davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-02-14

| beginning to feel the effect of the up
ward trend.
But one class of girl workers stin
remains whose pay envelopes, some
how, never seem to fatten-the tele-
phone girls. And it is passing strange
that it should be so, for, apart from
the fact that they are devoted, loyal
employees, the telephone girls enjoy
a monopoly of that particular occupa-
ton. Picture to yourself mere man
with five thumbs on each hand, plug
ging in" to the tune Of two or three
hundred calls more or less to the
hour Why, the United States would
be peopled with a race of raving ma
MACS within ninety days. E
If all the hello girls would go on a
strike in the morning the country
would be on its knees to them before
nightfall.
But, bless their hearts, they never
think of striking, but plug" away for
dear life-and pittance.
George Perkins is roasting Wilson
for violating the Baltimore plat
form" Well give Nevada mine for
"a Copy of any platform that was not
violated if it meant anything.
If Doc Cook still feels bad over not
finding wild men in Borneo he might
look over the flooded or snow-bound
railroad arrangements of the Pacific
coast.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-02-14

BECAUSE THEY SUFFER.-There
are some little things which this
country is doing that our more rabid
German friends, who look upon the
United States as an enemy, are over
looking. More than 100000 pounds
of clothing have been shipped from
Tien-tsin to Vladivostok by the
American Red Cross, destined solely
for German prisoners of war in ST.
IBERIA. The task of distribution is ex-
tremely difficult and necessitates
great sacrifices upon the part Of the
Americans in charge, but when the
work is finally completed the host of
German prisoners in Siberia will,
each and every one, be warmly clad
in clothing contributed by American
friends. In addition, heroic efforts
are being made by the American Red
Cross physicians to check the spread
of typhoid among the prisoners. Sc
rum is being sent from. the United
States for that purpose.
GIRLS WAGES-It is gratifying
to the. social reformers and the press
which has ungrudgingly aided in the
work to note the increasing tendency
of today to pay working girls a living
wage.
Slowly but surely the wage scale
of women workers is creeping up.
Where employers are not making vol
untary increases state legislation is
attempting to force it. Even the un-
derpaid women school teachers are
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1916-10-20
COAST 11,511 MILES LONG
Sailors Engaged in Philippine Coast
wise Trade Cannot "Get Home
to Dinner"

Deep-sea sailors used to laugh at
their brother mariners Of the coast4
wise trade, and refer to them as men
who "like to go to sea when they
could get home to dinner" This giba
would have little point in the Philip.
pines, the coast line Of which has
been found to measure more than ILL.,
600 mlles-to be exact, 11,511 statute
miles. In the Philippines there is ono
mile Of coast to every ten miles OF
area, the total area of the islands bel
ing 115,O26 square statute miles.
These figures are interesting when
1t is considered that the ratio in thd
United States is 232 square miles Of
area to n mile of coast line. The
figures for the United States have ref
erenc to the coast line Of the main
part of the country, including islands
lying near the coast, but not including
non-contiguous territory such ad
Alaska and Porto Rico. The coast
line of the United States so measured,
with what the experts call "three.
mile steps," is .13,026 miles, less than
1000 miles in excess of the coast lind
Of u eastern possessions.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1916-10-20

BY Chapter 1856, Laws 1915, the legis,
electersp Propose an en fHg adoo of Section fiX th :
Article 6. of the constitution.
The section now reads us follows,
There shall be established in each or
ganized county, in the state a probate
ord, and be held at such times and
t. shall be &c SSe1d BY on. 5udss, VIA
county for the term Of two years; Ha
shall be "a resident Of such county ~
fee; and his compensation shall 81
provided by law. He may appeint hi4
y clerk where none has been els9tt
county, Of one clerk Of register Of pro4
bate for such county. whose powers.
court shall have jurisdiction over ths
sstates of # deceased persons ms and Rss1
this constitution"
substitute the word ssfour'' for th4
word "two" so that the sentence pref
scribing the duration of the term OF
ed, read as follows:
"It shall be held by one judge,
who shall be elected by the voters F..
of the. county for the term Of four
years.
PURPOSE AND EFFECT. The
amendment, if adopted will make tho
term of office of the Judge of Probate
four years instead of two.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1916-10-20
Said section low reads a. follows.

Eieven (1i5 Of Article Four "a Of the
Constitution.
Said section now reads as follows
BY ee Go%hR Ri AFrE VHT6 P6
senate and house Of representatives, in
and the Joint rules of the two houses,
seate; o to the It so Sss9%ss 81 Z the 1ay state af prf II
it in the office of the secretary Of State
7eh Rse it o%aigl@ast ad0 Of f0 thy t tns ho Bne
if not, he shall return it with his ob-
{ections, to the house in which it shall
sh h1E Se entersd ,Mhs farg sac on G4i Ss 3oar.
nal of the anne, and the house shall
proceed to reconsider the bill; T.
Of that house shall agree to pass the
bill, It shall be sent, together with the
objections. to the other house, by which
il It aD be ap proves by by t rseoaairsse Of that "a
house it shall become a law. But in
al such cases the votes of both houses
ana ma the be dstafm iof thy by g gens and vo ataigs;
for or against the bill shall be entered
on the journal Of each house respec-
t t1xGtydj BY y t any g S57' n6all within FIT be thr Fee
days Sundays ~excepted). after. it shall
have been presented to him, the same
SHALL De a law III like name as IL
he had signed 1t, unless the legislature,
by adjournment within that time, pre-
vents it's return; in which case it shall
not be q law. The governor may ap-
prove, sign and file in the ofl:e Of the
after the adjournment Of the legisla.
three days of the session, and the same
shall become a law. If any bill pre-
scented to the governor contains sew
eral items of appropriation of money
he may object to one or more of such
items, while approving of the other
portion of the bill. In such case, he
shall append to the bill, at the time
of signing 1t, a statement of the Items
to which he objects, and the a%ppropria-
ton so objected to shall not take ef-
feet. If the Legislature be in session,
he shall transmit to the house in which
the bill originated a copy of such state
ment, and the items objected to shall
be separately reconsidered. If. on re-
consideration, one or more of such
items be approved by two-thirds Of the
members elected to each house, the
same shall be a part of the law, not
withstanding the objections of the gov
ernor.. All the provisions of this sec
ton, in relation to bills not approved
by the governor, shall apply in cases
in which he shall withhold his approval
from any item or items contained in a
20 That it shall read as fellows:
Section II. Every bill which
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1916-10-20

THE PURPOSE of the amendment ID
to authorize the Investment of the per-
manent school and university funds in
"frst mortgage loans secured upon i'm
proved and cultivated farm lands
where the amount of the loans SO Sc
cured does not exceed sc per cent Of
the value Of the land mOrtgaged.
THE EFFECT of the adoption of the
proposed amendment will be to permit
h legislature to authorize the In
vestment of the permanent school and
university funds in farm mortgages. az
above stated, IS well as In the bonds
Of any county, school district, city,
town or village Of this state. Under
Section Six as it now reads bonds can
not be purchased unless they mature
at least five and not more than twenty
years after purchase. If the amend
ment is adopted, bonds and mortgages
may be purchased If they mature not
less than five nor more than thirty
years after purchase.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1916-10-20
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. q.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. q.
BY Chapter 3s4, Laws 1915, the legis.
lature proposed an amendment Of Sec.
ton Thirteen (13) of Article One ~
Of the Constitution.
The section as it now stands reads
as follows.
Fo @sefti1R y; ,EPR1vATE PROPERTY
Bhall-not be taken, destroyed or dam
aged for public use, without Just com.
pensation therefor first paid or Sc
If the amendment is adopted the Sec
ton will res as follows:
Section 10. Private property
shall n. n9t be taken, DESTROYED or
just compensation therefor first
paid or secured, and such private
property may be taken, destroyed
or damaged for the purpose of pri-
vate as well as public drainage
upon just compensation therefor
being first paid or secured"
THE PURPOSE of the proposed
amendment il to permit the taking of
private lands for the purpose of drain
g where the drain or ditch
will be of no public benefit, but on the
contrary will only benefit the land or
lands of b person or persons con-
structing the drainage ditch.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1916-10-20
PROPOSED AMENDMENT No. 2.

BY Chapter 1885, Laws 1915, the legis
1ature proposed for adoption by tn
q Of Ar rite / Four rs OF Of f the Son ea'
tuition.
Section One NJ 1t now stands, read,
as follows:
s1o nSsstion H. ! TWO W. HOUSES sE IS
q the senate ana house Of ?r repre eHaa1s
t tibves .as which e4 shall l. meet bte4pial1y =
at such time as shall be prescribed ,!
term Of ninety legislative days, and nj
new bill shall be introduced in either
branch except on the written reques
ty days OF. such session, except the at,
tention of the legislature shall b,
called to some important matter Of
general interest by a special messag.
from the governor"
II the amendment IL adopted, thu
section will then read as follows,
sse; 1. TWO HoUsEs-sEs:
consist Of the senate and house Of
representatiyes, which shall meet
ment Of the state, at such time az
shall be prescribed by law, but no
session shall exceed the term Of
,1AAASIy SSUl legislative days., and
braneh, except on the written re-
quest of the governor, during the
last twenty days of such session.,
except the attention Of the legis-
lature shall be called to some i'm
est by a special message from the
governors. but the people reserve
TO themselves direct power as fol-
lows:
Ga9 CONSTITUTIONAL INITIA-
IlvE:-When at any time prior to
Of the legislature, there shall have
been filed with the secretary Of
state a petition proposing an
amendment to the constitution,
s1gnsd by two per centum Of the
Of state shall transmit the
same to the legislature not later
than ten (10) days after the COM
mencement Of the session. If the
endm so proposed be not SUBJ
mitted to the ELECTORS by the legis-
then, upon a further petition or
petitions, each signed by eight per
centum OF the electors of the state,
within six months after the ads
journment of the legislature, the
amendment proposed in the first
petition, or n or more amended
forms thereof, shall be submitted
to thc electors for their approval
special statewide election occur
ring net less than ninety DAYS
after the dling of any such fur
Their petition. Any amendment
proposed by initiative petition and,
IN Its sriginal or in an amended
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1916-10-20
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 3.

BY Chapter 381, Laws 1915, the legis
lature proposed for adoption by thu
electors, an amendment Of Article Min,
90 Of the Constitution by adding
thereto a new section, which reads a.
Section II. The legislature is
hereby authorized to provide by
law for the mining and sale of any
iron ore or other minerals which
the state owns, in it's sovereign a
pacity, and as trustee for the peo-
pie Of the state, which are situate
under the waters or bed of any
meandered public lake or river,
n for that purpose nay provide
for the drainage of any such lake
or river, or the diversion of the
waters thereof to a new bed or
channel, provided, however, that
the vested riparian rights Of pri-
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1916-10-20
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. I

BY Chapter 379, Laws 1915, the legis-
lfture proposed for adoption by the
l2) of Article Eight of the Constitu-
ton, by adding to said Section Two a
new paragraph.
Section Two as 1T now stands reads
~ follows:
Section 2 SCHOOL AND SWAMP
6FMThe proceeds of such lands as sA are
Or hereafter may be- granted by the
United States for the use of schools
within each township in this state
shall remain a perpetual school fund
to the state; and not more than one
years. one-third in five years, and one.
third gr re test y yainatto out sh haf lh be so 81
nrst: Proyided, that no portion Of said
public sale. The principal of ali funds
arising from sales or other disposition
Entrusted to this state in each town
ship for educational purposes. shall
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1916-10-20
one receiving the highest nnIn6h6k
Of ~afirnative yctse 9faH ssvsst
as to conflicting provisions.

one receiving the highe.Ss MN
:. e canaisf,n yot sgov issa Prev
The style of all le4is1ativs mlfar
sfss fna fmanqsa'n s. e Il. ,ni p. III;
II nnd snad sea3 s Sy tns ies5l s' ii II:
State Of Minnesota"
The. provisions, Of this seetioe
1ssl.la Il snbSfos Until y .q s%8p1is seeis{s:
ton has been enacted, this section
shall be self executing.
THE PURPOSE AND EFFECT q
this amend M MT, If adopted, will ~
fhree-fold.
fa) 1t will permit the voters to roA
pose amendments to the state constitui
ton, for adoption, action ~
the legislature. Under the constitution
as it now stands constitutional amend.
monts can be proposed only by tho le1a
is1ature.
(b) So, too, If adopted, the amend-
ment will permit electors to propose
laws for enactment and If not enacted
by the legislatures, the voters may b1
sufficient petition. require the question:
Of the enactment of the proposed law
to be submitted to the voters. If app
proved by a majority Of the elecfOrd
voting, thereon, provided the vote I'D
favor Of the proposed law IL not less
than thirty-three per cent of the total
number of votes cast Mt such electio1t
the same becomes a law with the Same
force and effect as though passed BIT
the legislature. The governor wilt
have no power to veto a law so passeda
but the people cannot 80 PASS any law
which is prohibited BY the con.
stitutiOn.
(c) So too. If adopted, the anend4
ment will permit the voters BY propea
petition to require a vote on the cues.
ton of whether or not any law or pari
thereof, Of certain classes of laws
passed by the legislature shall be rel
pealed. If the petition asking for th1
referendum IL signed by fifteen moi
rent OF the voters of the state, the mum.
Der of whom IL to be determined b.
the number Of votes cast for Governot
MT the preceding election, the law 90
referred to the voters viii not taks
effect pending the referendum vote
thereon. The vote required to repeal 4
law passed by the legislature and th1
classes of laws which cannes be ID
repealed are specified In subdivision
&C" Of the proposed amendment ~
above printed.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1916-10-20

yate persons or corporations own-
shall not b. destroyed or damsssed
w n%anao4saa the t.e consent t,hs unless e2Ia:
all5,,furds arising from the sale 81
such iron ore. or other minerals
late and undiminished. but the In
come therefrom shall be used for
The g construction, improvement
ran % of 'ths state. q rh eh9 pri PaS'ss
Of suoh funds shall be loaned OF
thvesIsa IN tne same manner, by
sn nm. '$ sre,. ofaeers. "a and up2n the
by the contribution and laws, Tor
the loaninsl or Investment 81 the
funds OF the state" $500
THE PURPOSE of the proposed
amendment cannot be more clearly
stated than Il expressed therein.
HI EFFECT OF the amendment, II
adopted, would be to confer power on,
the legislature to provide by law fol
the mining of iron ore and other mina
erals. which the state owns In Its sow
ereign capacity and situate under thd
bed Of any meandered public lake ol
river, subject to the restriction that
the rights of riparian owners on any
such lake or river. shall not be de.
strOyed or injured without c%o,npensa-
ton. If the legislature exercises tho
power. in . 1t Ii conferred, 1T could
also provide for the drainage or di4
version Of the waters Of tho lax OIL
river with reference to which 1t SO
leefslatess 1T could also prescribe by
WHOM such minerals could he mined
and he compensation to he paid to the
star therefor. The proceeds Of the
sale of any such minerals would con.
stitute a fund to be loaned and invest
ed tho same as the permanent school
and university funds, the income al
such und to be used in the construct
ton, Improvement and maintenance. Of
public rOads..
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1916-10-20
Deep Philosophy.

Bystander-I suppose you would like
to take a ride without worrying about
tires and the like?
Motorist (fxing a puncture)-You
bet would.
Bystander-Well, here's a car ticket
-Chaparral.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1916-10-20
Interesting Statistics,

The census bureau will issue TIE
first tables of the kind ever prepare |
by the United States government,
showing death rates and expectation
Of life at all ages for the population
If the six New England stats. !.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1916-10-20

shall have passed the senate ana
f n1ani I to tRs Fsaiss 8 ! saoh h nh 1oGn,
and the JOINT rules q the two
az ofth e' state Rsss.n'f e he e s appf kSxsrn g
shall sign and deposit It in the
ONCE OF ,fhefsecretary of state for
p [1s ssa, and nd n99ttfy the house
But Il not, he shall return It, With
witch 1t Il shall ,have .A ori Rdnse
when sueh objection. shall 30 en-,
tered 4. 2 at large ~ on the joprnal OF
after such reconsideration; two.5
thirds OF thnt house shall agree t.
pass the bill It shall pc sent. to.
s sassesfh o Mate .t s9e w 23 7 II ss.n e i.s II:
s H'S Sy tWo-sRird H. Of + '{{As{{
house it ghall become q law. But
Z 81 'o sR,fi Is ,th de ,yotaa 81 both g
ySas and Hays, ana the n1fnas d
tho pefsons voting for or against
the bill shall be entered on. the
lournhl Of each house. respective
' Turned 4 tba9y RI RE- s se1sr ,n1t " Mits IN
three days Sundays exceptedl
after' 1t Phall have been presented
t0Sth1r1,fthe same shall Sbe a lAW,sin
like manner as II he had signed
it, unless the legislature by adj
journment within that time. pre-.
snail not BE- ! a law " T Yrs 9o Sasst p1f
nay Approve, sign and Ale in tho
within three days after the adj
journlne1lt- OF the legfs1a ture, any
act pa8sed during tho last three
Days OF the session, and the same
shall become law. If any bill
.s = oe = ftefq m.9 Of a aRprpp ri Ion Of Of
more: such Items In whole or in
part, while approving OF the other
portion of the, bill. In such case
he shall append to the bill, at the
time OF signing IT., a. statement OF
the items and parts OF items to
which he objects, and the part OF
ny appropriatien so objected to
lAttire be In session, he shall trans.
init to the house in, which the bill
originated a copy of such state.
ment, and the items; Qbjected to in
81 2FtsScSSS 81 Rs&s-sf e. on on sseen:iti.
qration,I 6ne or more o. such items
N approved by two-thirds of the
members elected to eaeh houee,
law, notwithstanding the objec:-
Provisions of Of t kise section, IN IN re 1ae
ton: to bills not approved by the
governor, shall apply In cases in
which he shall withhold his APP
prevail In whole or in part from
any item or items contained in a
1ill appropriating money"
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1916-10-20
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: I'm

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: Under
the Constitution MS it now is, the gov4
ernOr may veto any item in an nppro-
priatl0n bill, hut he cnnnot cut down
the amount appropriated for any spe.
citc The amendment, If adopt
ed, will give the governor power to
reduce the amount of an appropriation
for amy given purpose unless upon
translmittal to the legislature Of q
statement of the part of an item of an
appropriation bill to which he objects,
the two houses. each by a two-thfrds
vote, approve the item az 1T was origin
ally passed.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1916-10-20
An Economist.

Judge-You let the burglar 20 to
arrest an automobilist?
Policeman-Yes. The autoist pays
a fine and adds to the of the
state; the burglar goes to prison and
the state has to pay for his keep
Life.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1916-10-20

ainlnishsd; and The HEtsaass arisins
f faaa t shs le s.,d IF sSast q t ssid th seh alfl
ferent townships throughout the state.
In Pir re portion the 7pamber Ct sohol.
Gs h fsit aaa ffysa apypiiea y Is III an sps shat5
objects OF the original grants or ap-
p pr ptda 6y tba s'u sn'.9a e,r Laws Tsr she'll She !. 9 3.
Investment 81 the principal Of all funds
which have heretofore arisen or which
nay hereafter, arise, from, the sale S Sr
income from such lands accruing In
any way before the sale or disposition
the r ffa,ta IN k !Rsfrsst 81 # bends Ststs Ct Ct
Minnesota issued after the yea 1850.
or Of such other state as the legtsla-
tu y may by, law from time to ti tins Il,
to the state, shall be appraised and
sold in the same manner and by tho
shall. be the sans less one-third, az is
p pro- Id ID BY law .d fer the nap ,appr raise en-
t ghaiEs!s.ens = 81 tbs tRs, t2ns Fl sf faaRss.
f Tns p sc1es 81 ct. ct al al fpads ds sf1rsa
i 1ats ana ana a a n So Rrese 6ns.ha tay' 81
the proceeds Of said PRINCIPAL shall b
A0AAN - p AS 49,
half shall be appropriated tto4 the 3edu1
c%ational and charitable institutions OF
the state in the relative ratioSof cost
to support said Institutions"
The paragraph which it is proposed
to add to 1 Section Two reads AZ
follows:
"a revolving fund of not over
lars ($260,OOO) may be set apart
from the fund derived from the
sale of hoo and swamp lands,
to be used in constructing roads,
bitches and fire breaks in, through
and around unsold school and
lands. such fund te be ~replenished
as long as needed from the en- :
hanced value realized from the sale
of such lands so benefited"
Under Section Two as it nov stand1
swamp lands constitute the principal
Is used for the support of the schools,
educational and charitable institutions
Of the state. Section Two as it now
stands provides that the principal Of
tnviOlate and undiminished."
THE EFFECT of the proposed
amendment, If adopted, will be to modA
ify the provision last quoted to the
set aside not to exceed $25O,OOO of the
principal of the trust fund as a revolv-
ing fund to be used for the purposes
stated In the amendment proposed.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1916-10-20
Addressed to
julius A. SChmah|
Secretary of State
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GEM.
ERAL,$ ST. PAUL.

IA SAs
April Z. 1916.
Honorable Julius A. schmahl,
Secretary of State,
Capitol.
DEAR SIR: Pursuant to your re-
guest and in accordance with the pro-
visions of Section IS, Statutes 1913, I
herewith hand you statement of the
purposes and effect of all amendments
to the Constitution proposed by the
legislature of 1915 and to be submit
ted to the electors at the next general
election; such statement also shows the
reading Of the existing sections and
tho way the same will read if the
amendments are adopted.
Yours truly,
LYNDON A.. SMITH,
Attorney General.