New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-04-17
EXTRA SESSION OF
STATE LAW MAKERS
BIG CITY INTERESTS WORRIED
BY FEARIOF UNDEslRED
LEGISLATION
BURNQUIST ALSO FINDS 1T
HARD TO DECIDE WHAT
is SAFEST

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state legislature, like Banquo's ghost,
will not down. In St. Paul morning
paper has come out claiming the leg
islature would be called for an extra
session to begin April %; this would be
next week Monday.
Governor Burnquist, on the other
hand, has put quietus on these rumors
in statement which he issued soon after
the startling information had been pub
lished in the paper. He says, 1T seems
the people outside of the capitol know
more about the intentions of the Gov
ernor than he himself"
Reasons For Extra Session
The chief reason, according to the
papers, for calling a special session, exists
in the necessity of modifying the election
laws for the benefit of the soldiers.
Some means must be provided to enable
the soldiers in the environments here and
in Europe to vote at the next election.
However, other wiseacres have it figured
out that this is not the thing which
casuses most anxiety. They want to
see more of the coin of the realm with
which to pay the school deficits and the
assessments for drainage in the northern
counties.
APPROXIMATIONS of Last Session
The last legislature appropriated ST.
100000 to pay the deficit in the school
funds of the years 1914-1915. The Gov
ernor vetoed this bill after the legislature
had adjourned. On account Of the ad-
journment the legislature was barred
from passing the bill over ssthe Gov
errors veto. Since that time the states
supreme court has decided that school
deficits may not be paid out of the ap-
preparations for the years 1917-l918.
The Governor explained his veto on
the ground that strictest economy must
be practised. Retrenchment, he said
should be the watchword. He also
added, the debts might as well be paid
out of funds on hand, in which he
seems to have been mistaken.
Northern Counties Hard Hit
The Governor also vetoed an ap-
preparation of $250,000 for the payment
of drainage assessments on state lands in
northern Minnesota. Because this money
has not been paid, it is reported, several
counties of the north are financially
very much embarrassed. This is said
to be the case especially in Koochiching
County where large contracts for drain
age had been let..
State Institutions in Need
| Another matter which special session
of the legislature would have to consider
is the lack of funds in some of the state
institutions. The appropriations for
several institutions were practically the
same as for the two previous years.
It has been shown that this amount is
not sufficient since in some instances
the expenses for maintenance have in
creased 100 per cent and the currency
of the present day is not sufficiently
elastic to stretch it to that extent.
Tonnage Act Again Up
Some people are very anxious to re-
consider the matter Of the tonnage act.
A fierce battle ragged around this measure
and on account of it during the last
session Of the legislature.
f. Abolish Safety Commission?
Finally, it is audibly whispered that
some opponents of the Safety Commits
sion will bend their every effort to have
the commission abolished or to amend
the law to such an extent that the COM
missions powers would be curbed.
This is quite disturbing idea to Min
nesota autocrats.
From all this it may readily be seen
. that His Excellency will weigh everyt thing
very carefully and deliberately before he
finally determines whether an extra
session is to be held or not.
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