The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-03-04

felt sympathy for the flood suf-
ferers. the king could have sent a
message to parliament asking that
at least part payment be made on
England's long overdue debt to this
country. Hyprocritical expressions
OF sympathy isn't making any
friends for John Bull on this side
| of the Atlantic. Money is the only
( thing that will talk in his case
Waseca Herald.
There is going to be fight over
the proper methods of dispensing
liquor In this state and this fight
may be drawn into the next cam
paign, 1t is predicted. All right, let
1t come IL 1t must. The liquor inter-
ests nave been making a bunch of
hogs OF themselves and they are en-
titled to whatever punishment they
may get as result of their greed.
There is no denying the increased
number of young people who are
drinking liquor and also big jump
IN the number of drunken drivers.
If these things are for the good of
the country then we must be aw-
fully Observation-Disclosures indie
pendent Press.
The Transcript has been accus-
ed OF being against the best inter-
ests of the citizens of Little Falls.
This Is news to us as one of our
main policies has been to promote
the welfare Of our city in general
and of the persons in our employ in
particular. We have always been in
favor of the highest wage possible
In the conduct Of business in any
line and have exemplified this pol
icy in the management of our pa
per. Our employees, will, we believe,
bear US out in the foregoing state
ment, Is of whom have an average
service Of Is years with this COM
pany. Several have been with us
from IL to 30 years and one 81
years. They are all citizens, most of
them owning their own homes.
When it comes to a question of
proving their citizenship at the
polls. not one of our employees has
ever been asked to vote for this or
that candidate. They are free to
vote as they choose, and this has
made no difference in their con-
nection with the paper. They are
also free to act in matters other
than politics.-Little Falls Daily
Transcript.
Civil Service That Isn't
Minnesota has a chance to get
real civil service system at the cur
rent session of the legislature. A
model bill, House File SO, has been
introduced. It does not blanket all
present state employees into life
time jobs under civil service, but it
does protect the present employees
who would ~e willing to take exam
nations and able to pass them. IT
protects the civil service from pol
itical interference.
This bill, oddly enough. is not
getting the support of the avowed |
advocate of civil service principles
Governor Benson. He is behind a |
rival bill, which sets up a civil SER
vice system to keep present en-
ployes in office without examina-
ton and to make every act of the
civil service commissioner subject
to the governors pleasure.
The issue is plain. If we want civ
IL service, and it is a safe estimate
that most of the people Of Mime
sofa do, we ought to adopt H. F. SO,
If we don't want civil service, and
want the spoils system, we should
keep on as we are. The people of
should have too much
wit to stand for so bald a scheme
TO give them a civil service that is
not a civil service.-Duluth Herald.