The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-08-17

at the present time is regarded as un-
certain, but they all join in declaring
that he will have the delegation if he
wants it. Organization, they say, will
do it. And | might add Mr.. LaFol-
lette has no following in state capitol
circles.
Unless you belong to that charmed
circle which includes county, city, VII
lage and town attorneys do not bother
the state legal department any fur
ther with questions of public impor-
lance. George T. Simpson, who is at
the head of the department, has SO
decided and is sending out general
letter apprising people of the fact.
Former Attorney General E. T. Young
started it and since his administration
the department has been flooded with
letters of inquiry covering pretty
nearly everything under the sun. ''Is
the county attorney doing his duty?"
"Are the village bonds legal?" "Why
don't the sheriff stop illegal liquor
selling?" are questions daily received
and their number has become SO great
that they fairly engulf the Office force.
All this, Mr.. Simpson says, demands
reform and from now on he will stick
strickly to the letter of the law, so if
you have any questions to ask, put
them up to your local attorney. If he
cannot answer them Mr.. Simpson will
be glad to do so. But they must come
from the attorneys cited in the law
covering the departments duties.
Vague rumors have come from
Washington that United States Mar
shall (BilD Grimshaw is in trouble.
By that l mean he may lose his
official head. Resolution Bill'' re-
Gently went to Washington, having in
charge prisoner wanted in the Dis
trict of Columbia, and his visit to the
national capitol started the talk.
With him was W. w. Rich, late GUS
todian of the federal building inst.
Paul, who bankers for another berth.
Mr.. Grimshaw's connection with Fred
Briggs, now under indictment in Min
neapolis for connection with several
notorious 'yeggman, is said to be re-
sponsible for the visit, though this is
denied by the marshal.
Speaking of United States Marshal
Grimshaw, he was one of the big boys
in the good old days, but one seldom
hears of him now except in an Off
cial capacity. No political gathering
was complete without him and his
ever ready pocketful of resolutions,
eulogistic of the administration and a
few other things necessary to party
success, was always in evidence. The
reigning senator could always be as
sured of "Bill's" best wishes and a
few resolutions and to his credit he
never fell down on the job. The last
order from the federal department
prohibiting political activity on the
part of it's employees seems to have
peen enough for the marshal and little
has been heard of him until now.
The suit started by a printing firm
in Minneapolis, which holds the con-
tract for state printing, against the
state farmers institute because of it's
action in going outside to have it's an
nual report printed put one line of ac-
tivity out of business. / refer to the
custom of number of state depart
ments in soliciting advertising to help
out their revenues. The institute an
nual is made up largely of advertising,
the money going to pay for the pub
fishing of the book. Then there is
the state fair, the breeders and a
number of other semi-state institu-
tions. This practice is to be attacked
insthe. suit brought and it may result
in the lid being applied. The state
university is another offender in this
respect. That some of the state pub
locations give returns to advertisers
there is no doubt, but in many cases
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