The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-02-11

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Because 4 Bill Was Referred to
an Unpo pular Committee.
Governor Clough's Civil Service APP
pointments Shook up the Dairy
Commissioner Somewhat.
Special Correspon dence. 9 s
II he past week has been productive
one in the house of Representa- tives.
OF course it has not been specially
productive Of anything in the senate,
because that body seldom produces
anything but dead bills. The senate
is properly known as the legislatures
slaughter house. On Thursday the
house passed the bill to make the rail
road and warehouse commission an
elective body, and the word was i'm
mediately given out that the senate
would kill it when it got in there.
Well, probably it will. It did any
thing it could to kill the Anderson bill,
both before and after its passage, and
1T still has a club in soak for that same
bill before this session closes.
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The people Of this State have shown
pretty conclusively that they want a
good deal to say about who shall hold
Office, and the more chances they are
given to vote on these matters the bet
ter they will be suited. Chas. Dickens
said Of the circumlocution office, other
wise the court Of chancery, Whatever
was required to be done the circumlo-
cntion Office was beforehand with all
the public departments in the art Of
perceiying how not to do it, It is a
good deal so with the. railroad and
Wareh ouse commission. Some people
sgoso far as to call: it the railroads
warehouse commission When YOU
gey before this court with case in
which you are interested you are in a
lovely position to lay down the other
cares and troubles of life and take up
joys OF ilnm ortality, for you have a job
there is only one end to-the first end.
And even if you do get your case
through the commission you find that
You are right where you begun in the
first place, for the district court has
appellate jurisdiction of the railroad
and warehouse commission, the State
supreme court has appellate jurisdic-
|tIoseuver the diistric ct cou 1t. and the. %,
S. supreme court has still another
guess at it.
A railroad commission elected by
tie people and given power to act, in
stead of sitting around and doing,
would raise more hell with trusts and
corporations in fifteen minutes than
this sleepy old board would in life
time-and they are long lived, at that
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There seems to be marked DISPOSE
tion on the part of the house to make
some practical inquiries into the mat
ter of public printing, and the UNIONS
condemnation of the extravaganza and
folly OF the system Of department. re-
ports has been generously commended.
A resolution is now pending which
may bring out some information on
this subject. It appears that the
State is being soaked for a good
many thousand dollars al year on it's
printing. This is a matter over which
the printing commissioners supposed to,
exercise complete control AS a mat
ter Of fact, and because Of the peculiar
rule, it actually has no control over it.
The commission elects an expert
printer and commits the. whole thing
to him. After that the contracts are
let on his estimates, the bills are o.
KID by him and the secretary of State
and the commission has practically
nothing to say about it. The legisla-
ture should pass a law requiring the
executive heads of State departments
to issue a general and comprehensive
report covering the work of all the
minor departments. The work of COM
piling and printing these reports, and
the responsibility for their cost, should
rest upon. the various departments.
They could be printed in the open mar
ket for halfwhat they now cost under
the present system. D.
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4. Representative Douglas introduced.
a railroad bill Saturday over which
there was a sensational contest. The.
bill is to regulate the rate for the ship.
ment Of grain, coal ETC., and the
speaker referred it to the committee
on railroads. The so-called reform"
members have not had very good luck
with the bills which have gone to this
committee, and they moved to commit
the bill to the committee on grain and
warehouse, Of which Tom Torson is
chairman. This was direct and un-
blow at the speaker. and