Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-01-12

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Sundays till he gets so he can handl
the gayel with one hand.
On Wednesday Governor Eberhar
was inaugurated. sworn in and "mee
saged his message" to the Legislature
It was bully, strong, meaty messag
but its bulliness was hidden under
cloak Of verbosity, its strength weak
ended by endless stretching and it
meat concealed by fold on fold o
prolixity.
What he said to the members: The
legislative halls of the new capito
We're not intended for an elocutionar,
school or beauty show. You were not
elected to pose or elocute but to dc
business. Get busy. Be economical
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-minded. Hold
up with ample financial assistance the
hands of those trying to reform the
outcasts OF society confined in our
penal institutions, for it is Infinitely
greater to reform than to punish. Set
your faces like flint against unneces-
sary expenditure for political pur-
poses. Abolish fee Offices. Build
UP the roads. Amend the primary
laws SO the minority party cannot no
inmate the majority party's candi-
dates. Pass sensible highway legis-
lation, provide for fire protection. neg
lect not drainage. Adopt business
methods in disposing Of the states
lands, re-apportion the state on !, lust
and equitable population basis and
quit-with emphasis on the quit.
This is what he said. He used
twenty-five thousand words to say it.
It is strange that executives can new
er learn that the more you spread
out the thinner it becomes.
Inc ordinary man would not read a
twenty-five thousand word message
unless he was sentenced so to do by
the courts.
The swearing" trains have now
borne their usual loads of dissapoint
ed cussing occupants to their homes,
While the successful elective and sue
,essful appointive officials turn IN
heir official noses in contempt and
indulge in unseemly jibes and ribald
ests at these "office seekers; and
he metropolitan press, ever toadying
o success. take up the refrain and in
lustriously poke. fun at the losers-out.
Yet it is just as honorable to solicit
Import for an sappointive Office as it +
S to solicit support for ansselective
'1flce. 1t is just. as respectable ask t
or the position of Clerk to the. Com
nlttee on Temperance as it is.teaa ask :
or the position of United States esen- I
tor, Governor or any other office.
nd the man who seeks support for
II elective Office and then turns
orlnd and sneers at a man who seeks
n appointive office is mighty small
otatoes and rotten in spots.
These ''cussers" go home swearing
hat they are through with politics"
ut, bless their hearts: when the next !
ampaign rolls around they will be
ound in the front rank CARRYING
orches, spending their time and mon.
Y, yelling their heads off and lying
Ike the Pirates of Penzance for the
Of their party. Then they !,
Ill come down for their reward and
o home On the swearing" train
gain. These faithful thralls will
ever learn that it is the wheel mules
hat draw most of the load, receive
'ore knocks and get less : oats than
he others because they are always
7ithin the reach of the drivers whip
nd get hitched up first and are un-
arnessed last They will never
earn that naughty children get more !
ugar plums to lure them to be good
han good ones get for being good. In
heir case virtue is it's own reward. .,
nd as that is the only reward they
yer get, who can blame them for
ussing little as they take their
omeward way.
One sometimes wonders, however,
Why they don't do some of their
wearing before election when it
night do some good instead of wait
ng until afterwards when it is use.
ess.
Several important bills have been