The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-28

st. Paul, June 21.-A petition signed
by forty-five voters of Menahga, Wa
.dena county, praying the governor
to reconvene the legislature so that
just and equitable reapportioning
act might be passed, reached the
executive offices To-Day. One para
graph says:
"And, further, that you, as chief
executive, urge in your message that
IL the members continue to misrep-
resent their constituents, violate
their oaths of office and trample on
the state constitution, that the new
ly enacted recall measure be put in
to practical operation"
The newly enacted recall measure"
mentioned in the petition was not
enacted. The senate killed it the
night before the adjournment.
|, Test Primary Law.
Action to test the validity of the
new statewide primary law may be
started by attorneys in Minneapolis,
following a visit made by them to
the state capitol this morning To
julius A. Schmahl, secretary of
state, they said they believed the
section of the law providing differ
ent classes for candidates where
there are to be more than one
nominated for the. same office, is
unconstitutional
The forty-first legislative district
in Hennepin county, where there
are four representatives to be nomi-
mated, was cited as an instance.
There, it was claimed, voters may
be prohibited from casting ballot
for all four, because the law pro-
hibits voting for more than one can
didate in any class.
If the suit is instituted, it probab-
/. ly will be taken to the supreme
court Immediately.
Science of Eugencs.
Minneapolis, June 21.-The science
of eugenics, for the time being at
least. has won over the demands
of attorneys in the Minneapolis po-
lice court, for Judge C. L. Smith,
this morning sentenced Mabel Claire,
GIT Fourth avenue south, to the
workhouse for thirty days. He
granted stay until July 1 to allow
an appeal to the supreme court
The woman was arrested and con-
victed for disorderly conduct in con-
nection with her massage parlors.
After the conviction Judge Smith
said that he would fine her $500 and
not, send her to the workhouse pro-
vided she married A. H. Sindell, her
fiance, on July 10, as she had plan
ned.
Protest From Women. .y
This brought protest from the wom-
en- of Minneapolis, and on Monday
hearing was held at which women
physicians testified in court that the
! laws of eugenics were violated when
women convicted of vicious crimes
were allowed to marry, and that WON
EN- convicted e. of social crimes
should not be allowed to- become
mothers of families.
After listening to the theories adj
vanced by the women, Judge Smith
changed his mind, and the woman
was given the work house sentence.
Sindell was divorced from his first
wife July 9, 1911, and, therefore,
cannot marry for a year. Unless
the supreme court acts before July
1, the marriage cannot take place
until August 81, when the woman
will leave the work house.
Police Shake-Up in Minneapolis.
The biggest police "shake-up" since
the administration of Mayor D. p.
Jones came today in Minneapolis
with the announcement of the fol-
lowing changes in the department:
| Captain of Detectives Nicholas
Smith transferred to the captaincy
Of the North Side station.
Detective Louis Hansen appointed
captain of detectives.
Captain George Cinclair of North
Side station transferred to the cap
taincy of South Side station.
Captain John Stavlo of South Side
station reduced to rank of detective
and assigned to Central station.