Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1917-02-21

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bill providing for such is expected
shortly. All that remains is the work
ing out of details. Limited nominal
Ing convention bills have been intro
duced In the house by Representative
Harrison of Minneapolis and IN the
senate by Senator Rustad Of Wheaton
and the committee bill to be intro
duced will be combination of the
best of each. According to those in
terested prospects for marked changes
IN the present, primary and election
laws are most favorable and they ex-
pect to see new act on the books
before the close of the session.
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The repeal of the law legalizing box
ing in the three large cities of the
state is worrying the sporting element
in the two houses and those interested
are working overtime in an effort to
avert the calamity. Senator Sageng
OF Otter Tail county is the chief actor
on the other side Boxing advocates
say they have the repeal law beaten
would receive the approval of the
house if it ever got by the upper
body.
| Shakopee has been decided upon by
the state board of control as the loca-
| tion of the womans reformatory, au-
thorized by the last legislature. This
news is a week old, but time has by
no means removed all the soreness
that has been caused as result of
the selection. The board says it was
actuated by economy and the desira-
| bility of the site selected One of the
active candidates for the reformatory
was Cleveland, with Representative
H. H. Flowers as it's chief booster.
| Another leading candidate was Cam
| bride. Chairman Swendsen of the
board held out for Cambridge, but he
| was opposed by Ralph Wheelock and
| G. e. Vasaly, the other two MEMBERS
The accommodating member of the
senate is DR.. ]. W.. Andrews of Man.
kato. Any person with bill unable
to find sponsor can always count on
| help from the Mankato member and
as a result he is swamped with appli-
cations to affix his signature and in
i troduce measures calculated to cure
every known i'll to which the body
polite and public may be heir to- His
latest measure is designed to do away
with the tipping of hotel bellboys and
| porters. Senator Andrews says the
| bill is a good one and that he is going
to back it to the limit
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The ethics of personal injury litiga-
! ton are concerning the lawyers of the
two houses now The two judiciary
committees are considering the three
bar association bills designed to do
away with the evils of this class of
business. Similar bills fell by the
| wayside two years ago, mainly be-
cause they attempted to prevent the
taking of personal injury cases On a
contingent fee basis This has obeen
avoided in the bills now being coHsid.
cred. It is evident from the develop
ments at the hearings that among
lawyers the whole question lis far from
! settled, though the weight of senti-
ment in the judiciary committee seems
to favor the three bills hi
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The senate has given the stamp OF
approval to bill providing for s10,
| 600 revolving fund for reclamation OF
state lands in the northern part of the
state. The bill is in accordance with
the constitutional amendment ap
proved by the voters at the last gen
eral election.
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| st. Paul club women have renewed
activities in the matter of pure meat
for the city and state. Legislation for
the subject is much needed, the
women say They assert it is futile
having the government supervise in
spection of meats from one slaughter
house which engages in interstate
shipments, when other plants which
sell their products within the state
have no adequate inspection.
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Board of control members are
strongly in favor of the pending bill
requiring relatives to bear part of the
1 cost of caring for the insane. They
are not optimistic about it, though
fer the bill has come up time after
time and has always met defeat at the
hands Of the. legislators.
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Il. present plans are carried out the
drainage committees of the two
houses of the legislature will present
new bill providing for cooperation
] between Minnesota and North and
South Dakota in drainage and food
matter control.
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The pill providing for an eight-hou1
day for state employees is expected to
meet with opposition from the mana