Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-04-20
NEARING The
FINISH
A Curious Conclusion-A Scotch Yer
dict-The Colonel.
Curious Conclusions.


ent Minnesota body takes the record
in this respect.
Some time ago the Senate passed a
recall bill and sent it over to the
House. This bill provided in a gen.
eral way for the recall of all elective
officers, except the judiciary, after
SIX months of service, providing that
members of the legislature might be
recalled after they had served fifteen
days Just why the Senate excepted
the judges is hard to say. The reason
given was that if the Judges were SUBJ
5ect to recall they might be Influenced
In their decisions by public opinion.
The idea Of the Senate was that all Of
f1cials except Judges should absolutely
be governed by public opinion but
that the judges should be absolutely
immune from that influence
The Senate's idea that a legislator
during the first fifteen days of his
service could make record by which
his usefulness as legislator could
be judged was ridiculous enough, for
any one familiar with legislative bod
les is aware that the first two weeks
of legislative session is devoted en-.
tirely to preliminary work and nothing
OF Importance is even attempted.
On Thursday of last week this bill
came up for consideration in the
house. The Representatives prompt
ly amended it by including the judi.
ciary in the recall leaving the period
OF recall the same for the other Off
cials as in the Senate bill, except the
members of the Legislature, and pro.
vided that the recall should apply to
them as soon as they took their oath
of Office
Should such a.bill as. amended pass
the Senate and become law, a Sen.
ator or Representative when he ap.
pears at the state Capitol at st. Paul
as soon as he has staken his oath OF
Office, and before he has had an op
portunity to introduce a single bill OF
vote upon a single measure may be
recalled and be compelled to face an
other election. It seems incredible
that men of ordinary judgment would
even consider such proposition and
the only solution that can be offered
is that the enemies of the measure
loaded it down with as many absurd
provisions as they could so as to
make it's adoption an impossibility.
A Scotch Verdict.
Inconsistent as was the result of ac
ton On the recall bill the action OF
the legislature on the Red Wing
School investigation was still more
inconsistent.
Sometime ago an investigation was
ordered of this school to investigate
charges of cruelty to inmates.
The committee appointed were as
follows: Senators A. j. Rockne, Good
hue County; ]. D. Sullivan, Stearns
County, and Frank Clague of Redwood
County; and Representatives L. A
Lydiard, Hennepin County; N. p,
Holmberg, Renville County; George
D. Reed, Rice County, and r. G. Dunn
of Mile Laos County. Owing to ill
health Mr.. Dunn did not take part in
the investigation and did not sign
either the majority or minority re-
port.
The Committee found:
That ever since the institution has
existed corporal punishment had been
in vogue.
That in 1893, since the present Su
perintendent has been in charge, a
spanking machine was set up consist
mig of an inclined box and boys were
placed over this box, their feet tied
at the bottom and then being stretch
ed tense, their hands tied at the tor
and their clothing removed, a wet
towel placed over the exposed parts
and we're whipped with broad strap
attached to handle; the only differ
ence between this contrivance and the
old whipping post used by slave own
ers in the old slavery days being that
this machine was set up on an angle
instead of being placed upright. After
the boys were SO prepared for punish
ment the Committee found "They
were often whipped cruelty and ex
cessively."
In 1905, this machine was destroyed
by fire and a barrel or sacks Of ce
ment were substituted therefor ant