Morris tribune., 1909-04-24


When later it was reached on the
calendar the fight upon it was resum-
ed and the same dilatory tactics ad opt
ed. Mr.. Grant of st. Louis county
moved to strike out all after the en-
acting clause and enact instead law
which would permit the sale of any
kind of stock in the larger cities, but
made the sale of any kind of mining
stock, oil stock or other investment
stock in any county in which there
was not city of the first class a
felony, his object being, as he said,
to protect the "suckers" in the coun-
try against themselves. Mr.. Stuart
moved a josh amendment to strike out
the the word ''city" and insert the
word "sucker," so that the bill would
read that the sale of any kind of min
ing stock, etc. in any county in which
there was not sucker of the first
class should be felony. The bill was
talked for and talked against, until
finally, when Representative Lennon
of Minneapolis was getting ready to
make speech Representative Virtue
moved the previous question. Natur-
ally Mr.. Lennon thought this way of
shutting him off 'sdamnable outrage"
and said so with a great show a in
dignation. The bill finally came to a
vote and was defeated, as it had all
along been anticipated it would be.
In considering Mr.. Johnson's reap
portionment bill, to which good deal
of time was devoted, the house nad no
delusions as to its ultimate fate. 1t is
certain to meet defeat in the senate.
It deserves to. In it no attempt is
made to effect proper reapportion-
ment on a basis of representation in
both branches of the legislature pro-
portionate to the population of the
State. But single change is made
in the senatorial representation, name
ly by giving another member to Min
No attempt is made to give
in that body to the northern part of
the State that representation to which
its population justly entities it. In the
house, whose membership already un-
wieldly is increased by fifteen, some
measure of justice is done to districts
now insufficienty represented, but
many of the inequalities now existing
are permitted to remain. The bill
passed the house by small majority,
but the real and only purpose it serv-
ed was to kill time. Possibly that is
more to be wished than the passage of
many Of the measures which at the
close of last week awaited action.
There will be no attempt made for
the next two years at least to manu-
facture at the State prison any more
kinds of machinery than are now au-
Jhorized. The house passed bill au-
thorizing, in addition to the harvesters
and mowers, which the law now per-
mits, the manufacture of rakes and
manure spreaders. The senate, after
a sharp contest, has refused to concur
in the bill. There is prevalent sem
timent that it IS not good policy on
the part of the state to manufacture
at the State prison that can
be manufactured in the State by pri-
vate concerns employing free labor.
The manufacture of harvesters is only
because the business has
been monopolized by foreign cor
poration.
Representative Mattson didn't mince
his words when talking about bill
to regulate the salaries of clerks of
court, which for some time has been
before the committees of towns and
of whieh he is chairman. sit
is a regular salary grab bill, and moth
ing else," he said, and he talked equal |