Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-01-26

Hillman, the lone Socialist, placed
Thomas Van Lear in nomination.
Senator Clapp received LOT votes,
/. OF them being Democrats, R. T.
O'Connor nine. Mr.. Hillman leader
of the Socialists, has his party we'll
in hand and he held it solid for his
candidate; and Thomas Van Lear re-
ceiVed one vote.
In the Senate, Senator Dunn nomi
mated Moses f. Clapp. Senator Hand
lin nominated r. T. O'Connor and
Senator Works delivered the eulogy
On Congressman Hammond. The vote
stood in the senate Clapp 63, O'CoE-
nor 4, Hammond s. Twelve Demo
cratic Senators voted for Senator
Clapp. All the Prohibitionists in
both the House and Senate did the
same, and Senator Sageng, who labors
under the halucination that he is u
Populist, also cast his ballot for him.
On JAM 1S the House and Senate
met i'll joint session. The respective
journals of the preceding day were
read. Speaker Dunn, in his most i'm
pressipe manner which is "some inn
pressiye'', declared Moses E. Clapp
duly elected. The joint convention
| did arise and all was over.
State Fair.
Quite a ruction WIS stirred up at
the annual meeting of delegates to
elect officers for the State Fair. The
result was an entire overturning and
the election of a new set of officers
throughout.
AS result of the charges and
counter charges an investigation mas
been ordered by the legislature. If
is hoped the investigation will be
thorough and complete and while this
committee is Investigating, it might
be we'll for them to investigate why
it was necessary in this state that has
led the nation in state fairs for ten
years, to go to Iowa to get a secre-
| tary to run the fair.
| If this thing keeps up we will be
importing state officers pretty soon.
| Election Contests.
There are three contests before the
Elections Committee of the Senate;
Emmel VS.. Ahmann, 54th district,
Harrington VS.. Froshaug 56th district.
and Stephens VS.. Saugstad, 62nd dis
ltrict.
TEe first is purely question of law.
the only question being raised being
the citizenship of the sitting member.
Mr.. Ahmann The second is purely q
question of fact, Mr. Froshaug being
given the election by a small majority
by the returning boards while Mr..
Harrington claims that a recount gave
him the greatest number of votes.
The third is a question of both law
and fact, Mr.. Stephens the contestant
alleging unlawful use of ..stickers'
and improper conduct at the voting
places.
These contests entail great ex
pense on the state and at least two of
them could have been avoided had the
state possessed sensible election
law.
The law should provide that when
a man files for the nomination, he
should state whether he is native
or foreign born citizen and if foreign
born he should be required to furnish
proofs Of his citizenship before his al
ing is accepted.
The use of "stickers' should be
prohibited. They might well be en-
titled "the first aid to fraud" The
law provides a method whereby any
man morally entitled to go on ticket
can have his name printed thereon.
/ It also provides blank space where
on voter may write the name of any
candidate ne desires and there is no
real reason for the 'sticker". The
law should also absolutely prohibit a
man from taking another into the
booth with him to aid in preparing his
ballot for him, unless he is physically
unable to perform the task by reason
of blindness, loss of hands, or the like
| In ninety-nine cases out of a hun
dred when a man secures another TO
prepare his ballot for him, the assist.
or dictates the ballot, not the voter
| Frank M Eddy.