The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-16

greatly appeal 10 the members OF the
legislature who would like to see Min
nesota material encouraged, and say
that if the regents made mistake
long ago there is no reason why they
sho uld continue it now.
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Senator James P. Boyle of Eveleth
would make the tramp work. Last
week he introduced bill, fathered by
the associated charities, providing
for the establishment of an institu-
tion where the tramp could be alb
solved from the microbe of laziness
and injected with the microbe of
energy.
1t is assumed that when Mr.. Tramp
comes out of this institution he will
be inspired with a feverish energy
which would put the former strenuous
president to shame. He will tackle
wood piles and down other obstacles
with alacrity and enthusiasm. The
bringing about of this radical change
would cost only 500, 900 according to
Senator Boyle, and he wants the state
to appropriate that sum.
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The senate last week by majority
of three passed the house measure
which would make an exception,
relative to the anti-pass bill, in favor
of policemen and 6remen. This is the
measure which has been severely cri-
ticised as letting down the bars for a
final abrogation of the anti-pass law,
and it may be vetoed by the governor.
The executive is looking over the bill
very carefully and it is understood
he has grave doubts about it's wis
dom, and by the time this reaches the
papers readers, he will probably
either have signed Or refused to sign.
1t is understood that he would feel
more kindly toward it had it made it
obligatory upon the street car people
to give the policemen and fremen
passes rather than optional. AS it is
he fears that it will furnish the street
railway corporations in the cities an
opportunity to build up political
machines for their own advantage.
An effort to secure an investigation
of the republican aud democratic state
central committees was overwhelming
ly defeated in the house last week.
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| Special activity has marked the
Office of the governor this week in con-
nectjon with legislative procedure. It
would appear as though the governor
had finally decided to assert himself
after it had become evident that all
party measures and party plans are
going to smash so far as united eff ort
is concerned.
Heretofore it has been every man
for himself, resulting in the passage
of some good measures, such as the
Dunn good roads bill, in the defeat of
many other measures and the winning
OF most of the credit by the demo-
cratic minority which has worked to-
gether cohesively.
Speaker Dunn and his friends have
stood shoulder to shoulder in the
effort to keep the house from going to
pieces and they have succeeded fairly
we'll, although it frequently happened
that their efforts were of no avail.
While all this has been going on the
governors Office has shown no signs
of activity. The measures for which
the governor has stood have not
made their appearance in the legis-
lature. Things that he did want we're
opposed, but the governor made no
sign.
Suddenly comes change. Gov
ernor Eberhart starts an aggressive
policy by vetoing the bill which would
allow the policemen and fremen to
ride free on street cars. He followed
this by another veto of a bill which
would allow of transportation con-
tracts for mail carriers.
The anti-pass law, so runs the bur-
den OF the governors veto message, is
sacred. It is the one measure which
all people of Minnesota are united in
supporting. They will not stand for
the opening wedge which would even
tually result in other exemptions fol-
lowed by it's final abrogation. Fac
ing the possible opposition of the
tight and effective organization of
policemen and fremen that exists in
the cities. the governor has stood out
for what he processes to believe is a
matter of principle.