The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1919-04-23


ACTIVITIES m THE
ssT'A TE EaIsLATURE
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to be devoted to The, carrying u out 81 sc
the worhnens compensation act and
it then completed its labor by send
ing the whole thing to junk act. The
bill would have given the state com
Eplete control Of this particular line
Of insurance. The proposed innova-
tion was bitterly contested by those
insurance companies who stood to
loose heavily should the bill become
a law. AS against their efforts was
the activity of organized labor and q
line of house bill trades that includ-
ed tonnage tax, the dry bill and a
half dozen other proposed infictiqns.
The first days session resulted In a
tie and the day following the propo-
sition was rejected by vote of 81
to g.. This latter vote was ON the
question of a compromise by which
it was proposed to permit the stock
companies to still do business, but
the scheme was indignantly rejected
by those favoring the act. Give us
all or nothing they said and the SEN
ate took them at their cry. ..-: -.
Governor Burnquist, Tuesday sent
to the senate special message urg-
ing the passage Of some form of a
political convention law. The present
primary act. he regards as defective.
The house some weeks ago gave it's
approval to convention bill drafted
by Representative Warner and
Hompe, but it has since slumbered
in the senate committee or elections
anticipating it's defeat. Senator
Rockne introduced a convention act
Of his own making and Judging from
the tenor of the governors message,
he evidently favors the Rockne bill.
In aid of the convention movement,
W. E. Verify Of Wadena opened
headquarters at the St. Paul Hotel
and has since sent out a call for a
meeting of Republican editors from
over the state. He says that if the
country press gets behind the move
ment that it's realization is certain.
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Minnesota iron ore interests are
safe for another two years at least
as far as the infection of tonnage
tax is concerned. This week Senator
James A. Carley Of Wabasha county
who has been hot on their trail ever
since the session started introduced
another tax bill and attempted to
have a companion measure filed in
the house, but failed. In order to
get the bill into the house, executive
approval was necessary and this
Governor Burnquist denied. Tonnage
tax, the governor said had it's day in
court, and he could see no good rea.
son for reopening the controversy
Senator Carley is picked by many to
get into the democratic gubernator-
ial game one Of these days, and if he
does tonnage tax will undoubtedly
be the chief plank of his platform
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This sure has been a legislative
session of trades. Hardly a bill OF
Importance has been put over so far
without involving a trade of some
kind and it is said that the practice
even extends to measures of minor
Importance. Tonnage tax it is said
was killed as a result Of a pact be-
tween the vets and laborites and
the passage of the workmens state
insurance act in the house it is
claimed figured in the same deal. In
an effort so put the insurance bill
through the senate similar tactics
were employed, but they failed. The
insurance bill, however, is by nc
means dead. Motion for a reconsid.
GRAFTON Of the vote by which this
particular bill was killed in the SEN
late has since been filed and it. will
be acted upon the latter part of the
week.
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1t wouldn't be bit like old times
in the legislature if an entire session
should slip by without bringing DR.
H. M. Bracken out into the spot
light. When bunch of his enemies
jumped him the other day every
thing was natural again for there is
no state official who has disturbed
the solons as has the chief executive
of the Board of Health. DR.. Bracken
has some very definite ideas as to
what the state board of health
should do and his views often clash
with those of some of the legisla-