The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-12-20

RADICAL RULE CHANGES
FOR THE LOWER HOUSE .
St Paul, December 16.-Import-
ant changes in the rules OF the mouse
were under discussion Saturday at
a conference between Henry times
of Mora, the next speaker, and IN
diyidual members of the next legls-
lature. A number of them are at
the Merchants hotel comforting with
Mr.. Rines. They are: Louis Vasaly,
Little Falls; Charles w. Bouck, Roy
alton: A. J. Peterson, Dawson; Gun
mar B. Bjornson. Minnesota; Frank
Minnette, Sank Center; Leonard V1r-'I
the. Blooming Prairie; w. A. Camp
bell, Minneapolis; M. j. Sullivan,
Minneapolis; Hubbard Carey Adams;
w. HI. Prescott, Wescott.
/ Considerable progress has been
made by Mr.. Rines toward organlz-
ing the house and it is anticipated
that within the first few days he
will have his committees appointed.
Some Appointments Are Suggested.
| 1t is reasonably sure that Andrew
Davis of Elk River will be chairman
! of tie representations. ccH""'ft""i = !"
fE Nolan OF Minneapolis dpupuc~.
1 q u Is s ssaa t4ss @ lR'see t. 81. a sS5Ss
is slated for charmanship Of the
committee oD railroads. Whiie Ihom-
as Fra ukeon, Sprfne valley Ya1 a
tn head the cornniittee on taxes. &
: Is ilKeIy tnaC X. e.. Dunn or Prince
ton will continue as chairman of
; that committee. because of his in
innate knowledge of taxation mat
9 tiers. ... s-.
Head Education Committee.
N. J. HOlmberg, who was a candi-
date for speaker, probably will land
, the Craftsmanship of the committee
on education. Mr.. Frankson may Sc
; cure the Craftsmanship of elections.
He introduced the corrupt practices
act at the special session. II. H.
, Dunn, Speaker Of the last House,
. probably will be given the chairman
: ship of the committee on dairy pro
ducts and live stock.
Z J. ]. Preston Of st. Paul, although
:. democrat, is trying to supplant w
A. Campbell of Minneapolis as the
champion of labor legislation in the
house. He has conferred with the
; state labor bureau and various other
labor organizations.
Rules From California.
! Mr.. Rines has secured a copy Of
the rules of the California Assembly
and some of them doubtless will be
incorporated into the new rules Of
the house. ~..-
Some of the rules agitated provide
mo person to be allowed to vote
> upon any question in which he !:
personally interested or involved il
: a financial way. ..- t....
; "No member can explain his vote
on a roll call.
"All bills introduced forty days be
fore adjournment to be referred tt
reception committee. This, it i!
,, planned, will prevent flood of bills
. 1.-THE elimination of expensive jun
kets by members to state institution!
by providing for not more thar
three members from each committee
!, to make such trips, except by per
mission from two-thirds of the house
,, Cut Out Doorkeepers.
The speakers door, the mos
sacred portal-bar none-in Mime
sofas capitol, Is to 90 unguardet
through the ninety DAYS of the com
ing session of the legislature, be
cause Henry Rines of Mora, the new
!, speaker, is bent upon getting alon:
without a few useless employees.
The speakers door is at the ent
of a long corridor that TANKS tn,
house chamber on the east. NJ
speaker, within the memory of tn,
older members of the legislature
has ever defled the sacred sill b.
making his entrances and exits int
the speakers private quarters via thu
: door
This year Mr.. Rines proposes tina
there shall be as many doorkeeper!
as there are doors-and no more
There shall be clerks and stem
ographers enough to carry on thu
business of the house in any emer
gency-and no more. No $40 per day
jobs will be handed out with thu
understanding that the beneficiary il
to divide his pay with an unsuccess
! full applicant for the same position.
Minnesota farms are capable o
2 producing $1,OOO.OO0,OOO worth of farm
5 products annually instead of one
: fourth of that amount as at present
r and there are magnificent opportuni
ties for 100000 more farmers to til
: the present available land, amount
: ing to 100000 acres. The stat,
has sufficient land suitable for agri
culture TO give 100000 or $4,000,
( farmers an 80 or 100 acre trac
: apiece, on which they can realize /;
: gross income Of $25 per acre eacl
! year. These astounding figures
which show the North Star state tt
be the land of opportunity, are baset
2 on an exhaustive and comprehensive
, study of the situation in Minnesot;
, by experts of the University of Min
, nesota college of agriculture and arr
announced in the twenty-fifth bulle
!. tin of the Farmers Institutes, pub
lished Saturday by A. D. Wilson
superintendent of the Institutes AM
!. head of the college extension di