Morris tribune., 1909-03-13

| tion of Woman's Clubs, give the following good
definition of knocker. "A knocker is the one
person who perform the contortionistlc
feat of getting beneath himself
Abraham Lincoln once said: ~ like to see
man proud of the place in which he lives. |
like to see man who lives in it SO that his
place will be proud of him. Be honest but hate
] no one; overturn a mans wrong doing but do
not overturn him unless it must be done in
overturning the wrong. Stand with anybody
that stands right. Stand with him while he is
right, and part with him when he goes wrong
S
The house has passed the bill amending
the anti-pass law so as to permit large class of
civic employees to accept passes. The bill is
much more inclusive than has been announced,
and will practically permit the railroads to
grant these favors to anyone they wish. We
have no sympathy with making any exceptions
whatever to the anti-pass law except bona fde
railroad employees. If public service corpora
ton have any favors to grant, let them grant to
the whole people rather than to favored few.
Let them give those who pay their way better
service cheaper rates by requiring all to
pay, rather than carry free at the expense
of those who pay.
There is another side to this anti-pass pro-
position also. If railroad companies, for in
stance, are to be allowed and almost command
ed to issue passes to large number of except
ed persons, it's effect will be felt the two-cent
fare law and other measures for the regulation
of railroad rates. If the railroad companies are
to of
for nothing, why should they not charge the
rest three cents mile?
The who the passage of the
most bills is not always the most useful mem
Der of Legislative body. Quite often as much
honor is due to those who secure the defeat of
Icertain measures.
There is an opportunity for some unusual
service along this line in our Legislature this
winter.
First we might mention the effort that is
being made to secure the modification of the
anti pass law in such way to allow certain
individuals to retain passes grounds of what
might be called imaginary service. The pass
has been abolished and there should be no
tamperng with the law that might result in
the whole law declared unconstitutional. Let
Everybody pay and if their duties require trans
portation let the employer pay for it, no matter
whether the employer be corporation, state, or
municipality.
Secondly, no time should be wasted in
killing" every bill presented for the purpose of
permitting so called social clubs" to sell in
toxicating liquors to their members and guests.
1t is safe to say that no law be framed along
this line that will not in effect establish un-
licensed drinking places in every village and
city in Minnesota. Of course the letter of the
law might be complied with but every one who
has ever had anything to do with regulating
the liquor traffic knows what the club would be
in reality place of carousal for the drinker
and school of vice for the young IF the
Iclubs in the cities are unable to exist and re-
tain their memberships without a stock of
liquors let them go out of existence. We have
no time for the member of a good citizenship
Ileague who will cry out against the saloon that
keeps open few moments too late and then
goes to his club where he get his liquid re-
|freshment any time without interference or
olestation.-Montevideo Commercial.