The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-01-17

to be dangerous and the appropriation
rules.
= The other bill which passed the
house under suspension of the rules
was to prevent the establishment of a
cemetery within three-quarters of
mile of any college or university or the
Soldiers home. 1t seems that private
parties contemplate opening a Gene
terry in grounds adjacent to the Sol
diers' home at Fort Smelling and both
the old soldiers and the people of Min
neapolis are up in arms about it. They
took this way of heading them off.
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A bill about which there has been a
good deal of discussion, and this has
covered several legislative sessions,
involves the principle contained in
measure introduced by Senator Hack
ney of st. Paul. The bill provides for
the creation of legislative bureau to
secure and compile for the use of the
members of the legislature the laws
of other states and countries which
may be used as guide. Senator
Hackney would put the bureau in
charge of a director appointed by the
governor, attorney general and presi
dent of the board of regents of the
state university His salary is fixed
at $4,000 a year, and $4,000 is appro-
priated for the work of the bureau
Similar bureaus are in operation in
New York and Wisconsin, and it is
said that, by taking advantage of the
work they have done. the bureau could
be put in operation here at compare
lively small expense. | am told that
in anticipation of the passage of the
law an upstate politician is already
laying wires in hopes of securing the
appointment of director
bill which is regarded as of con-
siderable Importance by temperance
reformers in the northern part of The
state has been introduced by Repre-
sentative Converse of Detroit BY 1t
trains. said to be common in logging
districts His bill makes it a INSIDE
meanor TO drink intcx1caants in public
coaches and gives the conductor of the
train authority to arrest the offender
without a warrant and confiscate the
ures in mind to suppress drunkenness
on trains.
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A curious proposition Is made in the
form of an amendment to the rules by
Representative Stone of Park River
He would have a new committee ap-
pointed to have similar powers to
those of the tri-county committee and
to be called the public interest com.
mittee. 1t would be composed Of three
members from each congressional dis
trict except the Fourth and Fifth and
that part of the Eighth represented
by ST. Louis county members In other
words. he would exclude from the pub.
lie interest committee the members
OF ST. Paul. Minneapolis and Duluth,
While there is some reason In this,
DIR. Stones proposition is generally
regarded as sardonic kind of joke
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The house rules committee has
taken back water In the matter of
Mr.. Nolan's proposition to put mem
bers on record regarding their votes
in committees The house voted down
the rule he first presented to accom-
plish this Members of the rules com
mittee said it was impracticable. They
have apparently changed their minds
On Mr.. Nolan again presenting the
matter in slightly different form it was
referred to the committee on rules
That body, after bordering over it .
little longer, concluded there might be
something in it after all So they re
wrote it, changing the form somewhat
and recommended its adoption The
rule as recommended to pass makes it
incumbent on committees to take a
roll call on final action on all bills.
the result of the vote to be reported
to the house and filed with the clerk
anu ldIGT With Ju6 secretary vi SIdI6
for public inspection. The roll call
will not be published in the journals
except when demanded by a vote of
the house.
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Senator Moonans amendment to the
primary law, besides providing that
party candidates for the Office of
United States senator and for state
offices shall be nominated by direct
vote and containing provisions de-
signed to prevent voters of one party
taking part in nominating the candi
dates of another, does away with NOM
mating conventions. However it pro-
vides for another convention to formu-
late the party's platform and to select
a campaign committee. This conven-
ton is to be composed of the candi.
dates nominated for the various state
offices, for the Office of United States