The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-02-04

wording slurred both bank and state
officials. Mr.. Feig thereupon intro
ducei long resolutions, more compre-
hensive in statement and calling for
much more information. These reso-
lutions, however, cast no reflections on
anybody and will be adopted without
opposition.
The house is not in favor of woman
suffrage, even to limited extent, and
last week indefinitely postponed Mr..
Snodgrass' bill for woman suffrage in
municipal elections.
1t is so easy to introduce frivolous
resolutions and waste time in disposing
of them as well as squander money in
printing them in the journal of the
house, that some Of the older members
have decided that it is time to call
halt. This was the reason Mr.. Under.
leak last Friday introduced resolution
to prevent the printing and considera-
ton of such frivolous resolutions, and
the would-be orators will soon find it
necessary to talk about matters in
which other people are interested, the
consideration Of which may lead to
something practical, in place of talking
indefinitely on why the earth does not
swing round the moon, or other similar
matter over which the legislative power
is at best rather uncertain.
"Stockwell" is the name that appears
! on this years pure food bill in the
house.. and it applies to food in general,
to cider, wine, maple sugar, molasses,
jellies, olive oil, buckwheat -four,
graham -four and various spices.
Adulteration of any of the enumerated
articles is made misdemeanor. Many
pure food bills manage more or less
directly to favor or antagonize some
particular brand, but thus far there is
no sign of any partiality in this bill.
ST. Louis and adjacent counties are
chiefly interested in Mr.. Wallis bill for
the election of county mine inspectors
in counties where minerals are mined,
but the entire state will favor anything
looking to greater care for life and
limb of the mining population Of, the
state.
A state board of immigration, con-
sisting of seven members with sal
aired secretary, is provided for in bill
brought into the house few days ago.
This may be intended to further the
plans of the state immigration assoeia-
ton that has been working to advertise
the state for year or more past. The
railroads, which own so much land in
the state, have been working for new
settlers for long time and will doubt
less welcome state aid, while at the
same time hoping and scheming to dis
pose Of their own lands first and to best
advantage.
Probably one comprehensive banking
!, bill would suffice to cover the amend.
ments desired in the present law, but
there are dozen or more bills in each
house aiming to amend some one de-
feet in the law. Mr.. Donnelly intro
duced three in one day and it is seldom
a day passes without some new bill or
new action proposed about the banks.
There is very general desire to
strengthen the law and add all the
safeguards possible for the protection
of depositors and such differences as
arise are as to method and not as to
object.
AS a general rule the older in expe-
rience the fewer bills introduced by
any legislator. More effective work
can be done in sitting out and improv-
ing the bills brought in by the ambi-
titious younger members. In the sem
ate, which is a holdover body, there
are few new bills, most of the senators
having introduced their grist two years
ago and being content with few at
tempts to amend the existing laws and
with action on house bills. OF course
this general statement has no bearing
on road and bridge bills, those little
side appropriation measures that sound
SO well at home and bring such com.
paratively small amount Of money, for
the senators are as ready with bills of
this sort as are the representatives.
Newness does not always mean
crudeness among politicians and the
fusionists made good starter towards
scoring point, when Populist Senator
Ringdal in the senate and Democratic
Representative Stockwell in the house,
introduced duplicate of the famous
Anderson railroad land tax measure,
which some people fear may be knocked
out by the unseating of Senator Frank
Day, whose deciding vote carried that
famous and popular measure through
the senate two years ago. The fusion
lists are credited with the intention of
using this move in the next campaign,
for this Republican legislature will
very probably refuse to re-enact the
Anderson law, as such action would be
directly antagonistic to the senate's
action in unseating Day. Then if the
Anderson law is knocked out the fu-
sionists will point to their record now.
Senator Keller, the famous rosebud
statesman" from Stearns county, had
one Of his peculiar bills in the senate
last week. and was probably satisfied
with seeing it killed. 1t provided that
all saloonkeepers should hang danger
signal beneath the word saloon" and
Senator Keller was given almost
enough votes to carry the bill, his COL
leagues taking occasion to have little