The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1913-04-08
Seven Senator Bill
Passes Once Again
Senate Puts Measure Through After
Long Debate and House Will
Follow Suit
ENACT COMPENSATION ACT
Iniative and Referendum is Passed by
Both Branches Following
The Conference
ENACT COMPENSATION ACT
(By Grove E. Wilson,

1t was busy old week in the senate
and house.
Those as didn't take our advice of
last week and come down missed some
thing.
Dunn's Good Road bill which came
up from the house was voted upon and
passed so that there is reason to be-
lieve there will be some building of
roads in this good old state next year.
For which thanks are due to R. c.
Dunn, the sage of Princeton.
Limited to Seven Senators
Friday afternoon the senate took up
the proposition of limiting the num-
Der of senators from any one county to
seven. 1t will be remembered by the
long headed that this proposition was
voted upon and lost at the election last
fall.
1t is a measure aimed at the three
big counties and is supposed to head
off any possibility of the cities running
over the country.
Sets Senate at Fifty
AS the bill came from the commit
tee it set the lumber of senators at fiji
ty. Certain ambitious guardians of
the peoples rights thought this too
small in view of the limit and wanted
the number increased to sixty-three.
Debate shook the stuffin' out of this
amendment and it was lost so that the
senate is limited under this proposed
constitutional amendment to fifty.
Other changes were proposed but
after three hours of debate the bill
passed, 35 to %, practically as it was
two years ago and at the election in
1914 the people will have chance to
vote on this measure, provided of
course the house passes the bill, it be-
ing taken for granted it will.
Employers Must Pay Employees
OF much greater Importance was the
passage by the senate of the Work
mems Compensation act.
This bill was fathered by the COM
mittee which has been at work on the
act since the last session and has
worked up bill which will be of great
benefit to practically every employee
in the state
The bill fixes the compensation to be
recovered in cases of injuries and rails
es from the employee the assumption
of risk and the negligence of fellow
servant. In fact it takes from the en-
ployers practically every defence that
he now enjoys.
Provides for Insurance
The act follows lines already adop-
ted by good many big companies and
provides for an insurance to be carried
for the benefit of the workmen and in
cidentally for the employers.
If the employer doesn't carry the in
surance at the request of the employe
he is directly liable and has no re-
course at law. If neither side agrees
to the insurance, conditions remain
about as they are with the exception
of the assumption of risk.
Kills Daylight Closing
Friday the House had under consid-
Grafton for good long time the day
light closing bill.
After argument which exhausted
everything but the bill the measure
was defeated 55 to go.
No Callers Last Week
1t was considerably lonesome in St.
Paul last week as there were none of
the home folks on hand to help cheer
the weary hours. The time is pass
ing rapidly and unless you hurry on
down I'll miss that opportunity of buy
ing you feed at the dairy lunch room
Senator Clague as well as myself
was ''indisposed" last week. He had
the grip andI had the belly ache
Guess that'l be about all.