The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-30

drive into this alliance the wedge of
universal. jealousy. between country
and city, and friends ofsreapportion-
mentin acknowledgements slow
with the ,counter4 move of ssu omission
to some degree of the inequality that
cities always must suffer.
"The outcome cannot be guessed.
The house seems to be ready for JUS
tice, ,but you never can tell till it has
been tested. Anyway it will no escape
it's share of public odium should re-
apportionment fail. The whole
and the whole state gov
ernment will have gtofanswer. for it.
'"It will be a good time for Mr..
Gordon to run for governor on a
county option. platform. County
option is sort of tyranny, but is
better than the tyranny of beer bar
relss full of bride money" t. r.
Says the Minneapolis Journal:
"Have the brewing interests of
minnesota determined to defeat re-
apportionment at all hazards? An
analysis Of, the test rvote in the SEN
ate yesterday shows that, who, took
this early opportunity to deal reap
portionment a blow mostly fall in
one of two classes-Senators from
tsouthern districts likely to lose by
kreapporAionment, SIS and Senators
! known to. be -undersJ brewery ainflu-
ence.. - Almost every democrat in the
Senate voted against the resolution.
Six Twin City Senators enrolled
themselves with the opposition, four
Of whom are democrats.
seSome of these votes will prob
ably be cast for reapportionment in
the end. Senator Elwell for in
stance, admits that he. made a. mis-
take, and will support the resolu-
ton when it comes up in regular Or
der. Senator Pauly, a Hennepin
democrat, says he is for: reapportion-
ment-yet he voted against it at the
very first opportunity. Senator
L'Herault, another Hennepin demo-
crat, did likewise. How can these
j gentlemen justify themselves to their
constituents, unless they. line up for
-reapportionment and justice? +: The
voters of the, districts they repre-
sent under the present apportion-
ment are largely disfranchised. Do
Messrs. Pauly and L'Herault desire
to- take the responsibility for per-
Epetuatingz the present outrageous in
justice?
'sThe brewery interests are pur-
suing a >short-sighted policy. They
are not taking the best possible way
to- solidify public sentiment against
them. They are sowing the seed of
an uprising against saloon domina-
! ton in the politics of the state.
The retention of the present anti
option senate for four years may
+ seem to them sufficiently large
! prize to- warrant their evident de-
sire to defeat reapportionment, but
in the end they will pay heavily for
their interference.
F. "Meanwhile, it is the duty of the
: house to -coerce the senate into giving
up it's selfish and unpatriotic course.
The situation presages a long dead
lock between the two chambers, but
with right and justice, and popular
sentiment behind it the house ought
to win" 49,
st. Paul Dispatch: "The, subject
of state reapportionment can be ap-
preached only in a spirit of, fairness
and a. sense of duty. In previous
discussions of the imperative neces-
sity of recasting the legislative lines
and districts, the Dispatch has laid
emphasis upon the fairness and un-
,selfishness which must characterize
the course of the Legislature if a
satisfactory reapportionment, We're
to result. The senator and repre-
sentative must lay. aside the selfish
considerations of home = localities
and act in the broad capacity of a
state official if he would do his duty
in this connection. = Patriotism, and
self-abnegation are, qualities which
must distinguish the member who
acts. .conscientiously.~ ~
~ "And yet we, have q the, right to ex-