New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-02-03
LEGISLATIVE LETTER.
Special to the Review.)

Special to the Review
While numerous measures were in
PRODUCED in the legislature during the
past week, very little real work has yet
been done and there is no hope that the
lawmakers will get down to business in
SINE to accomplish anything in less than
she maximum time of session.
It appears that the Gordon supporters
have determined to block everything in
line of efforts made by the Flowers men.
Evidently they are poor losers and are
Bent upon discrediting the work of the
committees appointed by the man who
defeated Gordon for the speakership.
If this is the situation, the best and wisest
thing the legislature could do would be
to conclude the session at once and send
The members home. No constructive
legislation can come out of such COM
5ination. Thus it would seem that the
irst ''non-partisan' legislature is to
prove a fzzle thru the littleness of men
who insist on being Individual "stars"
instead Of being good team-workers.
They need an umpire to make them 'Fplay
SAIL" III.
There was a public meeting on the
4. V. Anderson bill proposing the re-
peal of the Elwell road law before the
house committee on roads and bridges
IN the house chamber on the afternoon
Of Tuesday, Feb. 2. Every body inter-
ssted in the repeal or retention Of the
Elwell law was invited to be present.
There are many interested, for as the
bill for repeal stands now, it would
aullfy contracts already entered into
under the Elwell law.
Representative Sam Y. Gordon, chair
man of the house census committee,
introduced a bill providing for the
taking of the 1915 state census with
the secretary of state as supervisor, he
to appoint enumerators and serve as
superintendent for $500.
Enumerators are to be paid So per
100 people in cities over 5000, 1925 in
communities OF 500 to 5000, and 2 1-2
SCENTS in the country. The bill carries
an appropriation Of 100000.
The following were among the meas
ares introduced last week: A bill pro-
hibiting posting of campaign literature
on other than regular billboards.
A bill limiting to one year the term of
town boards of supervisors.
A bill to appropriate $4,000 for sup
port of the state board of immigration.
A bill changing the terms of office of
county auditors from four to two years.
A bill intended to protect the home
builder from the venality or financial
earelessness of contractors.
This bill makes it stealing-legaily
defined as larceny-for a contractor
10 receive money from the home builder
Or builder of business block, for that
natter-and fail to pay off his men or
dealers in materials.
Following are the principal features
of the bill:
ANY contractor or sub-contractor
af any Improvement to real estate who
shall divert to any other purpose than
such improvement any material pur-
shased by him Therefore and CHARGED
ahereto, or who issues any money paid
TO him by the owner of such premises
or person having such Improvement
made for any other purpose than the
payment of labor andd material contri-
buted to such improvement, unless all
labor and material furnished at the time
Of such payment has been fully paid to
such contractor or sub-contrator, shall
be guilty Of larceny of such material
or money"
This bill is aimed at such situations
as this:
Jones is building home and let's a
contract for the job to Smith. Smith
employs the necessary labor, buys the