The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-19
Minnesota Legislature

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The house and senate became fully
organized last week and the legisla-
tive machinery was put in good run
ming order by the appointment of the
committees, and the completion of the
full complement of employees for both
houses.
Both houses adjourned Thursday
until Monday night, Jan. 10th.
The house committee assignments
have created the usual amount of dis
appointments, as several old men,
bers failed to secure coveted chair
manships. while some of the new men,
bers are more or less disgruntled be-
cause Speaker Clague failed to satisfy
their wants.
AS result of the apportionment of
honors among the Hennepin members,
the delegation from that county is
pretty we'll split up. The sore spots
are appearing throughout the house,
and members who feel that they were
not treated fairly are already doing
a little ''knocking." This was evil
dent when Representative Cole asked
that his drainage bill be printed for
general distribution, and enough
members objected to turn down the
request.
Many of these rough spots will be
ironed out as the session progresses.
A resolution by Representative
Ware restored the press representa-
tives to suitable quarters on the floor
of the house.
One of the most important of the
new bills is the bill of Representative
Perley of Moorehead providing for
the separation of the State university
and the State normal schools from
the other institutions which are now
under the jurisdiction of the State
board of control. Mr.. Perley's bill,
which was referred to the committee
on general legislation, reads as fol-
lows:
"That on and after the first day of
August, 1905, the management and
control of the University of Minnesota
and Of the State normal schools and
of all financial matters relating there
to are hereby vested in the board of
regents of the university and in the
State normal school board respect
ively."
The Perley bill passed it's first read
ing, and it is expected that it will
precipitate the old board of control
fight when it comes up for passage in
the house. Senator Peterson has in
PRODUCED the same bill in the senate.
The bill of Representative J. G..
Lund of Hennepin provides for the ex-
tension of the primary election system
to State officials. The bill is to
amend the laws of 1899, 1901 and 1902
so that State officers shall be among
those balloted on at the primary elec-
ton. The bill provides that the filing
fee at the primaries for State officials
shall be $50.
Representative Cole of Walker has
introduced his drainage bill. The
bill provides for permanent system
of drainage. The bill appropriates
S25,0 to defray the cost of the sur
veys and preparing the plan of drain
age.
1.-The State owns more than 1000, 900
acres of swamp land in northern Min
nesota," says Mr.. Cole, "worth when
drained many millions of dollars.
Now it is worse than worthless as the
swamps retard the settlement of other
lands. In Itasca county, man liv-
ing at International Falls cannot
reach the county seat except in winter,
without going several miles, owing to
the impossible swamp that spans the
county.
1.-The large swamps are mainly in
the counties of Aitkin, Carlton, Cass,
Itasca, Beltrami, Clearwater, Roseau
and St. Louis. Nearly all are in a
compact body. They are on the table
land, from which water flows north
and south, the dividing ridge between
Hudson's bay and the gulf of Mexico.
The expense of draining will be slight
compared with the vast tracts that
can be converted into as productive
lands as can be found in the State.'
Representative johnson of Mime
apolis presented a resolution author
izing the speaker to appoint a CON-
mittee of five to visit the agricultural
college at Menomonie, Wis, and
make a careful investigation of it's
methods and features with a view to
securing their adoption in this State.
It was referred to the committee on
education.
The joint resolutions, presented in
H. L. T.