Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-02-21
DOINGS OF THE
LEGISLATURE
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one by the senate finance committee
which makes provision for the states
charitable and penal institutions The
senate financiers allow these institu-
tions more than the Board of Control
asked for, taking the position that the
board didn't dare to ask for enough
out of fear of the closefisted Big
Three and the governor. While it
isn't safe to make predictions about
the legislature, it is probable that the
senate will pass the bill, but that the
house appropriations committee, with
the backing of the house, will fight
for smaller allowance, as the house
and it's appropriations committee seem
to be in complete harmony with the
governor and the Big Three.
Interesting Election Proposals.
Several interesting proposals to
change the election laws are under
consideration. One is by Senator Vic
tor f. Lawson, the Wilmar progress
lines i'm electing state officers. In
his opinion the drawing of party lines
in choosing township municipal, coun-
ty, Legislative, judicial and state Of
ficers is an absurdity, and an evil,
making it easier for the plutocrats,
through party leaders and bosses, to
control the government. Fortunately,
says Mr.. Lawson, Minnesota has wiped
out party lines except in the election
of state officers, and his bill provides
that the two candidates for each Of
flee that get the biggest vote in the
primaries shall be nominated and
fight it out in the fall.
Another election bill-by Senator
Maclean, Minneapolis conservative
seeks to have senators and representa-
tives elected as Republicans, Demo-
Gratis or other partisans, as they were
prior to the session of 1913 Mime
sofa is the only state with a non-par-
tisan legislature and those who be-
lieve in building up. strong political
parties feel that this unique expert
ment in democracy has proved a mis-
take.
Both the Lawson and the Maclean
pills have been discussed by the SEN
ate elections committee and both
were reported out without recommen-
dation. Both will be the subject of
warm debates on the floor of the SEN
ate and both, i'm my opinion, will fail
to pass.
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one by Senator Victor Christgau Of
Mower county, congressman-elect,
which provides that the primary cleo
ton shall be held on the third Monday
in September, so as to shorten the BIZ
ennial campaign.
Goodbye, Home Brew.
And now comes Senator Peter
Sharpe of Ada with bill to prohibit
the making of home brew! No per-
son shall manufacture, sell or deliver
any malt extract, whether liquid, con-
densed or solid. and under no circum-
stances must the extract be favored
with hops or any substitute for hops.
The bill would impose penalty of
$500 and a 80 days Jail sentence for
violations of the proposed law, the
enforcement of which is placed i'm the
hands of the state authorities.
Rural Credits Bureau Under Fire.
There seems to be disposition in
the senate to curtail or put an end to
the activities of the State Rural Cred
it's Bureau. Early in the session Sen
atOr ROckne of Zumbrota introduced
resolution calling upon the bureau
to give an account of its work by ans
wering a series of questions PROFOUND
ed in the resolution. Last week the
bureau submitted its answer in a
rather lengthy report, which is now
under consideration i'm the senate fl
nance committee, at the head of which
sits Senator Rockne, looking sharply
out of the corners of his eyes. ROckne
and other senators from southern
Minnesota as we'll as the Twin Cities
have serious misgivings as to the
wisdom of the act which plunged the
state into the farm-loaning business
and they seem inclined to believe
that the best thing to do is to stop
issuing more bonds and to wind up
the affairs of the bureau as soon as
practicable. Fifty millions in bonds
have been issued SO far and $250,000
in certificates of Indebtedness.
The bureau, in its report, holds that
but for the recklessness of the first
members of the bureau in making eX-
ceSsive loans on farms in northern
Minnesota the record of the bureau
would have been satisfactory and the
state would not now be burdened by
more than a thousand farms which
it has been compelled to take over
on mortgage foreclosure. But of late
many farms have been sold by the
state to industrious farmers who are
making good and many of it's other