Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-12-01
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study. and therefore the selection of
the speaker and the organization of
| the House ahead of its regular con-
vening.
The House has a membership of
| 1871, so 66 constitute a majority for
the selection of speaker or the pas
sage of bills.
The conservative and reactiOnary
forces tried to organize the House on
Nov. 18th with Representative An
drew Finstuen of Kenyon, as speaker,
but they mustered only So votes of the
necessary 66 to control. However
they are doing their utmost to garner
the additional IL votes in order to
gain control as in past sessions.
Under the leadership of Representa-
tive w. |. Norton of Minneapolis, re-
dictionary leader for the past several
sessions in the House of Representa-
tiveS, and knowing the sentiment of
the people their ears close to
the grOund-they were shrewd and
|
Representative Finstuen with liberal
leanings. hoping thereby to entice
progressive representatives to vote
for their man.
| A score sheet Of the House men,
bers in the 1881 session showed that
Mr.. FinStuen ranked No. AZ out of
the 131, from a progressive stand
| hot iS
cent. The highest score was of course
100 per cent and the lowest score
held by Representatives Norton.
DAZZLE and Kern was 80 per cent.
Mr.. Finstuen is likeable man with
a good personality but the hackers
of his candidacy tells the story and
it is this the citizens out over the
state should be on guard against in
talking over the speakership selec-
ton with their representatives. their
hired men.
Norton is Utility Crowd Friend.
Mr.. Norton has for years upheld
the obnoxious Brooks Coleman law,
ever since its enactment in 1921
the law that took home rule away
| from the cities of Minneapolis, ST..
Paul, and Duluth, as regards the
street car systems. Rural people may
wonder how that concerns them. Let
| us see.
Street car franchises were granted
to the street railway companies by
the cities in which they operate. and
| therefore il is only natural that the
city councils in those cities-the
| home governing bOdieS-Should have
something to say about the fares to
be charged by those public utility
companies. But the street railway
companies would rather do business
with a small body of three men-the
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
than the larger city councils. and
| it was to the Railroad and Ware house
Commission that regulation over the
street railway was delegated under
provisions of the notorious Brooks
| Coleman law.
What has been the result? Street
car fares have advanced since 1921
so that now it is 10 cents cash fare
and ~ cents when tokens are pur-
chased. And that is the fare for only
one city. If you board the street car
in Minneapolis and ride to ST. Paul
or vice versa you pay two fares-20
cents in cash or Is cents in tokens.
In many cities the fare is but five or
six cents. For instance a city like
| Detroit the fare is but six cents De-
troit is larger than Minneapolis and
st. Paul combined and here if you
ride from one city to the other the
fare is 20 cents in cash or Is cents in
tokens. The difference makes it pos
sible for the Twin City Rapid Transit
Company to pay good sized retaining
fees to attorneys for retaining the
BrOOks-COleman law on the statute
books of Minnesota
Rural People are Concerned.
The rural people of Minnesota visit
the Twin Cities by the hundreds and