Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-03-28
Incorporation Of the Minnesota
Nonpart|san League.
new FACTOR N POLITICS
eackere OF Organization Deny Pur.
pose 10 to Boost Any Partlo-
uiar Candidates.


all agog these rays over the entrance
into the political game Of new ele'
ment, or rather q new party. The lat
est bid for popular favor is the Min
nesota Nonpartisan league. and though
it is now better than q week old both
Legislators and capitol habitues have
not quit talking about 1t or indulging
in conjectures az to the reason for its
creation. Tho league, which ofacially
came into being through the medium
of official documents filed with the
secretary of state. 10 not the North Da-
of it. but owes its place in the poltt-
1cal armament to the activities OF
Representative G.. F. Malmberg OF
Washington county, J. A. Stonberg, a
prominent Republican of 1santi coun-
ty, and Oscar w. BlumQuist of the
same county, a clerk In the senate.
All three, with G. F. Johnson of Ma
rine Mills, are the incorporators. With
the new creation was filed an addi-
tional instrument legalizing a concern
to be known as the Minnesota Non
partisan Publishing company. Rumor
connected the names of several promi.
nent politicians with the organization,
but all mentioned have vigorously de.
MED the report.
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That the latest in things political
has for its chief end the capture of
territory now being invaded by the
North Dakota league goes without say
ing. Taking such for granted Secro-
tary of State Schmahl made public the
announcement that had" he seen the
papers before they were handed to a
clerk in his Office mandamus proceed
ings would have been necessary to
compel him to file them. State Aud
itOr Preus, whose name was con.
nected with the organization, also de-
nounced the movement in unmeasured
terms. On the other hand Representa-
tive Malmberg and the other promo
tiers of the new league say the move
ment is genuine and that the whole
thing is for the purpose of putting tho
entire state government on a nonpar-
tisan basis. Naturally the followers
of the Dakota product denounce the
new creation and one of them, James
A. Manahan, has gone so far as to in
innate that a bill may be introduced
In the legislature putting the Mime
sofa league out of business. One Of
the features of the newly incorporated
party is that membership costs the
signer of its articles Sc for two years,
while the North Dakota league, now
being extended to take in Minnesota,
stands its subscribers SIG each.
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|. This week the house and senate will
take up as special orders nearly fifty
bills, the product of the childrens well
fare commission named by Governor
Burnquist. The bills cover every phase
of child life and control, and while a
majority of them will undoubtedly be
relegated to the junk heap the com.
mission hopes that enough will get by
to make their labors worth while. The
commission has been working on the
proposed Juvenile legislation for sew.
eral months.
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II the house concurs the further
killing of cartridges in the state will
be prohibited until 1920. The senate
has given it's approval to the bill by
Senator Fred B. Vibert of Cloquet pro-
hibiting the further slaughter of this
particular game bird until Oct. 20,
1920. The house will have field day
for all fish and game measures shortly
and the Vibert bill will be among those
considered.
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Representative o. A. Swanson of
Nicollet county, acting with Senator
Rockne Of the upper legislative body,
have succeeded in putting through
both houses law permitting the leas.
Ing Of known ore deposits in lake ard
river beds of the state. This will al
low the state to add heavily to it's
revenues and at the same time cause
the working of known valuable depos.
it's of ore. The lease rate, under the
terms of the bill, Is made so cents a
ton, an increase of Is cents per ton
over the old rate.
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The r. c. Dunn road act, which In
effect puts out of commission the
present state highway commission and
substitutes q one-man department, Is
now q law, Governor Burnquist having
aflxed his SIGNATURE to the measure.