Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1913-04-18

Samuel g. Iverson, both OF whom are
potential candidates for governor. ~
looks as though Mr.. Iverson was the
one feared the most.
The lead upon which the committee
has been at work is q supposed oil.
ference between the purchase price OF
the bonds and their market value at
the time Of purchase by. the state when
r. G. Dunn was auditor. The committee
claims to be in possession Of facts
which shows q difference Of $50, 600
between the market and the purchase
price. Whether the state was imposed
upon or whether it was poor business
Judgment has not been disclosed, but
the committee promises to have start
ling facts to disclose ere long.
The state now holds $2,145, 900 in
Virginia bonds, most Of which repre-
sents purchases during Mr.. Dunn g
term Of office. A dispatch from Vir-
GINA relates that Mr.. Dunn and the
late August T. Koerner made q trip
to Richmond with q trunk full Of the
bonds for the purpose Of having them
exchanged for registered bonds in place
of the coupon bonds which the state
then held.
Dunn scouts the report and Mr..
Iverson refuses to say word. The in
vestigation to follow the committee 9
report doubtless win afford .
sensational finish to the session.
There was weeping and wailing in
the precincts of the public utility cor
porations when the Knapp public
utility bill was defeated last week.
While there are arguments both for
and against a public utility bill the
Rines organization evidently got cold
feet at the last moment and lined up
against the bill for fear that the
measure was loaded. Men straddling
political fences are prone to move slow.
ly. It is not likely that any public
utility bill will be passed at this ses.
sion. The public service corporations,
Edward E. Smith g pet, will have to
worry along, under aldermanic super
vision for two more years.
Now that the board of control is
republican there is not the haste to
give out the reports Of the board of
visitors. The reporters used to feast on
the sensational reports Of the board of
visitors often before the governor saw
them when P. M. Ringdal was chair.
man of the board and the democrats
held the whip handle on that board.
The reports of this body used to be
privileged copy" It is different now,
oh so different. The reports are care.
fully censored. .-...
It is likely that the Board Of visit
ors will be abolished. Under the pres
ent law, the governor has the power to
investigate any institution and he has
the state g purse behind him too. Why
the state should employ three men to
manage it's institutions and then hire
three men to see that they are on the
job is puzzle and not sound business
policy, to say the least.
It became known this week, and q
fact that likely will be aired upon the
stump in the next campaign that the
Standard Oil company is blocking the
move to place oil inspection under the
dairy and food department. The
Standard Oil company it is urged
wants the kind of inspection it is get.
ting for oils graded by the state as
leniently as they are now and chiefly
by political henchman of the Eberhart:
Smith administration. It is obvious to
anyone that a company with inferior
oil would like nothing better than q
"squinting" inspection to put it's oil
on grade warranted by the state into
the bargain.
It is peculiar thing but the oil COM
panies did not fight the bill over in the
house. The bill abolishing the present
inspection went over quietly to the
senate and was killed in Burnquist 3
committee on general legislation. The
mystery grows when one remembers
that Governor Eberhart in two mes.
sages and stump-speeches galore has
advocated the abolition of the oil in
spection department and the placing
Of this inspection in the hands of the
state dairy and food commissioner.
This is one Of the administrations
grand stand plays, however. It is in
line with Eberhart's eleventh hour con-
version to initiative and referendum
when he saw that like Banquo's ghost
the issue would not down.
Reports from Washington revealed
only one simon pure progressive. Con.
gresham Lindberg, who is being foot.
ed as the next progressive candidate
for governor. Congressman Charlie
Davis, the prettiest little Hopper who
ever flopped, sold his progressive ten.
denotes, if he ever had any, for a place
on some good committees. Sidney An.
derson, who recently discharged his
secretary Levang, jumped the stand-pat
hurdle at the crack of Mann's whip
when told that he could nestle beside
Congressman Hammond upon the ways
and means committee.
Pretty nice climb for Sidney to hold
q post on q committee which Tawney,
his predecessor, dominated so long.
Talking about congressman, it il
really humorous to note how the legis
lature proposes to shoot some republi.
can votes into Hammond's district
The democrats are not worrying, how.
ever, for if Wilson keeps up the pace
he has set, there will be several demo
cratic congressman within the next
three years representing Minnesota.
Jason.
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