The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-04-17

get back now by proposing that the
nonpartisan idea be extended to state
officers, which would include the gov
ernor. This simply means that the
bill will never become law.
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The threatened revision of salaries
by the legislature continues to worry
the state officials. This week it was
reported that the house and senate
finance committee had agreed on
straight salaries of $4,000 each for l.
A. CasWell, clerk of the supreme court,
and George Author, secretary to Gov
ernor Eberhart Both receive much
more than that in fees. The report
also is that Secretary of State Schnahl
is to have his salary reduced. Anoth-
er cut to be made will be in the case
of Bank Examiner Chase, who receives
$4,000 a year. Both Schmahl and
! Chase are working overtime to head
| off the calamity
A boxing bill, which has been fea-
! ture OF every session since the time
when the legislature put the ban on
| the short haired fraternity in Mime
sofa, received it's quietus when the
senate committee on general legisla-
ton reported the Moeller bill legaliz-
| ing slX-rOund contests with soft gloves
out OF business. The bill passed the
! house with votes to spare. In defer
ence to the wishes of the promoters
the Twin City papers put the soft
pedal on all news concerning the
progress of the bill, but even this did
| not avail. Quietly a majority of the
senators regarded the bill with favor,
but what the folks at home would
say was another thing.
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It may not come in this generation,
but some day Minnesota will have a
legislature where the call of Hey,
Rube,' will not be the slogan and
city and country will dwell in harmony
If there is one thing that nauseates
it is this continual appeal to the coun-
try when it is desired to kill bill
and this session of the legislature has
| been particularly strong in this re-
spect The one pleasant thing is that
many who were stampedeG by the cry
have tumbled and it no longer has the
SIGN.
| Minnesota has not taken on Woman's
suffrage as yet, but this does not nee
essarily mean that all the fair leaders
Of the movement have gone to pot.
They are very much on the Job, as
was evidenced last week when, with
out the knowledge of the state fair
board, they secured from Governor
Eberhart permission for the introduce
ton in both houses of bill creating a
woman's auxiliary fair board and
forced it's passage through both
houses under suspension of the rules
the same day. 1t was only two days
later that the board woke up and after
exposing the whole thing secured the
return of the bill from the governor
for further consideration.
AS the state fair board tells it for
months they have been bothered by a
delegation headed by Mrs. Olberg OF
Minneapolis asking for woman's ad
dition to the board. In answer the
board adopted resolution providing
for woman's auxiliary of three mem
bers and asked the president Of the
State Federation of Women's Clubs tc
make the selections. The list named
Il did not include the delegation headed
by Mrs. Olberg and she arranged a re
prisal. Imagine the surprise of tho
board when they learned OF the pas
sage of the bill creating a board o.
} three. And with expenses to be paiC
: by the state, too. Representative
} O'Neili of Thief River Falls, who asked
for the suspension of the rules so a.
to facilitate the passage of the bill
. admits that he was fooled and he wa!
) among the first to insist on recall
In the senate those responsible fo
the passage of the bill were equal!
active in calling it back. It is no
every one who can slip it over IS;
, men, but one lone woman seems t,
| have done it in this case.
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The bill providing for public utili
ties commission went by the board il
: the house Friday and in its defeat on,
of the most meritorious measures O
: the session was sent to the discard
, Representative C. T. Knapp Of CHS
7 holm fathered it and though with full
knowledge of the fact that it wa
l doomed he put up fight that ha
+ been without a parallel this session
l Representative Knapp has been on
5 of the house floor leaders and to dat
he has been remarkably successful il
the things he fathered or opposed.
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+ A public utilities commission i
: bound to come in Minnesota. Tn
y adoption of the scheme which is nov