Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1917-04-04

calling for a similar arrangement. The
bill lost out in the latter body by
small vote. Expecting such, an organ
ization has been perfected in ST Louis
county which has for its purpose re-
turn to partisanship and the election
Of men to public office who are right"
This organization, which is backed by
leading Republicans, will exact of
those candidates whom it supports that
they be bona fide Republicans and
that they stand by Republican princi-
pies. In the senate the Democrats
voted solidly against the Rustad bill,
and, as minority, were largely re-
sponsible for it's defeat. They admit
that the present primary laws are
!heir only salvation. The officehold-
ers' combine also added it's mite.
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With the permission of Governor
Burnquist Senator A. S. Campbell Of
Austin and Representative Washburn
of Minneapolis have introduced in
their respective bodies bills providing
for the registration of aliens in the
state The idea is to provide the au-
thorities with needed information re-
garding persons in the state who are
not registered Americans.
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Governor Burnauist is understood to
be quite wrathy over the defeat in the
senate of the public domain bill as
Il fofL INV
Carley Interim efficiency and economy
commission and is said to be prepar-
ing a strong message to the house
urging that body to rectify the senate
error. If the house agrees it will be
returned to the senate and that boz. )
ponents of the measure was Senator
/ r. G. Dunn and it is reported that he
will reconsider his opposition if tho
hackers of the bill will permit a num-
Der of amendments. The public do
main bill was the first of the Carley
commission bills to be considered.
There are several others to come,
among them one divorcing the grain
department from the grain and ware.
house commission. It is needless to
say that the state railway and ware.
house commission is working overtime
to bring about its defeat.
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The lone brewer in the house is
Hans Birkhofer of Alexandria, Doug
las county, one Of the dryest districts
in the state, and in getting by he de-
feated strong prohibitionist ,candi-
date. Answering a strong supporter
of the present primary laws and the
nOnpartisan act as it applies to the
legislature he declared that he stood
for some changes and that in the face
of the fact that if it were not for the
primary act he would not be in the
legislature now. My opponent was a
prohibitionist," said Mr.. Birkhofer,
."and they did not like him, SO they
elected me. They had no other alter.
native. The primary law did not per
nit any In dry county like Doug
las never would have had show
under the old convention system.
| There the party would have had some
say"
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Both legislative branches were ia.
! vored the other day with. a visit and a
short talk from Miss Jeanette Ran
kin of Montana, the first woman to
sit in the halls of congress. Miss Ran
kin was chaperoned by Governor Burn.
quist and was given a royal welcome
| by the members of both houses Miss
Rankin was timed to aid the suffrage
bill, then up for consideration in the
senate, but her appearance did not
save the measure. - IL.
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Between the Teigen grain -inyestiga.
ton, with it's frequent wordy. clashes
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