The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-04-28
PUTS THEM ALL IN THE
REACTiONARY CLASS.

; This is the way that Lynn
. Haines measures Blue Earth :
. county's senator and repre- :
; sentatives in the legislature.
: His estimate was published
: in The Minneapolis Daily
: News:
. S. D. Works-leader of re- I
dictionary democrats.
Frank L. kelIy-Old demo
; cratic member, active for re-
; dictionaries. He was not bell
wether for his party associ.
ates but quite closely ap- :
: preached that function.
, w. A. Just-Democra but
= independent of the bell wether
in that party; has mixed rec
, ord.
C. F. Herzberg-A Tam
many kind of democrat; vot-
+ ed desires of reactionary or
ganization.
+ I. I. + + + + + 1. + + + + + .
and resisted all efforts to follow
the time-honOred custom of set
ting it back two or three hours.
An attempt to turn back the
hands from the gallery led to
the discovery that all curtain
poles had been carefully re-
moved and concealed.
In the midst of roll call on
the Johnson bill providing that
milk shipped more than 100 miles
be sent in refrigerator cars,
Representative T. J. Greene of
st. Paul raised the point of or
der that it was midnight and the
session was over by constitu-
tional limitation.
Expressing his reluctance and
disgust that the session should
be cut short with 400 bills still
pending, Speaker II. II. Dunn
sustained the point.
In the disorder that followed
Representative Spooner attacked
a house employe, eXClaiming:
You damn scoundrel. 1t is
you and the breweries who have
tied up legislation and disgraced
the state of Minnesota" The
man fed from the chamber
while bystander held the angry
representative.
from Thursdays Daily.
With the free exchange of DO
luets and the giving and receivir
Of presents by members and officer
the thirty-seventh session of the Mi
nesota legislature came to an Ell
at noon yesterday. To be exact, IL
senate quit at Has a. IN. and tt
house at 1:20 p. m. OF more tina
1000 bills introduced. approximate
l,500 lie in the legislative grav
yard.
The senate was the first to a
iOurn. At 11:45 a. ID. President Go
don swung his mahogany gavel
the table and said; THE senate
the thirty-seventh session is now a
jOurned, sine die"
Up to and including the last IN
ment, the upper branch of the lie
lslature was in happy mood. I'll
'kidders" got on the job early in Il
forenoon and with their arrival wha
ever gloom existed because of brea
ing up of friendly ties, was dispelle
For this reason, the tier of sea
to the left where Murray, Olso
George Sullivan, Schaller, J. d. S,
Ivan and Putnam, was dubb,
Cherokee Strip, or No Mans Land
There was regret this morning, VIII,
Cherokee Strip. or No Mans Land
Pirates Roost" and Pilgrims Rest
the other famed corners, were d
serted
Gave Gifts Freely.
The senate did not take long
dispose of what little business can
before it. Resolutions were int
duced appropriating from the leg
lature expense fund, gratuites
employees who had performed fat
full service. The pages were ca,
given an extra $50. George Meekt
fourth assistant secretary, was vot
an extra $500 for his arduous wor
a total for him of $1,000 f
the session. Two telephone girls al
one telegraph operator were Civ
an extra $3.50 each.
When this was disposed of, Ser
tor G. II. Sullivan attempted to
call for consideration resoluti
introduced by him and Senat
Rockne Monday, directing Minneso
representatives in congress to {
pose the passage of the Canadi
treaty He asked for a call of t
senate and roll call vote.
withdrew the motions before acti
was taken
Governor Desired Nothing.
Senator Wilson moved that
committee be appointed to wait
the governor and inform him tb
the legislature was ready to adjou
and inquire if there was anythi
further he wished. This commit
was Notwithstanding of Sci
tors Wilson, Nelson and Works.
returned soon and reported that {
governor desired nothing more.
AT this moment, Senator SchaJ]