Show A rAI LUItE the negative praise bestowed bee towed upon the late legislature of Minne minnesota eota that its members might go borne ferlinc they had done no nd barm harm proves prove upon closer examination to havo have been not wholly ho lly deserved added to the eina alne of omission which the remark prepares us for are many sins of commission which may bo be distinctly ly classed a as ai i harmful in short the cession was a time of the people and the press lor for not only the errors that were i made ade but the mistakes that were i threatened rendered tho the tax taxpayers papers uneasy and caused every well wisher of the state humiliation and da distress tress but what could have been expected from such a condition as there prevailed t the balance of po power was held hold by the farmers alliance the republicans had bad a plurality but the democrats and the alliance joined their forces and had a ma ity As a result the legislation wag was ba blundering blun nd derine ering frequently japus jooa and almost always in the form of compromises nw come 3 the alliance and disclaims there he ret 0 debility tor for its dull ears have at st been penetrated by the verdict tried and found wanting on its heels comes a galloping democrat democracy cy also ls denying that the tile wo work I 1 k cot cof the bession was of 01 its doing or its liking both parities to the coalition are heartily ashamed of their project product and well i 1 they maybe the question of responsibility is not answered however by mere disclaimers cl cl or denials in this case it will remain as a solemn warning in la 1 every day life public sympathy might I 1 go out to the innocent members of a firm other members were tricksters trick but even then the company as a whole would be held responsible here ts Is an instance however where there was no feature of innocence the union was unholy there was on one eide side knavery and r on the other obstinate stupidity could any other result be anticipated I 1 than that from such a aching of the wind the tho harvest barvest would be the whirl wifod in minnesota has learned the lesson bitterly let other states profit ly by her experience |