Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-04-04
STATE CAPITOL NOTES.

week, advocates Of a tonnage tax. on
iron ore ran up against combination
that was practically unbeata pie. AFTER
the opponents Of any tonnage tax had
secured the endorsement Of the So
called Nonpartisan League bill, intro
duced by Rep Wsich Ct M 81 s}dn eG%n A.
the child of their adoption. On Tues
day the bill was called up for consider
alton in the House. After bitter four
in. the defeat Of the bill by 81 to 81
votes, &C being necessary for it's pas
SAGE: Every possible str1ng W ,aherp aIa-
ment, which had been very friendly to
the, Nonpartisan League bill, was prac-
tically switched to solid opposition by
Steel Corporation, who promised their
assistance in the defeat of the Warner
street railway bill and in the passage
ure. Wv Which is now in committee in the
Senate awaiting action. In the morn
ing the advocates of the bill were SAN
had ha in the neighborhood Of 50 votes in
stoned sic them: Rep: Esndixep, whose o:
e %ss ad %hat he eoud IN
half OF the bill, but in the end the ad-
vocates of a tonnage tax were out
iniousiy defeated The result can be
credited practically to the Republican
state Organization, which was very &C
tive against the olH.
Another measure which met defeat in
the House upon the succeeding day was
that fathered by Rep. Warner. Of Ait
car car companies under the supervision Of
the State Railroad and Warehouse
Commission. In this instance the ep-
ticaliy in opposition, while the votes in
districts. must confess that 1 am I'M
t11o 1f1Vy
legislators should be anxious to in
crease the burdens and responsibilities
Of the Railroad and Warehouse Com
It nas se w srufh n
much sympathy with. the rural dis
tricts. or. in fact. with the people in
For ana many Wyrehou5 tee
sion has been looked upon as a sort OF
refuge for corporate interests. This
fact makes it all the more peculiar
charging it's field of endeavor. AS. a
matter of fact. there are some cir
performances that it is impossible to
satisfactorily explain to the man who
takes an interest in the common people
measure was defeated by vote of sc
to 40.
MONDAY 1OVciuOi SIS IL.
ed bill giving the women the right to
vote for presidential electors in Mime
sofa: The anti-suff !r 1who: by, by
the UaSsa when eS S
favor of the submission of a constitu-
tional amendment Immediately
brought pressure IRE to pear upon the g9X
legged unconstitutionality; Briefs. Were
filed with the governor by Rome G.
Brown and JamTs F. 4Bfisn, of Of Mn
ons why they believed the act to be
unconst itutional. The gist of their ar
Minnesota grants the franchise. to ev-
ton l, Article VII: also that Section 2
person. not belonging TO one of the
classes specified in the preceding sec
ton shall be entitled or permitted to
eonstitation and provides for the eiec:
qn Of fr tat o Eng the p pSt re aS
ali ae anxioas e as TO- the result hen the
| er states with practically the, same
f n9an enfranchised their Women
electors, without an amendment to the
s}ates anG
no reason to believe that they will re-
l. Verse themselves in the matter of wom-
len voters in Mi2 q 3 g 49,.
There has been. much criticism. of
| President Wilson for the form in which
the covenant Of the Lsag1e Of Matioms
cover the entire covenant, some of the
critics holding that no word, line or
sentence in it SHOULD pc aceeptfeds EN-
points Which they believe should be
either clarified or completely changed.
It has remained for Charles 2: E.: Hughes he;
the League covenant. Six Of these
amendments deal largely with the Pro- PRO.
continent. which concerns the guaranc
, member nations Mr.: Hughes severe
1.-THE "high Contracting parties" under.
] "external aggression" the territorial
ntsEnty az efd ali state
league. One is moved to inquiry what
use this League of Nations would be
if its membership is not pledged pledged to to
the League from external agrees
sion" # Article. x had agreed that
protect the Integrity of its. member
ship from. internal revolution" Mr.:
Hug hes' criticism would have some
try, which has been so sharply. critic
izing the President. has passed by by,
amendment to ASt, j. X
The following is quoted from the
Springfield Republicans:
THE idea that the League of Ma
lions is too much of an innovation in
our national policy to be included in
! the peace treaty does not stand the test
| of precedents. The acquisition of the
Philippine Islands involved radical
departure from our previous policy of
territorial expansion, and that acquis.
ition was based not on the right or
conquest, but on simple purchase.
Yet the purchase of the Philippines
! and the development of the republic
| into an Oriental power went through
the United States Senate as part of the
treaty of peace with Spain.
LAS momentous an event as one can
recall in our history. under the Con-
stitution, except the CIVIL war. was .he
louisa ma Purchase. President Jefter-
| son, on his own initiative. bought that
enormous western empire from France
| in 1903 without consulting the United
States senate or, any ether public body
| or parsonage. There were Massachu-
sets people who thought that such an
act was unconstitutional and Jefferson
himself agreed with them, many
| thought also that such an extension of
| the Federal governments jurisdiction
and power meant the sure extinction
| of <l,o ic<o<os o~a A 1;hor<ioo