The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-02-01
NOTE Of DISCORD
in LOWER HOUSE
ML@FEELING OVER RESOLUTION
TO PROBE GRAIN EX-
CHANGES.
REPORT DRY BILL FAVORABLY
MEASURE AS RECOMMENDED
PERMITS IMPORTATION OF
$50 LIQUOR INTO STATE

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st. Paul, Jan. 29.-Three weeks of
harmony-harmony of the kind thai
mas the senate dlstanced IN respect tU
| ulIaQulJeraClOn-S seems to be tao much
for the house and already ruInblmgs
| that indicate a break are being heara
IN the distance. Then new memoirs
simply cannot stand it any longer,
| WINE as to the OLD heads, quite few
OF them are nursing grievances tn.
settlement Of which will no longer
brook delay. They are eager to &c.
at each others throat. Added to All
this, and which is the lack of public
ity back bone. They want something
that will get them into the pupll.
prints and three weeks of official lii,
has been sufficient to show them that
the simple life and the spotlight d.
not hitch. The first note of discoro
was struck when the farmer contin-
gent clashed on resolution fathereo
by o. F. Teigen Of Montevideo direct
ing thorough investigation of all
grain exchanges operating in the state.
The desired probe even included the
Equity COOPERATIVE Exchange of st
Paul, which is the, chief pet of Magnus
Johnson Of Meeker county, and quite
a few other farmers in the house.
They naturally resented the whole
thing and hard words were passed. Ii
publicity was aimed at, which several
charged, then Teigen got what he wa
after, as it followed in goodly chunks
That row is still on and is growing.
The early part of the week the hous
for the first time went into committed
of the whole. 1t is here where the
merits and dement's of the various
measures offered are threshed out, an,
while the proceedings during the frs
two or three sittings were compare
lively tame, enough i'll feeling was en-
gendered to make it certain that thu
bricks would fly before another week
New members, shy on the knowledge
that legislative success after all i
simply proposition Of "You tickle
me, tickle you," voted without think
ing, and what the other fellows come
back will be can be easily imagined.
When this letter was in the maxine
the question of dry or wet Mime
sofa was up in the house and the op
posing leaders were busy rnarshaling
their forces. Whether or not the
stitutional amendment putting Mime
SOFA in the dry column would prevail
was a disputed question, though the
dry leaders were confident enough t
claim victory in advance. Thu
were willing to admit, though, that
the margin was not the biggest IN th'
world. Without impugning the no
esty or sincerity of those concerne
in putting the North Star state int
the dry column the amendment as re-
ported out by the house temperance
committee is everything but dry. VIII
conceived the idea l do not know, MOI
can I advance a reason for the ste
taken, but the amendment under con-
sideration and which bears the staml
of approval of the Anti-Saloon league
and the dry leaders, permits the i'm
portation Of liquor into the state, b.
prohibits it's manufacture or sal
within the state. This was broug'
about by striking the word "transpor
tation'' from the original bill and We
agreed to at secret meeting of DR.
leaders held few days before the
bill was reported out for passage.
While such an amendment may get
by in the house it is doubtful if it w
prevail in the senate. If it does ia
the bill mentioned in the previous let
ter permitting the manufacture
light wines and beer in the state ar
their sale to consumers direct will b
introduced.
Potato growers of Minnesota will
learn with pleasure of the introduc-
ton in the senate of bill designed to
protect them from INSCRIPTIONS buy
ers and concerns dealing in their COM
modify. The bill is fathered by Sena-
tors T. C. Bloomgren of Isanti county
and J. A. Rystrom of Chisago county
and provides heavy penalty for what
is known as unfair discrimination in
fixing the prices to be paid for tubers.
And in the language of the oldest citi-
zen fills long felt want. 1t defines
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