The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-03-06

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pany stocks had decreased materially
in the last thirty days and that the
Legislature should not at present do
anything which would increase the
working expense of the companies.
G. S. Fernald Of Chicago, general at
torney for the Pullman company,
|opposed a gross earnings tax of per
cent on sleeping car companies doing
business in the state. The bill, as
drawn, does not hit the railroad COM
panies which operate sleeping cars
of their own.
S. A. Nelson has offered bill in
the senate which proposes a consti-
tutional amendment giving women
the right to vote on all matters
dealing with the liquor question,
just as they now have the right to
vote on school questions.
The Haycraft nonpartisan elections
bill passed the senate on Friday by a
vote Of So to s. The bill makes sew
eral amendments to the present
primary law, as follows: County
officers and members of the
Legislature are made nonpartisan,
nominated in the primaries without
party designation: the right to NOM
mate by petition is abrogated as to
all nonpartisan offices; the date of
the primary election is changed from
seven weeks before election to the
third Tuesday in June; the 'bull
moose" party is lega]ized by an
amendment recognizing any party
which casts per cent of the total
vote in the preceding election.
A bill by Thomas Frankson to put
ticket spectators out of business
passed the house on Friday. It
makes it a misdemeanor to sell tick
cts to any class of entertainment at
a greater price than they are sold by
the management. The incentive for
the proposed law was the difficulty
in obtaining tickets for the Wiscon-
sim Minnesota football game last fall
because of the success of the specu-
lators in gaining possession of large
blocks of tickets.
H. A. Putnam has introduced a
bill in the house calling for the SUBJ
mission Of constitutional amend
ment prohibiting the manufacture,
sale or nsportation of LIQUOR. in
the state.
The house committee on education
has recommended for passage the bill
prepared by the Minnesota Educa-
tional association providing for a
state pension fund for public school
teachers. The bill provides for a
one tenth mill state tax for the bene-
fit of the fund and for payment by
teachers of l per cent of their
months salary each month for the
first ten years of service and IL per
cent for the following years. Teach
ers can retire after twenty-five years
service on half salary pensions, or on
a graded scale after ten years. service
when disabled.
A house bill providing for the re-
moval of the $500 limit now placed
on the amount which can be recov.
cred in Minnesota courts for death
by wrongful acts has been recon-
mended for passage.
Two new reapportionment bills
were added to the house list on Sat-
urday.
John G.. Lennon and G. II. Warner
have introduced bill in the house
providing for the creation of state
board of reclamation, whose duties
it shall be to clear 20 acres out of as
many 40-acre tracts of state land as
possible, add the cost of clearing tC
the price, and turn the land over to
the immigration board to be sold tc
settlers. The bill carries an appro-
priation Of $50, 900.
Wilson Announces Cabinet.