The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-01-29
papless, they left Henry and re-
form in the lurch, and stampeded
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papless, they left Henry and re-
form in the lurch, and stampeded
as one man for the pie counter.
The senate majority appointed
enough employees to run the SEN
ate, II Of them, seven more than
Henry said was enough. The Farm
senators looked over the
list but failed to find the names that
they wanted written there. where"
they walled, do we come in?"
WELL" said the regulars, 1--WE have
even more than your Mr.
Arens has said is plenty, but if you
must put more on the payroll, draw
your own resolution and go as far
as you like" So the Farmer-Labor
senator's, some score or more, from
Bridgeman to Spokes-
man Lommen named them each an
employee and signed them each
the resolution and % more were
added to the payroll.
Pop-Ups Popping Up
The Hennepin irreconcilibles in
the house die exceeding hard. Head
ed by that practiced pop-up, Repre-
sentative Dewey Johnson, they
popped up again. There were three
of them, Representative Dewey
Johnson, Of Hennepin; Tepresen-
tatiye S. A. Stockwell, of Hennepin,
and Representative Charles Mum,
of Hennepin. They sent up long
protest, four closely typed pages of
protest, voluminous protest
against nepotism. The bulky doc
ument set forth in full several ed
itorials from various Hennepin
denouncing nepotism.
1t was not only a protest but it
bulged with propaganda in every
line of four packed pages. The state
constitution says that any two or
more members may have entered
in the journal of either house a
protest against "any act or reso-
luton" The courts have decided
that "act" means bill or law. Act
ing upon this decision, Speaker
Swenson ruled that the naming of
house employees was neither "an
act or a resolution" and that the
long winded diatribe of the Henne-
pin discontents was out Of order.
Up then popped Representative
Dewey Johnson, of Hennepin. 'T
don't understand the ruling" he
said. eff you don't understand it,
that's your problem" said Speaker
and before Representative
Dewey Johnson could pop up again
the house adjourned.
Resourceful Legislators
There are ways and ways to skin
a cat or to nip nepotism, and Sem
ator Herman Schmechel and Rep
Theo Thorkelson, from
the strong Farmer-Labor baliwick
of Renville county, are experienced
and resourceful legislators. They
did it pretty slick. The senator ap-
pointed Representative Thorkel-
sons daughter to a job in the SEN
ate, while Mr.. Thorkelson named
Senator Schmecheps son for q
house job. The faint of nepotism
doesn't touch 'em, a fair exchange
is no robbery, and everybody is
happy.
Making a Record
Governor Floyd Olson may have
had majority of more than $780,
900, but he wants to look out for
one Patrick L. Farnand, a brand
new senator from the iron range.
Pat had not been in the senate a
week when he annexed all the big
gest committee places. Never miss
ed one of them. In addition :, he
grabbed off craftsmanship. But
you haven't heard anything yet.
He hadn't been a senator three
weeks when he coralled the whole
senate and made 'em vote three
billion dollars for his buddies of
the Legion. Unanimous. that vote
was. How is that for bringing home
the bacon?
Don't think we are kidding you.
It's fact. The senator's bill me-
congress to pay the world
war veterans their adjusted COM
pensation in spot cash. Fifty-five
senator's, every one that had not
escaped the chamber, voted for the
bill.
Back in 1919, at the last special
session held by a Minnesota legis-
lature, Patrick L. Farnand was a
boy for the telephone
girls in the legislature. Now he's a
senator, and look what he does
right off the bat.
All Much Alike
Minnesota's first legislature, 70
years ago, made a fearful mess of
things, and there are many who
think that every legislature since
has followed hard in it's footsteps.
1t is the fashion to deride law MAX
ing bodies. But who is responsible
for them?
Minnesota's first legislature sat
in a period Of acute economic dis
tress. So does this forty-seventh.
That first legislature was demo-
States senators. All we can elect
now is regent of the university.
that first legislature was demo-
cratic, which was enough. and
we've never had one since. This
is "non-partizan,"
which is to laugh. That first legis-
lature had three SibIey,