Morris tribune., 1913-07-11

they were unable to bring about any
change 1t is likely that the contro-
versy will be renewed at the special
session of the legislature to be held
October next.
Those who are fighting Governor
Eberhart's scheme of statewide con-
troll of public utilities offer as an argu-
ment that it is the utilities who want
the law, not the consumers. In Min
neapolis a fight is on for 60-cent gas
and the battle may extend to St Paul.
That the gas companies of the two
cities would hail with delight some
thing which would relieve them OF
this demand goes without saying, so
perhaps there is something after all
in what the opposition claims You
certainly cannot, blame the utilities.
With the cities it is get what you
want first and then argue it after
wards The statewide control idea
is first to see if the utilities can stand
the desired cut.
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1OuCdCOIS IuG SJdI0
are more than pleased over the de-
cision of the supreme court uphold
ing the Putnam consolidated school
act, which provides state aid for
schools which add the teaching of
agricultural, industrial training and
domestic science to their Est of
| learning. The law was ATTACKED as
10 So1,
district furnishing such courses to
tax nonresident pupils nominal fee.
Justice Hallam wrote the opinion
and he upheld the law in every re-
spect.
That Secretary of State Schmahl
will again be on the lists when the
time arrives for the selection of those
who will head the next state ticket
is generally accepted. He cannot be
headed off, all of which leads up to
the remark that perhaps some day
the powers that be may have to
reckon with julius in a gubernatorial
way The Redwood Falls man, they
say, has the bug, though he is too
shrewd a politician to start buzZing
at this time. Secretary of State
Schmahl is of the old school and his
adherence to tried and true methods
of playing the game have undoubted-
ly helped him in getting by in the
face of opposition that would have
swamped any one else. No one ever
caught julius following new gods
and this, per haps, is responsible for
his success. AS l say, it might be
well to keep an eye on the little fel-
low. He has some majorities to his
credit which cannot be sneezed at.
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The late purchase of four mileage
books and the consuming of about
dozen more since Aug. / last, by
Governor Eberhart is engaging the
attention of some of the opposition
papers and bets are on that his ex-
cellency will break the tourist record
this year. Governor Eberhart iS
some traveller, that is certain, but he
explains his almost constant absence
out of the state on the ground that
he is boosting Minnesota. Governor
Eberhart once said he likes to travel
and he sure is getting his fill.
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Heeding a clamor for reform a st.
Paul municipal judge gave steam
boat captain a straight thirty-day
sentence to the workhouse for per-
} mitting LIQUOR on his boat. The
next day the captain appealed to the
J state pardon board, but that tribunal
handed the case back to the court,
! which had intimated that it would
; stand for a pardon, with the remark
| that the court which sentenced him
: could give the culprit new 1trial or
suspend sentence. More workhouse
sentences come from St. Paul to the
= state board of pardons for consider
alton than any city in the state, and
/ all. as a rule, backed by the munich
; pal Judge which imposed the sentence.
From all accounts this particular
CAPTAIN was the goat in crusade
which the court could not very well
overlook and he received something,
that more fragrant but adroit Of
tenders should have got, but escaped
by fleeing the state
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Charles Halverson of Madison, for
four years member of the state
board of control, died in Mime.
apolis last week, following an opera
tion. In the early nineties Mr.. Hal
verson was a member of the legis.
lature. He was appointed to the
board of control by Governor John.
son.
The other day the commission
: provided under the new law giving
. the state labor department civil serv-
: ice held an examination for appli-
: cants and eighty-one responded.
There are just thirty-two positions
in the department.