The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-04-01
ABOUT LOBBYISTS B
A Few Words Concerning the Third
House Of the Law-rlaking AS
sembly OF a. D. 1907.
Governor Clough Should Squelch Some
Of His Appolntees for rleddIing
With the Law rliif.

WITH the Law y MIls
The Minneapolis Eveni,ag Press re-
marks: State Auditor Dunn is hot at
the lobbyists, charging that they
pulled the iron tonnage tax bill
through. But has anybody heard the
erstwhile silver man say q word about
the railroad and other Hobbies against
bills the people want passed." I know
nothing whatever about the railroad
and other lobbies,'' nor have I any
definite information as owhat particu
lar bills the Press people want passed.
I do not believe in a tonnage tax on
iron ore, and had it not been for. the
lobbyists who worked against the ton
mage tax bill the measure would have
been defeated on its merits in the
house. Several members have in
formed me that they were opposed to
the tonnage tax on principle, but they
voted for the bill as rebuke to the
lobbyists.
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Talking about lobbyists. Some Of
the most insolent and persistent lobby
lists around the capitol are fellows who
are holding down fat appointive Offices.
Gov. Clough should give these officious
official Intermediates to understand
that they were not appointed to make
or unmake laws-the people elected 81
senators and ia representatives for
that purpose. s'.s
Representative jacobson is accused
of doing too much. talking-killing too
much time. Mr.. jacobson always says
something when he talks, and he says
it in such manner that there is no
misunderstanding as to his meaning.
do not always agree with Mr.. Jacob
1son, but my opinion of him is un-
changed-he is able, honest and con-
scientious, and he is an untiring
worker. There are too few Jacobsons
/ in the legislature.
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A bill relating to State printing an6
binding was. introduced in both
branches of the legislature on Monday
If the bill becomes law it will save
the State from ten to fifteen Thousand
dollars annually. g.. i
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/ Our home representative, III. &c
/ Head, is not much of a talker, but hi
attends strictly to business. There il
no more Woodworking member in The
house than Mr.. Head. He is not re
garded as leader, but he has the re
spect and esteem of his fellow-mern
bers, and is counseled with by sucf
men as Staples, Jacobson, Hicks ant
Littleton.
i. !. i.
I cordially indorse this true and ters
paragraph from the Buffalo Journal
1.-THE regular biennial attempt is being
made to repeal the newspaper libe
law. It ought not to be repealed
There are in every legislature a Ger
tain number of small bore politicians
and those whose career is more or les
! shady who dread newspaper criticism
!. it is mainly this class who are oppose
4 to the law, It is true that newspaper
J. are sometimes very unfair and unjus
Q and vindictive, at the same time it
}. mainly owing to newspaper eriticisl
q that people are indebted for as goo
: government as they have got. 4. ;.
newspaper that is habitually dishone
and unfair does not as rule exc
= much influence. Let the law stand"
3 Z.
l. Judge Hicks and Col. Bevans, of tt
y adjutant-general's office, had a lit
J. set-to here in the capitol last Saturd;
( morning. The affair has been undu
d magnifed by the press. Mr.. Hic
i was a little hasty, and Mr.. Beva
should not have reflected on Jud,
Lochren.
to The house has, finally vanquished the lob
,.t, and the Reeves tonnage tax bill has passed
a vote of 62 for to 46 against. This is one of Il
~ important bills of the session and will turn il
IS, the State treasury anywhere from $250,0OO
M $3.50 900 per annum as against the old assess
valuation plan that resulted in the collection
Is 800 600 to S125, 600 in taxes. The bill levies
xe of cents per ton on all ore taken from Mini
sofa iron mines. Now will it pass the sena
Representative Larson voted for. the h
n Good.-Sleepy Eye Dispatch.
en- The above extract is good illust
hit ton Of how little some people KIN
1t. about the tonnage tax-no reaectit
us on Bro. Hays, for many members
"a the legislature believed as he believ
The State will receive about SIG, 200
., year under the Reeves bill, if it.
comes a law, provided the; tax of /
w cents per ton is paid on every
We mined. Ifs3, 00O, 900 tons are minedt
M M. year a tax Of five cents per ton wo
he amount to $3.50 200, Of which the ST
at would get its pro rata share, 20
,m, twelfth $12, 500. The taxes on
! | ,inn.nrndilcinu rninns would 81. 5 M n,in