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John Lennon, house member from
Minneapolis, is practical if nothing
else. He looks upon the present COM
modify rate suits in which the state
has been made a defendant as waste
OF good money and the finish a sure
victory for the railroads, and he has
accordingly offered bill designed to
bring the whole thing to an end. He
wants the state and the railroads to
get together and settle the questions at
issue. To date the litigation has cost
the state close to $75, 900 and nothing
has resulted. Started nearly two
years ago, the controversy is good for
every bit of two years more, and Mr..
Lennon says the people are becoming
tired of it. All he can see in the whole
thing is nice fat job with good pay
for lot of attorneys.
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State wide prohibition for Minnesota
was again sent to the discard Tuesday
when the house indefinitely postponed
the Eobeck bill calling for a vote of
the people on the question. It was to
be considered as a constitutional
amendment. Mr.. Lobeck made the
only plea for it's passage. Not con-
tent with killing this bill the house
next applied the knife to liver j. Lees
bill prohibiting public treating. While
many favored the. bill, it was regarded
as unconstitutional.
Senators Sullivan and Garfield have
had to again admit defeat in the post
ponement of their bill to provide a
combined primary and convention
system for state officers. The commit
tee in charge would have none of it.
This practically settles primary law
legislation for this session at least,
but it does not dispose of the grow
ing sentiment against the farce. Re-
form is bound to come and the demand
for it is growing with the days. Many
predict that it will be an issue in the
next campaign.
O. F. Doyle, the house member from
Benton county, wants the duty re-
tanned on unfinished granite and his
memorial to congress asking for it
has been agreed to by the house.
Memorials are easy things to pass and
the house, while it was considering
Mr.. Doyle's request, included one call
ing for the repeal of the duty on coal
and lumber. The quarrying of granite
is one of the chief industries in Ben
ton county and Mr.. Doyle's solicitude
is only natural.
The Spooner prison bill appropriate
ing So, ESQ, 900 for new institution at
Saltwater is to be investigated. W.
A. Nolan of Grand Meadow, head of
the house republican steering commit
tee, heads the movement and he ex-
cuses the inquiry on the ground that
charges have been made that both the
house and senate we're misled in vot-
ing for the bill. A factory for the
manufacture of farm machinery was
largely responsible for the passage of
the bill, and now it develops that the
board of control has not made any
provision for the same. A prison
chapel to cost $91, 900 and residence
for the warden and his chief deputy in
which $4,000 is to be invested has
opened the eyes of some of the men,
bers and they now want to be shown.
A scheme of Legislative reapportion-
ment has been decided upon by the
senate reapportionment committee of
which Frank Clague is chairman, but
there is little hope of it's passage. It
reduces the senate membership and
leaves the house as it now is. Still
there are enough differences of opinion
to defeat the whole thing. In the
house Frank White of Elk River is in
charge, but while he has used every
effort to get the members together, his
efforts have been without success.
Mr.. Clague has likewise given much
valuable time to the question.
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D. A. Stuart of Cottonwood county
made good Tuesday when the house
reported for passage his bill reducing
the tax on mortgages from fifty to ten
cents on the 500 of valuation. Mr..
Stuart came to the house pledged to
secure the repeal of the mortgage
registry tax law, but seeing the OPP
position he considered half loaf bet
ter than none at all and compromised
on reduction in the tax that makes
its complete repeal at later date
practically sure. In the blue book
Mr.. Stuart's birthplace is given as
Dublin, Ireland. He ia q good ta1ker