The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-05-01

their lives to defeat it. Al the last
election Ramsey county and St. Paul
surprised the. state by giving the
amendment ali endorsement that came
near putting It over, but this will not
happen again. There is going to be
publicity this time and plenty of it.
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1t is generally taken for granted
that Speaker Rines Of the house is
going after the state authorship, and
that soon. No one would be surprised
if his candidacy was announced short,
ly During the usual gift giving cere-
monies which marked the close of the
session the authorship and Mr.. Rines'
illness for 1t was touched upon by the
speakers and the remarks were warm
ly applauded. If Rines goes after
the authorship the possibility is that
Sam Iverson, the present incumbent,
will tackle the gubernatorial nomina-
ton.
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The legislature just closed passed
over 600 bills. of which eleven we're
constitutional amendments. This is
the largest number of laws since the
days of special legislation. In the
case of st. Paul and Minneapolis
alone over seventy-fve acts were
passed affecting them, It. was hoped
to have the lot in phamphlet form for
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the state this week, but the number
of laws was to- great to permit it.
The bound volume of laws will be in
excess Of 1000 pages. 49,.
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After spending several thousands
of dollars Investigating the inspec-
ton of grain in the state, not to-
speak Of days of valuable time, both
houses last week brought the whole,
thing to finish by practically dump
ing the reports made by the two COM
mlttees into the waste paper heap. In
the senate majority and minority
report covering the findings of the
committee was laid on the table and
in the house the members refused to
have the report printed and distrib-
uted. Representative Bendixen Of
Redwood county wanted the report
printed, but was compelled to with
draw his demand following a vigorous
assault by John Lennon and other
Twin City members.
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Representative Lennon of Mime
apolis announces that he is through
with official life and will make no
further attempt at the legislative job
he has held the past ten years. He
says it is not~worth the trouble. Len.
non is the senior members of the:
house and has always been a fighter.
The state board of visitors is now
out of a job because of a failure on
the part of the legislature to appro-.
pirate the money necessary for it's
maintenance and the same condition:
faces the state automobile licensing
department. In anticipation of bilF
passing which was designed to reor-
ganize the auto department no appro--
priation was made and those in charge.
will simply have to quit when: their
present fund becomes exhausted.
Should Governor Eberhart call
special session of the legislature this:
deficiency will likely be corrected, but
it is generally understood that the:
board of visitors is gone for good.
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Both houses before adjournment:
adopted resolutions providing for the
appointment of committee to investi-.
gate the question of statewide control
of public utilities and the drafting of
bill, if necessary. Before leaving
for home Speaker Rines named his
committee. It consists of w. I. Nolan,
Minneapolis; Frank Minnette, Sank
Center; G.. N. Orr, st. Paul; H. H.
Flowers, Cleveland; G.. B. Bjornson,.
Minneota; A. L. Warner, Duluth, and
G. E. southwick, Wells. The selec--
ton of a committee by Lieutenant
Governor Burnquist is to come If
comment counts for anything the Rines
committee carries little in the way of
comfort for either the Eherhart sd-
ministration or the interests con-
cerned. In way it is against the:
movement for the present at least
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The house finished it's labors with
the passage of the Wallace-Fosseen
nuisance abatement bill and property
owners generally have walked up to-
the fact that they are up against
bad one. The bill has for it's end the
suppression of immoral resorts"
through the medium of the injunction.
The measure is perhaps the most dras
tic of it's kind ever attempted by any
state and has provision that hits
innocent owners of property as we'll
as those it attempts to suppress. It
calls for the confiscation of all per-
sonal property found in immoral places
and the big furniture houses find that
they will be hard hit: They sell on
an installment basis and they stand
to lose as well as the holder of the