The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-01-20
AT THE STATE CAPITOL

Speaker Rockne made good every
promise of fairness to the House in
his committee appointments. L. H.
Johnson. who opposed Mr.. Rockne
for the speakership, heads general
legislation, one of the most impor-
tant committees in the house; Carl
Wallace heads insurance; l.. G.
Spooner heads state prison; and so
on down the line were good men
placed where they can do the most
good. There is very noticeable
absence this session of insurgency"
toward the speaker on the part of
the defeated faction.
Lieutenant Governor Eberhart
allowed the old committees of the
senate to remain as they were two
years ago except that Senator Steph-
ems of Crookston was substituted
for Senator Peterson of Moorhead,
as head of the finance committee.
The friends of Senator Peterson do
not take kindly to the change.
Besides his important duties as
chairman of the committee on re-
apportionment. Senator Clague is a
member Of the committees on gener-
al legislation, judiciary. railroads,
roads and bridges. insurance, illumi-
mating oils. university and lands.
Plenty of work in sight to keep our
senator busy.
Representative Bendixen has work
cut out for him as chairman of the
mines and minerals committee, as
well as member Of committees on
agriculture, public accounts, univer-
sity and lands, public health and
pure food. Unless the press proph-
cts are dead wrong, Representative
Bendixen will have difficulty in fight
ing to successful issue anything
hostile to the inter ests Of the mine
owners, but it is only fair to give
the House solons chance before
passing Judgment. At least Mr..
Bendixen can be depended on to do
his part in favor of square deal.
He has already introduced a bill Civ
ing the state all mineral rights in
lake beds. etc.
The prospect at present for en-
acting either tonnage tax or county
option legislation is not hopeful.
The Mortified News man notes that
it is peculiar that Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor Eberhart, in revising his COM
mittees, did not re-arrange the tenn
perance committee. AS usual the
state senate is likely to prove the
grave yard of various reform meas
ures.
Concerning county option in the
House, the ants on that proposition
see the finish of that spectre in re-
cent vote on the proposition to
the House rules so as to re-
qulre committees to report on all
measures within fifteen days. The
bill was introduced by a county op-
ton member and was voted down by
a vote of 81 to AZ.
Senator Garfield has introduced
bill providing that no license to sell
liquor shall be issued to brewers or
liquor dealers in cities Of
the third or fourth class, that is in
cities of less than 10000 inhabitants,
and Senator Nelson Of Lanesboro
wants the minimum license fee
'aised to $1,000 and saloons limited |
% one for each 500 population or in
Ease the town has population of
eSS than 50O to one saloon. Another
dill provides that IS per cent of the
money from license shall be turned I
INTO the county treasury to be used
or the county roads and bridge
'und and that the balance may be
devoted in towns of less than 1000
population to general purposes.
Senator eastman has also intro
luced his distance tariff bill, which
s an exact copy Of the law which
las been in force in Iowa for the
,ast twenty years and also bill for
! joint freight rate, and at the OBJ
Ion Of shippers for continuous trans
,ortation without unloading over
wo or more lines. Senator Fosseen
las introduced a bill making the
rrocc on rpiurrc TOW NOVA b1o eox.: