Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-04-23
OBSERVATIONS
(By a Cornfeld Philosopher).
XxXIv-LEGiSL LETTER
Confusion and Anxiety.

Confusion and Anxiety.
With only three more legislative days
and with hundreds of bills still on the
calendar or on general orders and more
being daily introduced by the PERMITS
sion of the Governor. the members in
both Houses are heartily wishing they
had not wasted 80 much time and been
more 1nductrious early in the session.
6ut this 10 the way 1t often happens.
through to raise some friends salary
or Of merely local interest Sessions
WI likely likely be held from now on both day
TO Emasculats tho Primary.
The protest Of the people at large
against any change in the direct prim-
airy law is going to be UNDECIDED, IL the
r res s.a leaders have their way.
convention in advance Of the primary to
name candidates to be. placed on the
ballots. names to be followed by the
p paeS p h. nIc is likely that
the closing hours Of the session. and
matter Of form. This change is deemed
favor tonnage tax on iron ore-and
these include an overwhelming majori-
~ OF the rank and file-afrom naming
tA0 PAL ~ CdAO1OdCcS 1Or Governor. The
three men likely to get into the race
for the Republican nomination for Gov
ernor are Lieutenant Governor Thomas
Frankson,, julius Schmahl, and Speaker
to tonnage tax though only the latter
is on record. With all of them in the
fight to divide the react1onary vote it
would pc very easy for some progressive
like Theodore Christianson to slip in
and get the nomination by a plurality
vote. and this above all things must
be prevented. Nolan would probably
interests, but any Of them would be
greatly preferred to a genuine progress
sive-one who wouldn't take orders.
Good Bill for Stock Shippers.
The House has passed the Senate bill
prohibiting extra charges for overload
cd stock cars now a common custom.
Hereafter If shippers crowd the cars
they get the benefit, but do it at their
The Wet and Dry Battle.
The Dry's outgeneraled the Vets in
the the III f1nal battle over the amendment to
the State enforcement act providing that
the law should not go into effect If the
National Dry Amendment should be
null1ded by the courts. The house under
Moen stubbornly refused to accede to
the Senate's amendment to this effect
which was tackled on by bare MAORI
ty and finally had it's way.
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All returning soldiers may now get
the benefit Of a free education to the
extent Of $4,000 scholarship in any
school approved by the State Depart
ment Of Education. Application should
be made to the State Superintendent of
Schools or the Adjutant General, Capt.
toll Building.
The League Of Nations.
The Senate passed without any con-
test the Peterson Resolution approving
the general idea Of League Of Nations
with violent opposition from the Re-
dictionary leaders in the House narrow
~ yes, escaping being side tracked in the
tion was only saved by the solid support
or the League farmers.
The Cleo Bill.
The Welch deague) bill to prohibit
the use of oleo or bogus butter in all
State Institutions which passed the
by the Senate but not without strong
opposition. Some Anti-League memb ers
from dairy sections voted against the
which is the same in effect as voting
mo-" Among these are Senators Good
Ing, McGarry, Millett, Nolan, Peterson,
Putnam and Reed.
The Safety (9) Commission.
The House passed the Pillenger bill
emphatic vote of 1OS to II, without any
debate said to be done by agreement.
This bill was House File No. 4. 1t
was introduced as the number indicates
very early in the session referred to the
committee on Civil Administration and
pigeon holed" for, some, sixty days
W5th9ue r aGtio n an and finally caed up
ing held beyond the time limit. At the
very beginning of the session the
friends of the Commission finding them
selves in hopeless minority, exerted
themselves to. the utmost to let the
commission down easy" and by per-
credit or discredit of this achievement mt
belongs largely to Mr. Norton of Minne-
apolis, Chairman of the COMMITTEES on
Rules and re-actionary floor leader,
Many think there was an understand
ing with Mr.. Pittenger that he was not
to press this bill to vote in the first
half of the session as he might have
done under the rules
Two Good Bills.
The Senate has finally passed a. bill
introduced by Mr.. Green of Blue Earth
county compelling the stock-yards peo-
pie to furnish feeding and watering
troughs, and another by the same au-
thor, requiring railroads to supply all
passenger trains with individual SAM
tary drinking cups free of charge
These are both good measures and if
they. get by the Governor will become
the law of the land.
The Soldiers Bounty.
Just what will be done for the re-
turning soldier boys has not been fully
determined but the $4,000 fiat bounty