i Who Controls Monroe?1j Mr. Biumer said in the evening pap-| ers of April 4, 1917, Monroe is our | town. That, maybe, wiii give you! some clue to the power behind the\throne. It may explain why no more scientific temperance is taught in the city schools than is necessary to keep 1 the state department quiet. It may i solve some other riddles that have ! puzzled your brain: among them, why I the saloons have an extension of time 1 when any unusual event is on; why j the “cheese day celebration should he held in a crowded public square, I making it convenient for pickpockets and crooks to operate, instead of be-■ ir.g held on the fair grounds where j there is room enough for a crowd toc| have a good time; why men were stationed on street corners to take down 1 the names of men in the “dry parade* etc., etc.