The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-01-18

W commissioners, DIS USUAL is AROUND
the capitol and hotel lobbies knocking
the state highway commission. He
wants the county commissioners to
have the handling Of every dollar ex-
pended for roads and bridges county,
state and federal-and wants no one
to interfere with their rights, peroga-
tives and perquisites. How fortu-
nate for Itasca county that it is able
to retain the services of such a dis
tinguished gentleman as C. NJ. King!
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It is up to Magnus johnson, chair
man of the house committee on grain
and warehouses, to see to it that the
farmers get the remedial legislation
they have been praying for Thirteen
of. the committee of nineteen are
farmers, and if the bills that the
farmers are interested in are not
promptly reported out it will be easy
+ to place the responsibility.
A gutter-snipe scribbler writing to
country newspapers tells Of the I'M
holy senatorial combine" All there
is to the combine is this: A number
Of senators got together, and they
were men of all parties and shades of
opinion, and agreed upon an organiza-
ton. Good men were selected for the
various positions, and that is all
there is to it. Senator Blomgren Sc
cured the appointment of o. w. Blom-
quist of Spencer Brook to a clerkship,
and the senator from Mile Laos Sc
cured place for Herman Hofflander,
deserving member Of company G.
What a terrible "combine!"
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Hon. w. I. Nolan and Hon. w. I.
! Norton are the floor leaders for
Speaker Parker. The former is chair
man of the rules committee and is the
real house leader. Mr. Nolan is not
lacking in brains or assurance, is
somewhat self-opinionated, and is an
excellent parliamentarian. Mr.. Nor
ton is an efficient party whip and can
always be depended upon to rally the
support of the "drys" to any measure
in which he is interested. ILL.,.
I i'rz-s-l.ees::< r. + +
1t may be treason to say SO, but
Senator McGarry has a big contract
on his hands to put through bill that
will cause that $25O,OOO revolving fund
to revolve for any considerable length
of time I do not mean that he will
have any trouble in pushing the bill
through the legislature, but do mean
that have my doubts about the $780,
900 ever revolving back into the per-
manent school fund.
State Auditor Preus is opposed to
the public domain bill proposed by the
efficiency and economy committee. So
am l, but not for the same reason that
Mr.. Preus is. He thinks there should
be separate department to handle the
lands, mineral and timber Of the state,
but that a constitutional amendment
will be necessary. There is no earthly
reason why another new department
should be created. The auditor has
ample time at his disposal to attend to
the duties of the land department. In
fact, since the tax commission was
created, relieving the auditors office
of all matters pertaining to taxation.
which was fully one-third of the work
of the office, the duties of the auditor,
outside the land department., are mere
ly clerical. It is only in the land de-
lpartment that executive ability is re-
quired. The creation of another ex-
pensive department is totally unneces-
sary.
R. C. D.
NJ. E. Church Basement Dedicated.
The basement of the Methodist
church has been plastered and painted
and it presents a neat and coZy ap-
pearance. Numerous pretty pictures
adorn the walls, and it is in keeping
with the other rooms of the handsome
brick edifce. The social affairs of the
church will be held there. "
The formal opening Of the basement
occurred Tuesday evening, and good
sized audience attended. The choir
sang three selections most pleasingly
and DR.. w. E. J. Gratz of St. Paul de-
livered an inspiring address along
reminiscent lines. DR.. Gratz was pas
tor of the local church three years, and
was here when the edifce was erected
He is ever interesting, but especially
so on this occasion, and he held the
closest attention Of the audience
throughout.
At the conclusion Of the program the