Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-01-20
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DRY MINNESOTA 4
Proposes to Knock Out Liquor
by Statutory Enactment.
PROMISE TO CAUSE TROUBLE
Number Of County Division Fights to
Come Before the Legislature
for Decision.
PROMISE TO CAUSE TROUBLE

ures, county option and statewide.
prohibition, and naturally interest is
centered on which will have preference.
Senator Peterson fathered county Op-
ton, while Senator Lobeck, the we'll
known prohibitionist of Douglas coun-
ty, performed like service for 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,
but provides for the drying up of the
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 we'll.
Neither measure has found it's 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,
would agree to put the measure out
on the floor of the house not later
than thirty days after their receipt
James Dryer of Minneapolis heads
the house temperance committee and
Senator Gandrud the temperance CON-
mittee in the senate. Senator Gandrud
is dry member, but Representative
Dryer 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. l refer to the
scraps on in St. Louis county for it's
division, and like demand from Ot-
ter Tail, Beltrami and several other,
large districts in the state. The st.
Louis delegation is even now buckling
on its 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-
sion of that particular district is ia
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. J. Farrell of Carver
county as dairy and food commission.
er came somewhat as surprise. II
was expected that Andrew French,
commissioner under the late Governor
Johnson, would get the plum. Anoth-
er surprise was the reappointment of
E. J. Lien, Republican, as state IL
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's nomination. 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
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| 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
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
Injuries have been tabooed the list
of employees has been swelled and they
represent bunch at IS 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 representatives 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 a bitter fight through the
legislative session. The compromise
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