Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-12-01
PROGRESS|vES
GET MAJORITY
ChaS. Mum Chosen Next
Speaker of House With
So Votes.
Reactionary Rule in House
of Representatives Gets
Severe Jolt.

The result of the conference oil
members of the Minnesota House of
Representatives at the Lowry hotel
in St. Paul Saturday afternoon was
that the progressives selected Chas.
Mum of Osseo. a tiller of the soil,
for speaker of the lower House in the
1888 session which begins on Jan. Sd.
Resolutions were also passed for rigid
economy in the Legislative session
and appropriations by the Legislature,
as we'll as for shortening the session
to less than the 80 days allowed by the
constitution if such can be done with
out leaving important statewide bus
mess undone. Legislators are asked
to introduce their bills on the first
day of the session or as soon there
after as possible in order to have no
delay and to expedite the business,
so that the various committees can
the usual delay of two weeks or more.
Progressive Democrats and Pro
gressive Republicans who have tired
of the reactionary rule in the Legis-
lature for the past twenty years or
more joined hands with the Farmer
Labor representatives and So votes
were cast for Representative Mum
for speaker. This is a majority of
three votes as only &c are needed to
elect a speaker.
Invitations to attend the conference
at the Lowry hotel Saturday were
sent to all members of the House of
Representatives. Representative HAL
mar Petersen of Pine county, opened
the meeting with words of welcome
and read the call, after which a roll
call of the members was taken. Peter
sen was chosen permanent chairman
and Representative Lester Ulricb, a
new member from Blue Earth county,
was chosen secretary of the confer
ence.
Resolutions Adopted.
Representative ]. P. Graft of New
Ulm. offered the following resolution,
which was adopted:
Resolved, by the members-elect to
the House of Representatives of the
State Legislature, that the choice of
this caucus for speaker of the House
of Representatives appoint a COM
mittee of one member from each of
the present Congressional districts,
which, i'm conjunction with such
speaker-elect, shall formulate a ten
tative program for legislative pro-
cedure. action. and program for dras-
tic economy and report its recon-
mendations to the speaker at the be-
ginning of the session"
Representative Harold H. Barker
of Grant county. offered the following
resolutions:
That the Legislative session be
shortened from ninety days to sixty
days for the purpose of expediting the
business of said session and for the
further purpose of saving many thou
sands of dollars in Legislative expense
for the taxpayers of this state, and to
that end we hereby pledge ourselves
to be bound by the action taken at
this convention. and further instruct
the speaker-elect to be prepared to
name all standing committees on the
first legislative day, and that the
members be requested to have all
proposed bills drafted for presenta-
tion at the earliest opportunity;
thereby, setting in full motion the ac-
Invites of the Legislature immedi-
ately upon converting"
Representative J. A. Kodak of Hen
nepfn county, moved to amend this
resolution with the following words:
providing that the session shall con-
tinue if there is important legislation
pending for the welfare of the state
at the end of the sixty days"
The amendment was adopted and
then the resolution as amended.
Informed of Governor Floyd b
Olsons presence in the building
Chairman Petersen asked Representa-
tive Dewey w. johnson of Hennepin
county, 10 escort the chief executive
to the platform, and in his introduc-
tion of the governor said he was glad
to see the courageous and able state
executive in good health and so Wig
orouS after the strenuous campaign
and his recent visit to Washington
where it is understood he missed nc
presidential dinners this time.
Governor Olson Speaks.
Il believe thoroughly in the three
department form of government, the
legislative. executive and judiciary,
Governor Olson began, land 1 shall
be the last to infringe on the legis-
lative department. / shall be as
ready as anyone to resist any en-
croachment on your department as
would be on my own.
But very serious situation con-
fronts the people Of our state. They
have been trying for years to get
control of the legislative branch of
their own government Their effort
has signally failed, and we have seen,