The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-02
IS NOW UP TO SENATE
Those in Favor of and Those Opposed
to Reapportionment Bill Both
Confident of Success.

Confident of Success.
By Vote of 95 to IS the House Passes
the Mackenzie Bill Abolish
ing Capital Punishment
Unions Special Correspondence.
Until final action is taken by the
sentae, and even after that, reappor-
tionment will occupy the spotlight in
the Minnesota legislature. At
present, both sides are confident of
success. But the men opposed to re-
apportionment are seemingly more
confident of defeating the Congdon
bill than are it's friends of passing it.
The first step in opposition to the
bill was taken this week by the judi
ciary committee of the senate. By a
vote of - to the committee recon-
mended for passage the proposed
Moonan Haycraft constitutional
amendment which would limit the
number of senators from any county
to four. It is aimed by the authors
of this measure to submit it to the
people at the next general election.
By it's provisions the three big
counties would be limited to four SEN
ators and would keep legislative power
outside of the cities.
There appears to be no question but
this is intended as the first step in the
tight against reapportionment. Sen
ator Moonan, a democrat, whose
name is joined with that of Senator
Haycraft as joint author of the pro-
posed constitutional amendment, is the
senator from Waseca. The new ap-
portionment bill joins his county to
Steele, now represented by Senator
7. E. eastman of distance tariff
fame. Senator Haycraft objects to
she manner in which his district has
been apportioned and claims he has
not been given proper consideration.
The friends of reapportionment aim
80 put the matter up to the republican
caucus. The republicans caucused
Monday night, but the matter was
not taken up then. There will be
another caucus of republican senators
next week and reapportionment will
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The republican senatorial caucus,
held Monday night, was for the pur-
pose of taking united party action on
various questions. It was without
definite results. The initiative and
referendum measures we're taken up,
and the general sentiment of the re-
publican senator's seemed to favor
some such bill, but the percentage
which will be required to initiate
legislative enactment and the per-
centage required for a referendum
was a matter of debate. The matter
of a percentage was left to some
future meeting. The caucus took up
the various primary measures now be-
lore the elections committee, but
Sen ator Fosseen of Minneapolis came
forward with a brand new measure
and the republicans, not seeing clear
water ahead, went into dry dock with
out taking action.
The elections committee has with
drawn all primary bills before the
senate, and will produce a bill of it's
own. The direct nomination of state
officers is the aim of primary legis-
lation this session, while the direct
election of United States senators will
take it's chance as a separate measure.
Senator Works and Senator Nelson
nave both introduced measures which
involve the salient features of what
mas become known as the Oregon plan
for the election of senators. This
plan will meet with opposition from
some republican senator's, even from
those who favor the direct election of
United States senators, on the ground
that it let's down the party bars.
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Sunday baseball will continue in
Minnesota. The senate, Monday,
killed the Sageng bill abolishing Sum-
day baseball by vote of 20 to q.
Senator Sageng said no bill of the
last session had caused SO much ad-
verse comment in the country dis
triets. Those who voted against Sum-
day baseball we're Bedford, Benson,
C]ague, Dale, Donaldson, Duea, Ell
we'll, Froshaug, Hackney, Hanson, V.
L. johnson, Lende, Marden, Pauly,
Rustad, Sageng, Saugstad, Sund berg
and Wilson.
Unless the senate shall veto the
action of the house, there will be no