The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-12-31
STATE CAPITOL CHATTER
cult of solution.
Try figuring it out for yourself.
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culC Oh SOlutlOH.
Try figuring it out for yourself.
Just another little angle to the
aforementioned rumor before leaving
| it to it's fate-tempting as it is to go
much deeper into it's discussion.
Many of my readers will recollect
what strong sentiment was worked
up against Governor Jake Preus in
1922 (when he ran for the Senate
and was beaten by Magnus Johv.son)
on the ground that he was, like
Caesar of old, too ambitious, wanted
to get to the top too fast and at too
young an age.
Governor Ted is also young man
in his early forties. Isn't it barely
possible that he might seek to avoid
the "wasnout' in the political path
that Jake Preus fell into?
Whatever else you may think of
him, yoC MY be sure Gov. Ted is
nobody'S fool" to borrow q street
expression. He is perhaps as eep
and logical thinker as ever sat IN
the governors chair in Minnesota
and our state has had some mighty
big men in that chair from the days
of Gen. Sibley and Alexander RAM
sey down to probably the greatest
intellectual of them all, the late
Gov. Winfield Scott Hammond.
Does this rumor seem so preposter-
Gus now?
K
Well, next week the 45th Mime
sofa Legislature will convene here
at the Capitol and begin grinding its
grist of new laws. Some folks think
land not without reason-that we
are already suffering, not from lack,
but from over-supply of statutes
made and provided
Unfortunately, seems to me, not
enough legislators accept this view.
In fact, many go to the other eX-
IRENE and appear to think the only
way they can serve their constituents
is by introducing and attempting to
have psased "a whole bunch of laws
with their particular name attached
as author"
Which reminds me that l heard
lust the other day of one legislator
who had written to the attorney gen.
eral and given him the subject mat
ter land form outline) of no less
than 16 bills he wished to have
drawn UP, and then added that this
was "only the beginning" of what ne
desired to do in this direction.
The fact that most of the things
he wanted new laws on are already
fully covered by statute seemingly
made no difference to him.
***
Although l have not seen anything
as yet in the public press about it
l have recently had called to my at
tention the fact that the coming
legislature is going to have the
evolution" question before it.
According to my information, 6
bill is in preparation and will be in
PRODUCED at the opening of the SEES
sion aimed at the teaching of the
theory of evolution of mankind {
: la Darwin at the University of Min
nesota.
| Interesting, if true. Yet the com
mon knowledge that many member
of the legislature feel very keenly OF
this somewhat delicate subject ana
believe it a question that must b.
: faced fairly and squarely sooner o.
/ later. Eventually, why not now?'
, some of them argue.
/ To anyone knowing the genera
makeup of the legislature from TIN
, standpoint of religious belief, it i
r not hard to picture a real fight, IL
5 which the alleged poison spears" O.
! the modernists will resound clang
: ingly against the clustering shield
of the fundamentalists
r Twill be a battle worth coming
/ many miles to see, that's sure.
*Hx
: I've just learned, too, that my oh
} friend, Sen. liver j. Lee, of Pop
t county, is going to father. bill TO
: a constitutional amendment to di
/ vert part of the gasoline tax from
) the trunk highways to county anu
town roads.
From what l hear there's yer.
: little hope of the passage of such ;
: measure, but if Sen. Lee is reall.