The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-11-27
STATE CAPITOL NEWS.
State Went Wet by Small Majority
J. M. Mcconnell Appointed State
Supt. of Education.

Demon Rum got by in the recent
election with less than a thousand
majority to his credit, so the returns
say, but even though booze won, his
future is by no. means secure. There
are rocks ahead and the pity of it
all is that needed legislation entire
ty foreign to the liquor traffic is due
to be involved Dry leaders in Min
nesota are even now girding their
lions for the fray and the battle is
due to start with the opening of the
next session of the legislature. 1t
is due to figure in the organization
of the house and it is due to have
an up stage position in the shape of
numerous bills designed to either ell
inmate the traffic entirely or to so
hamper it's manufacture and sale as
to make the business Improbable.
This means trades and complications
and you can bet your last dollar that
those concerned will not overlook
anything in an effort to embarrass.
The odd feature of the dry and wet
fight was the large number of So
called dry counties that either voted
wet or else gave dry majority so
small that it practically counted for
nothing. The big support for the
dry amendment came from, the popu-
latlOn centers where the saloon still
nourishes AS former Governor Van
SAINT aptly put it, the dry localities
were rid Of the saloon and they eth
err did not care or lse{were fearful
that their present surre| ptitious sup
ply Of liquor would be idenied them.
70 the average man in public life
the results in the recent wet and
dry fight are in the nature of dis
appointment. The most of them
would have preferred a dry victory,
but if it had to- be wet they wanted
1t OVERWHELMINGLY So. The> fiji st
T"uldI have put a herd of so-caMed
reforlners whose principal interest is
for revenue only out of business for
all time and the second would have
at least minimized their future &C.
Invites. For nearly quarter of a
century Minnesota has biennially
been in the throes of a liquor fight
of some kind. Much needed legisla-
ton has been strangled because of
it's presence and millions of dollars
have been wasted. 1t will be the
same again this coming year.
decided surprise this week when he
announced the official retirement of
G. 6. Schulz, state superintendent of
education, and the appointment of
J. M. Mcconnell, a prominent Man.
kato educator, in his place. Supt,
Schulz has been on the job for over
ten years and was supposed to be
bomb proof. Gov Burnquist did not
offer any explanation for Mr.
Schulz's retirement and there was no
need to ask for one. The former
superintendent broke with his excel
lency year ago over the question
of state school finances and that set
tied it. He did not take kindly to
the governors veto of a $1,25O,OOO
appropriation in the shape of state
school aid and joined the forces an
tagonistic to the governors demand
for reforms. State Supt. Schulz is
credited having behind him the best
political machine in the state, to-
wit the educational forces of Mime
sofa, but this fact did not worry his
excelfency. He decided that the for
mer superintendent of education
would have to walk the plank and
he did.
Next week should see the launch
ing of plans for the organization of
the coming legislature. Both house
and senate are involved this time,
but in the case of the senate little
trouble is expected. Quite a few
senator's have already consulted with
Lieutenant Governor Frankson and
the report is that there will be lit
tie friction. In the house the selec-
ton Of speaker is the big thing
and just now interest is conferred in
W. l. Nolan of Minneapolis, whom
many think will pull down the plum.
The names of Theo. Chr stianson of
Dawson and Chas. Warner of Aitkin,
have been, mentioned, but if they
have any designs on the place they
have not made S11ch ro,,I.Eo b. De-