The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-03-22
.SUPER-TAX D0WNED
In the Senate Last Thursday After
Prolonged Debate by
Vote of 40 to q.
Senate Finance Committee Has Been
Hearing From Heads of State
Institutions for Weeks.

st. Paul, March 21.-In my last let
ter, dated March 18th, said that five
weeks from tomorrow april 19th)
the fortieth session of the Minnesota
Legislature would adjourn sine die.
The types made it read 1.-TWO weeks
from tomorrow"
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'e My guess was correct: The super
tax on iron ore bill was defeated last
Thursday by vote Of forty to twenty
seven. The majority against was
greater than was expected, either by
the friends or foes of the measure
It was anticipated that the extreme
"wets" would line up against the bill,
but no one imagined that there would
be a wholesale detection of the ex-
IRENE "drys" from the agricultural
districts. Of course it is denied that
the extreme "drys" or majority of
them formed combination with the
Steel Trust adherents, but it certainly
understanding between them.
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Here is the lineup of senators for
the bill: Alley, Baldwin, Benson,
Blomgren, Bonniwell, Buckler, Camp
bell, w. A., Carley, Dunn, R. c., Can
rud, Gillian, Gjerset, Hilbert, Johnson,
Knopp, Lobeck, Millett, Nelson, o.
Neill, Peterson, E. p, Potter, Rask,
Rockne, Steffen, Vermilya, Ward and
Weiss. Against the bill: Adams, An
drews, Callahan, Campbell, Alex S.,
Denegre, Dunn, w. w. -Duxbury,
Dwinnell, Gardner, Glotzbach, Griggs,
Crosse, Handlan, Hanson, Healy, Heg-
mes, 'Holmberg, Jackson, Jones, Lende,
McGarry, Nord, Orr, Palmer, Pauley,
Peterson, F. H., Peterson, G. M, Put
nam, Ries, Rustad, Rystronr, Sageng,
Sullivan, G. H., Sullivan, J. D., Sven
son, Turnham, VanHoven, Vibert, Wal
lace and Westlake. Only one senator
out of twenty in the three large coun-
ties of Hennepin, Ramsey and st.
Louis, voted for the bill. The excep-
ton was Senator w. A. Campbell of
Minneapolis.
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Those who spoke against the bill
were Adams and Griggs, of St. Louis
county; F. H. Peterson, of .Moorhead;
Gardner, of Brainerd; Dwinnell, Of
Minneapolis; Alex S. Campbell, of
Austin; George H. Sullivan, of Still
water; and Putnam of Faribault coun-
ty. Senator James A. Carley, Of Wa
basha county, made a game fight for
the bill; his closing remarks were es-
pecially forcible and eloquent. Sena-
tor D. P. O'Neil, of Pennington coun-
ty, and Senator Gillian, Of Cotton
wood county, also spoke briefly in be-
half of the bill. But Senator Carley
led the fight for the measure and he
did not disappoint his friends The
del late lasted nearly four hours. None
of che speeches, however, changed a
single vote. It was known several
days in advance that the bill was
doomed to defeat.
* * *
1t is almost certain that the SUPER
tax will be as much of an issue in the
next campaign as constitutional pro-
hibition, and it is extremely probable
that Senator Carley will be the dem
ocratic standard bearer in 1918. In
this connection it is an open secret
that the democrats are already organ
izing, and that they are determined to
wage an aggressive campaign in every
congressional district of the state. On
the other hand, the republicans are
taking no steps to harmonic the sew
eral factions within their ranks. Min
nesota republicans must get together
if. they would keep the state in the
republican column.
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There was three hours debate in the
senate last Friday forenoon over a
resolution by Senator George H. Sui
Ivan indorsing the presidents policy
in the trouble with Germany. Excep-
ton was taken to that part of the
resolution that censured the senate
obstructionists and Congressman Da-
Wis and Lindberg, and Endorsed the
actions Of Senators Nelson and Kel-
logg, and the other eight congress-
men. Some argued in favor of ap-
proving the presidents policy and not
indorsing or condemning any of the
Minnesota delegation. The resolution
as finally adopted Endorsed the presi-
dent and the members of the Mime
sofa delegation in congress who stood
by him. From the discussion it was
evident that not one Of the senators
regretted the retirement Of Moses E.
Clapp to private life.