Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-03-09
and punished for this unseen1ly ac.

and punished for this unseemly ac-
ton.
The Very next day there was intro
duced in the Senate a bill placing an
annual tax of ten dollars on bachelors
who willfully and with malice afore-
thought remained bachelors. The
measure was duly referred to Senators
Boyle and Denegre, who are bache-
lors, (not from necessity and they
promptly reported against the meas.
ure. They also served notice that if
the Senate passed the bill they would
still remain bachelors. They admitted
in that case it would cost more to re-
main single than to marry but they
insisted that it was worth more. The
final result will probably be that in
the next campaign Boyle and Denegre
will become candidates for the house
and Livingston A., Lydiard will run
for the Senate.
The "lnvestiqators''
This legislature will probably be
known in the future as the 'sInvesti-
gators" for if there is anybody or
anything of public or semi-public
nature that they have not introduced
a resolution to Investigate the omis-
sion will be cheerfully corrected il
their attention is called to it. The
Insurance Commissioner, the Reform
School, the Drainage Commission, the
Secretary of State, the State Fair, the
Republican State Central Committee,
and others too numerous to mention.
have been scrutinized and resolutions
have been introduced by inquisitive
members demanding their investiga-
tion
At the present time the proper way
to salute anyone around the Capitol is
to politely tip your hat and say,
"Good morning, have you been inves-
| ltigated?'
1t is all their own fault They per-
sisted in doing things. Whenever a
public official does things there is al
ways some one who does not want
those things done, and then trouble
begins. The only way an official can
escape criticism is to array himself
in purple and fine linen, keep his fin
ger nails well manicured, smile, look
Ipleasant-and do nothing else.
It is possible that some Of these
parties need investigating. No one can
tell till the evidence is presented and
not always then, but resolution Of
investigation, in itself, is not proof of
either incompetency, corruption or
partiality in office. More frequently
lit is an advertisement that the official
has done something.
Capital Punishment.
The Mckenzie bill abolishing capi-
tai punishment has passed the house
by large majority and will probably
pass the Senate, be signed by the
Governor, and become a law, and le-
gal executions then be a thing of the
past in Minnesota
This seems to be in. accordance with
the advanced spirit of the age and
then again it may not be. The old
timers will remember that many
years ago Minnesota did away with
capital punishment in response to a
demand of mawkish sentimentalists
This was followed by an epidemic of
homicide and lynchings winding up
with the we'll remembered Northfield
robbery and murder. When the next
Legislature assembled the legislature
repealed the law aboHshing capital
punishment with startling unanimity.
It may work better this time. The
cold fact is, however, that there are
some crimes that a life sentence is an
inadequate punishment for, and there
are some men who deserve hanging
and if legal hangings are abolished an
outraged people will take matters in
their own hands and perform the job
themselves.
Spooner's Waterways Bill.
Representative spooner's waterway
bill has passed the House. On the
face of it this looks like the measure
|of an Utopian dreamer, but you can't
always tell. Many can remember that
the first man who proposed a Panama
canal was regarded as mild sort of
lunatic. Even today the proposed
canal from the Lake of the Woods to
the Gulf and the International deep