The Princeton union., 1909-03-18

DILL IN inc mouse legallZlng the
national pastime on the Sabbath day
between the hours of and s o CLOCK in
the afternoon. Mr.. Nimocks has
habit of checking every member up on
question before he presents it and
his list to date shows goodly number
for the bill.
One of the quiet members of the
senate is George G. Carpenter of
Wright county. His voice is not often
heard in noisy debate, but his vote is
generally found on the winning side.
The Wright county man is we'll liked
and the bills introduced by him to
date have been on the peoples side.
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Alvin Rowe, house member from St.
Paul, declares that if the poor man
cannot be given until IL O'Clock to get
his drink he does not propose that the
rich man shall have the privilege, and
he has accordingly started out to kill
what is known as the club bill. This
measure is for the purpose of allowing
clubs to sell liquor without the for
mality OF a license, and also freeing
them from the regulations covering the
regular sale of intoxicants. Laying
aside any comment as to the merits or
demerits of the proposed bill, Mr..
Rowe has quite few followers.
One of the best advertised men in
the house is L. c. Spooner of Morris.
The Twin City papers have been &C
cused of giving him prominence for
reasons unnecessary to explain here,
but those behind the accusation are in
the wrong. Spooner is among the
most adroit politicians in the house
and he never overlooks bet. His
bills are those calculated to be in
favor with the country districts, and
when he gives aiG to a colleague you
can be pretty sure that the measure
under consideration has wide demand.
The Morris man has been credited
with congressional aspirations and he
is certainly going about it in the right
way to assure success. Mr.. Spooner
generally gets away with whatever he
tackles.
Another said to have Seventh dis
trict congressional aspirations is W.
G. Bicknell of Morris. AS chairman
of the judiciary committee Mr.. Bick-
nell holds the most important position
in the house and his stewardship has
found favor with all connected with
that important committee. Mr.. Bick-
nell is not an orator nor is he leader
in the full sense of the word, but he
knows the law and that counts for
much in bill making. Mr.. Bicknell
has the respect of every member in the
house.
Talking of members with political
aspirations it is said that Speaker
Rockne would like job on the bench,
while George Sullivan of Washington
county would like to succeed Fred
Stevens in congress. Then there is
W. A. Nolan, who aspires to be lieu
tenant governor, and Lawrence John
son, who would like the endorsement
of the republican party in a guber-
Material way.
Burdette Thayer OF Spring Valley
has one hobby and that is the resto-
ration of the state board of equaliz-
alton. The house committee on taxes,
however, is not q unit on the PROPOSE
ton, but in order to test the sentiment
of the house has reported the bill out
without recommendation. The tax
committee has reported out with a
favorable report the Kneeland bill for
a graduated income tax and also Carl
Wallace's bill exempting local bonds
from taxation. Carl Wallace, who
halls from Minneapolis, is of the
opinion that bonds and similar Sc
curities are only driven into hiding
by the presence of the assessor and
rather than continue such hypocrisy
he would relieve them from taxation
altogether.
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The house has killed the O'Brien
bill designed to give the big cities a
II O'Clock lid. The house went on
record on the question last week, when
it recommended the bill for indefinite
postponement in the COMMITTEES of the
whole, and the question was settled for
this session at least when reconsidera-
tion OF the vote was refused at the
meeting of the house Tuesday. All
through the hackers of the movement
blundered.. When first brought up it
followed close on the passage of the