The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-22
..LOBECK IS FOR A
DRY MINNESOTA
Proposes to Knock Out Liquor
by Statutory Enactment.
PROMISE To CAUSE TROUBLE
Number Of County Division Fights to
Come Before the Legislature
for Decision.

st. Paul--(SpeciaD-The state sen,
ate has before it two anti-liquor meas
ures, county option and statewide
prohibition, and naturally interest is
centered on which will have preference.
Senator Peterson fathered county OPP
ton, while Senator Lobeck, the well
known prohibitionist of Douglas coun-
ty, performed like service for a dry
Minnesota. Many think the prohibit
ton measure will receive first consid-
Grafton. That either will prevail is
doubtful. This time the bill calling
for statewide prohibition is not by
constitutional amendment as usual,
state by statutory provision. Senator
Lobeck explains this by pointing out
the fact that six other states are dry
by statute and that it works well.
Neither measure has found its way in
to the house, but both are expected
most any time. Speaker Flowers
wants both measures disposed of with
out delay and in his appointment of
the temperance committee, it is said,
only considered those members who
would agree to put the measure out
on the floor of the house not later
than thirty days after their receipt.
James Dwyer of Minneapolis heads
fhn aittnn q md
Senator Gandrud the temperance com
mittee in the senate. Senator Gandrud
is a dry member, but Representative
Dwyer affiliates with the wet crowd.
While temperance measures and the
reorganization of the state govern
ment as proposed by former Governor
Eberhart's economy and efficiency
commission loom up as the big things
of the present session, the chances
are they will pale into insignificance
when the county division fights now
brewing begin to boil. | refer to the
scraps on in st. Louis county for its
division, and like demand from OF
ter Tail, Beltrami and several other
large districts in the state. The st.
Louis delegation is even now buckling
on it's armor for the fray and the split
has become so acute that some OF
them do not even speak to each other.
The Range country wants the division
of the county, but Duluth is opposed
to it. In Otter Tail country the divi-
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vored by the vets, but is opposed by
the drys. AS the county now stands
the drys have the best of it.
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AS expected S. l.. Works is now
state insurance commissioner but the
appointment of j. ]. Farrell of Carver
county as dairy and food commission
er came somewhat as surprise. 1t
was expected that Andrew French,
commissioner under the late Governor
Johnson, would get the plum. Anoth-
er surprise was the reappointment of
E. ]. Lien, Republican, as state Ii
brarian AS / get it relations between
the governor and the Democratic
leaders are rather strained. 1t seems
he is going ahead with his appoint
ments without advice from anyone
and the selections as made have not
been entirely satisfactory to the elect.
One of the disgruntled, l understand,
is Fred B. Lynch, the Democratic ma
tional committeeman, who was large
ly responsible for Governor Ham.
mond is an enigma to the boys at the
capitol. He mixes but little and he
insists on attending to his official
work without any help from his Of
flee aids. He is on the job early in
the morning, opens his own mail and
answers it personally. Then he fol-
lows it with hearings from individuals
and delegations. Throughout he is
methodical and does not overlook any
item of detail.
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Two years ago economy on the
part of the house reached the parsi-
monious stage, but this time the pen
delum threatens to swing the other
way. While jackknives and other
luxuries have been tabooed the list
of employees has been swelled and they
represent bunch at S. per day that
threatens to deplete the state treas
TRY. There are clerks, pages, stenog.
raphers and doorkeepers galore, and
the end is not yet. The house journal
also shows laxity on the part of those
who should keep it down to the mini
mum.
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A series of conferences between en-
ployers and representative of organ
lied labor has resulted in substantial
agreement on amendments to the
workmen's compensation act of 1913,
and the outlook now is that changes
in the law will be made with very lit
tie friction, which will be satisfac-
tory to both sides. They have been
agreed to in a spirit of compromise
and are not all that either side would
wish, but both sides preferred reach.
ing an agreement themselves, rather
than having bitter fight through the