The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-03-08

members be divided into a hundred com
s mittees of three each, with as many dis
tricts.
Mr.. Zuel moved that the president ap
point a street car day, when each mem
Der of the club shall endeavor to get a
. least one subscription.
President Hixon thought the sugges
ton good one, and that it undoubtedl,
would produce results if gone at in
thorough manner.
c. w. Warwick seconded the motion
He said that at Des Moines, Iowa, tn,
stores and factories closed for half al
hour to allow the employees to go out
and buy badges to boost Des Moines
He thought that there ought to be
enough local interest to devote one day
to the street railway proposition. He
thought that good deal could be raised
Secretary Spencer said that with the
proper hustling $4,000 to $4,000 can be
secured from those who have not yet
subscribed.
At 9:20 p. m. quorum was secured
and Mr.. Zuel repeated his motion and
it was put to vote and carried
Edward J. Whipple of Chicago was
called upon by President Hixon. He
said that he had come to listen and not
to talk. He corroborated what Mr.. Xix
on had said. A very liberal proposition
had been made, and all that is now
waited for is the balance of the local
money promised. The city is old enough
All that has been lacking to get road
before is local enterprise. There are
doubtless many enterprising citizens in
the city, some of them not as wealthy
as others. If there are enterprising pa
pers in the city they will stir the people
up to make the matter a success, for the
papers are one of the most influential
means of carrying enterprises through,
as he knew, having been a newspaper
man once.
Secretary Spencer presented the blank
forms of two petitions. One is directed
to the state senate and petitions it to
bring about the passage of senate file
No. 9, known as the distance tariff bill
governing railway rates in the state.
Senator Works desires speakers to help
to get this bill through, as the opposi-
ton has speakers ON hand.
Mr. Jackson feared that this might !
not be benefit to Mankato, and sug-
,ested that the matter be referred to
he railway committed to decide wheth
II it would be beneficial or not.
Secretary Spencer said that the COM
nittee had prepared this petition.
The other petition was prepared by
he Minnesota Shippers and Receivers
association and asks the legislature to
,ass house file No. 1913, giving to the
abroad and warehouse commission pow
II to supervise the issuance of stocks
md bonds by railway companies.
Judge Plymat moved that both petit
ions be adopted and circulated, and this
vas carried.
DR.. Schmauss moved that the matter
f sending a committee to st. Paul to
id in the passage of railroad bills be re-
erred to the railroad and manufacturing
ommittees with power to act, and this
vas carried.
DIR. Schmauss gave notice of an
mendment to the bylaws, reducing the
ize of a quorum from twenty-five to
fifteen. He thought that the advisability
f the change had been fully demon
trated.
DIR. Schmauss called attention to the
act that the first annual meeting oc-
urs soon, with \election of officers, and
moved that the program committee pre-
are a program, and this was carried.