The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-02-13

dict what will be accomplished this
session in the way of legislation hos.
/ lie to the railroads / believe the
/ great majority OF the legislature hon
tstiy 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
TALL under the stress of the political
campaign and may not the outcome
pc that as the railroad commission
I cnIeHy 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, I admit, but
l am aiming to be practical, fair and
just and divine the future to the best
OF my limited ability. 1t is all very
well to howl. but it is not always prac-
1ical to positively enact the howl into
/ just and binding law Time will
tell. Still. concede that by going a
little slower than it began the legisla-
ture during the clustering month OF
| March may get its second wind
Seattle and jamestown Fairs.
In spite Of the general impression
that the era of great expositions has
been overworked bills have been in
troduced in the Minnesota legislature
to appoint commission to represent
| Minnesota at the Alaska-Yukon expo
sltion.. 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 60
Another bill has also been intro
| duced forming a 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
/ Sl,O0O,O00 more and, perhaps to dem
onstrate that the Brownsville incident
did not mean positive war upon the
Whole negro race, the appropriation
for that sum or a larger one will be
secured to help our Southern neigh
| bors,
Minnesota Semi-CentennaI.
Two years ago the legislature pro.
vided a commission to celebrate the
semi-centennial anniversary of the ad-
mission of Minnesota into the Union.
The governor appointed Joseph T.
ManniX, the we'll known newspaper
man of Minneapolis, as the head Of
that commission and he has been asi-
/ tating public sentiment a good deal.
! meeting was held at the CONNER
c1al 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 $2,00o,0Oo would be neces-
sary to make the exposition a success.
AS the time is short prompt action will
/ have to be taken If the exposition Is
/ to be given. 1t 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 a liberal appropriation
| This problem, with the railroad ques-
| ton and the capitol approaches added,
makes 1t look as If the present legis-
| lative session would be one Of the
most momentous that has ever been
/ held In the state.
Hackney.ButIer 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,
Hamline university 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 a 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