The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-09

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nam have introduced . bill providing
for 10 O'Clock closing law for cities
q the first and second class, includ-
ing Minneapolis, st. Paul, Duluth,
Winona and others. Another bill is
promised, calling for 8 O'Clock clos
ing. i.
Y Women's suffrage has had some
unique experiences in the senate this
week. Some of the leading society
women of Minneapolis have petit
toned that the bill be killed, fact
that has had tendency to make. the
bill a little stronger. On Tuesday a
motion was made in the senate to in
definitely postpone, and this was lost
by vote of % to %, mystic numbers
that induced the senator's both opposd
to and in favor of the Sageng bill to
wonder just which way the "skidoo"
number pointed. Another motion was
made to recommend the bill for pas
sage but this was defeated by a vote
OF rs to 20. Senator Schaller, in the
chair, decided that the only wav of
handling the difficulty and delicate
matter was to leave the bill on gen.
eral ORDERS Eighteen senator's we're
absent. r." ::-~:
Republican caucuses in the senate
appear to have been abandoned.
These caucuses, secret in nature, have
been called for each Monday evening,
but the one last Monday night did not
have enough senator's present to wad
shotgun. The senator's are reported
to be feeling sore. At the meeting of
the week before it was the general
Judgment that the republican party at
this time should not go on record as
favoring a direct primary for the
nomination of state officers to the en-
tire elimination of the convention sys-
tenn. 1t was argued that the present
primary law is still in an experiment
tation stage, that it has resulted
badly in some cases because of failure
to find the right kind of safeguards to
place about it. The senator's opposed
to new measure we're not opposed
to the primary system per Sc, but
opposed to any further meddling with
it until it could be demonstrated lust
what kind of a primary law should
be passed. Without regard to this
the elections committee, headed by
Senator Haycraft, reported out COM
mittee measure calling for direct
primary for the nomination of state
officers, which will compel candi-
date, in order to 60 on the ticket as a
party candidate and have the benefit
OF the party designation, to receive at
least 20 per cent of the vote cast in
the general election just past for the
head of his ticket. This is a SUD-
posed cure for the participation of
democrats in republican primaries
and vice versa. The committee also
reported out the Moonan general
primary bill without recommend tion.
The republican senator's say they can
see no advantage in caucuses if the
committees are going to ignore their
recommendations. The result is that
party organization, so far as the re-
publicans are concerned, is a pretty
loose thing in the senate.
$50:
In the Red Wing State Industrial
school investigation Superintendent
F. A. Whittier on Monday night
presented his side of the case. Super
intendent Whittier took the stand late
in the evening and told of conditions
at the school. He absolutely denied
the existence of an electric logging
machine and insisted that the "spank-
ing" administered the boys was abso-
lutely necessary and the most humane
form of punishment that could be ad-
ministered. He described the history
OF the institution, and said it was an
open institution in contradistinctio
to closed institution. That is, there
are no bars, fences or guards to keep
the boys in. Under the circumstances
absolute discipline is necessary. He
told of conditions when he first went
to Red Wing and found that, under
the administration of Superintendent
Brown, discipline had been cast to the
winds. He said that to conine boy
in cell was cruel and hard, and that
it interrupted his work and took him
away from his play. He said he knew
of very few institutions where
whipping, or "spanking" was not ad-
mi ,io%n IN h.