Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-03-17
LETTER FROM PINE
COUNTY LEGISLATOR
st. Paul, Mimi, March IL, 1927.
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as each day shortens the time of this
session. One thing that / notice is
that the bills are studied and argued
over more this session than they were
during the past sessions, and that ac-
counts for the fact that while we have
introduced more than 1000 bills to
date, less than SO have actually been
signed by the Governor.
Last week I passed the Forfeited
tax bill in the House and as the same
is well up on General Orders in the
Senate / am hopeful that by the next
time write you, it will have become
the law of the State I have ex-
planned this law in previous letters
and will not say anymore about it at
this time.
The Evolution Bill was defeated in
the Senate yesterday, and the House
Educational Committe killed the same
a few days ago, however, l under
stand that minority report will be
brought into the House on Monday. so
that we will have a chance to vote
on same. When the Session started,
! thought that this bill would not
stir up very much interest, but l was
greatly mistaken. Never in my ex-
perience down here have i seen such
crowds as attended the public hear
ings on this bill.
We hear much talk about investi-
cations the past week. In fact every
thing and everybody is going to be
investigated. The first resolution re-
quested an investigation of the Elec-
tion of Senator Tom Schall The
second resolution is for an investiga-
tion of the Treasury department and
now third resolution calls for an
investigation of the State Securities
Commission. Some committees are
going to have plenty to do before the
session is over.
Last week a joint committee of the
House and Senate was appointed to go
to Nebraska and investigate the ac-
tual conditions of the Banking Laws
of that state. We will receive their
report Monday l understand that
they will report that while the Law
has worked very successfully in Ne
braska to date, not cent lost to de-
positors through their bank failures,
however, there are several banks on
the verge of closing at this time.
but they are held up for fear of the
effect their closing will have on the
Law, as their funds are exhausted
and they would not be able to meet
the demands made ON the guaranty
fund. They claim that while it has
worked very well in Nebraska owing
to the fact that they have been in
existance since 1911, that it would
not be wise to pass such an act in
Minnesota at this time. The COM
mittee is made up of two Senators
and two House members, and l under
stand that two of the members fa-
vored the Nebraska plan before they
made the investigation and the other
two are country bankers. They are
not unanimous in their recommends
lions. While l am on this subject
l might state that the State of Iowa
sent down a committee of six mem
bers from their Legislature to look
into the conditions and report, and
we were informed by member of
the Iowa Legislature that while the
committee have returned over two
weeks ago they have failed to make
their report for the reason that they
could not agree. They were divided
three to three as to the facts. So
there you are.
There is going to be big fight
Bills, and just what will be the out
come l am unable to say. There is
no question but what there is a great
deal of sentiment in the House for
the bill and it seems to me that this
bill will pass by large majority.
AS the school aid is tied into bill
containing other appropriations, l
cannot see how the Governor could
veto same if he wished to do so.
However, time will tell us what will
become of this measure. l wish to
take this means of informing those
who have written me regarding the
School Aid, that 1 will do all in my
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Pine County Schools. l have re-
| ceived many letters the past two
weeks relative to this bill.
l also wish to state that I have
received upwards to 80 letters per
day for the past two weeks, and l
| find it impossible to answer them. l
can assure you that / will give the
matters written me about my very
best thought and will leave no stone
unturned to protect your interests.
Of course it will be impossible to
please you all, because / receive many
letters voicing different opinions on
the same subject. However l am in
a position to hear both sides to all
questions before US, and / will have
to be trusted to vote as I think is
the best for the greatest number.
We have just little over a month
left before adjournment and I can as
sure you from past experience that
this last month is a severe strain
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