The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-10-28

The establishment of the first district
State Hospital for Insane at Anoka,
and the second district hospital at
Hastings, and to appropriate the neo-
essary money. Mr.. Jacobson, always
the friend of our state institutions,
voted for the passage of this bill in
the house. If the people of Anoka
and Hastings have any appreciation
to extend to either of the gubernatori-
al candidates this fall, that apprecia-
ton is due Mr. Jacobson and not Mr..
Johnson.
bill in which the laboring men of
Northern Minnesota were especially
interested in 1901 was House File
3S1, which permitted men engaged in
cutting, hauling and banking logs and
timber to secure a lien on such logs
and timber if their employer tried to
dodge paying them. The lumber COM
panie.s, realizing the enactment OF
such legislation might at times cause
them much delay or annoyance, OPP
posed the measure. AS a result the
bill failed to pass in the senate. 1t
received "a aye votes (32 being neces-
sary for passage); and nay votes,
among them being that of Senator
John A. Johnson.
All the world admires courage; es-
teens the real man who is not afraid
to toe the line on any and every is
sue Mr.. Jacobson, during his long
| legislative career, was never AFRAID
of the cars yet in the two short
sessions that Senator Johnson served,
the official journal of the State Senate
| shows him lodging, time and again,
on bills of Importance.
Just a timely word relative to
whether a legislator is ever excusaply
not On record on an important meas
ure. 1t should be obvious to every
/ fair minded person that if the official
| journal of the house or senate now
shows a member answered to roll
call lust before and also just AFTER
a vote on a certain measure, tnat
legislator was present and declined
to resIond to roll call when the GER
tain measure in question same up for
DISPOSITION: and refusal to vote under
such circumstances is certainly mex
cusable. With Senator John A. john
son this was true in 1901 on passage
of Senate File 467 to regulate saloons
and require them to be closed sun
DAYS and election days; this was true
of Senator Johnson in 1901 on passage
of Senate File 326, a bill to prevent
adulteration of foods, drugs and
liquors. This was true of Senator
Johnson in 1901 on final passage OF
House File 446, bill to prevent the
adulteration of linsued oil. This was
true of Senator Johnson in 1901 on
final passage of Senate File $50, tf
prevent deception in the sale OF lml
tation butter This was true of Sen
ator Johnson in 1901 on final passage
of Senate File 325, bill in relation
to the manufacture and sale of lard
lard compounds and substitutes o.
food prepared therefrom and to pre-
serve public health This was true
of Senator Johnson in 1901 on ma
passage of House File 462. an act II
relation to sale of honey compounded
and adulterated, and to prevent fraut
and preserve the public health.
Do you wonder that the biograph!
of Gov. Johnson, issued for Demo
cratic campaign purposes, and to gall
third term, Intentionally fails t
mention the fact that for two session:
of the legislature this same John A
Johnson SAT in the senate-ANl
DID NOTHING ELSE.