The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-02
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Minnesota Legislature
MISREPRESENTATION


The present session of the Mime
sofa legislature is half over and the
attorney general has rendered an
opinion that the session will expire by
constitutional limitation OH April 18th.
The code was reported to the legisla-
ture the first of the week and miscel-
laneous legislation will have to be
sidetracked or will have rather slow
sailing for some time, as the code
will monopolize the time until it is
finally adopted, or disposed of in
some manner.
The committees have been hard at
work and as result much of the leg
islation has fallen by the wayside and
it is we'll that it is so. Out of all the
bills introduced so far there are but
few that are of any special or vital
Importance to the State. The climax
to much of this legislation is fast be-
ing reached.
In the senate last week the sensation
was the killing of the Peterson board
of control bill. The bill had been
made special order and after being
loaded down with amendments and
pretty we'll snarled up it was killed.
On the final passage of the bill there
were twenty-seven for and thirty-three
against.
In the house the bill to use the
profits of the prison Irvine plant for
the enlargement of State prison was
sent to it's grave. An echo of the
prison fight was noted when Repre-
sentative Zelch offered a bill appro-
priating 800, 900 for the purchase of
land and the construction of an addi-
tion to the Saltwater institution. It
is to be followed by another bill, u.s.
ing the Irvine plant profits for the en-
largement of that particular industry.
The house also took a whirl at the
Adams bill preventing the manufac-
ture or sale of "short'' lumber. The
house finally passed the bill but not
until it had been amended SO that
lumber dealers could make lumber
according to present standard and
dimensions for shipment and sale out
side of the State. After the bill was
thus amended it was recommended for
passage by a vote OF forty-six to
thirty -eight. There is some question
whether it will be able to pass the
house on it's third reading.
Railroad legislation is progressing
slowly, but is coming to a focus ere
long. The joint legislative comm ttee
which is Investigating railroad rates
is still giving hearings and collecting
lot Of valuable evidence to give to
the Legislature. Representative Wares
bill to establish passenger rates at
two and half cents a mile and regu-
late the giving of passes is in the
committee-hearing stage and will drag
along some time yet. The house COM
mittee on railroads has finally decided
to report favorably the reciprocal de-
murrage bill. A motion was made in
the committee to postpone indefinitely
the bill and the vote stood eight for
postponement and ten against. The
measure was referred to subcommit-
tee composed of Representative P. A.
Gandrud, M. D. Flower, A. X. Ware
and B. S. Bennett for consideration
as to subject matter. The bill has
powerful backing from the shipping
interests of the State and strong pres
sure will be brought to bear to effect
it's passage through the legislature.
The roads are fighting the measure
bitterly.
More State primary legislation has
been set on foot by the introduction in
the house of bill by Representative
Ole Peterson of Nicollet.
According to the provisions of the
bill county and State conventions will
voet on nominations for county, legis-
lative, congressional and State Off
GERS. The three candidates for each
office receiving the highest number of
votes in the convention will be the
candidates in the primary election.
The bill bars others from participant
ing as candidates. Party caucuses
are set for the third Friday in June,
and county conventions the third Sat-
urday in the same month. County
conventions, in selecting delegates to
State conventions, are to give commits
sioner districts equitable represen-
tation. Ballots for county and legis-
lative tickets are limited to one. The
State convention, to be held the fourth
Friday in June, is also to be the date
of the congressional conventions, but
by delegates elected to the State con-
vention. Candidates on the primary
ballot are to pay the same fling fees
as are now prescribed, and the date of
no univ, o1oo%;oo =, ~ 10 4l>e 1890.