The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-12-23

Minnesota's legislature will meet
and organize at noon January 3. IL
there are any contests they will at
once be taken up. 1t is not expect
ed that the house will have any trou-
BILE deciding upon the personnel OF
it's members but there will be some
difficulty in the senate.
There are sure to be three, per-
haps four, contests to be decided by
the senate. The most important is
the fight between John Saugstad
and Andy Stephens, important be-
cause of the men involved and also
because of the introduction of the
"sticker" into the strife. The con-
test from ST. Cloud between Henry
J.. Emmel and ]. j. Ahmann is inter
esting because of the question of
citizenship upon which it turns. AS
BENJAMIN Taylor has withdrawn his
contest against S. d. Works, the SEN
ate will not have to deal with the
matter
Election of National Senator.
The election of a United States
senator will occur at joint meeting
of the house and senate in the house
chamber at noon on January II,
1911.
At present there is no opposition
to the reelection of Moses E. Clapp.
There have been whisperings in the
past, but as the time of the election
approaches these die down and it Is
quite certain no other name will be
presented to the joint session. This
is only one of a great many impOr-
legislature during the next session.
All Are for Good Roads.
Good roads win wind it's way
across the bosom of the legislature
guided by the hand of R. C. Dunn of
Princeton. Just who will undertake
the task of digging trenches in the
senate is as yet uncertain. In the
house Mr. Dunn will be there" with
a certainty of activity calculated to
make opposition look like Napoleon
headed for st. Helena. w. A. Nolan
Of Grand Meadow, somewhat south
Of the medal line, says: 1T is fool
iah to suppose that good roads are
tC be advocated by the north alone;
the south is as interested in this
project rs any other part of the
state. Il is true our roads are bet
ter, comparatively, but they are far
from perfect, and we will not hest
tate TO support measure looking
toward their improvement"
Discuss Reapportionment Also.
Reapportionment will be another
matter for the consideration of the
legislators. This question is bound
to be brought to the surface notwith-
standing the opposition that has de-
yelOped in some quarters.
There will be a county option bill
also.
Governor Eberhart's Plan.
Governor Eberhart's plan of reor-
ganization will hit some people all
in heap, and things will begin to
happen as soon as his message is
put at work. To the governor re-
organization means degree of
radical. mot radical" says his ex-
cellency, but marked-that is the
way to express it,"
When it comes to creating de-
partment of education to be under
the control of a commission which
would have power to make all ap-
pointments for, say, six years, and
be directly responsible for the edu-
cational conditions of the state, hasty
people might say this is radical"
That, at least, is the marked
change which the governor can be
expected to propose to the lawmak-
ers. He is "long" on education, and
intends to bull the market for all
he's worth. The bears must go
broke or take to the "vasty silences. .
The same old cry of economy is
heard among the senator's