Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-08-29
STATE i j CAPITOL. NOTES

II 0xxA41 #NIkA1lA 49, ~ 49, 539
"T he pr resi- has decided It to be
incompatible with the public interest
to comply with the request contained in IN:
1.-The senate, to supply the senate with
| the instructions given to the American
delegates to the peace commission IN
paragraph does not refer to the refusal
Of President Wilson to give the y. >.
Senate information concerning the hap
Paris in 1919. It refers to the refusal
of President Mckinley, on January IL,
|.l899. to enlighten the Senate as to the
ence in the Spanish-A1nerlcan. War; AS
| y disinterested observer must confess
that [ am amazed at the presumptlon
Of the various presidents Sn G1 Inc Senate
ident Wilson, for instance, has hee9 a SO
| inconsiderate as to INSIST + inae thsf he
go go to the Senate; ! T9Xink Of it,
Representative Oscar IS. Keller, o.
the the q ot Gua.1 day by the Washington cor
rrn ne onde1 Of the Cincinnati Times
Star Among other things asd ne to7d me the
Principles of the Nonpartisan Leag'n 1;s,
but he added that in many respects ny
policies were even more radlcai , NC.
are n rnofe u he e ventured the opinion
dh + IN another year the League will
have organized every e co@nty IN Rennbi
sofa, that they a VIII enoo ,nGenenG Ht
ca cans viii Gf stand for their principles that
such candidates wi get all rd the ReS
gressiye votes aj in M1nn sff}iatens. ani
that the candidates so endorsed will o.
elected by Overwhelming majoritles
He further SAID; IA en Mepad'cb y thes,
fo esSine can sp wt@ ne am calling the at
tention of our Republican brethren tl &c
beart fe i SYMPATHY I have had feel:
nee ali IL along that the Nonpartisa'
Leaguers were brewing tro %, Mfn 1or ia
Republtic co t Gffa there must be som,
truth in the rumor floating about 1ha
The League intends to endorse Mr. hel'
Ter for governor %
Speaking of The spe ss al s dsI that It
much POLITICS will on be R5syGha has os pet
vantage of this opportunity to cToW va
the limit Bills VIII ,i[;b De ' nj reform our
method of taxation; the Nonpartlsa;n
League, which works upon a SYSTEM I'LL, IS
going to introduce str1ng 90 81 If o The
! orranization, Of course it is not eX-
pected that these meaSoeT1S T' fou Ps
but it vii 6iah t an eo to the people
n n1ot Year Year and demonstrate what the
NOnpartisan League would 40 II IL pau
the poWef Am h;11s to ot gye the refurned
Soldiers ali and more than the most
sanguine returned hero could possibly
demand if he asked tor IT h ms IL nee.
! essarv to set the money for this pur-
pose will be to take it away from the
u. S. Steel Corporation in the FORM a+p o.
taxes This is a pretty shreWd metn-
Cd Of "whipping the devil about the
| STUMP" It will tend to convince the
| returned soldier that his best trleno IS
the opponents Of big business, AND
critics of the steel Corporate will see
in this method an effort to nut burden
! ed. it is Calculated that this; one com
bination will raise. enough trouble to
| cause sleepless nights for the political
opponents Of the lea 2a And thsfe
guarantee Of bank deposits; good
roads bill to ,supersede, the Babcoek
measure; a determined fight will be be
amendment to the primary election
law, upon the ground that any move in
this direction IS an effort to, take from
fSa9 the %esgue holds
| convention Of its own to select Its own
% BE- b bsPt n is
Eea tns i It % o Be ' pentea out
in t GrdeG fG mdns dn
now under the control Of the old-line
politicians. Take it. all in all; I am
looking for an exceedingly lively ses-
sion of the Leg'$ta%$u{S
| Probably the most active political or
in the cqHntry to Mry is Ab 56S
Scott Baker appeared before the Coy
ernor's Conference, in Utah, with the
request that she be permitted to ad d
dress them upon the qu les anne0 0d
The hardhearted executives were SO
ungallant as to repel her advanG S1s:
They would not listen to her-peesfshho ny
| because each and every one OF lneHl
already favored such ratit1catlon; AS as
a further evidence of the activity OF
this UNDUE organization OF OF + Won Hdt
Visory Committee, came to Minnesota
not long ago to demand that the state
ratify the suffrage amendment; 1t 80 SO
scene some days after the. calling Of
the special session for this purpose.
Not at all DISCOURAGED, however, Ssf,e
here to see that the LEGISLATURE took
| affirmative action. AS the work al
ready done by Mrs. Ueland's organiza-
ton absolutely assures the prompt rat
J ification of the amendment, Miss Rel
/ gels presence seemed a bit unneces-
sary. In the course of time she must
! have been convinced that such was the
case for she passed along. It is pos;
sible to overdo on some occasions, and
| am very sorry to note that this APP
| pears to be one of the prime failings
| 'picketeers" DEMOS.
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