Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-02-14


tile to the railroads. believe the
great majority of the legislature hon
estly wants to do something to reduce
freight and passenger rates, but in
the general mixup will they? That IS
the question. The railroads have al
ready taken into the federal court the
reduction of commodity freight rates
made by the railroad commission last
fall under the stress of the political
campaign and may not the outcome
be that as the railroad commission
chiefly exists to regulate railroad rates
why should not the legislature rele-
gate the whole thing to the commits
sion and the court and use their
passes to get home on. This is not a
very pleasant horoscope, admit, but
I am aiming to be practical, fair and
Just and divine the future to the best
of my limited ability. It is all very
;ical to positively enact the howl into
just and binding law. Time will
tell. Still. I concede that by going a
little slower than it began the legisla-
ture during the clustering month Of
March may get it's second wind.
Seattle and jamestown Fairs.
In spite Of the general impression
that the era Of great expositions has
been overworled bills have been in
troduced in the Minnesota legislature
to appoint commission to represent
Minnesota at the Alaska Yukon expo
sftion. which will be held in 1909 at
Seattle. This bill carries an appro-
priation of 100000. Seattle itself
raised 100000 in one day. The state
Of Washington is expected to add ST.
100000 and it looks as if the exposi-
ton would be a go. .-
Another bill has also been intro
duced forming commission to have
Minnesota represented at the great
Ter-Centennial Jamestown (Va.) expo
sition. This bill carries an appropri-
alton of $4,000. Congress is being
importuned at the present time to add
100000 more and, perhaps to dem
onstrate that the Brownsville incident
did not mean a positive war upon the
whole negro race, the appropriation
for that sum or larger one will be
secured to help our Southern neigh
bors.
Minnesota Semi-Centennial.
Two years ago the legislature pro-
vided a commission to celebrate the
semi-centennial anniversary Of the adj
mission Of Minnesota into the Union.
The governor appointed Joseph T.
ManniN, the we'll known newspaper
man of Minneapolis, as the head Of
that commission and he has been agi-
tating public sentiment a good deal.
A meeting was held at the CONNER
cial club in st. Paul this week, at
which Mr.. Mannix appeared with
rather crude plans for the exposition.
The design is to have it held on the
state fair grounds at Hamline and
erect some permanent structures,
which will afterwards be used by the
state fair proper. The sentiment Of
the meeting was very favorable and it
was generally thought that an appro-
priation from the legislature of ST.
100000 to $2,000,000 would be neces-
sary to make the exposition success.
AS the time is short prompt action will
have to be taken if the exposition is
to be given. It does not look as If
/ jamestown and Seattle will get their
appropriations, but it is quite possible
that our own semi-centennial will
come in for liberal appropriation.
This problem, with the railroad ques-
ton and the capitol approaches added,
makes it look as if the present legis-
lative session would be one of the
most momentous that has eyer been
held in the state.
Rackney-Butler Contest. ,
The senate has settled the Hackney
Butler election contest as about every
one expected, and as is usually done,
on purely partisan grounds. Mr.. Hack
ney ran for the senate in portion Of
Ramsey county on the Republican
ticket. Pierce Butler opposed him on
the Democratic ticket. On the face Of
the returns Hackney was elected by
twenty-six votes and Butler came in
to contest. The agricultural school,
Hamlineeaniversity and two or three
other educational institutions are in
the district and the students attend
ing the schools voted. Butler claimed
that these votes were illegal, as they
had no legal residence at the colleges.
The contest went to the committee on
elections and the Republican mem
bers of the committee made brief
report giving Hackney the seat, while
the minority, or Democratic end Of
the committee, reported in favor Of re
ferring the legality Of the students
votes to the judiciary committee. Both
reports were printed and then the
senate went into a solemn special
session to consider them. After a
protracted debate forty-two Republic.
ans voted to give Hackney the seat
and nineteen Democratic senator's
voted to refer H. to the judiciary COM
mittee. No one doubts that more
than twenty-six students voted for
Hackney. It would have been more
manly to have offered this nreamhla