Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1917-03-28

respect for and knowledge of things
American are not wanting in either
legislative body Senator Westlake OF
Minneapolis would prohibit the use Of
the national anthem or any other
known patriotic music Or song as a
part OF medley. Senator Alley has
secured the passage in both houses OF
a law providing for the teaching OF
patriotic subjects in the schools OF tho
state and Senator Callahan of Mime
apolis is backing up measure com
polling the reading of the declaration
of independence in the schools of the
state at least once every month. There
are other bills designed to bring about
respect for the flag and to compel rec
ognition of the federal uniform
wherever worn. r. G. Dunn, too, would
make it misdemeanor to discrimi-
nate against anyone wearing the uni
form.
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Ernest Lundeen and Thomas Scha,l,
Hennepin county congressman, sent
kilograms to every member of the SEN
ate and house deploring contemplated
changes in the state primary laws and
a return to the convention system.
Several sent return messages suggest
ing that the two congressman stick
to their jobs in Washington and let
the Minnesota legislature attend to it's
business.
Any possibility of partial return
to the old convention system went
glimmering when the house, by de-
cisive vote, relegated to the discard
the j. M. Harrison and the M. w. Cd
land bills legalizing conventions for
the purpose of nominating state Off
GERS. Both bills were combination
of the present primary and the con-
vention and designed to do away with
many of the alleged evils credited to
the present system OF selecting candi-
dates for office, but the house mem.
bers could not be brought around to
the authors way of thinking. Similar
measures are being fathered in the
senate by Senator Rustad of Traverse
county, but they will avail little. The
bill repeating the presidential primary
law has been approved by the house.
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A convention for the selection of
candidates for justices Of the supreme
court is the chief feature of bill ap-
proved by the senate, but it's reception
in the lower body is largely in doubt
since the defeat of the Odland and
Harrison acts. The bill, with Sena-
tors J. D. Sullivan and Putnam be-
hind it, got by with little opposition.
After being sent over to the house
Senator Ward of Martin. county tried
to secure it's recall, but met with over.
whelming defeat. The idea of the bill
is to get the court away from the
hurly-burly of politics.
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Democratic gubernatorial material
in the house and senate has received
an addition in the person of Senator
Harry Weis of LIE Sueur Friends say
he would have the Third district solid
and that if he cared to tackle congress
his election would be certain. The LIE
Sueur man. however, denies either
gubernatorial or senatorial ambitions.
He says he is content to remain where
he is. Nevertheless the senator is one
of three in the upper branch of the
legislature who are regarded as avail
able Democratic timber when the un.
washed gather next year to select
their standard bearer
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The probable passing of the office
of surveyor general of logs and lum.
Der, lucrative position in the past
is noted in the passage by the house
of a bill by Representative Shipstead
and Bessette placing the scaling OF
state timber in the hands of the state
forestry department. 1t is thought that
the senate will give it's approval