The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-12-12
Will Dominate Both Branches
j Of State Legislature.
CAUSED SURPRISE TO MANY
RInes' Easy Victory in Speakership
Contest Astonished Those Who !
Expected Bitter Fight.
Especial Correspondence.)


st. Paul, Dec. 10.-With the coming
session of the legislature less than
four weeks off more than one interest
has its ear to the ground in the hope
OF catching something that will per-
NIT of preparation. With the progress
sive element in control their desire
for information is NATURAL but the
chances for satisfying their curiosity
do not seem the best in the world
Sealed lips are in evidence every
where and leaks are few. AS predict
ed in previous letter, Henry Rines,
q publisher at Mora, will be the speak
er OF the next house and his installa-
ton means the organization of the
house of representatives on a thor
oughly progressive basis The new
idea in politics will dominate every
committee; it will initiate and steer
legislation; it will control employees,
and there is every reason to believe
THAT it will dominate in the senate
Late conferences between Lieutenant
Governor Burnquist and Mr.. Rines
point to some kind of a house and
senate committee alliance. They
were together on several occasions in
st. Paul last week, but neither would
talk. With all of this knowledge, the
fact that those whose business suffers
or profits by reason of legislation are
worried is only natural and their de-
sire for advance information a mat
ter of course. The brewery interests,
I know, are fearful of the outcome,
the get rich quick boys see trouble
ahead and the corporations see laws
that they certainly will insist are
against good business. So you see
this is sure disquieting period.
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The early ending of the speaker
ship contest, with Rines the winner
and the finish a band wagon move
ment in which more than two-thirds
Of the house Republican majority got
aboard, is puzzle to many who
looked for a spirited contest and
different ending. 1t could not have
been any different; the other fellows
were simply not on the job To tell
1t plainly the hackers of P. H. Nc
Garry and G.. w. Brown, the rival can
didates, could see only one thing,
scramble for the plum on the part of
the progressives with their own candi-
dates the beneficiaries. Lay back and
wait was their advice and this Nc
Garry and Brown did. But the pro-
gressives did not fight; for wonder
they got together, and that is all there
is to the story. Ernest Lundeen, a
Minneapolis progressive in the last
session, was brought out in the hope
of stemming the tide, but even he
failed. Out of it all comes the knowl-
edge for the progressives that in
union there is strength and my opin-
ion is that this knowledge will be car
ried into the session.
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Following closely guarded meet
ing of the board Of directors last
week the Great Northern Railway
company added $4,000, 600 to it's CAP
1tal stock, making a total capital of
1921 100000. The issue. which it is
said has already been subscribed for
to the last dollar, is a mere news
mention and is old at that, but COM
ment upon it for the reason that I
would not be surprised if the issue
and the necessity for it were not
taken up by the coming legislature
For the past three sessions ambitious
and farseeing lawmakers have been
endeavoring to get through a law
compelling domestic railroad corpora.
lions to get permission from the state
before issuing any stock and there
are those unkind enough to say that
this issue was in anticipation of
repetition of the act and it's possible
passage. The issue is now a part of
the company's articles of incorpora-
ton and is immune from attack. Mr..
Hill says the money is for better
ments and the construction of new
lines. He knows.
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Representative Albert Pfaender of
New Ulm struck st. Paul last week
and there was blood in his eye. His
SluS0I Was U0CduSc VI tuO Ol
arequisition from Illinois by Governor
Eberhart for the return to that state
of client of Mr.. Pfaender and the dis
covery when his client reached Chi
cago in the charge of detectives that
the whole thing was for the purpose of
blufhng the said client out of a sum of
money which he owed on some notes.
AS Mr.. Pfaender put it, the requisition
machinery of the state had simply
been used, and without any investiga-
ton by the executive department, to
enable Illinois creditors to collect a
debt. Right then and there he prom
ised some reforms in the issuance and
honoring Of acquisitions and said it
would be one of the first bills he would
introduce in the house.
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That there. is some need of reform
in the present method Of honoring and
issuing acquisitions, which is an execu-
tive function, has been apparent for
some years. This is the first time,