The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1919-09-03

one may nHd a. way OuJ. or Che dill
Gully, but the following, which is a
part of the state constitution, would
seem to preclude anything in that
line: No increase Of compensation
shall be prescribed which shall take
effect during the period for which
the members Of the existing house
OF representatives may have been
elected. =" To explain, the Two, houses
may fix or increase the compensation
Of members of the same, but only
members Of succeeding bodies may
take advantage of. such increase. In
the old days payment of the law
makers was on a per deirn basis,
which included regular and special
sessions, but in 1907 this was changed
to a straight salary of 81, 900 for the
two years period. While the original
compensation of public office was the
honor it conferred rather than the
pittance in salary received, cold cash
rules in this day and date and we
have only ourselves to blame for the
change. Office holders of today are
not generally rich men, though they
sometimes get rich holding office, but
that is neither here nor there. The
average man believes in paying what
is just and right, hence the sympathy
extended to the Lawmakers and their
reluctance to slight their own af-
fairs without additional compensa-
tion.
That there is more than talk in
the rumored gubernatorial candidacy
of M. j. Bowling of Olivia, is becom-
ing general in king making circles.
On the authority of a number of we'll
wishers in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
steps have already been taken to the
extent of starting a line of pub
licity in his behalf with the forma-
tion of Governor Bowling clubs in
the various counties of his district,
the Seventh. ALI this, according to
these same we'll wishers, is without
the sanction or knowledge of Mr..
Bowling, who is now in England, en-:
gagged in the reclamation of crippled
soldiers. Mr. Bowling is a cripple
himself. That Mr.. Bowling is with
out any designs on the governorship
or does not know what is being done
Fin. his behalf can be accepted with
the usual grain of salt: He would
Flike to he: governor and has-so init
mated to friends. OF all the talk of
candidates, Julius A. Schmahl perhaps
fancies the Bowling candidacy the
least. He is near neighbor and
hence would be a formidable rival.
Friends of the Secretary of State
profess to believe that the Bowling
activity is directed principally at
their favorite.
Oh, sanitation, how many sins are
committed in thy name. It was SAN
,itation that made the present milk
trust and the octopus is to be per-
petuated by another milk sanitation
act passed by the St. Paul city coun-
Gil and which other milk consuming
centers are to be asked to adopt.
First it was the bottling of milk and
now it is the grading Of same. The
first eliminated the widow and her
cow and now her complete suppress
sion is featured. Great is sanitation
and the health of the consumer. To
- = with the pocket book.
| There is quite a drive on in the
state in. a membership way for the
American Legion, which is to- be the
G. A. R. of the future. Everything
in the spectacular line is being used
to attract recruits. Organizing the
boys in kahki would seem an easy
task, but if those behind the Ameri
can Legion will. tell the truth thu
rush. to date has not been of tn,
kind that would give those doing tn,
recruiting writers cramp. there arr
rival organizations, such as the Worlt
I Warriors. and they have made trouble
Then there are those privates VIII,
will have no dealings with men VIII
j; figured as officers and they profes
Ito believe that the big end of tn
? Legion is composed Of such. Still
further there are others who are con
!. vinced that the whole thing is. 70
political purposes. That all com
bined have in a measure retarded tn
! efforts of those in charge goes with
i out saying. Quoting a veteran of th
civil war, the organization Of the {
A. R. was pretty much along tn
same lines. It came, it lived and j
. grew to be one Of the greatest OF
CARNATIONS in the United States, bu
only after its rolls had been purge
4 Of those who would use it for thei
own personal ends and pref ferment.