The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-23


vention, shall be voted upon at the
primary election.
The house committee on election
has reported to the house four bills
relating to the nomination of party
candidates for State offices. Four
plans were presented to the COM
mittee. Representative J. G. Lund's
bill, extending the primary election
law to State offices. Representative
H. A. Riders bill, providing for the
election of delegates to party State
conventions at primary elections. The
bill by Representative Ole Peterson,
for which the committee plan sug-
gested by Senator Laybourne in the
senate elections committee has been
substituted, combining the two sys-
tens. Representative John l. Selb's
bill, providing for the election and
instruction of delegates to State con-
yentions at a primary election. A
motion to postpone indefinitely all
four plans was lost by tie vote, and
the committee was radically divided
as to which system was the best.
Agreement on one plan seemed impos-
sible and the committee decided to
send the four measures to the house
without recommendation, allowing the
committee of the whole to solve the
matter.
The tax ferret bill by Representa-
tive Burdette Thayer of Spring Valley
was killed by the house after a long
discussion.
The Eberhardt private banking bill
was reported for indefinite postpone
ment by the senate banking commit
tee. A minority report was made by
Senator Thorpe, but the senate turned
it down by vote of twenty seven to
twenty-six. simultaneously with the
defeat of the bill by the senate the
house favored a similar bill in COM
mittee of the whole.
A bill by Representative Gates pro-
vides that persons committed to any
state institution be accompanied by
an emplOye of such institution, in
stead of by the sheriff or his deputy,
as now obtains. Under the present
order of things, it is frequently neces-
sary to send two deputies from the
sheriff's Office, whereas, because of
their greater experience in caring for
the insane, the services of one en-
ploye of the asylum would suffice.
The bill received the hearty indorse-
ment Of the board of control through
Mr.. Leavitt and Supt. Tomlinson of
the Fergus Falls hospital.
The house has passed the bill by
Representative Smith providing for
constitutional convention. This bill
with that providing for ''wide-open'
tax amendment will probably be con-
sidered "neck and neck" by the senate.
W. I. Nolan's bill, providing that
wife-beaters can be sentenced to the
whipping post by justices of the peace
and municipal judges, has been rec
commended by the committee of the
whole of the house.
The shippers of the State prepared
a new bill that will be introduced this
week requiring railway companies to
repay all .overcharges on freight with
in thirty days after the shipper has
made claim. A failure to do SO SUBJ
jects the company so refusing to a
penalty of S25, the amount reverting
to the shipper, besides six per cent
on the sum due.
Representative Lund's bill abolish
ing capital punishment in Minnesota
has been recommended for passage by
the house committee on crimes and
punishment. The bill has it's hard
shedding later as it will meet with
strong opposition.
The house has recommended good
roads bill to pass. The committee bill,
on which the roads and bridges COM
mittees of both houses have spent
weeks, went through the committee of
the whole Monday without opposition
and it will have an easy passage on
the calendar. Representative Ole
Peterson of Nicollet, father of the
good roads movement in the house,
made speech in favor of the bill.
He said it was the result of an agita-
tion in progress since 1898, and while
the amount of money carried by it was
not so large as many could wish, it
would prove good beginning. The
bill provides for the appointment of
board of three commissioners, to be
named from as many congressional
districts by the governor, and Sec
rotary of the board at ST, 800 year.
who shall be a civil engineer and prac-
itcal road-builder. One-twentieth of a
mill on the taxable property of the
State is to be levied for expenditure
by the board. An appropriation of
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