The Mankato free press., 1907-01-25
MankatO Man Oh the Ship
pers' Board.
GRASS ELECTED PRESIDENT
An Effective Organization Of Business
Men; Attorney Manahan Given
an Endorsement.

st. Paul, Jan. Isl. H. Grass of Fer
gus Falls was elected president of the
Minnesota Shippers and Receivers Gsso-
citation for the current year, at a meet
ing of the association held Wedn esday
afternoon at the office of Attorney
James Manahan, in the Endicott build
ing, St. Paul.
The four ce-presidents chosen were,
respectively: II. L. Robinson, Mime
apolis; d. o. Anderson, Cambridge; j. c..
Applegate, Cannon Falls; j. j. Reiter,
Rochester; H. w. Brown, of South ST..
Paul, was named treasurer; Thomas P.
Hughes, of Sank Center, secretary and
James Manahan, of st. Paul, attorney.
The directors elected were: Senator
Thomas E. eastman, of OMatonna;
James Spencer of Mankato; Louis Ne
derie of Hastings; John EsbJornson OF
Litchfeld; E. M. Ferguson of Duluth;
Senator B. E. Sundberg of Kennedy;
Henry A. LIE Roy of Alexandria; c. F.
Miller of Long Prairie; G. H. Cunning
ham of Sturgeon Lake; L. O. Greene,
of Albert Lea; M. L. Butler of Glen.
wood; T. Guinness of Barnesville; j. j..
Hynes of Rosemont; j. j. Opsah OF
Bemidii; j. B. Refs of Shakopee; l.. A.
Erickson of Fergus Falls.
All the principal towns in the state
are represented in the association.
1t was decided to petition the inter-
state commerce commission for lower
rates from Chicago and Milwaukee to
the interior jobbing and manufacturing
points of Minnesota, on the same mileage
basis as the rates to the Twin Cities.
The association agreed to support
Representative Rachie's bill making the
board of state railroad and warehouse
commissioners appointive, instead OF cleo
tiYe-the. change to become effective as
soon as practicable.
After considering Senator Cashman's
distance tariff bill the meeting referred
the measure to the legislative commit
tee of the association, together with
proposed schedule of rates prepared by
the rate committee.
The matter of the order of the rail-
road and warehouse commission disbar-
ring Mr.. Manahan from practice before
that board was referred back to the COM
mittee. consisting of Grant Van SAINT,
Senator eastman and j. G. Applegate
The committee was instructed to urge
the commission to rule upon the commit
tees request that the oder be rescind-
ed.
In the event, however, that the COM
mission should fail to rescind it's orderJthe
committee on legislation was directed to
call upon the legislature for the APP
pointment of an investigating commit
tee.
With reference also to the Manahan
case, the legislative committee was in
structed to prepare for submission to the
legislature bill giving any attorney
the right to practice before the railroad
and warehouse commission, until dis
barred by the state supreme court.
Mr.. Manahan was not only elected
general attorney for the association, but
the directors were asked to insist upon
his right to represent them in all poceed-
ings in which the association might be IN
terested.
The association is pledged to various
rate reforms.
From an officer of the combine 1T was
learned that the following senators have
already been pledged to support the as
sociation:
First district, Fitzpatrick, Cook,
Witherstine, Nelson, eastman and
Moonan; Second distict, Works, Hanson,
Bedford and Garfield; Third district,
Donaldson, DuToit, Weis, Glotzbach,
Naeseth and SchalIer; Fourth district
Sullivan, johnson and Hackney; Fifth
district, Wilson and Fosseen; Sixth dls-
trict, Wright, johnson and Ahmann;
Seventh district, Seward, Dale, Clague,
Hall, Thorpe, Farinston and Canestorp'
that is, the whole delegation; Eighth
district, Gum; Ninth district, Sageng,