The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1913-05-06
GOSSIP OF THE PRESS

Our Progressive representatives
have been so busy investigator that
thew have "clean" forgotten CD to re-
duce their mileage from Is to 3 cents
ner mile. what they actually pay to
travel. The modern Progressive is
long on curtailing the expenses OF the
other -Menahga Journal.
People will begin to think OF Cali
fornia as about the size OF Rhode
Island if Hiram Johnson keeps on
worrying about the japanese owning
the state because they now have less
than nine square miles of his progress
sive domain.-Helena Independent.
We must give the state legislature
credit for passing more progressive
legislation than any other which has
been convened for years. Can it be
possible that they heard and needed
the voice of the people ?-Brainerd
Journal-Press.
Michigan's legislature gave the peo-
pie an opportunity of voting on the
question of woman suffrage, which is
where they are different from the leg
islature of Minnesota. Possibly the
voters of Minnesota would defeat the
bill, but it only seems fair that they
should be given an opportunity.-Still-
water Gazette.
One newspaper speaks of state leg
islatures as periodic nightmares. -
This in advocating the abolishing OF
the "nuisances" and resortlng to the
commission form of state government.
Commission government is proving
great success in the management OF
cities of all sizes and many serious
minded men believe that state leglsla-
lures should be done away with and
the states managed by commissions OF
eight or sixteen men who would devote
/ their entire time to the positions-and
be subject to the recall. Undoubtedly
we shall see some Of these commits
sions in operation within the next doz-
en- years.-Luverne Journal.
Honorable Henry Rines of Mora GER
tainly made good. The opposition
never got the start of him during
the long, tedious session. He early
perfected an organization which stood
like a stone wall, repelling the as
saults of the interests, from time to
time and coming out in the end with
a record simply unassailable. The
people of the state and especially the
newspaper men are proud of his rec
ord.-Cambridge North Star.
The Governors contention is that
state control of public utilities is right
in principle, and that therefore it
would be inconsistent to have law
which provides for state control of one
public utility and municipal control of
another. 1t would seem that the policy
is sound and is backed up by the at
titude of most states of the Union
The Governor is right in demanding a
thorough public utilities measure
Saltwater Gazette.
Congressman Lindbergh has stepped
out of the Republican ranks and joined
the Progressive party. The Sixth dis
trict apologies for giving it black
eye so early in the game.-Walke1
Pilot.
The selection of the location of the
sixth normal school in the state viii
be left to a commission of five mem
bers, the lieutenant governor and the
Speaker of the House The school vii
be located somewhere in Northwestern
Minnesota, and considering the man!
advantages Thief River Falls posses
ses for just such an institution, it j:
likely to be located in that city.-Ros
eau Region.
The Butterfeld Advocate thinks tina
if white man wants to marry dark!
girl, or wise versa, they should be pr
vileged to do So Wonder how Bro
Haislett would feel if it was his owl
children who were about to do some
thing of that sort We heard ser
mon at one time urpachad hy Rev