The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-01-14


measure doing away with the June
primary and restoring the old Sep
TENDER primary. A bill authorizing
the inspection of hospitals, reforma-
tory homes, houses of detention, con-
vents, asylums, sectarian seminaries,
schools or institutions by county
boards, grand juries or persons ap-
pointed by district judges on petit
tion of twenty persons. A measure
requiring people who publish COM
munications in newspapers about
candidates to sign their names, and
requiring newspapers to publish the
answers of the candidates within
forty-eight hours if they are not too
long or have no improper or libelous
matter in them. A proposed consti-
tutional amendment providing that
constitutional amendments may be
adopted by sixty per cent of those
voting on the propositions. Sam
Y. Gordon introduced a bill reQuir-
ing saloons to close at o'clock p. m.
and not to open until7 a. m. A bill
prohibiting trains more than half a
mile in length. A measure making
railroads responsible for personal in
juries without the benefit of old
common law defenses. Representa-
tives Devoid and Hynes introduced a
Inf ocS11i
forbid the expectation of munitions
of war to the belligerent nations.
Under suspension of rules the house
passed the usual appropriation bill of
1852, 900 to pay the expenses of the
session. A resolution, was also in
troduced barring out lobbyists, solic-
itors and agents.
A drastic bill to prohibit "the
manufacture, sale, barter, gift or
transportation of alcoholic liquors
for beverage purposes within the
state,'' was introduced by Senator
e. b. Lobeck yesterday. The bill
was referred to the committee on
temperance. The bill if passed
would restrict the uses to which
alcoholic liquids can be put by
physicians, and every prescription
calling for alcohol or alcoholic liquids
must be filled by druggist and
shall not be filled more than once.
No physician under the terms of the
act can prescribe within any one
week for the same patient more
than one-half pint of any compound
containing more than 80 per cent of
alcohol. Railroads and other com.
mon carriers are enjoined from the
transportation of any kind of alco-
holic liquor to any place in the state.
f. Two bills calling for convention
to revise the state constitution were
introduced yesterday in the senate.
representative John H. Boyd of
Crookston offered resolution yester-
day calling upon Governor Hammond
to organize a commission to gather
the excess potatoes in this country
and ship them to the starving Bel
gians. The resolution will be de-
bated today.
A total of 10 bills were introduced
in the senate yesterday, but num-
Der of them pertained to the larger
cities only. Senator D. P. O'Niel
introduced bill to authorize indie
pendent school districts to issue
bonds for payment of expenses in
erecting and completing high schools.
Senator F. H. Peterson introduced a
measure that would permit courts to
be opened on Sundays where juries
require additional instructions from
the presiding judge.
r Both branches of the legislature
have settled down to the regular
grind, and before the session is con-
cluded much good work will un-
doubtedly be accomplished.