The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-11-28


Justice Start, who will retire the first
of the year, said the other day that
he fully agreed with Justice Brown if
he took the position credited to him.
Il fatty refused to serve on the board
when l first entered Office said JUS
tice Start, sand the law was changed
SO as to include the chief justice. Had
remained upon the bench was fully
determined the first of the year to
refuse to serve and to give my rea-
sons for doing So
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Good roads enthusiasts can now re,
JOice, as the mill tax amendment has
prevailed and that by a majority Of
better than 10000. AS result of the
passage of the good roads amendment
there is rush for places on the good
roads committee in both houses and
the several candidates for speaker are
being swamped with applications.
There will. be road bills galore this
session r. G. Dunn OF Princeton is
sure to be chairman of the house COM
mittee. The amendment which pre-
vailed was his creation. a.....
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In effect a measure directed against
the cities, it may surprise some to
know that the seven-senatOrs amend.
ment received a heavy vote in the
centers of population. Ramsey county
gave it big vote. The amendment
limited the representation of any one
county to seven senators. The vote
for the amendment was 126,457, with
71,181 against. 1t is more than like
ly that the proposed amendment, de-
spite it's defeat, will be again offered
for consideration at the coming SEES
sion of the legislature. The country
end is strong for it.
Henry Rines OF Mora, editor of the
Kanabec County Times and for three
sessions aligned with the progressive
element in the lower house, was en-
dorsed for speaker at the next session
OF the legislature by thirty-two pro-
gressive Republican legislators who
participated in caucus in the West
hotel, Minneapolis, one day last week.
At the same time w. I. Nolan of Min
neapolis, N. J. H0lmberg of Renville
county, J. T. Johnson of Fergus Falls,
Thomas Frankson of Spring Valley and
S. T. Oftothun Of Glenwood, all of
whom had been mentioned in connec-
tion with the speakership, were eli1ni-
mated from the fight. They participant
ed in the conference, pledged their
support to Mr.. Rines and were appoint
ed to campaign committee that is to
direct the Rines fight for the coveted
position at the head of the house Or
ganization
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Gordon Bright of Minneapolis, who
was Hennepin county manager for L.
c. spooner in the Republican guber-
material primary fight, is out for the
office of sergeant-at-arms of the house.
He was a clerk in the last house. o.
car Arneson of Chisholm wants his old
job of chief clerk back, but he will
have to fight Claude Mckenzie, for
nerly clerk to the house judiciary
committee. It is expected that anoth.
Or week will see a half dozen or more
candidates for the several house DO
sitions.
The next house will have on it's
hands at least one election contest.
It will come from st. Paul and F. F.
Brown, Democrat, will be the con-
testant. Brown went against E. J.
Fuchs, Republican, and lost. He now
Insists that the canvassing board made
wrong return in his case. Election
contests used to be a good source Of
revenue for those involved, as the leg
1slature invariably paid the bill, but
it will not happen this time. The last
session put the lid on the practice.
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Has James A. Manahan, CONGRESS-
man elect and the latest Democratic
| convert to Republicanism, got his eye
On the governorship two years hence
or is he laying wires for United States
Senator Clapp's job? Friends" gave
Mr.. Manahan a dinner in MINNEAPOLIS
last week and the affair was the occa-
sion for quite a gathering of promi-
nent political lights. Jim's future was
not touched upon, but it was limited at
! on the quiet. The job of congressman
at large will in all probability 20 out
| of business in two years and Manahan
! is not the boy to forget to lay up some
| thing for rainy day.
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1t is pretty certain that a bill re-es-
tablishing capital punishment in Min
! nesota will be offered at the coming
session of the legislature. Quite a
few ministers have come forward and
advocated it. Former Representative
Mckenzie was responsible for the WHIP
| ing out of the old law and the fact so
| incensed his constituents that they re-
fused to endorse him for re election at
the primaries. A number who voted
| for the Mckenzie bill also fell bv the