Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1913-01-17

plles. teasE or famine nttlngly 0es
scribes the situation. The fact that
former sessions have been gIutted in
the way of supplies does hardly just
ify the present starving. A member
told me be had replied to a letter
from constituent on the back of a
checked off roll call sheet and added
as. post script that this is the kind
Of stationary we are getting" He
said. too. that the committee on sup
plies were going to ask the supply
houses to submit bids and if they
found those in. Minnesota in 'ttrust"
they knew of supply houses outside
the state. in Ohio and New York.
/" Thus. = be said. I'VE may get our
stationery about the time we are
ready to adjourn. But where or
when the supplies are obtained this
year It will be at "a considerable small
er figure than two years ago. How
ever it was not the supplies by the
secretary of state that caused the trou-
BILE two years ago. 1t was the liberal
ity Of the chief clerks of the House
and Senate.
About thirty bills from the house
and more than forty from the senate
have been dumped into the legislative
hopper this first week. Most of
them in some form or another carry
ing out the leads pointed at in the
governor message. Space will not
permit discussion of them in this let
ter. shall try that next week. parti-
cularly DR.. Stones reappportionment
scheme,
| In concluding this my debut, word
in explanation. am probably the
first farmer who ever attempted d
| legislative letter. Should anyone
appoint himself publicity patrol and
proclaim ! "sbould not I boldly POP
I"why not?" If it be fashionable tc
constitute information bureaus in
the form of Leagues, Lunch Clubs,
Legislative Reporters, and Law Re-
porting Companies. I propose to be ir
style few rounds. and if ! stay OF
the Job while I'll make it my ausi
ness to look into the reporting" in
dustry as we'll as the legislature.
may be little "seedy for this occupa
tion but j have been credited response
bic for one professional, which
helps some. ] may not succeed il
clieess4erinp as many LEADERS a
he did, but ! hope the membership
of the present session will afford me
and everybody concerned the plessur,
of picking out an equal number o
real men. Most of them look goot
to me now. But let us not expec
the unreasonable or the impossible
Don't forget that this North Sta
State of ours is pretty big institu
tion. 1t has north, south, an eas
and west, and big chunk in tn
middle It's interests are many an
varied. Call them special if you " i'll
It's easy TO proclaim progressiveisr
by shouting. But when we settl
down to business, whether that b
legislation or Offices. we are in DANCE
of nourishing love-one- another
: attitude that will disturb the Roose
velt-LaFollette copyright. If any on
doubts this look up the record of pro
, fessed progressives on tonnage tax
distance tariff, gross earnings, seve
senators. county option, etc.. and Sc
if we don't find them on both sides @
all these propositions? However. le
US hope that the end Of the presen
session will be as happy as the begin
ming. Let US hope it will be NOR
successful of things well done tina
any of its predecessors. But even
they should fall short little in thi
and only succeed in coming out on
par with some of those gone befo1
they will nevertheless have earne
their salaries if not the everlastin
gratitude of the people of the state
FARMER WIDEAWAKE.