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mittee, judging from the temper OF
the senate leaders.
Testing the Senate Combine

Inc mousse lodueES are resting on
their oars and waiting to see how long
the senatorial combine will remain in
tact. Some of them are in favor of
first passing up to the senate gross
earnings bill, increasing the tax rate
to per cent, trusting that this move
will bring about the downfall of the
Senate's organization. Senators Boyle,
Cheadle, Dunn, Elwell. Glotzbach, Pet
erson, Sageng and G. H. Sullivan have
as yet refused to join the organization
to oppose all legislation but prim-
ary and corrupt practices act. Upon
the stability of this organization hing
es to a great extent the length of the
session.
In the house the program decided
upon, if persisted in. is bound to pro-
long the session. although several
leaders declare they can rush it thru
and be ready for final adjournment
one week from Saturday.
Representative Cleon T. Knapp of
Chisholm has harmonized his primary
bill with that of Senator Haycraft's
and plans to introduce it without de.
lay. The next few days will be taken
up with committee work, but it is ey.
pected that the elections committee
of both branches will have some sort
of a primary law to report out early
next week.
Fight on Second Choice Feature Of
Primary Bill.
The real fight of the second choice
provision in primary regislation is
scheduled for the house where Gov
ernor Eberhart's friends are more
numerous. The Haycraft bill provid-
ing for second choice seems likely
to pass the senate after some slight
center opposition to the second choice
feature Of the house.
What action house democrats will
take on the second choice feature is
matter of conjecture.
"Two. Measures" Senators Stand Firm
Senators who signed the two-meas-
ure legislative program are showing
no evidence Of secession. While tine
senate is expected to act by resolu-
ton on the two amendments to the
federal constitution house leaders in
the fight for reapportionment have
scant hopes that their bill will get
past the senate's PERCEPTION commit
tee." House advocates Of an increased
gross earnings tax profess to nave
some hopes that the senate will re.
lent and consider that measure. Demo
J.. To-, kh~ ~ ic oonoro11vr
believed, will stand by their pledges
and fight to the last ditch an attempt
to open the door to other legislation.
It is unlikely that either branch
will adjourn to permit the democrats
to attend their state convention at
Duluth tomorrow. The house prob
ABLY will pass a resolution today ex-
cusing all democratic members who
feel it their duty to attend the con,
vention.
Lawmakers to Keep supplies.
Effort of the rules committee to
send back to julius A. Schmahl, sec
retary of tate, part Of the supplies
he bought for the legislators. failed
in the senate this morning. The res
olution directing the return Of the
goods was laid on the table to. cool
It will be resurrected later
Senator Clague introduced the resol
ution 1t provided that the senate
send back the bill files and the journ
al files, and waste paper baskets and
keep the rest of the material. This
included pens. pencils. pen points, a
bottle of mucilage. two tablets OF writ
ing paper. and two packages Of envel'
opes. The silver letter openers or
paper knives and rubber bands also
were to be retained. No sooner had
the resolution been read than L. o.
Cooke Of Wabasha county, was on MS
feet demanding recognition.
"Do you mean," he asked, "that we
can't use these files? Does it mean
that II we are in session for two
months, these files shall be in the
vaults in the secretary Of states Of
flee? If It bothers anyone to take the
bills and journals out OF the covers
when the session is over we might
hire a cheap boy to 60 It,"
Senator Rockne. chairman Of the
files committee. said that no reflec-
tion was intended on the secretary OF
state
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