The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-10-21

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bly-a living, terrible sacrifice to the
negligence of authorities who place
public wards in unfreproof buildings.
Mr.. Leavett, the Republican appointee
of the board OF control, introduced a
resolution in the board asking that
the Model school building, then about
to be erected at Winona for the chill
dren in the primary grades, be made
fireproof Apparently only for the rea-
son that the resolution was introduced
by Republican member, Rosing and
Ringdal voted no. The lesson OF the
Collinwood disaster was lost on the
two Democratic members
Reader, is it lost On you? Do you
approve of the precedent that here
after our state buildings for little
children shall not be built fireproof?
Messrs. Rosing and Ringdahl were
naturally condemned on all sides, both
Republican and Democratic press par
| ticipating. 1t was not a party pr1n-
| ciple they had turned down; they
had voted against the humanitarian
proposition to safeguard the precious
lives of little, innocent children.
The Democratic board members at
tempted to get rid of the Republican
appointee They fled a formal COM
plant with the governor against
! Leavett, charging him with being i'm
polite" to the Democratic members,
and with getting legal opinion from
the attorney general I holding his po-
sition without asking their consent
naughty, NAUGHTY Republican member!
Gov. Johnson would have liked to
have fired Leayett: but he didn't
dare. Public sentiment wos too
strong So he wisely just TO OF all
about the COMPLAINT. 1t is still ION file"
A Democratic "Get Back"
The democratic members decided
to shut the active Republican mem
Der UP for good and all. They couldn't
have him attending to business and
getting credit for so doing while they
played politics. So Ringdahl intro
duced a resolution which with Ro-
sings help passed. 1t stated that no
motion or resolution offered at any
meeting could be made matter of
record in the minutes without a sec
ond. Clever, INSCRIPTIONS slap at the
Republican member, wasn't it? With
the other two members opposed to
him Ieavett could not even offer
motion or resolution that any one
could ever know about! Once more,
however. newspaper criticism and
public opinion came down on the
heads of the Democratic members
: like a thousand Of brick for their par
tisan unfairness.
Kitchen Cabinet" Butts In.
A short time ago orders came from
the Kitchen cabinet to the board OF
: controls purchasing agent to prepare
/, h INn+t tori Of
I financially the state institutions were
under Democratic management. The
! statistics were thus published, and on
their face showed Democratic saw
, ing. But alas, that Republican mem
S Der insisted on requiring the figures be
e right. They We're accordingly re
a luctantly changed. Space is too short
I to give these statistics in detail, bu
9 as corrected they show just the oppo
I site of what they did as given out b!
e the Democrats.
S Democracys Real Showing.
Z. In short, they show a per capita in
e crease in cost to the state during 100
for all institutions under the boart
q Of $3.50, and with IN institution popu
e lation of 1888 this means total in
IS crease Of expenditures under Demc
e cratic control of 1923 81, The pc
lie capita increase in cost of the state ir
d stitutions IN G. Democratic rule 70
K 1903 is shown TO Re further increase
d to S12.25 per carita, and with an inst
B. tuition population Of 1882 means a t.
b. tai increase in expenditures of $91
IL. Oh.
lie MR.. VOTER. DON'T THESE FTC
It. URFS PRO~E THAT REPTRTICA1
ID pOAPD or ~O>-TPOr METHODS n
d ATTENDING TO RTGr~Tcg ~
N ! FAvING POLITICS Al. ONE, BEA
TEE DEMOCRATIC Methods @
to ATTENDING TO POI rTT~G AN
g, LEAVING BUSINESS ALONE?
ID Another Eemocratic "Ero~'
N Just wcrd IS to The Da~ecorNt t
If nIatform mark which hes TIE nar~a-
lie a nerve which for its colossal nr7no
e lions must e adTired-tO clo m ~
d. Gov. Johnson and Democracy origi
ed ated the idea of manufacturing fa~
b. machinery at the state nri9nH. t.
n, report Of the foard Of control for 100
d. 6 (page So sevs that THE rneStiOn
m the manufa cture of agricultural m
M chinery at ne prison was live ISIS
10 during the last session of the lagisl
or ture 1905), but no definite action W:
-e, taken. The question is an importal
ol one, and deserves the attention of Il
y. lawmaking powers. If the farm m
e? chinery combination, through i
id agents, persists in refusing to sell e
id tras to those using prison Irvine,
To- may become necessary for the sta
of to take some action looking to SUI
ID. ply from other sources. We recol
+. mend that the board of control al
1T the warden be directed to investiga
er- conditions as they are now, or m;
he hereafter develop, ETC." This sectic
lie. Of the report was written by the lol
to Republican member Of the board
wo control In view of this, and the ia
tie that Gov Johnson did not mention
ed subject in any message till the Sc
ng sion of 1907, 1t is difficult to undt