The Sauk Centre herald., 1911-01-12

Lincoln.
An effort was made by the demo-
Gratis to secure a minority representa-
tion on the house rules committee,
but it was oyer-ruled by the ren'r'-,
can majority. This was. a WV" :,
The national house of represe. ..,atives,
under the administration of every
party, always comedies a minority
representation on the committee on
rules. 1t is the custom of every leg
islative body. The Minnesota house
of representatives stands alone in
denying such representation. Politi-
Cal fairness and political courtesy de-
manded that the minority candidate
for speaker be given place on the
committee on rules. sit is great to
have giants power but it is tyran-
nical to use it as a giant"
The senate was opened in form and
manner as provided in the constitu-
tiOD.
Another legislative amateur, Sam
uel Yips!lanti (for that is what the
t"y'' stands for) presided over the
openin g with dignity, decorum and
eclat. Very few people know what
eclat is, but he had it; frock-coated,
white-vested, bishoporic-looking, one
would never imagine that he did any
thing but turn over the leaves of trea-
tises on parliamentary law. He also
used gavel in the opening and he
held it in both hands. That is because
in his early days he used to split rails
with beetle and he pounds the table
with it as though he were driving a
wedge into tough burr-oak log. He
also used to skin muskrats, and he
skinned them with the same neatness
and dispatch that he 'sskun" his op-
ponent in the late campaign. Sam
also knows how a muSk-rat'S hind
quarters taste roasted over brush
wood fire, and-let the worst be
known-he was some ball-player. He
sure could pitch, but we hope he will
never address senator, who may
question his decisions, the way he did
an umpire who called him out when
he tried to steal second in famous
ball game between Argyle and War
rem. 'Out! oh, you pop-eyed son of
Jezebel! Out! oh, Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob! Out! I was sitting dow
on the base before t',o1 Ont, ia 1a oan,a
a.ras.Rere ana smash your top-piece
if it were not s''f sp9 snog,us, 5, n',,,. -.
I'D ge 40 90. e,iof
on sOllu ~ fou
hitting blind-man. Gut, or
coRceited caricature of blundering
blithering idiot. Oh, why don't you
get a mule doctor to treat you fol
myopia? Out, Wv! /! l." (The
dashes represent words that would
keep this article out of the mails:)
No one to look at Sam would imag
inc he had such command of Ian
guage. Sam is all right. Keep your
eye on him. He has only got started
and there is no telling where he will
land before he stops, but it is to be
hoped he will practice nights and
Sundays till he gets so he can handle
the gayel with one hand.
On Wednesday Governor Eberhar,
was inaugurated, sworn in and zines
saged his message" to the legislature
It was bully strong meaty message
but it's bulliness was hidden under q
cloak of verbosity, it's strength weak
ened by endless stretching and its
meat concealed by fold on fold ol
prolixity.
What he said to the members The
legislative halls of the new capita
were not intended for an elocutionary
school or beauty show. You were
not elected to pose or elocute but to
do business. Get busy. Be economi
cal, in your appropriations bearing in
mind that there are times when ex.
penditure is economy, and saving, the
most lavish expenditure. Care well
for the educational institutions
Deal generously with those that look
after Gods unfortunates, the deaf
dumb, blind, insane and feeble. mind
ed. Hold up with ample financial as.
sistance the hands of those trying to
reform the outcasts of society con
fined in our penal institutions, for il
is infinitely greater to reform than te
punish Set your faces like fiipts
against unnecessary expenditure foi
political purposes. Abolish fee offices
Build up the roads. Amend the pri
mary laws so the minority party can
not nominate the majority party's
candidates. Pass sensible highway
legislation, provide for fire protection
neglect not drainage. Adopt business
methods in disposing of the states
lands, re-apportion the state on a just
and equitable population basis and
quit-with emphasis on the quit.
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