Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-04-21

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seats) then the previous question was
ordered to shut off debates, and the
house balloted on the question Sew
enty-f1ve for the Women and forty.
eight against. This ballot was on a
motion to suspend the rules; not on
the question of passing the bill. To
suspend the rules takes 81 votes, and
this roundabout way to kill the Suf-
frage Bill. There were not votes
enough. The rules were not suspend
ed. The House could not get to
vote on the real question. The Wom-
en- were beaten, not on the merits of
the case, but because their opponents
were not willing to let the case be de-
cided on it's merits. Talk about chiv-
airy.
The House would give the Presi-
Dental ballot to women, if it were pos
sible to get the matter before them.
Some so-called Progressives helped
to kill the Bill in this roundabout
way.
WHY?
It is common practice to place
literature on the desks OF Members
favoring or opposing certain Bills.
Tuesday noon, April 18th, Ex-Sena-
tor Stockwel and others opposed to
the Street Railway bill placed slips
on each Members desk giving the OBJ
jections of large numbers Of Minneap.
oils people to the passage Of any fran
chise bill at this session.
In a few minutes the papers were
all gathered up and taken away. Why
was this? Who gave the order?
Anything of this kind had not &C.
CURED during the entire session. Why
this special zeal in the interests Of
the Street Car Company?
1t is said that Lydiard of Minneap-
oils was responsible for this.
WOOD CHUCKS AND KILLERS OF
WOOD CHUCKS.
There are always plenty of "Wo0d-
i chucks" introduced every session, but
it is not always that we have SO
many Members devoted to the hauling
out and killing of this particular
game, as we have here this session.
l.. M. Davis of Todd County has
the reputation of being a hunter-i1
chief, and Pratt of Anoka comes iI
a good second, while H. H. Harrison
of Saltwater has done some usefu
work along the same line. Their lat
est exploit occurred Wednesday at
ternoon, when they slaughtered nice
little animal of this variety in thu
form of bill in the interest of thu
Bachus-Brooks Lumber Company O.
International Falls.
Thursday morning the friends O.
the bill tried to bring it back to life
but the house promptly killed it again
A LAUGHABLE FARCE.
Wednesday afternoon, April 18th
= old MIR. Gilman moved to suspend the
= rules and pass his bill to extend State
= aid to certain poultry exhibitions.
This was nice little innocent look
ing graft, and a lot OF others wanted
a piece Of the Poultry Pie; so one al
ter another moved to add his own lit
tie poultry Association, until twenty
six more Associations had been add
+ I'd, each getting it's little grab at the
. graft.
e Then Davis moved to amend so as
! to let in one Poultry Association in
= each county. BY this time it was get
ting very interesting. Every county
could have Poultry show and the
State would help pay the bills; but
when the vote was taken on the final
Passage of This omnibus Poultry Show
> Bill it lacked ten votes of having
enough to pass, and all the visions OF
poultry shows went glimmering.
STATE PARKS.
We are getting large and varied
:, assortment of State Parks, and if we
keep on every city and village in the
state will have one, and the taxpayers
will have to foot the bills.
In nearly every case these Parks
are of great benefit to the owners Of
:, adjacent and nearby lots and lands.
: About twenty-five years ago Lang
,. ford Park in the western part of St
Paul was improved and the entire
y cost was assessed upon the adjoin
ing and nearby lots. owned 100 feet
fronting on the Park and my assess
= ment was nearly three hundred doll
a ars.
"A big tax" do you say?
Well paid that big tax and made
a clear profit of more than five hun
!. dred dollars.
- The Park was needed alright and
we were glad to pay for it; for we
y knew we could sell our lots for enough
more to pay the cost and then some.
And l suspect that if you were te
- look sharp enough, you will find ir
:, nearly every case lot owners and lane
. owners who are getting a good sub
stantial benefit out of these loca
Parks, that they want the state t.
)" pay for.
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