Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-03-05


was plainly pred dictated On the as.
sumption that. his methods had been
irregular, and that what he was real.
" doing was playing q confidence
game on the farmers. It certainly
indicates that Mr.. LOTUS has unus-
ual difficulties to contend with when,
as he testified, he is obliged in order:
| to keep in touch with the market to.
rely on the friendly Offices Of brokers
on the board Of trade, who if they.
we're known to have .divnlged the in.
formation with regard to current
quotations: which they furnish would
be disciplined therefor by the Cham
Der Of Commerce. s.:.a=.
PRIMARY LAW AMENDED. =s
Refusing to eliminate the second
choice feature of the primary law by
a substantial majority, the senate
has passed a bill amending that law
in several important particulars. In
the first place the date Of the prim-
aries has been changed. They will
be held hereafter on the third Tues
day in June instead of September.
Provision has been made whereby the
Bull Moose party is recognized as a
political party the names of: whose
candidates may be placed on the
primary ballot and subsequently on
the general election. ballot, otherwise
than by petition. If the bill becomes
law all candidates for county Of
fee and all candidates for members
of the house and senate will be NOM
mated and elected as non-partisans.
In case there are more than two can
didates for bipartisan Office,
the two receiving the highest number
Of votes will be the candidates at the
election and will be entitled to have
their names Oh the general election
ballot; in case there are not more
than two as to them a primary cleo
ton will not be held, but their names
will be put on the election ballot
without further formality. If there
is only one candidate for party Of
fee the same procedure will be fol-
lowed, but if there are two candi-
dates or mole they must fight it out
at the primaries, the successful can
didate becoming the candidate Of the
party at the November election. In
the case of non-partisan Offices a
candidates name cannot be put on
the election ballot by petition.
| CONGRESSIONAL REAPPOR-
TIONMENT.
Having reapportioned the legisla-
tive districts, Of the state the house
committee has been trying its hand
at the less complicated task of con-
gressional reapportionment. Accord
ing to the 1910 census Minnesota
should be divid d into ten instead of
nine congressional districts, each
having a population Of 207,572. AS
now constituted, the second and third
districts are considerably below the
required population, while the city
districts and the districts in North
ern Minnesota are too large, so that
any reapportionment that will be
made is likely to change the geog
raphy Of all the congressional dis
tricts with the probable exception of
the first. A tentative plan contem-
plates adding Lincoln and Lyon
counties to the second district and
Washington to the third, leaving
Ramsey county in district by itself,
the fourth. The fifth district would
be the city Of Minneapolis except the
third, fourth and tenth wards. From
the sixth district those who favor
this plan would take away Wright,
Douglas and Meeker counties, and
add Aitkin, Mile Laos and Beltrami.
Lincoln and Lyon counties having
been added to then second district,
Douglas and Meeker would be put in
the seventh. The eighth district
would be made up Of the counties of
St. Louis, Lake, Cook, Carlton, Itas-
ca, and Koochiching, the ninth dis
trict would be the same as now, ex-
cept that Beltrami has been taken
out Of it. That would leave for the
tenth district the country portion of
Hennepin county, the third, fourth
md tenth wards Of Minneapolis, and
Wright, Anoka, Isanti, Chisago, Kan
abec and Pine counties, wherein it
would be no doubt a simple matter
for Mr.. Manahan to take up his resi-
dence.
FIGHTING BOB DUNN'S BILL:
| Mr.. Dunn's road bill which he had
little trouble in getting through the
house is going to have no easy time
Of it in the senate, where Mr.. Dunn
tells me it will be in charge of Mr..
Moonan. A public hearing has been
called on it by the chairman of the