New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-02-01

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lion was UelHS COuSiuereu III Tue COIL.
mittee of the whole. The speeches Of
Dunn and Spooner settled the matter.
They had the opponents Of reappor-
tionment at disadvantage and they
made the most of it. Johnson had no
answer ready, whatever the merits Of
the position he took may have been.
On the amendment being put to a
vote II was defeated-71 to "A. The
resolution was recommended for pas
sage without further objection. Later
1t came up for final passage and went
through without trouble.
In the senate the same resolution
has had even harder shedding. 1t had
been before the senate up to the close
of last weeks session several times.
Objection was made first by Senator
Wilson of Minneapolis. He thought
the senate already much too large and
would prefer to have it, like the SEN
ates Of Wisconsin and Michigan, be.
tween thirty and forty. Further con-
sideration was deferred at that time,
although there was an evident dispo-
sition to make trouble. Later the res
olution was again brought up on a
motion to suspend the rules and pass
it. This motion was put to vote and
defeated-22 to 40. The opponents of
reapportionment were jubilant and
claimed the vote foreshadowed the
certain defeat of any reapportionment
measure 1t was, however, no certain
test, number voting not to suspend
the rules who are known to favor re-
superintendent Indeed, if the resolu-
ton is defeated ultimately, as it may
be, even that will not be decisive.
Members may balk now who by the
time bill is ready may change their
minds. Public sentiment has to be
reckoned with Such an exhibition of
it may later be made at the state cap
itol as will be difficult to resist.
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The university deficiency appropri-
alton bill is having a hard time of it.
This appropriates 100000 odd for de-
fciency in maintenance and for the
completion and equipment of num-
Der of university buildings. OPPOSE.
tion in the house was led by DR.. Stone
of Park Rapids on the ground that in
the construction of buildings the re.
gents should not have gone beyond
the money appropriated for them;
that if they were satisfied with utility
there was money enough to complete
them; that the excess was for orna-
mentation to satisfy esthetic tastes;
that the equipment contemplated was
unnecessarily elaborate; that in addi-
ton to the requirements of the bill
other demands of the board of regents
were excessive. He wanted all educa-
tional appropriations considered to-
gether, so that the primary and sec.
ondary schools-the schools of the
people-should get their proper share
and the educational structure not be-.
come top heavy.
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While, in spite of the opposition of
DR.. Stone and others, the bill was
crowded through the house, it has yet
to run the gauntlet of the senate and
there are bunch of chaps there wait
ing to club the stuffing out of it. They
have already got action in committee
One day recently they took whack,
on the initiative of Senator Nelson, at
the equipment of Elliot Memorial hos.
pital. Among other items found was
$40 each for bed pans; SO for single
iron cots-ordinary hospitals are sat-
isfied with those which cost 81; $32
for dressing tables, and so on. This
is regarded as substantiating Dr.
Stones claims that the simplicity on
which the most eminent surgeons
pride themselves does not characterize
the plans of the university specialists.
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The proposed investigation of the
state drainage board mas been re-
stricted to the investigation of Mr.
Ralph, the engineer of the board. And
this, too, after some difficulty. There
were members of the house committee
on drainage who wanted the whole
matter of the state drains gone into.
They were overruled, however. So far
as Mr.. Ralph is concerned, the charges
made against him at the meeting of
the committee are such that, if there
is no foundation for them or il he is
misrepresented by them, he should be
the first to demand an investigation
Now that 1t has come he says he well
comes it. The charges extend back
many years and refer to the construc-
ton of many bitches and the .nrneAA<a