The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-01-28

Dilley says, and got seat in the
house with mere scrap of paper
from the canvassing board. Comes
then Mr.. Youngdahl with a certificate
of election, whereupon, after some
considerable fussing, the house APP
points a committee to find out if the
certificate is genuine. The committee
finds that the seal is on in the right
place and that the'certificate is real,
honest-to-goOdness certificate, where
upon, after considerable more fussing,
the whole matter is referred to the
attorney general. After some days
delay, the attorney generals office
gives up the lucid opinion that it is
the business of the house to decide
what shall be done. A couple of days
later someone thinks what is best to
be done is to do nothing for five days
and the house solemnly resolves to
that effect. The next day the house,
with equal solemnity, resolves to undo
its resolution to do nothing, so it
unanimously votes Mr.. Youngdahl in
to his seat and even gives him an es-
cort to lead him to it. Applause.
Everybody is happy, except perhaps
Mr.. Rutledge. Meanwhile the cleo
tions committee is seeing what else
it can stir up in the matter.
On passing it may be remarked
that Representative Nellermoe who
beat the tom-tom quite diligently in
Mr.. Youngdahl's behalf, and Mr..
Youngdahl are both radicals from
Hennepin county. 1t is said that
Representative Youngdahl can make
the welkin ring just as resoundingly
as can Representative Nellermoe, but
Nellermoe is a radical wet and
Youngdahl is radical dry. 1t is a
pity they are not both members of the
committee on temperance.
st. Louis County Delegation.
The st. Louis county delegation has
organized by naming Chauncey Pet
erson of Duluth as chairman and
Frank Scribner as secretary. Both
men are from the same representa-
tive district, the fifth-eighth. These
officers face trying, thankless task,
for no county delegation in the leg
islature is so hopelessly at logger
heads as is the st. Louis delegation
Jealousy and division between city
and country is found everywhere but
in st. Louis county it as weed that
grows rank. DR.. M. B. Cullum, who
for several sessions has borne the
reputation of being the best liked
member of the house, is the retiring
chairman of the delegation. He hand
led it's difficulties with a diplomatic
skill that entities him to the best post
in the diplomatic service that the
country has to offer, but President
Coolidge can't have him yet. St.
Louis county, torn and bleeding, still
needs him. United we stand, divided
we fall, is an adage that st. Louis
county pays little attention to, which
is one reason perhaps, why it fails so
much, and the devotion of Duluth to
division is also, perhaps, reason
why that city is so slow to realize
the greatness that nature seems to
have marked it for.
Per Capita Again.
A per capita bill has again made its
appearance in the legislature. The
details of this measure, which is evil
IDENTIFY aimed to restrain the enthusi-
asm of the people of the towns of
Stuntz, Balkan and White on the Iron
Range, have been explained in the
public prints, but at this writing it
is uncertain just what will be the eff
feet of the bill or what the reaction
to it will be on the Range.
Waterway Has Its Inning.
The legislature has had the pleas
ure of seeing and hearing former
Governor Harding of Iowa, head of
the agitation for the st. Lawrence
waterway project. Governor Hard
ing does not make typical speech;
he makes Harding speech, which is
replete with informality, humor and
persuasion and bristles as well with
knock out facts for the opposition
After listening to the governor we
all wanted to take off our coats, spit
on our hands and dig in.