Mower County transcript., 1908-12-23
OTHER EDITORS OPINIONS.

Candy News. A Railroad conductor
up north has started new society
called the anti.sWearing club and is
reported as having membership OF
over thousand Habitual swearing
is one of the filthy habits and cerCainly
the most useless aud offensive of all
habits and should be discontinued by
all who are addicted to it. 1t Is OF no
use. Cut it out.
Royalton Banner: Gov. Johnson's
miserable attempt to force his poIiti
cal machine into the educational nsti-
tutions has aroused the press and citi-
Zens of the entire state. J. W. Olson
has served his time at the trough any
way, and it is time his feet were PULL
ed out and placed alongside.
Princeton Union: Professor D. D.
Mayne, principal of the state agricul
tural school, has many friends through
out the state who would like to see him
dean of the school. The alumni of the
institution are especially favorable to
Mr.. Mayne, as they deem him we'll
qualified to fill the position. One
thinq is certain, there is no demand
for the appointment of John w. Olsen,
public instruction.
Chatfield News Democrat: "Back
to the land" is cry much heard these
days, and it is we'll to act upon it that
the cOngested condition of the cities
with it's attendant evils of poverty,
misery and crime may be relieved. But
many men of slender means who buy
small farms in the expectation OF max
ing living and enjoying lite are bit
terly disappointed. The trouble Is
they have had no experience. and scare
ely any business today needs a practi-
cal working knowledge to secure sue.
cess more than farming.
Faribault Republican: The city of
Austin, Minnesota, is claimed to have
the most successful lighting plant in
the United States. 1t paid $4,000 for
the plant, supplying the city which is
now inventoried at over $8Q,OO0.. The
rates Of lighting are 10 cents per 1000
watts, and s, cents for business houses
Keeping open after 9 p. NJ, with q dis
count of to 10 per cent according to
, tho amount Of the bill. The magnatlte
street lighting system is the one used
(which is the only one in Minnesota. e
,Fairmont independents: As to
spending money, every one familiar
with the campaign knows that the re-
publican central committee was handi.
capped through lack OF funds, while
the democrats had abundant money to
hire special trains to carry rooters, and
toempl0y workers in all parts Of the
state and to provide them with liberal
amounts for expenses" while engaged
in their "still hunt" for votes.
Why did johnson get such large
majorities in the big cities where the
corporations are powerful? ~
. Owatonna Peoples Press: G.. A.
Reed, writing from Swanton, Cali
fornia, under recent date, says
Money is still pretty tight since the
panic and all kinds of produce is very
high. The trusts seem to have every
thing cornered. Here hay is from $2(
: to 26 dollars per ton; butter IS cents
per pound; potatoes 81 5to $l.5O pei
hundred pounds; eggs so cents a dozen
barley and oats $1.65 to 81 PEI
hundred pounds and so on down tn,
whole line. s. j. T.. : Y. MA. .,...ss f.
.#f5 LeSueur News: I don't know
! whether it is intended as joke, or not
but it is one and q very stale one q
that to mention State Supt Olson a
q candidate for Dean at the Agricul
tural school. His only qualification 70
the place was his political pull. I an
Z convinced the men in charge Of tina
L school, and the state university, will
/ never permit the mushroom prowtl
/ political amt bition OF anyone to inter
4 fore with the usefulness and educa.
\ tional qualifications Of the institu
I ti0ns III might be necessary sft
L further reward Supt5 Olson for being
political traitor to Robert C Dun1
II still many think he has been well pai
! in the six years of salary he vii
draw through the kind Of Gov
ohnson s M n q.
Delano Eagle: The republican
II i who voted for D Ohnson and the demo
cratic machine have cerJaiI nv rive
!, :, the WMp hand TO the kitchen cabinet
y ohnson noW has God ccause to! thin
he 4iss the whole thing and has recon
.,S .,S mended one 0f his democratic satel
ties Supt Olsen, for the positjo
OF dean Of the icnltural schoo vie