The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-05-09

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one looks at it right they may not be so much
misplaced after all.
''Many people WONDER" says George 7. Simp-
son, ''why the Governor should think he should
be elected for third term" We are well
aware that George is wondering that, but we
can't imagine who the rest of the "many" are.
Ever and anon some wise guy hobs up and
states that women are no good as public office
holders. There will have to be many many more
women hold such offices before anyone will have
statistics upon which such a generalization can
be based. Another hundred years may tell the
story.
There may be better mayors than Larry Ho
but Saint Paul can't be convinced of it. Larry
won last week by the biggest majority any mayor
of that city ever had carrying most every pre-
cinct and with vote more than the combined
votes of his two opponents. And it is now Mayor
L. C. Hodgson for the fourth time
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"You will never get far without the help of
women" says the Prince of Wales, the worlds
most distinguished bachelor. "With it you can
do almost everything for women have gift of
sympathy and sef-sacrifice that carries all be-
fore it." Spoken by young man who has thus
far shown peculiarly steadfast determination
to get along without the aid of helpmate, Eng
land sort of looked down at its nose and then
cast it's eyes upward when informed of the
Princes statement
If at the end of the day you can
say that you have caused no unhappiness
to any you have met, that you have
lessened no ones belief in life or man.
kind, that you have helped the discour-
aged and added nothing to the vanity of
the ostentatious, then you have done
decent days work.-London Express.
Sounds mighty grand-but the most of
bosses insist upon about eight hours of honest
labor, too.
Gertrude Hillebo, dean of women at st.
Olaf college, told group of club women the
other day that eve speak impatiently of this
jazz-mad age but our young people made Meth
er age nor the jazz. They have grown up to
it from babyhood. The "true confession" of the
day, while being absorbed by our young peo-
pie is written, published and advertised by
adults. So it is the adults on whom the con-
demnation should be heaped." When we stop to
think of it that is horse of quite another color.
The bill prohibiting the government from
competing with publishers and printers over the
country in the sale of printed stamped envelopes
is before Congress again, and probably stands
a better chance of passage than ever before. Con-
gressmen and senators are beginning to realize
that there is no more reason in having the gov
eminent do this work in competition with print
ment pays only for the printing, doing the SOL
letting and delivering without charge at loss
that all taxpayers must help pay. That's unfair
competition-Spring Valley Tribune.
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The Mankato Fress Press thinks it's city
council is "a hog for punishment" having invited
property owners of the city to visit the council
meeting twice week and to voice objections to
their tax assessments. The Free Press further
states: "If property owners would speak out
their wrongs, real or fancied, publicly as loud
as they do privately they might get satisfac-
tion-but then they wouldn't have anything to
complain about" And probably they'd find out,
when they got to studying the thing for public
discussion, that they weren't so nightly abus-
ed as they thought. We are curious to know how
many Mankato residents accepted the invitation
to attend these open house meetings.
There is some worry over the fact that a
negro may represent Chicago's clark district
in Congress as a successor to Martin B. Madden.
The worry comes not from the whites of Chicago
but from men and women of the candidates own
race who insist he is not the type whom they
want to have represent their race as the first
negro to sit in Congress in third of a century.
They propose not to let Oscar De Priest 60 there,
even though keeping him out may mean the cleo
ton of white man instead Of a gentleman of
color. If the Caucasian race was always as
particular about its representatives, the COM
plexion of Congress might be materially improv-
ed.
Rarer than even the rarest of rare days in
June is word of commentator for the admin
istrative board of the University of Minnesota.
Therefore it is with keen pleasure that the Ga
zette quotes the following comment from the
typewriter of August Erickson, editor of the
Springfield Advance-Press.
The board of regents of the Unives-