The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-01


arating the two Austrian armies.
Russia Draws Back.
The Russian forces, which have
been attacking the Galician fortress
Of Cracow have been driven back
about fifty miles and Cracow Is now
free from immediate menace. II is
asserted In Petrograd that the Rus
slams improved their strategic po-
sition by falling back and the cap
long been sought by Russia, is bein
ture of Cracow. however long II has
been sought by Russia, is being
regarded as an important step on the
way to the invasion of Germany
across the Silesian border. Else
where i'm the east few changes &C.
Cured, the Germans having relaxed
for the present their assaults on the
Russian line west of Warsaw.
From Mondays Daily.
There will be battle over the
organization of the state senate,
scarcely less sharp though not so
protracted as the one over the house
organization, declares The Mime
apolis Journal. Every senator-elect
Saturday received. copy of let.
ter sent out by committee OF
, seven, calling caucus for the night
of January 4. They propose that
, this caucus, open TO all senators,
choose the seven elective officers Of
the senate, including the secretary
and sergeant-at-arms, and leave II
for the rules committee to decide
what other employees the senate
shall have and how they shall be
selected
started some time ago, to give
every senator who has seen prev
ious service in the senate or the
house one appointee. Under this
plan George w. Peachey. veteran
secretary of the senate. sent out a
letter to each of thirty-nine legisla-
tive veterans inviting them to send
in the name Of the man they wanted
a place for. Assignments were to
be made at meeting later.
Twenty-eisht New Senators Ignored.
| This service" plan ignored TWEEN.
ty-eight new senator's and there was
much kicking among the new men
at being left out of the scheme.
The senators sponsoring the new
idea are: Ole o. Sageng, Dalton;
o. A. Lende. Candy; Edward Ru-
stad. Wheaton: F. II. Peterson.
Moorhead; A. L. Hanson, Ada: Z.
p. Peterson, Litchfield. and j. T.
Alley. Buffalo. Five of them were In
the last senate, and Messrs. Alley
and +. II. Peterson served In the
senate several years ago. They were
all included, therefore, In the "serv.
Ice" plan, and the detection of these
seven would leave only thirty-two
veterans, less than a majority.
Organizers supporting the "serv.
ice" idea now will have to abandon
1t to some extent and take I'm some
new senator's i'm order to hold a
majority i'm line. Senators George
II. Sullivan of saltwater and Harry
+. Weis of LIE Sueur have been ac
tive I'm arranging the service" plan
and they will now proceed to sign
up senators for II in advance OF
the proposed caucus II they can
keep a majority OF the senators
away from the caucus II will fail to
control.
"HaK and HAIR Plan Endorsed.
The Sageng letter indorses the
plan OF Lieutenant Governor ]. A.
A. Burnauist to limit the number OF
employees to thirty-four, one-hali
the senate membership, and give
the patronage this time to half the
senators. the other half taking IL fol
the 1917 session.
The county option issue promises
TO break into the fight. because
every one OF the seven signers oi
the letter Is county optionist
while the most active workers for
the service" plan are anti-county
option senators. They are expected
to take advantage of this situation
to claim that II Is county option
fight, but the signers OF the letter
claim that Is not the case. They
propose to leave the matter open t.
all the senators on a equitable basis
they say.
The last senate had fifty-seven
employees. The supporters of the
service" plan propose forty-nine
one from each congressional dis
trict and one chosen by each OF
the thirty-nine old members. The
Sageng letter proposes seven cleo
tive officers and only thirty-fouI
appointive, making forty-one.
4 The conflict Of plans is expected
to bring about lively struggle
between two camps, which may
bring about an alignment that will
hold right through the session.
From Monuav's Ualis.
Professor c. F. Koehler, formerly
a member of the ManKato normal
faculty, now president and manager
of the Winona Business college, will
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