The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-06-03
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edited this week by Frank p. Got
try, Pine City Pioneer)
Retribution
Art Jacobs, whose political gyra-
tions have carried him through the
Republican and Democratic camps
to the Farmer-Labor haven which
has sheltered him for some years
past, was an outstanding issue in
the Speakership fight as Minneso-
ta's lawmakers began their extra
session last week. And the re-
doubtable Mr.. Jacobs, once the
late Senator SchalPs chief leg-man,
later his leading detractor, emery
ed victorious. Harold Barker, Of
Elbow Lake, was again picked as
Speaker, losing fifteen votes from
his regular session total, and his
first official act the day after TAX
ing oath was that of naming Mr..
Jacobs his personal secretary
again.
Caucus pledges given Farmer
John White, of Ogilvie, in his bat
tie to unseat Barker and change
House dominance went unredeem-
ed in several notable instances
when the roll was called on Mon
day. In perfecting organization for
the extra term since, committee list
in the House reveal how the hand
Of retribution has been brought
down upon most of the 81 who
voted against Barker. Leaders in
the campaign waged for White are
shorn Of committee chairman
ships-and vice chairmanships-
despite the fact that many of the
committees will never be called
upon to meet. John White lost his
craftsmanship Of the committee on
agriculture. G. G. Mann, Of Pine
County, who nominated Mr.. White,
was denoted from his Printing and
Publishing committee chairman
ship, and completely eliminated
from the one committee which
shares with the Rules group the
real work of this session-the Com
mittee on Taxes and Tax Laws.
Political Weathervanes
A House leader-one of the indie
pendents who joined with Farmer
Laborites in perfecting last ses-
sion's organization-was being per-
suaded by influential administra-
ton leaders to take out a member
ship card in the FarmerlLabor As
ISOLATION and become full-fledged
Farmer-Laborite. Thinking 1t over
carefully, the cautious lawmaker is
reported to have reached the fol-
lowing verdict: you know, the sit
uation is about fifty-fifty in my ter
ritory now. The drouths we've had
have driven dissatisfied farmers in
to the FL ranks. And now, since
all these rains this spring, I think
they'll be swinging back to the Re-
publican fold again. I'd better not
get one of your cards for a while
yet"
Fallen Republicans"
Quite talk-fest preceded Speak
err Barker's election as the session
began last week. The veteran leftist
leader, Rep. s. A. Stockwell, Of
Minneapolis, renominated Barker.
Those who supported the Barker
organization were for democracy
IIOSC WIN oppOSCu "cIC dsolIloI He
That was the Stockwell formula in
an address which emphasized dang
ers to democracy, and included a
plea such as this: I'VE are no less
concerned with what Is going on
in Spain today, where democracy
Is threatened by fascism, than are
people right here on the Spanish
scene"
Hinged somewhat with levity
were the remarks Of Andrew Hay
ford, Minneapolis Farmer-Laborite,
who turned upon Barker this time
to become one of those seconding
the White nomination. He called
Barker one Of group Of fallen
Republicans" who, as he declared,
were mo help at all to the true lib
eral movement"
p. S.-Mr. Hayford's name is now
missing from three important COM
mittees on which he formerly serv-
ed.
That Homestead Exemption Bill
1t Is apparent that there Is con-
siderable misunderstanding rela-
tive to the Homestead Exemption
law, and that some people have ar
rived at the erroneous conclusion
that this measure will relieve them
OF all taxes on the old homestead.
The plain, bare facts are that the
exemption would apply only to the
state tax levy and that under this
measure or, In fact, any Of the
measures proposed (the Omnibus
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