The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-02-06
STATE LEGISLATURE
Bills to Provide Appropriations for De-
fraying Expenses of Veterans
to Gettysburg Discussed.
Oleomargarine Bill Drawing a Color
Line on the Product is Recon-.
mended for Passage.

A new bill to take the place Of
several measures prohibiting unfair
discrimination in lumber, grain and
other commodities is being drafted
by senate subcommittee. This bill
will aim to prohibit unfair discrimi-
nation in the buying and selling OF
any commodity in general use.
The house committee on public
buildings recommended for indefinite
postponement Representative Knud
Wefald's resolution calling for the
investigat ion of charges that liquor
was served in the office of the secre-
tary of state on the night of Governor
Eberhart's inaugural ball. There
appears to have been but little or no
foundation for the charges.
The Gettysburg bills were dis
cussed before the committee on
appropriations, J. n. Searles of
Saltwater and Ed Stevens of Mime
apolis, First Minnesota veterans and
officers of the First Minnesota Regi-
mental association. favoring the bill
introduced by r. G.. Dunn. Under
this bill all First Minnesota veterans
who were on the rolls of the regi-
ment prior to or at the time of the
battle and who were honorably dis
charged would be taken to Gettys-
burg, as we'll as all survivors of the
battle who live in the state. Some
Of the members Of the G.. Il. f..
Gettysburg committee are not in
cluded in the eligible list. and, SEEM
ingly, for this reason General L. A.
Grant, chairman Of the commission.
declared himself in favor of the
kneeland BILL which provides for an
appropriation Of 5000 and also
that all Minnesota citizens who were
in the battle, no matter in what
regiment, shall be taken to the cele-
braUion.
The senate, in committee of the
whole, without any opposition, rec
commended for passage Senator Frank
Clague's bill to give cities of less
than 1000 population the right Of
local option law now enjoyed only by
villages. A similar bill was bitterly
fought in both bodies of the last
legislature and defeated the last
night of the session.
With the unanimous approval Of the
house committee on transportation.
G. NJ. Bendixen's bill reducing rail-
way fares to cents a mile on all
railroads whose annual passenger
earnings exceed $1,000 mile in
Minnesota, has been placed on gen.
eral orders.
On the calendar the house passed
A. B. Peterson's bill for consti-
tutional amendment allowing state
trust funds to be loaned on farm
lands.
Regardless of the fact that the
senate rejected the proposition to
submit the woman suffrage question
to vote Of the people, the house
committee on elections has voted to
report out the Larson bill, which
virtually covers the same grounds,
with a recommendation that it pass.
The house labor committee has
recommended for passage a bill pro-
viding for an eight-hour day for
women and children workers. Do
nestle servants and nurses do not
come within the provisions of the
bill. This is a good measure.
A duplicate of Ohio's initiative
and referendum act appeared in the
house with the unanimous approval
Of the house committee on elections,
and this bill will take the place of
the drafts covering the same subject
introduced by Albert Pfaender, c.
NJ. Bendixen, H. o. Bjorge and W.
A. Campbell. The new measure
provides that amendments to the
state constitution may be initiated
bJ petition Of 10 per cent of the
voters, statutory legislation by 3
per cent, and that referendum vote
shall be taken on a per cent petit
tion.
The farmers of the house showed
their strength on the labor commit
tees bill requiring full reports of
all accidents to the state labor
bureau. They lined up for an
amendment offered by H. H. Dunn
relieving farmers of the duty OF max
ing reports except as to accidents
caused by threshing machines, corn
shredders and similar machinery. L.
G. Spooner and other farmers rallied
to the amendment, and Fl. Fl. Dunn
declared that if it should be defeat
ed the farmers ought to kill the bill.
The amendment was carried over
protests by W. A. Campbell and F.
L. Klemer, and the bill then was