Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-02-16
|. LEGISLATIVE Ell
MOVEMENT TO GET1THe YOUNGER
BROTHERS OUT.

6hOiHGRS OUT.
An Innocent Looking Bill over which
There Will 1.e Eara Fight Increase
of bills "isy Observation-Disclosures Of
Ss Gross Earnings Practically Assured.
s New Capt. IBiil- The Various "Pathys."
& 1sills$af Mr.. Piowman Other Lcsi.Ic-
natives Matters.
sgst St. PAUL. Feb. 14.-Itt is a quarter Of
. century since the. Younger boys, the
notorious Missouri bandits. with friends
supposed to include Jesse James, under
took the robbery Of the bank at North
field, tryi:l;;ssi 10 terrori.e the residents Of
that quiet town, S;ssA fight ensued. CASH
Ter Hayward was killed and Peterson
\ was shot Town on the street. Cit zens
joined with TIA q officials and after;, hard
schase the three Younger boys we.:e sca,,-
;tCred and tried. Attorney General
George q. Wilson conducted the tri4l
for.the state. and the Youngers finally
pleaded guilty anl were sentenced to 4
state prison for life. There have
been repeated attempts to secure their
pardon, nearly every governor since
their conviction having been potit.oaea
in their behalf. A pardon has also
been sought from the boar;l Of pardons
since that body relieved the chief ex-
eecutive OF the nardoning power Ali
have proved fruitless. And now special
legislation laws about to be invoked for
their benefit. George P. Wilson, IS
years ago attorney, general, now occu-
pies seat in the state senate, and has
introduced a bill that May accomplish i
the release Of the two surviving Younger
boys, James and Cole. Bob" having
mention Of the bandits but as no other5
tit its terms tits an easy matter to UNI
aderstand its purpose. This bill. S. r.
No. 246. proposes to amend the law for
paroling convicts by making it include
those under life sentences who have
actually served ~ years of their sem
tence with uniform good behavior
The only differs in the state prison who
have served over 20 years arc the
youngers. Then the law provides for
the paroling by the board of prison
-dons for the Youngsrs, while this
board of pardons have been of
a'.t,contrary opinion. In some re-
spects this measure is one Of
the most striking thus fer to appear in
the legislature, and whatever BE the
action Of the two houses q hard contest
over the bill seems assured.
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There 10 al, amusing rivalry betWseR
the Deme eracy OF thsse TWO eities over
Willie Bryan. whose preSence has been
sought at banquet where fogty-yenr
appetites may be Displayed. First ST.
Paul invited him. but ne could not come
on tue first date and suggested later
one. Being golden hued,''' tho COM
mittee could not see how y change was
possible, which was 1Ainnie's opportu-
nifty and tonight's banquet resulted, the
silver orator being the guest Of honor.
However,, the st. Paul white metal
Dem ocrats protested vigorously against (
turning down. their chosen apostle
and a change was made in the date in
accordance with Colonel Bryan's sug-
gestion Both are .'hustling" for a
crowd and the Mime Dems'' have
obtained low rates on the railroads as
an inducement to prevail On people in
general and Democrats in particular TO
come and see Colonel Bryan eat. They
.all know he can talk and are now inter
ested in the other mouth action. 81
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Notwithstanding the announcement
that there are no funds available for
their projected Cass Lake park tho COM
mittee from the state federation of
.women's clubs proposes vigorous action
en- the subject. Forest preservation il 4
their text and they become eloquent in
discussing it. It will be brought before
the state federation meeting ON Feb. e
as a means OF cultivatsng sentiment ii
its favor.
AS convenient means ct keeping
clear of '.entangling alliances with
measures which my become unpopular
it has been customary for lagisl.tors to
introduce bills ''by request" that fact
beng carefully noted on the bill 1t ia
as IL done when the member does not
desire to s.father" q bill and yet feels
that he must yiell 10 the. request
OF some Influential constituent who
desires the enactment Of the proposed
measure. This comp laisance results in
throwing on some committee the blame
for killing the bill. It IS q custom
that seems on the increase the ..by re-
quest" notation being foali on a large
percentage OF the bills introduced tnus
far. Although there are exceptions, it
may be generally concluded that bill
introduced 'by4request" is an evidence
of a somewhat repreh bic shifting Of