The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-04-13
STATE LEGISLATURE
Canadian Reciprocity, so Far as Tin
nesOta is Concerned, Receives
=
Back-Handed Slap. =.
K. c. Dunn's Bill Prohibiting Issuance
of Liquor Licenses to Road
Houses Passed Tuesday.
Onions Special Correspondence.

Onions Special Correspondence.
st. Paul, MIMI, April l2.-Cana-
dian reciprocity, so far as Minnesota
is concerned, received back-handed
slap at St. Paul this week. At a
meeting held at the old capitol build
ing addressed by P. V. Collins and
other farm paper editors. resolutions
offered by T. J. Meighen of Preston
protesting against the ratification of
the treaty were passed. This resolu-
ton recites: ''In veiw of the fact that
this meeting is typically representa-
tive OF all the agricultural interests in
this state, we earnestly recommend
that committee of nine be appointed
by the chair to call a convention to
form permanent organization of the
farmers and to issue a call to the
farmers of this state with this end in
view. A committee was appointed to
60 to Washington to wait on Presi-
dent Taft for the purpose of protest.
ing against a ratification of the Cana
dian reciprocity.
The following we're appointed as
delegates: 7. j. Meighen, Preston:
j. r. Morley, Owatonna; .. O..
Uthorn, st. James; W. F. Schilling,
Mortified; A. j. Rokne, Zumbrota;
r. A. Wilkinson, Lake Elmo; Dan
Wallace, st. Paul; P. V. Collins,
Minneapolis; P. L. A. Ferguson,
Minneapolis; 81. j. Hughes, Mime
apolis; H. G. Rustad, Madison: j. L..
Morton, Hancock; A. j. Mcclure,
Grand Rapids; o. o. Sageng, Dalton;
A. L. Hanson, Ada.
The house and THE senate Tuesday
passed the appropriation bill provid-
ing for the maintenance of state insti-
tutions and departments for the next
two years. The total sum provided
for is approximately Sl5,O00,0 900, or
81, 900, 600 more than was appropriated
two years ago. The bill went through
the senate on oiled skids but a row
started in the house. Very little
amending was done, although DR..
Bracken, of the state board of health,
had his salary cut from $4,000 to
50, 900, while the governors messen-
ger, Billy Williams, the most popular
colored man in the northwest, received
an increase of 5000 year. In the
house DR.. W. T. Stone inaugurated a
row by attacking an appropriation of
S79, 600 for the maintenance of Elliott
hospital at the state university. He
said this was a waste of money in
view OF the fact that the homeopa-
thists did not have any "say-so" at
the hospital.
Andrew Anderson of Washington
county objected to the appropriation
OF 1926, 900 to the state university in
addition to the income derived on the
rs mills tax assessment. He moved
that the words land annually there
after" be stricken out. This would
have left the university with 1926, 900
for two years. Anderson amended his
amendment to give the school speci-
fed amount for each of the next two
years. Representative Clinton Robin
son went after L. G. Spooner, chair
man OF the house committee on appro-
priations, by attacking the $780,
appropriated for the dormitories at
the Morris agricultural school. Had
any one else made the motion it might
have carried, but as it was it was
voted down.
Senator Miles Poindexter, insurgent
senator from Washington, started a
row in the senate Wednesday by ad-
dressing that body in favor of the
Oregon plan for electing United States
senators. This was a measure pend
ing before the senate, and many of the
senators thought it was a gross VIOLA
oAOH VI oOuA VO0y VI ou0 PdfU VI Gu0
Washington man who had been invited
to address the upper body. AS SEN
ator Duxbury said, IF Senator Poin-
dexter was so discourteous as to make
a campaign speech in the senate on
pending legislation we will not be dis
courteous enough to notice it, 49,,
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The house Tuesday night turned
down the majority report of the in
vestigating committee which has been
Investigating conditions at Red Wing.
It adopted part Of the report, but on,
motion of r. C.. Dunn cut, out the par
agraphs finding ''that the superinten-
dent IF. A. Whittier) of the institu-
ton confesses his inability to man.