The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-04-01


1925 day. He says it would effect
saving of $4,000 each session of the
legislature.
A number of women hold licenses
in Minnesota permitting them to sell
intoxicants, but G. 81. Mattson of
Roseau would put stop to it. He
offered bill in the house the early
part of the week limiting the issuance
of saloon licenses to males only. The
bill is looked upon with favor by a
majority of the members.
S. w. Leavett of the state board of
control now knows that he has to go.
Chas. Vasaly of Little Falls was
named to succeed him, Tuesday, by
Gov. johnson, and Leavett will &C.
cordingly walk the plank April 3.
There is some talk of Mr.. Leavett re-
fusing to get out, but the general
opinion is that he will submit. The
democratic executive says that he has
to 60 and that comes pretty near set
thing it. In leaving the service of the
state Mr.. Leavett's one satisfaction
can be that he has "made good"
Chas. Vasaly may be all right, but
he will not serve the state any better
than the man he S,.cceeds.
Vasaly's appointment to a place
under the democratic administration,
and on the board of control at that, is
about the strangest thing that has
happened in administration circles in
some time. An open opponent to
Gov. Johnson's presidential ambi-
lions last summer, he fought the St.
Peter man and his minions to a stand
still and even carried the war to Den
YER. Frank Day and the Kitchen
Cabinet cursed him roundly on more
than one occasion because of his &C
tivity, but the fact never bothered the
Little Falls man. He kept right on.
From what I can learn the appoint
ment was one made by Gov. Johnson
and in the face of opposition by
Frank Day. Vasaly came down
Tuesday and had lengthy conference
with the governor, but the nature of
the talk could not be learned It is
needless to say that Vasaly accepted
the job.
Martin Hughes of Hibbing has been
selected to fill the new judgeship
created for the Iron Range by the
legislature and the selection meets
with general satisfaction. Judge
Hughes is of course a democrat, but
he had the backing of the St. Louis
county bar association.
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Another to profit as the result of
resignation is Mayor Armson of Still
water, who will succeed Franklin Nc
Vey as a member of the state tax COM
mission. McVey goes to North Da-
kota to assume the presidency of the
state university there. Armson is
generally looked upon here as good
man for the place. He has been a
consistent johnson follower and is
president of the Minnesota Tax Re-
form league.
Friday of this week the house will
take up the Cass Lake normal school,
and when it is disposed of there are a
lot of fellows who will breathe easier.
In the contest for the school Pat Nc
Garry of Walker and Dan Gum of
Grand Rapids, who are backing the
Cass Lake site, have won to date, but
the finish is not to be without a
struggle as far as those opposing Cass
Lake are concerned. Outwitted so far
on every point, the Opsahl and Kinds
forces, who have been behind the
Bemidji site, say it is going to be a
fight to the finish and that Cass Lake
will not get the school if they can help
it.
j. !. I.
Senator Thorpe's bill for the crea-
ton of a new state bank examiners
department is now up to the house.
It was passed yesterday by a fairly
good majority. The present depart
ment is wiped out under the terms of
the bill and a new examiner with a
deputy in every congressional district
is substituted. The bill SIS not so
much a slap at Public Examiner
Schaefer as it is to simplify the work
which has been growing and at the
same time wipe out some of the politi-
cal features with which the Office has
become infested.
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The st. Paul Dispatch has taken up
a new fad, the passage of law en-
powering cities of over 10, 600 in popu-