The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-03-02
camels back as it brought the farmer

hrlng line IN an luSuduC. ucy
didn't object to building new prison
but they did object most emphatically
to paying for it in the manner pro-
vided by the bill. If, the farmer
members claimed, the Irvine factory
is making so much money it would
be more fair to lower the price of the
product to the farmers Of the state
instead of taking the money out of
their pockets to build prison for
the housing of criminals who come
largely from the cities. The argu.
ment looked good to the country
members and they unceremoniously
put the bill to rest.
One of the subjects which the
present legislature has been very
generally expected to take up for
consideration, is the primary election
law. Several bills, all amendatory in
nature, have made their appearance
in both branches. On Friday last the
the house and senate committees on
elections held joint meeting and a
subcommittee consisting OF Senators
Laybourn, Dunn and Cole, and
Representatives Ole Peterson and w.
l. Nolan, was chosen to draft a COM
promise measure. 1t is understood
that this measure will combine the
convention and primary systems. In
June of each election year party
caucuses will chose delegates to con-
ventions. In these conventions only
one ballot is to be taken, and the three
candidates receiving the highest
number of votes for each Office will 60
on the primary election ballot in
September in the order they stood on
the convention ballot. The bill will
possibly include separate system for
non-partisan judicial nominations.
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Representative Gandrud of Kandi-
yohi, who is now serving his third
term, is one of the leading and most
influential members in the present
house. He is not one of those who
talks, to the detriment of his influence,
but in his quiet and unassuming way
he makes his influence felt. He is
the father of several important
measures, two of which l have in
mind at present, namely: requiring
six months school in districts having
assessed valuation of 100000, as a
condition precedent to receiving state
aid; and another which provides tina!
railroad trainmen shall not be re.
quired to work more than twelve
consecutive hours, and given adequate
rest before being called out again.
Both measures are meritOrious and
ought to become law.
In this great and prosperous 'BreaC
and Butter State there are some
things, strange to say, that are the
these was forcibly brought to my
attention few days ago and | take
the earliest opportunity to bring thu
matter to the attention of the reader:
of the Herald. We Minnesotans arr
all proud of our great state University
and we have reason to be. | know
that our Legislators wish to make a:
ample provision as possible for it:
operation and continued growth, an(
request for large appropriations TO
new buildings is always met mos
considerably. The University Ii
brary, however, has been sadly
neglected, only $4,000 year being
appropriated for that purpose. o
this amount 1 am informed that abou
half is required for paying subscrip
tons to periodicals and for binding
same. That leaves the munifcen
sum OF $25OO year, which, divided VI
between the 800 professors and in
structors, leaves about So each for nev
books for their various departments
How liberal (?) we have been! Tn,
appropriation ought to be increased
fourfold at any rate.
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The Northfield News, Joel p
Heatwole, editor and publisher, has
very clever St. Paul correspondent
who masquerades under the nom d.
plume of tom Noswal." Who thi
reversed Lawson is, is quite mystery
and there are quite a few salons tina
are really anxious to know. In
recent issue this correspondent re
ferred to Senator Rieke of Renville, a
a "spouter" and intimated rathe
strongly that his influence was prett,
much nil as compared, for instance
with a quiet worker like Senate
Calhoun of Minneapolis. The maj
from Renville took good natured ex
ception to the "dig," and as he ha
been heard only once or twice on tn
floor at this session, it would seen
that the paint were we'll taken. AS