The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-22

the work of l. A. Caswell, clerk OF the
supreme court, and does away with
DELAYS in the consideration of cases.
Under it's workings the practice OF
continuing cases from term to term Is
done away with.
According to an opinion given by
Attorney General Smith April ~ Is
the last day for the Fortieth Mime
sofa legislature to remain in session.
1t must come to an end on that day.
Some members would close the ses-
sion sooner, but the chances are ex-
cellent that it will run to the constitu-
tional limit The bill hoppers in both
houses are choked and it will call for
much work to clear them.
A. F. Teigen of Montevideo, styled
the "silver tongued orator." of the
house and whose lengthy bursts of or
atory are feature of that particular
body, won out against strenuous OPP
position when he was granted compe-
tent help in the conduct of his inves-
tigation of alleged grain abuses in the
state. The fact that his inquiry run
to the several grain exchanges operat-
ing in the state and to alleged politi-
cal uses of the grain department of
the state railroad and warehouse COM
mission lined up to the powers that be
against him, but a two-thirds vote
scattered the opposition to the winds.
At the same time the house amended
to death and finally killed resolution
by Tom Davis of Marshall county call
ing for an inquiry into political re-
ceipts and expenditures as they relate
to the various political parties regis
tered in the state. Representatives of
all the parties and campaign COM
mittees against which the resolution
of inquiry was directed joined hands
in giving the measure its death swat.
Davis even agreed to pay the cost OF
the inquiry, but it availed nothing.
Proposed approval, which was finally
given, Of President Wilson's armed
neutrality policy and the action CT
those members of the United States
senate and house of representatives
who backed the nations executive III
his demands was responsible for the
consumption OF a half day of the SEN
ate's time. Though the vote was unan
imous at the finish there was a note
of disapproval throughout, and George
II. Sullivan of Saltwater, who backed
the resolution of endorsement, had to
throw numerous oratorical fits before
he got by. In effect his resolution was
a slap at the senate filibuster, through
direct endorsement of Senator Nelson,
who voted with the president, and
Senator Kellogg, who had expressed
confidence in the executive. The Scarii-
dinavian end of the senate, through
Senators Lende, Rockhe and Sagshg,
vigorously resented any use of Sena-
tor Nelson's name as. a club ito swat
members of the celebrated filibuster.
and while they won IN way finally
had to capitulate to the extent of en-
dorsing resolution approving the
presidents policy and the vote of all
those members of the Minnesota del
egation VINO stood by the president.
: 1t was thought thatstemperance leg
islation for this session had ended
with the submission to the voters of
a dry constitutional amendment ano4
the defeat by the house of statutory
prohibition, but it seems not. A spe-
cial order is to be asked in the house
for the consideration of the Cummir O.
abatement bill, which relates to place.
where liquor is illegally sold ane
where other illegal practices are per-
NIT d.
Members of the efficiency and econ