New Ulm review., 1913-01-29
Senator Wallace's Measure
Branded An Iniquitous Scheme
Bill Said To Be Framed In interests Of The
Corporations.
Private Secretaries For Burnquist and Rines
Cost State 100000

Now the elections committee, of
which Senator Haycraft is chairman,
and the elite of BurnQnist's machine
are associate members, proposes an
amendment to the Moonan bill which
doubtless will kill 1t and clear the
decks for a new bill under the cham
pionship of the senatorial clique.
The amendment proposes to recall
appointive Offices. AS everyone
knows this would not be feasible or
right. The elective officer and not
his subordinate should be the one
and the only one recalled. Through
him, the public can reach the Of
Tending subordinate and fix respon.
sibility at the same time. Senator
Moonan by showing his ability in
fathering clean cut progressive leg
islation has offended the Burnquist
machine. The senate organization
has proceeded far enough now to in
dicate clearly that BurnQuist is go.
ing to give the democratic minority
the same old Geal which character
lied Gordon's reign. VIII 1t prove
as disastrous to Burnquist's ambitions
as it did to those of Gordon? s
W. |. Nolan, Speaker Rines' floor
leader was rebuked the other day
by H. H. Dunn. The political and
Legislative "piety" Of the Rines' or.
ganization is getting offensive to
both the Dunns and their following.
The Lundeen motion for a committee
on committees was up for discussion
and Mr.. Nolan, who supported a
similar measure vigorously two years
ago, opposed the same principle
when directed against his own ma.
chine. This stirred H. H. Dunn, who
said: E
Il don't like to see any one mem.
Der sarrogate to himself all the tis.
sue paper sweetness of progressive
ness"
It will, be noted that when the
vote was taken several of Mr. Rines'
supporters broke away from the or
gaEigstiTn Chief among these was
-fiionIaas kran.s sUt Spssng Valley
who is not pleased over his com
mittee assignment. Mr.. Frankson Is
too much in favor of tonnage tax
and other matters, which are op
posed by Rines and his Immediate
following. Other breaks in the mot
ley group composing the Rines' or
sanization will be noticed from time
to time in this column.
Last week was progressive week
in st. Paul. The progressive Re-
publicans met Thursday at the old
capitol building and listened to Sen
ator Kenyon. Progressives or bull
moosers attended rallies at the Mer-
chants hotel and the auditorium and
listened to Senator Beveridge and a
battery of speakers sent out by the
publicity department of the new ma
tional party. Republican members of.
both houses were kept busy running
between the two conferences. Some
stayed away, others attended one
of the conferences and many went
to both of them In justice to the
bull moosers it should be said they
put up the best showing.
TO paraphrase one of Bryan's char
acterizations of Colonel Rooseve't's
political evolution. one might say
of Governor Adolph Olson Eberhart:
He did not enter the progressive
vinevard at the eleventh hvur. he
waited until quarter to twelve
During the primary campaign when
it was known that the initiative and
referendum composed the chief plat
form of P. NJ. Ringdal, Mr.. Eber-
hart was silent upon the issue. Dur
ing the election camDaign. he was
equally silent, although Mr.. Ring
dal went up and down the state
the initiative and refer
endum. Mr.. Eberharts friends count
ed noses in both the house and the
and after determining that
some kind Of an initiative and ref
erendum measure would probably
pass. they proceeded to advise the
governor to recommend it in his
message.
Less than two weeks before the
session convened. Ralph w. Wheel
,ck declared that Governor Eberhart
would not mention the initiative and
Governor Eberhart
himself was silent. At a quarter
10 twelve, however, he approves of
he initiative and referendum, say
ing:
"There is today genuine de.
nand on the part of the people for
lirect legislation. No one questions
he capacity of the American peo.
Die for direct government"
MANY questioned, however, whether
Governor Eberhart sensed the ode
nand" during the primaries or the
election campaign.
The convening of the Legislature |
las revived gossip relative to Cover
Tor Eberhart's political aspirations |
t is. practically certain that he will
,e a candidate two years hence to
succeed himself as governor. Mayor
I. P. Keller has been urged to get
nto the race, but has decided to
'un for mayor under the new char.
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