The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-04-24

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the signature of Governor Eberhart to
make it a law. How it will work out
is the interesting thing. It was not
the progressive element in the two
bodies that put the bill over. w. I.
Nolan and Speaker Rines in the house
were suspicious from the start and
advised caution, but the deed had
been done and they were powerless to
stop it's completion. The bill pre-
vailed in the house by bare major
ity. Democrats are jubilant. They say
it will increase their standing in the
next legislature and the reactionary
element declares that it will do away
with new party ideas.
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If Minnesota is to be represented at
either the Panama exposition or the
Put-In-Bay Perry centennial celebra-
ton it will have to be by private sub
scriptions. Both house and senate
committees Topped off appropriations
for each. And this was not all the
looping off it did. There were cuts
al down the line, including the uni
versity and the state immigration bu-
reau. The latter wanted $4,000. Yet
this same committee found time to
add about $4,000 to the salaries Of
various state officials. The excuse
was that it was necessary to equalize
salaries and put them all on a perma-
nent basis.
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It comes on good authority that
Professor Merica, the new head Of
the Red Wing boys training school,
is pretty much disguised with his job
and is contemplating retirement.
Nearly seventy escapes in less than
six months and ten of them in one
| day is the record, not to speak of a
| line of INSTRUMENTATION that has CON-
PEELED a return to corporal punish
| ment. The honor scheme has proven
failure. Frank Whittier, the for
mer superintendent, who was removed,
or rather resigned under compulsion
after being bounded to death by manu-
featured evidence tending to show that
he was unfit, is now having his inning.
With the big cities caring for their
erring boys the school is becoming
the home of incorrigables and young
criminals and prison discipline is
necessary for their control.
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Minnesota is facing the highest tax
rate in years, "a mills, with possible
increase to 3 mills, and the question
now being asked is, "Who is respon-
sible?" The last levy made was IL
last October. State Auditor lverson
who announced the levy then, spoke
of the low levy in glowing terms, said
it was only the forerunner of a still
further cut and the Republican state
campaign committee was so i'm
pressed that it heralded the fact
broadcast. 1t is this campaign jockey
ing with the levy for revenue purposes
that is raising hob with the legisla
tive finance committees now. They
simply cannot help putting the levy
back where it should be and do JUS
tice to legitimate demands. For the
last six years every campaign has
seen some tampering with the lev!
for political purposes and the state
has been living from hand to moutE
in consequence. If you or I coult
have had the interest alone paid fo7
borrowed money during that time W.
could retire comfortably. Some da.
the people will tumble
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For week now one St. Paul dali.
paper has been giving top Of column
next to pure reading matter position
to a daily exposure of what it claim
are startling things in connection
with the purchase some years ago O
several million dollars worth Of Vii
ginia state bonds. They were bough
much below par and are paying tn
state 3 per cent The inference wa
that the story covered an investige
ton being made by the house con
mittee on accounts and expenditures
but a majority of the committee dc
; | MES that it is interested and tn
question that now prompts itself
what is behind the whole thing
Some say that certain insurance con
panies want the bonds, with const
. quent profit to themselves; others tina
/ the powers that be are after tn
; scalps of R. c. Dunn and State Aud
, tor 1verson, who are credited wit
: gubernatorial ambitions. Both wer
concerned in the original purchase {
the bonds. Be as it may there
) more than an attempt to put befor
, the public what the paper in questio
{ thinks was an unwise expenditure {
the peoples money and the truth wi
yet come out.
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5 The house committee which be-
3 been putting in the past three month
: investigating the inspection Of graf
e in the state has completed it's labor
: Its findings are now in the hands
e the legislature. In brief it recor
f mends: That original inspection
S grain be more liberal; that the Sc
g eral chambers of commerce and ira