The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-04-22
STATE LEGISLATURE
Second Choice Feature of the Primary
Law Abolished in Bill Passed
by Both Branches.
Legislature Adjourns---Yesterday the
Last Day For COnsidera.
tiOn of Measures.

OIL repeating UnlS provision having
passed both the senate and the house.
1t had short life, having been
passed at the special session of 1912.
The plan did not work we'll and it's
demise will not be mourned. The
repeal bill also provides an easier
method of contesting elections by
arranging to have all ballots sent in
to the state capitol for counting.
The senate considered the two G.
H. Warner house bills last week, and
Senator r. @. Dunn succeeded in
having passed, under suspension of
the rules, the bill requiring that
notices of all proposals for bridge
bids be filed with the state highway
commission, so as to attract broad
er field Of bidding. The bill author
izing the highway commission to
buy bridge materials for counties
and communities was referred to
the committee.
The bill to abolish the state high
way commission was killed in the
house last Thursday, when the adj
verse committee report on the mea-
sure was adopted by vote of 81 to AZ.
The limited woman suffrage bill,
which would have allowed women to
vote on presidential candidates in
Minnesota is dead, as it's friends
could not muster enough votes to
carry motion to suspend the rules
in the house.
The house has passed by an almost
unanimous vote, bill amending the
presidential preference primary law
of 1913 so as to eliminate the pro-
visions for payment by the state of
the expenses of delegates to national
conventions.
The senate last Thursday after
noon passed the joint resolution pro-
viding for a joint commission to i'm
vestigate the subject Of efficiency
and economy and to report to the
legislature at it's next session. The
commission is to consist of four SEN
ators, four house members and three
other citizens appointed by the gov
ernor.
The educational appropriation bill,
carrying total Of s7,l22, 100 for the
two-year period, passed the senate
unanimously last Thursday just as
prepared by the finance committee.
The bill appropriates S3,83O, 900 for
general school aid throughout the
state, and the university is given
l,846, 500 year.
The bill by the house committee
on banks and banking placing state
banks on the same basis as to reserve
requirements as national banks, so
they can enter the Federal reserve
system, passed the house last Thurs
day afternoon.
Governor Hammond has signed
the road house bill, and the measure
is now law. In all probability the
supreme court will be called upon to
decide the constitutionality of the
manner in which it passed the
house.
Representatives Holmes. Frye,
Latin, Southwick and Putnam have
inserted in the house record state
ment that they protest 'gently and
kindly but firmly against the use
of profane, vulgar and insulting
language in house debates. This
action was taken because of the wide
latitude taken in recent debates.
The senate has killed the bill plac.
ing the management of the state
capitol building and grounds under
the state board of control, and also
the bill placing the state oil inspec-
tion under the dairy and food de-
partment.
The house last Saturday morning
killed by decisive vote the attempt
to establish pre-primary party con-
vention system to choose party can
didates for the primary election. An
amendment was first adopted strik-
ing out the provision for the indorse-
ment of party candidates, and this
would have left to conventions the
only duty of framing party plat
forms. A motion to- kill the bill
then prevailed by a unanimous vote.
The bill had formerly passed the SEN
ate.
The bill providing for special edu-
cation in public schools of deaf, blind
and mentally sub-normal children
and children of defective speech
passed the senate last Saturday
morning by unanimous vote. The
measure also provides state aid for
the work.
The house bill changing the game