New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-01-28

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The man in the legislature who had
sand enough TO get up and declare that
the passes that are issued to the leglsla-
lators by the railroads were to many of
them sort of bride, stirred up hornets
nest and the discussion of the use and
the abuse of passes was hushed. 1t is
hard to determine why Legislators should
have passes more than any other person.
since he is paid by the state and receives
his per diem. Either the passes or the
per diem should be done away with. 1t
is not to be supposed, however that eth
er one will be as long as it remains with
the members to regulate part of the leg
islation and as long as passes are not.go-
ing man would be fool who would
turn pass down when it was offered
him, as long as 1t is not binding to him
as bribe. It is not right that they
should a part of the perqulsits of being
member of the legislature however.
A bill has been introduced in the leg
islature that apparently affords partial
solution to the primary election law as
far as the secrecy of the ballot is con
cerned, and that is to have the tickets
printed side by side so that the voter
may chose the one he wants without havy
ing to disclose his party utilization. This
is about the same as giving q voter 1.-TWO
tickets and letting him destroy the one
he doesn't use as was the practice when
the law was first in effect. If men are
voted for on both tickets they are both
thrown out. Another bill calls for the
date of the primary to be set in July IN
stead of September. This is too early,
for while it would no doubt get a few
more voters out there is no question but
that the prolonged agony of the cam
pasgn would be so distaseful to the can
= didates and to the publlc at large that
the people would rebel against it. II
there is to be any change in the date let
it be to shorten the primary election
campaign and lengthen the campaign
of the general election.
There is strong sermon preached in
the list of the county paupers wliase
names appear: on the books of the coun;
ty. There are names there which suggest
past that in it's youth was as full Of
sunshine and happiness as any life night
be-names of women, who at one time
plighted their troth to some young man
in the full confidence that he was strong
in the power to gain for them both a
living, and perhaps he was but he failed
and as a result the county records show
large number of these unfortunate
women drawing money from the public
funds. The lesson that is gained from
it is that no man is secure in that which
he possesses. The future is sealed to
every one and the fortune of each rests
on the caprice Of an implacable fate, aud
he is an unWise and improvident man
who binds to himself and his fortunes
the life and happiness of another and
fails to make some provision for that
future which is beyond his ken. Marriage
has helped many man to fortune and
it has also helped many woman to dis
tress, who looking out on the world has
failed to measure the possibility of fall.
ing in the gulf that spans the present
and the future and the winds of fate that
buffet the frail barque to which she has
trusted her life's happy. This is no ad
for an insurance company but if it should
drive some who have no insurance to
take out policy before they get married
the space this occupies will not have
been wasted.