Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-09-19
STATE CAPITOL NOTES
Il 81 pam. MINI Sept. a16. ~:

st. Paul, Mimi. Sept 16. 1919, n
Governor <Burnquist was In WASH
ington when the suppos
eddy he volunteered to take charge Of
the Minnesota meetings: He wired MS
Rrivats sscrftary ca nS 10 Minnesota
upon his lthe ,goyernor.s) invitaltons
and Immediately Gus to9k cha charge OF
arrangements: The au VOLS antrnat I'd
to the St. Paul Association; It was de-
cided that the people from the country
districts should be given rs extra nao a see4s
upon the speakers platform were re-
served exclusively for the country VS.
itors. The governor returnea iI1 III
these reserved seats for the ALLEGED
use Of the members of the aegifslatR% n;1t
% aoo megmbers Later the made
a az further requisition for 200 or -259
seats for the use Of his +b pers seafa
aliotted for visitors to 1900. REQUESTS
for reservations in the meantime had
piled up to such an extent that the as
sociation was , com 4he neanie who We're
hear he rI the President. 1t was a most en-
Ssd thd natter to IN cSarge but
wish to assure the people of the coun-
try that the fault did not rest with the
St. Paul association, but with the g9?tvlh ,
ernOr. who selfishly interfefrec Win
the plan Of providi2g for visitors.
There TsEs 3 9th rseab
ton which were chargeable to Gover-
nor Burnquist For instance. the fall.
ure of the reception committee to meet t,ee
the PrGsidenX upon r h,s 1 tram arrived
about s ai 10 minutes early, but of course,
it was the duty of the governor as the
host Of the party to nafG oe committee
however, did not leave the. capitol on
it's it." trip to the. station until the exact
minute the train was SGheo NE 10 - pre-
mat mature re- Minutes mil on the part Of the
train, and the is to 20 minutes of IN
excusable delay. on the part OF tne
ful one on the part of participants. Inc me
governors discourtesy O. to qg !, me
President Of the United States is an 46at
it was deliberately planned, but no ex-
planation has come from the capitol to
an Indignant people as to why ne was
SO deficient IN courtesy the 20 20 The ' fact
that the governor tried to make it ap-
pear that the President Yislted MIME e,-
sofa upon his personal lnVltatlon ply -!
adds to the amazement occasioned by
his action.
0n its opentnig gay the gTant
~ 17 unanimous vote. After adjournment
the women served to the members the
mighty successful affair; One senator or:
with whom I talked after the dinner
Zone by the way who tha at, Gay thg d had
time9 remarked, ''Why. those women
co11ld have had suffrage ten years ago
if they had only. thoyght to feed US
r, tho ovoninea BANQUET was given
by the women at the The Saint Paul
Hotel. The. principal attraction prG roy
ed to be the Speechffs ma o@a py mem rs
Committee, and Mrs: 6. NJ Severance,
who 8eG%RbGis smar co%mttee
each setting forth the Virtues OF he her r
that the Democratic champion, to state
NJ ner %' "put it tt ali over" her Repqbljean
opponent. As matter of fact, Mrs.
Severance was very much at dlsad,
vantage in meet1ng s her or''l'an' rival
en h fee T" that for the alleged reason
durng the war ros MTs
ed by Governor Burnquist upon his re. re.
seg S %r. tG EreeMS Mrs.
watch them go by" 1t was strictly
non-partisan affair, you understand
On Friday the House passed the 11e+ Ben n
1O1 to o. If the measure can come
out Of the committee on taxation. it
Undoubtedly will be passed by the
legislature is scheduled to adjourn
Rumor states that it never will come
indica lions that if it should pass it will
be vetoed by the governor: From talks
with legislators I am convinced that
the primary law wilk not be amended
at this session. The desire for s1c a
contamination is strong with the Re-
publican organization, They. want to
include, however, members of the Leg
which bodies seem to object to being
returned to a. partisan basis. It is
a safe bet today that no change will
be made in the primary law at this
session; 1t well nigh breaks a! ny hea9 TT
the Nonpartisan Leagues capturing the
Republican organization. DEMOS.