Mower County transcript., 1908-12-30
OTHER EDITORS OPINIONS.

! O11AN VsnNlOAVAs
Luverne Herald; This Is the season
when everybody is kind to father. His
every want is anticipated and life at
nome is bed of ease.
Detroit Free Press: Woodrow Wilson
says we need more women "who will
speak their minds. No, thank you,
ones enough.
LeSueur News: There is no harvest
er trust, the International Harvester
people say. There will be none in Min
i nesOta IN few years, if the farmers
! buy prison made machines, as they
should do. -- ...~ ~,
St. Cloud Journal Press: The lead.
ers of congress are busy writing to
! President elect Taft, that there will be
! an honest aud satisfactory revision OF
the tariff Even Uncle Joe promises
to he real good, This early is the
/ strong personality and the Taft smile
becoming effective. ,.. H.. .r-
st. Paul Dispatch: If the congress.
men do not like the imputation that
, they do not want to be Investigated by
secret service agents, they can disprove
! it by repeating the restrictions upon
the activities of the said agents. -
Duluth Herald: Speaker Cannon
lies when he says that the tight against
him began when ha refused to permit
the'reductiOn or abolition of the tariff
duty which bulWarks the paper trust
1t began long before the paper tariff
/ became an, issue, and it was b esed upon
! the undemocrtio an ,ln-Amerlcan pow
! u va no IN
: upon the undemocratic and una meri-
can use he has made of that power
/ Duluth News Tribune: We are told
, that congress has neglected to do lot IF
things it might have done for the bene.
fit OF the country because it desired
j through its inacti0n to spite the presi-
dent. This being the case, it should
not be difficult to get correct esti
! mate of the patriotism which prevails
, in congress.
Hallock News: Estrayed-One hum
dred thousand republicans from the
party fold Some are black, others
black and white, the majority are pure
white but were led astray by few
suit OF better pickin's. Finder may
keep the off colored ones if he will
only return the white ones. NOuues-
tions will be asked. Fl
WinnebagO City Enterprise; If
Uncle Sam would stop furnishing en-
velopes at cost or less he would end
part of the cause of tho annual postal
deficit. Why does't the government
go into the grocery or clothing business
as we'll as coming into competition
with the printers? ~.
Ortonville Journal: AprOpos of this
country life uplift which is said to
have originated in Washington it
might be appropriate, and in fact,
highly proper for some Country jake
to start q movement having in view
the uplifting Of congressman and sena
tors. We know of no set Of fellows
who as a class need more lifting to
bring them up to level of what they
ought to be and what they are paid for
being than our national congress.
Morris Tribune: The expenses Of
the y. $. senatorial candidates in Wis.
consin last summer are reported to
have averaged half q million dollars
each. Probably most of these expenses
are what are regarded as Legitimate"
and may be taken az fair sample Of
the amount OF money needed to make
campaign in q senatorial primary,
The great expense simply means that
nobody but a very wealthy man or
somebody backed by wealthy interests
, could make q campaign for the s6n.
ate. ~ 81, ss
! Mortified News: It is difficult to see
on what ground congress should refuse
to receive that portion Of the Presi-
dents message referring to the secret
service curtailment or why it should be
Objectionable to senators or representa-
tives whose skirts are clean They
cannot wish to protect those of their
number who are guilty of defranding
!; the government, nor does it put them
in very good light when they are rep.
resented as resenting the course Of the
!; government making use of secret SER
vice men to uncover wrongdoing q.
Cannon Fails Beacon: 1t ia onlv
! occasionally that q rich rad I'll is given
his dues; and it is little wonder that
the prosecution of such is regarded as.
something of pleasantly by those
!, who have "the money. If it were
I. possible to double the penalty for every
unsuccessful appeal it might help some,
but the main difficulty lies in the prob.
ability that in q long drawn-out course
! OF appeals and stays the public interest
spur to prosecution dies out, o. that
the case comes before some court.
which biased by acquaintance. associa-
tlon OF social or financial standing
gives the rich criminal q new trial;
which dlscourages the prosecution and
begins the expense to the governments
over again. #>',I al s.31:
Faribault Journal: This intimation
that congress might be actuated by 8
disposition sto: protect it's own criminnals
from cution very naturally stirred
up that body. and some intemperate
r solutions were under consideration
II. respodse, but tie Shouse finally sim. q
mered down to the adoption of D i es.
olution o. II q calling upon the resident FOR
the evidence upon which ne based his
!' ta'tement. lhasmn6h as there have
been some instance OF lax virtue & on
i the part Of COnRressmen III n7ricC connection