Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-03-09

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Non-Pa1tisan Primary Lsw-Frye
Frog Bill Advanced to Calendar
Bill to Permit Prison Labor to Work
on Highways Meets Defeat in House
-Bendixen Being Groomed by Farm.
ers for State Office Knutson and
Teigen Grain Bills Meet 'Defeat in
the House.
st. Paul, Mimi, Especial to The Her
ald): A bill has been introduced in
the senate by Senators Potter, Holm
berg, Benson and Ward calling for the
appointment of the county superin'
tendent Of schools by board Of edu'
cation consisting of three members
elected by township delegates chosen
in a county convention. This program
if arried out by the legislature and
enacted into law will take away from
the people the direct power of electing
their county superintendent of schools
by popular vote. This bill was char
acterized by Sen. Bonniwell Of Nc.
Leod county as vicious infringement
upon the rights of the people.
"This bill,'' said Senator Bonni-
we'll in discussing this measure. "is
only another step toward centralizing
the authority of directing the policies
of our state educational system and
should be defeated. It is vicious bill
in that it deprives the voters of the
county of the privilege to choose their
own school head. Personally do not
believe that it's authors fully realize
the intentions Of this measure and
Mill - In
people living in the rural districts of
this state. As for myself, I will vote
for no measure which will take away
from my constituency it's right to pick
its own county officials"
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The tonnage tax bill was definite
ly set for special order in the senate
for Wednesday, March IA, at 2 p. M.
The fate of the bill in the senate is
still in doubt, both the proponents and
opponents of the bill claiming ma.
jority. The outcome still hangs on
the votes Of those members of the SEN
ate still on the fence, waiting as they
say, to hear from the folks back home.
The present tonnage tax bill, being Of
a somewhat different nature than that
considered in previous sessions, is said
to g. certain extent to lead some of
those, who in former years voted for
the tonnage tax, to hesitate going on
record before they consult their con-
stituency.
The opponents of the bill feel GER
tain of the defeat Of tonnage tax in
the senate, whereas to the writer it
appears that the proponents of the
measure have shade the better Of
the contest at the present date. One
thing, however, is certain and that is
that the margin on the vote in the SEN
ate on this question will be very mar.
row, one or two votes probably hold
ing the balance Of power. Senators
Griggs of St. Louis county, and Gard
ner of Grow Wing, it is expected will
lead the debate against the bill, while
Senators R. G. Dunn of Mile Laos, and
Carley of Wabasha, will lead the fight
for the bill.
What was perhaps the most heated
debate so far in the senate, took place
when Senator Dunn of Mile Laos
county attempted to force vote on
his mo,Aon to place his Highway Com
mission bill on special order for Tues.
day Of this week. Senator Dunn 3
motion was vigorously opposed by
Senators g. H. Sullivan, Putnam,
Adams and J. D. Sullivan. The rumor
which seemed to be going the rounds
in the senate when this motion came
up for discussion was that Dunn q in
tentions were to get a vote on his bill
before the tonnage tax came to. vote
in the senate. It was intimated that
Bob 3 bill was loaded with jokers and
for that reason demanded time to give
it some thoughtful attention, In the
heat Of the debate Sen. Dunn accused
the opponents of his motion as being
by "sinister motive" but
later asked that these remarks be
stricken from the records. Before the
final vote on this motion was taken
Sen. G.. H. Sullivan rose to point of
order declaring that a two-thirds vote
was necessary to place this (Dunn's)
motion on special order and was sus-
tanned by the president Of the senate.
Recognizing defeat staring him in the
face the gentleman from Mile Laos
withdrew his motion and gave notice
that on Tuesday Of this week he would
ask that his bill be set for special or
der.
A we'll organized lobby Of ELAINE
ducks'' and would-be political leaders
led by none other than Sam Gordon,
former member Of legislature, Magnus
Martinson, discredited dry leader, and
Jim Arneson, secretary of the boxing
club, is now in evidence about the leg
islative halls doing their utmost to re:
peal the non-partisan primary law and
institute in it's place the old party con
vention system which gave to the big
interests that power which they do
not enjoy today, under the non-partisan
primary system which places the pow
er of government exclusively in the
hands Of the people.
There is possibility that the hill
to repeal the non-partisan primary
law will get in the senate but few ex-
pect it to ever receive any serious con-
sideration from the house.
The repeal Of the non-partisan lcgis-
lature as advocated by the standpat-
tiers Of the state is said to be but
opening the way for the old conven-