The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-01-25

,E HERALD
comment regarding the present pri-
mary law, but the Dwinnell bill is the
first to be offered in the way of a
proposed chance. Some of the senti-
ment expressed even ran to a partial
return to the convention system. It
may be heard from later.
The bill permitting boxing in the
three large cities of the state is in
the balance and no one would be SUI
prised if the measure allowing box
ing exhibitions is stricken from the
statute books. Its repeal was pro-
posed in a bill offered by Senator Ole
A. Sageng of Otter Tail county, and
judging from the comment INDUCED in
it will have number of supporters.
The one trouble with the present box
ing law is that it has been cornered
for the benefit of a few. Even the
fight fans have been disguised with
the methods employed in putting over
an "airtight," and if permitted to vote
on the question would undoubtedly
help in putting the act out of bust
ness. If ever law was abused, it
has been the boxing act.
Newspaper publishers in the state
will be interested in two bills now
before the house, one prohibiting the
publishing of liquor advertisements
and the other compelling papers edi-
torially or otherwise attacking candi-
dates for office to devote the same
amount of space to the candidates re-
plies. Representative Leav1t. Corn
ing of st. Paul is the author of the
latter. This bill was defeated two
years ago.
1t is now proposed to convert the
state "jag"farm and buildings locat-
ed at Willmar into a hospital for the
care and cure of the insane. Sena-
tors Gandrud of Kandiyohi and Sena-
tor A. j. Rockne, of Goodhue are be
hind the movement. When this insti-
tuition was authorized some years ago
it was admitted then that it would
be ultimately converted to other uses
The farm is supported at the present
time by per cent tax on saloon
licens. If the change is made, how
ever, it will continue to receive per-
sons addicted to the liquor and drug
habit.
Salary increase bills are pouring
into the hoppers of both branches Of
the legislature. Every department of
the county and state government is
interested and already Hobbies repre-
senting each are on the ground. One
of the important salary increase bills
proposed is that raising the salaries
of county commissioners in a number
of the districts to $4,000 a year.
If the two bodies will give theif
approval the voters at the next gen.
eral election will be permitted to pass
on constitutional amendment great.
ly reducing the size of the legisla.
ture. Representative M. w. Odlanc
of Otter Tail county wants the legis.
lature reduced and has offered a bill
cutting the house down to eighty
members and the senate to forty. Al
present the house consists of 150 mem.
bers and the senate Of sixty-seven
It is generally agreed that the house
is entirely too large for good work.
Some months ago gossip was rife
to the effect that Justice Oscar Hal.
lam of the supreme court would retire
the first of the year, but it now looks
as if he would serve out his term
His reported retirement had to dc
with the formation of new St. Pau
law firm, which, however, has beer
organized without Justice Hallam's
name attached. 1t is said by some
that Justice Hallam will figure in g
different official role two years hence
1t may be either as candidate fol
governor or United States senator.
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Representative Charles Bouck OF
Royalton has been quite i'll at his
rooms in the Merchants hotel in St
Paul the past week. At one time
his condition was regarded as serious
but he is improving now. Another or
the sick list is Senator R. C. Dunn OF
Princeton.
If the inspection, grading and weigh
ing of grain is divorced from the state
railroad and warehouse commission il
will not be because the members OF
the commission and their several hun
dred employees are not on the job
This is one calamity that the COM
mission fears and its every effort lis
being directed at preventing the same
The house, however, seems determin-
ed to make the commission trouble
and the chances are excellent that I
will put over considerable anti-com-
mission and grain exchange legisla.
ton. The County Chairman
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