Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-12-12
pROCRESS|vES IN
FULL CONTROL
VIII Dominate Both Branches
Of State Legislature.
CAUSED SURPRISE TO MANY
Rinss' Easy Victory In spsaksrshis
Contest Astsnishsd Thess Whs
TxpsetsS sitter Fight.
Especial Corrsspondsucs.)

! Especial Corrsspondsucs.)
d. Paul. Dee. lo.-With the coming
session OF the legislature less than
feur weeks OF more thaa one interest
has its ear to the ground In the hops
Of catching something that will per.
NIT OF preparation. With the progress
sivs 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 q previous letter. Henry Rines,
q publisher at Mora, will be the speak.
| er OF the next house and his instaiia-
ton means the organization Of the
house OF representatives on a thor
oushly progressive basis. The new
idea in politics will dominate every
| committee; ii will initiate and steer
legislation; it will control employees,
and there is every reason to believe
that II 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 q mat
ter Of course. The brewery interests.
know. are fearful OF the outcome.
tho Set 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 q tisQuieting period.
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The early ending of the speaker
ship contest, with Rinss the winner
and the finish . band wagon move
msat In which more than two-thirds
OF the house Republican majority got
aboard, 10 puzzle to many who
looked for q spirited contest and q
different ending. II could not have
been any different: the other Fellows
~Sfs simply not On the Job To tell
II plainly the hackers of p. Fl. Nc
Garry and G. w. Brown, the rival can
didates, could see only one thing, q
scramble for the plum on the part Of
the progressives with their own candi-
dates the beneaciariss. Lay back and
wait was their advice and this Nc
Garry and Brown did But the pro
gressives did not fight; for Q wonder
they got together, and that Is oil there
10 to the story. Ernest Lundesn, a
Minneapolis progressive in the last
ssssisn, was brought out In the hope
OF stsmming the tide, but even he
failed. Out Of II oil comes the knowi-
edge for the progressives that In
union there IL strength and my opia-
lon 10 that this knowledge will be car
Red .ato the session.
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Following q closely guarded meet
iAg Of the board OF directors last
week the Great. NsrthsrH Railway
company added s71 zoo. 600 to its cap
ital stock. making . total capital OF
e111, 0oo.o The Issue. which II 10
said has already been subscribed for
to the last dollar. II mere news
mention and 10 old at that, but COM
meat upon It for the reason that
would not be surprised II the issue
ana the necessity for IL were not
taken up by the coming legislature,
For the past three sessions ambitious
and farseeing lawmakers have been
sndsavoring to get through q 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 a
repetition Of the act and its possible
passage. The issue Ia now q part OF
the company's articles Of incorpora-
ton and 10 immune from attack. Mr..
Hill says the money 10 for better
ments and the construction OF new
lines. He knows.
Representative Albert Pfaend>r of
New Ulm struck st. Paul last week
and there was blood In his eye. His
anger was because OF the honoring OF
= requisition 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
bluffing the said client out Of sum OF
money which he owed on some notes.
AZ Mr.. Pfaender put 1t. 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 reQuisitions and said Il
would be one Of the nrst bills he would
Introduce In the house.
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That there Is some need of reform
In the present method of honorins ana
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