Morris tribune., 1908-02-22

his money advertising, and perhaps IN this
way you can put him out of business Fix his
clock-work for him. Just stand back and laugh
; when you see him squandering his money for
printers ink-Northfeld News.
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T. B. Walker, the millionaire lum herman Of
Minneapolis has given it out that he has refused
to be the head of a monster lumber con1bina-
ton and that if one is formed he will break it.
Mr.. Walker is said to be the largest individual
owner of timber lands, and his refusal to go in
to timber combination shows that he is salts
fed with the already large returns from timber
investments without lending his assistance to
a method of still further raising the prices of
lumber-and consequently putting greater
burden further home building
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Some one has started suggestion that the
speaker of the House of Representatives be
elected by popular vote, declaring that if the
speaker of the late but not lamented legislature
had been chosen by that method that A. Rockne
would have been the peoples choice-of which
there is no doubt The suggestion sounds good
but such is the perversity of things political
that if the speaker elected any other
state officer and tho he were clothed with all
the power with which he could reasonably be
invested, yet he would soon become mere pre-
siding officer, clothed with the semblance of
power but not the substance. The presiding
officer of that graveyard of reform legislation
the Senate, is elected by popular vote, and is
invested with large powers. The lieutenant
governor appoints the Senate committees and
technically has the same authority as the speak
err of the house, but in reality the senate rules
itself and the lieutenant governor is only pre-
siding officer, and his real influence depends
only upon his own character.
The speaker of the house, if elected by pop
ular vote, would find himself i'll like position,
for the history of Legislative bodies the world
over justiies the conclusion that written
constitutions keep them from taking to
themselves all authority in the Legislative field
and the very great power with which the speak
er is at present endowed is conferred by the
house ITSELF and is simply the houses method
of doing business. And tho legislatures come
and go and speakers come and go, each new
Legislature continues to invest each new speak
er with the great power of which complaint is
made. It is inherent in the system, and is real
ly more preferable than the senates method
where the real power rests not with the presid-
ng officer, but with small number of the mem
bers who constitute themselves the leaders.
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1t is always interesting to find a who
knows how to bring out the best in hayward
boys, and always encouraging to find a boy of
that kind who responds to the trust placed in
him. The Minneapolis Journal tells a good
story along this line of boy who for the pur-
poses of the story is called Louie. "Louies
story is of more than passing interest" says the
Journal, "for it shows how it is possible to get
hold of a boy and get him started right thru the
instrumentaity of the juvenile court and it's at
tend ant agencies. Louie didn't lie nor steal
but he would fight. He didn't go around with
a chip on his shoulder exactly, hut let anybody,
no matter how big and burly, invade what he
regarded his rights by even much
hairs breadth, and Louie at him like a
bushel of wildcats.
ut was this fighting propensity that brought
him into the Juvenile court Judge Smith dis
covered his good trait by the sort of fathery
examination in which he is expert. The Judge
likes truth-teler and something about the boy
touched responsive cord so he was placed on
probation with a promise not to fight any more.
within few days there came a pathetic
letter to Judge Smith. 1t read: Dear JUDGE
am sorry I broke my word, but after com