Mower County transcript., 1904-03-30
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FARMER 'l|!R lE n BEA'SG l. Y mi
There's one man I'm just dyin' to see
and that is Sam Johnson that all the
Dunn push is pitchin' onto so hard and
ferocious because he is tryin' to be-
faithful and look after all the officers
OF the state. Every time Sam sneeZes
all the Dunn crowd seems to think it
is thunderin' and the lightnin' is goin'
to strike 'em. 1 can't see why Dunn
shouldn't be glad and anxious to have
his old record as state auditor examin-
ed officially and if found all 0. X. then
hav it certified to. 1t alwus looks sus-
picious to hav such examination oppos
ed and fought and awaken such un-
godly profanity. hope that the bag
will be opened and the cat out before
we get to nominatin' governor. Sam
johnson has only one boss, as under
stand the situation, and that is COVER
nor Van SAINT He's got to make his
reports to the governor and it's up to
Van SAINT to give out what is for the
public protection and information.
I've got no use for any hirelins that
make garbled reports to any body else
except the governor. l wouldn't use
such reports to kindle fire with. John
son has unearthed hundreds of thous-
ands of tax and other money due the
state and kind of feel suspicious that
he will find lots more in the way of
slack dealin' by state officials with the
big lumber and iron ore and railroad
and other corporations. Plug it to
,em hard, Sam.
Jim TaWney got in good Whack at
the Bell telephone monopoly the other
day when his amendment passed con-
gress cuttin' out pay for the Bell tele-
phones put in to the st. Paul postotlice
by order of the post master general
with orders to use no others. The op-
position telephone company, the Twin
City, put in a bid and it was accepted
and they spent about $4,000 in installin'
first class service and after month
Of its satisfactory use and against the
protests of the St. Paul postmaster or
ders came from the postmaster general
to discontinue it and use the Bell exclu-
sively. Evidently the Bell swine
thought they had the cinch but Jim.
Tawney knocked 'em into the middle.
| of~lastweek and~the st. Paul postotticesS
will either hav what they want or the
Bell monopoly gets no pay for their
service. It's nifty queer that the post
master general has got such all alfred
interest i'll the Bell monopoly. 1t is
nifty suspicious. What differ should it
make to him who givs telephone ser
vice for Uncle Sans use SO long as it is
reasonable and satisfactory? Somehow
the big monOpolies hang together and
there are lots of folks that truckle and
knuckle to 'em out of various considera-
tions and the people can whistle.
reckon that Tawney's callin' down
ought to do some good to a lot of big
heads that think they own the earth
and can run it to suit themselves.
| reckon that lots Of the sO-called
''standpatter' business is nothin' more
OF less than straight knucklin' to the
big down east magnates. I've been in
favor Of proper reciprocity ever since
the days of the immortal Jim Blaine.
Mckinley in his last words at Buffalo
repeated the Importance Of reciprocity
and yet the gang of manufacturers and
trusts down east that control congress
hav kept congress from doin' anythin'
in favor of it. Now, amt afraid Of
progressin' It is the clarion call of
this twentieth century. I've no use for
back numbers in anythin'. [ believe
in strikin' out for the good of the race
amt Altered Of tryin' reciprocity
treaties. Those that are lynn about it,
either don't know any better or else
they are rascals, probably both.
Reciprocity don't mean promiscuous
; and careless and reckless and blind
lettin' down of the bars that keep out
| foreign competition to the hurt of our
home industries. 1t is alwus to he
operated carefully and wisely so as not
| to interfere with our national pros
} perity. But when it comes to swappin
, trade with Canada we letttin' in theil
lumber and they takin' our manu-
factures for example why both of us
make big in the deal. [ amt so sure
that lettin' down on wheat tariff would
hurt us any, so long as both Canada
and Uncle Sam hav surplus and sci
it in Liverpool.
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Well, what goin' to happen? Actual