The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-02-02
GOOD ROADS BILLS
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GUUDl. k.lOA |. J. BILLY
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fairs monotony. In the future the
object Of the management will be to
put stress upon the educational
features of the fair and make it q
more complete exposition of the agri-
cultural resources and the industries
of the state, especial attention being
given to county exhibits. In order to
afford accommodation for these the
state fair committee will probably
recommend this year the making of
an appropriation to erect a suitable
agricultural building which has long
been needed. My information is that
leading members of the house are in
clined to view this project favorably.
$50.
It is probable, too, that legislation
will be enacted having for it's object
the elimination of the made-over-night
organizations whose representation
has in the past been made use of to
pack the agricultural society in favor
OF some candidate or faction. Exact
~ the form this legislation will take
has not yet been decided, but it is
likely that representation in the So
ciety in the future will be confined to
live county agricultural societies and
state organizations and breeders and
dairymen's organizations in good
standing. Provision will be made in
counties where these do not exist for
giving the nomination of delegates to
county boards. 1t is felt that if the
State Agricultural society is in the
future to have the right to nominate
the fairs board of managers refor m
In this direction is imperative. If in
the future the method outlined does
not prove more satisfactory than the
methods adopted in the past there will
be nothing left to do except to make
the fair a department of the state
government for which the administra-
tion will be responsible.
$3.50.
A bill has received the approval of
the house requiring civil service COR
porations to pay their employees at
least as often as twice a month.
Under the present system it is often
three months before a corporation en-
ploye can get his wages, and he is
always one or two months behind in
his pay. It can readily be under
stood that this often involves great
hardship. Hitherto bills for this pur-
pose have met with opposition,
especially in the senate. 1t is hoped
that this year, under the newsorder of
things, the bill now under considera-
ton will receive the sanction of the
upper house. ts~ j.: e :~2..a,t..7 = 49,.
49, -~*:@. '-~ -<>'
: Representative Dunn took decided
stand last week, when the bill to per-
nit policemen and firemen to ride free
on street railways was under con-
sideration, against any attempt to
tamper with the anti-pass law. He
regarded this as the entering wedge
with which ultimately to split the law
wide open. To the objection that it
was necessary that policemen and fire.
men should ride free in the cities and
that if the cities paid for the service it
would involve an additional tax of
$50, 1000, he made the suggestion that
a heavier tax be levied on the rail-
roads to meet the added expense.
Both he and Representative Warner
predicted that if the bill passed it
would not be long before the legisla-
ture we're asked to permit sheriffs and
county attorneys to ride free. Repre-
sentative Johnson, J. N, made the
point that if the roads gave passes to
policemen and firemen. they would ex-
pect return in political influence
which would be exercised against the
interest of the public at large. The
opposition, however, was unsuccess-
full, and the house approved the
measure. 1t has yet to run the
gauntlet of the senate.
!. 4. 1.
Monday afternoon the house was
enlivened by sharp debate, the sub
ject being the location of the proposed
Panama exposition in 1915. Two
cities are ambitious to become the site
of this worlds fair, New Orleans and
San Francisco. Resolutions favoring
both had been presented. The New
Orleans resolution was submitted to
the committee on general legislation,
to which it properly belonged. The
San Francisco resolution was singu-