The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-11-21
GOSSIP Or THE PRESS.

well to remember that Jos. r. Keefe
has only represented this district
for one term and ingratiated him.
| self in the hearts of the public to
such an extent, that, unless a rival
for the same position has money to
throw to the dogs had better stay
out of the race. Bide a wee. Lam
berton Star. Seaforth Item.
Danish booze and the walls Of
this institution can be used for road
building. In few years the cor
ridors will echo with the solemn
tread Of lonely hundred malefac-
tors, and the State prison will be
counted dismal financial failure.
The bughouses will be turned into
butter factories and the reforma-
tories into schools for the masses.
Ten thousand citizens now wasting
their lives selling liquid lightning
will go to producing honest wealth
and the commerce Of the state will
double. If beans brought as much
damnation as booze any man fool
hardy enough to raise beans would
be strung to the nearest telegraph
pole. The facts are so self-evident
that the statistics Of every State
prison in the land annually prove
them beyond question. Only two
total abstainers have been received
in the last year and nine filters out
of ten admit they were drunk when
they flirted with fate. Banish
booze!" Prison Mirror.
Not so much is heard of late as
there was at first of the claim that
the demand for an extra session had
a political origin. We don't believe
it impressed many people. The as
sertion that it's purpose was TO put
the governor in a hole" vanished in
the light of the obvious fact that the
governor is in hole anyway that he
can get out Of only by doing his duty
to the people intead Of protecting
the railroads. The Princeton Union,
which does not favor an extra ses-
i sion, takes note of the fact that the
st. Cloud Times. a leading Demo
cratic weekly, is also opposed to the
idea, and says: The argument
that the Democ1 ats favor the calling
of an extra session for the sole pur-
pose Of embarrassing Governor
Eberhart falls to the ground as far
] as the Times is concerned. for that
4 paper opposes an extra session. - To
which the Times replies: $50 far as
Jour observation extends, more Re
publican than Democratic papers
favor an extra session. A news.
paper which would urge such a
course. merely for partisan advan-
tage, is not true to the mission Of
honest journalism. Which is not
to be gainsaid. Not politics, but
state pride and public spirit, are
! back Of the demand for an extra
, session. Duluth Herald
A tliirty-day extra session of the
state legislature would cost JUS
about $25, 600. In those thirty day.
the senators and representative
; could easilv pass bill putting a
| per cent railroad gross earnings ta1
, amendment up to the people. 1
the people passed the amendment a
they surely would. the state woult
gan upwards of $4.OOO.OOO in in
!, creased railroad taxes between Jan
: 1, 1918. and Jan. /, 1915. If thi
+ bill is not passed at an extra session
: this winter or next spring it canno
be passed until the regular legisla
tive session Of 1913 and cannot b
e voted upon by tie people until tn
fall of 1914, going into effect Jan. ]
: 1915. Isn't it worth while spendin.
$25, 900 in order to get that extr
Sc, OOO, 900 or $4,000. OO?-Luvern
'1 Journal.
n In spite Of the findings Of Judg
Sanborn in the railroad rate cas-
: that a 2-cent rate Of fare is conf.
catory, we have before us an advel
4 tisement which gives a round tri
rate Of So from Belview to Aber1ee
/ and return next Monday. If W
mistake not Aberdeen is 1877 mile
| from Belview. Thus the railroad
making tr;fe more than a half
cent a mile. We suppose that til