Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-04-16

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.
To do this he must first apply in
person or by an agent to the judges
Of election in his home district on
one Of the registration days and se->
cure certificate to the effect that
he is legal voter. This he presents
to the judges Of election in the pre-
cinct in which he wishes to vote. On
the judges being satisfied Of the vot-
er's identity and the commences Of
his certificate, he is given a ballot,
which, after being marked, is put in
an envelope and sealed. At the close
Of the polls such envelopes are sent
by registered mail to the auditor of
the county Of which the voter is
resident. They are opened by the
canvassing board and entered on the
tally sheets Of the election district
in which the voter is entitled to vote
and added to the totals. There seems
no good reason why the plan will not
work well enough.
BREWERY AGENTS OVER EN-
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Because they made it plain that
| they were tickled to death when the
| primary bill passed the house con-
tanning the provision that members
| Of the Legislature should be nominat-
| ed on a non-partisan ballot, the ag
ents of the breweries jeopardized its
passage. They set the house, which
has small love for their kind, to
thinking that if they were so enthu-
siastic over this provision Of the
amendments to the primary law there
must be something radically wrong
with it. That unquestionably ac-
counted for the defeat Of the bill
after it came from the conference
committee. And although it has been
reinstated, the fate Of the measure
hangs on very slender thread. The
bill has been amended in conference
so as to make the date Of the prim-
aries in June instead of. on the first
Tuesday in October. The latter date
was so near that Of election that a
state campaign would have been i'm
possible, and besides it did not give
the secretary Of state time in which
to have the ballots, tally sheets, ETC.,
printed and circulated. It would have
been at least the fifteenth Of the
month before the primary vote could
have been canvassed by the state
canvassing board, and to print the
; ballots, etc., between that time and
, the first of November would have
been out Of the question.
Il GOOD BILL KILLED.
Il What looks like a very meritorious
!, measure was defeated when the sen.
ate went on record against the Thoe.
Saugstad measure prohibiting dis.
elimination in the purchase or SALE
, Of grain, lumber or other commod.
tiles in general use. This is a com
mon practice Of those who wish tt
squeeze out competition. Elevators
will pay more for, wheat than tn.
market warrants when an obnoxiou:
farmers organization is in the field
or managers Of lumber companie:
will cut prices to the bone in ont
place and make it up by charging tn
|, loss to consumers in another distric
r where there is no competition. Qnl!
I twenty six senators were found Wht
would vote for the bill when it came
to a showdown, although Senator
Thoe says there were thirty six WIFI
pledged themselves to support it.
i :. THE LONGEST BILL.
The Dunn Good Roads Law is BY
quite little the longest measure
that will be passed at this session
It will cover forty pages of the gen
eral laws Of 1913. The negotiable
instruments act, which has more
sections, is close second. The Uni
form Warehouse Receipts Act, which
comes next, so far as they have beer
printed, is next in extent, is scarcel,
half so long. There is no measure
in sight which in scope>is in the class
Of either Of these. . rs
PUBLIC UTILITIES BILL FAILS
The public utilities bill would hav'
run the Dunn bill close race if j
had not had bad luck. The one fav
ored was modification Of the Wall
ace bill prepared by the house com
mittee on general legislation. It i
charged that the interests so-calle'
had a hand in its making, and ever,
indication points to this being true
It looks as though the senate onl,,
waited for the house to give it it
sanction when it would have put ov
er there. However, the house wa
mot so inclined. The bill was riddle
there from stern to gudgeon and the
thrown out. There were only thirt
lwho voted for it. This vote, how
ever, does not indicate the sentimen
S Lin favor Of state control Of publ
utilities. Many, perhaps most, 9
Those who voted against the commit
tee bill favored state control as 8
abstract proposition. Those in pa
sition to Judge look for legislatio
d Of this character before. long. II
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