how they're gOin' to hit
the public interests. The only bill that
can be understood is the one raisin'
salaries and addin' couple of thousand
to Mower county taxes. That's good
record starter. I reckon that the new
state house will get the million and a
half and the state of Minnesota won't
be protected from similar robbery
two wears later and so it will 60 on un-
til the St. Paul grafters hav seven or
eight millions in the iniquitous plot to
beautify St. Paul and enrich it's citizens:
Talk about our legislators protectin'
the people. Why don't they just open
the state treasury vaults and Just ten
ST. Paul to 90 in and help hisself with
out the formality OF .votin'? That's
what the present statehouse extravag-
ance practically amounts to and the
legislators amt got sand to block the
game.
Municipalities and communities
make a foolish mistake in not shoWln
a leetle attention to those Who've got
the money and pay the taxes. 1t seems
like they ought to hav somethin' to say
about public expenditures and public
improvements. But I'll be switched il
lots of places don't turn 'em down cold
and gi7 'em the forty below. Why
right up in Austin if l was a citizen
thereof don't you spose / would
advocate putin such men as Shaw anc
Schleuder and Crane and johnson anc
the other moneyed men on park boards
and library boards and the like so as t{
INTEREST 'em and maybe coax some o,
their dollars out of their wallets for tn,
nublic Improvement? They do tina
Wav up to Minneapolis and L0ring ant
Washburn and those are linked in Will
these public things and they take pride
in 'em and they amt lettin' en- wan
for support. : I amt denyin' that If
was q wealthy man in Austin and go
turned down and ignored and sat dow1
: upon and never consulted "a jus
simply draw my wallet strings up tit'
asa.a and rsay could
Z we'll as the public and @i they didn'
care for my wealth in public benefac
tions in Austin, there was plenty Q
other ways of spendin' it where
would be preciated. The fact is l ca
catch more flies with spoonful
honey that with gallon Of vinega
and I bet could coax out Thousand
of GOOD money for Austin's beautifyiI
by little wise management.
I Just grated my teeth when
read the long list of dog tax refunde
in nv last paper. To think that W
can't get leetle practical legislatil
that is of general benefit to the peopl
Here Illinois and other states hav bln(
in dog tax laws that hold down th
miserable ours and Civ a revenue II
sheepkillin' and other damage by doe
and vet in Minnesota there amt enoug
brains in the whole caboodle OF OF
chnmpheaded lawmakers to get up
dog tax law that will be pronounce
constitutional and grippin'. lsee tt
leo pullers are beginnin' to get in the
work as usual up to St. Paul and yc
see if there amt bills interduced
scare the bakin' powder companies al
the patent medicine companies and tt
railroads and the rest to payin' hood
on the side to buy off hurtful legis!atl1
Amt this fine condition OF thln|
when we can't get dog tax that "
hold, but all the hallucinations OF /
pullin' manipulatorsl and schemers h'
the right of way and occupy the lar
part Of the time that the taxpayers a
payin' SO heavily for? =! asseVera 81 2
with tremendous emphasis that it t
lawmakers would confne themselves
a few important and needful thin
like dog tax and merger and tax
Pullman and then adjourn and go hol
they would earn the undyin' gratitu
of all the great army OF constitqe1
that now are tremblin' for fear OF hu
FIJI and abominable mistakes that m
be made. >r
FARMER BEN
Pa GLADDEN. Philosophy.
"Jokes don't set any better on anxl'
than hen on snakes eggs.-fr'
uT.:~l. /, ~ tho Pocono The (iAntl1