The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-07-31
OBJECTION TO AN
EXTRA SESSION
Business Interests Opposed to
Governors Idea.
CALL LIKELY TO Be DELAYED
Some Wise Ones Go as Far as to Pre-
dict That the Plan May Be
Dropped Altogether.

st. ecial.)-G0vernor Eber-
harris almost emphatic declaration
made on number of occasions that
he would call special session of the
legislature for the purpose of passing
public utilities commission act
would seem to preclude any possibility
OF fall down, but just the same there
is some quiet talk to the effect that
the proposition may be called off. The
story going the rounds is that the
business interests of the state-nOt
the utilities, please bear in mind
have about convinced his excellency
that the call for special session at
this time would be inadvisable. This
is taken to mean that the call, if
made, will be delayed beyond the
time suggested and probably dropped
ported, have been especially active in
trying to head off the special session.
Another line of industry naturally op-
posed, but which has so far failed to
show it's hand, is the brewing trade.
To say that it is not interested would
be to say what is not so. What there
is in the gossip and how much truth
lays back Of it is impossible of veriti-
cation, first, because of Governor Eber-
harris natural Discrimination to say yes
or no when any public matter is in
volved, and, further, because the stand
taken by him will not admit Of any
clubbing just now, but that the bust
ness interests are opposed to special
session is quite natural. That they
should be trying to point out to him
the inconvenience that they would
suffer if a special session is called is
also quite natural. No one knows it
better than they and so perhaps after
all there may be more truth than tic-
ton in the talk which is going the
rounds. All l can suggest is to wait
and see.
Anent the special session of the
legislature, which the governor has
lieve he will call, the gossips to the
contrary, the fear of the business in
terests come from long period of in
Fiction. Every two years they and
kindred interests have to meet line
of legislation more often demagogic
than sane and out of the lobbying
which follows comes charges OF cor
ruption and counter charges of Sec
tionalism. Because of it all office hold
ing has been brought into disrepute.
You have undoubtedly heard the wish
often expressed that all elections were
further apart than at present and that
congress met about every four years.
The cities have no monopoly of this
talk. The farming element has more
than once expressed the wish and it
is pretty certain that all are now a
unit in the hope that the present con
gress will have a quick finish. We
hit and so, after all, there may be
more than smoke in the smudge which
the gOssips have started.
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E. E. Smith, chairman of the state
Republican central committee, who is
probably closer to the present admin
istration than any one else in the
state, is now in Europe, where he is
taking the baths at Carlsbad. This is
old news, but 1 mention it because OF
the fact that the gossips have spoken
of credit him with taking decided
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before leaving. It is said that he
argued with Governor Eberhart
against the call, but that his excel
lency insisted that in view of his
veto of the Minnette control bill anC
the Nolan utilities bill as applied tC
Minneapolis he could do nothing else
but call the legislature in special ses
sion to pass a statewide control meas
ure. Again l am compelled to admit
that 1 know NO more about the whole
thing than the gossips, but Ed will be
back on the job soon and then some
thing will happen. The Minneapolis
man is pretty much it and what he
has to say will cut some ice with the
administration.
One OF the biggest bonding con
Germs in the United States is the Ma
tiOnal Surety company, but even i,
could not prevail against the strons
arm methods of Secretary of Statt
Schmahl, who last week notified the
concern that it must either pay it:
debts or quit doing business with thu
state. Some months ago the state con
tracted for the construction of drain
age ditch in Roseau county. The com
pany failed and the completion of tn.
work was attempted by it's bondsmen
which in turn failed. AS result tn,
state suffered a money loss of owe
$4,000 Mr.. Schmahl learned that tn
National Surety company had pun
chased the assets Of the defunct bond
ing concern and he at once asked TO
a settlement. It was not fOrthcomin,