Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1913-05-02


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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It 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'
fitness for it 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.
The legislature just closed passed
over 600 bills, of which eleven were
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-f1ve acts were
passed affecting them. 1t was hoped
to have the lot in phamphlet form for
distribution by the papers throughout
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.
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After spending several thousands
of dollars investigating the ihspec-
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
mittees into the waste paper heap. In
the senate majority and a 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 vigorous
assault by John Lennon and other
Twin City members.
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Representative Lennon of Mime
apoIis 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 fighter.
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The state board of visitors is now
out of a job because of 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 bill
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 a
| 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 a committee to investi-
gate the question of statewide control
of public utilities and the drafting of
a bill, if necessary. Before leaving
for home Speaker Rines named his
committee. It consists of w ]. Nolan,
Minneapolis; Frank Minnette, Sank
Center; G. N. Orr, st. Paul; H. H.
| Flowers, Cleveland; G. B. Bjornson.
Minneota; A. l.. Warner, Duluth, and
c. E. Southwick, Wells The selec-
ton of q 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 Eberhart adj
ministration or the interests con-
cerned. In a 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 a
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 a provision that hits
innocent owners of property as well
as those it attempts to suppress. 1t
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
10 lose, as we'll as the holder of the
property
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Old timers over the state will prob
ably learn with pleasure that Gov.