Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 26, 1911, Page 3

| THE BEMIDIT DAILY PIONEER VOICE OF THE PRESS THUNDERS “EXTRA SESSION” For the Common Feople. In the name of the common people vf the state of Minncsota we demand an extra session.—Cass Lake Times. Sanctions the Movement. We sanction the movement of the Bemidji Daily Pioneer urging Gover- nor Eberhart to call a special ses- sion of the legislature for the pur- pose of reapportionment, and we will do all we can to help the movement along.—Long Prairie Todd County Argus. Is it Never to Come? The Bemidji Pioneer is making a vrusade for an extra session of the legislature next winter to pass a re- apportionment bill. Why bless your heart Bro. Wilson, the present mem- bers would never do anything of the kind. in any stage of i(he game.— Anoka Union. Hindsight Better Than Foresight? Where the governor put his foot in it was in declaring, in a robust voice, at the Brainerd Development Congress, that if the legislature fail- ed to pass a reapportionment bill he would call an extra session. The governor’s hindsight is better than his foresight.—Sauk Centre Herald. Right to the Point. The American, as we have stated before, is heartily in favor of an ex- tra legislative session and the North- ern Minnesota Development associa- tion will fall far short of doing its duty at the St. Cloud meeting if it fails to demand of the gow'ernor that he redeem his pledge made at Brain- erd.—Blackduck American. This From North Dakota. The Minnesota newspapers are making it pretty warm for Governor Eberhart because of his refusal to call an extra session of the legisla- ture. There are signs of weakening on the part of the governor, however, and it is not at all improbable that he will either have to call the ses- sion or get off the perch politically. —Fargo Courier News. What is Wanted. The Northern Minnesota Develop- ment Association will meet in St. Cloud in December and the Bemidji Pioneer thinks the association should request the governor to make good his promise made at the Brainerd meeting last December te call the legislature in extra session to pass a reapportionment bill in case it failed as it did to pass one at the regular session—Park Rapids Hubbard Coun- ty Clipper. Every Citizen Interested. The Bemidji Pioneer and Duluth Herald are working hard to have an extra session of the legislature called this winter to give the Republican party a last chance to redeem its pledge to pass a reapportionment bill which will give the northern part of the state its just dues. If that could be accomplished by calling an extra session every citizen in the Northern Minnesota should be hear- tily in favor of having one.—Plum- mer Pioneer. Are We Assuming Too Much? Delegates to the December meet- ing of the Northern Development as- sociation, which meets at St. Cloud in December, have been elected from Beltrami county. Other counties will soon fall in line. In connection with the election of the Beltrami delegates the Bemidji Pioneer, in a two-col- umn article asks that all delegates be instructed to ask Governor Eber- hart to fulfill his promise to convene the legislature in extra session if it failed to do justice by Northern Min- nesota in passing a just reapportion- ment bill. Isn’t the Pioneer assum- ing a good deal to ask the governor to keep a promise?—Mahnomen Pio- neer. Pulse of the Press. According to the pulse of the state press it is fairly up to Governor Eb- erhart to call that extra session, and to cut out his kindergarten work. It may be good politics for the gover- nor to mosey around among the far- mers and make a good fellow of him- self, but the people nowadays want something more than the “good fel- low:” they want a live wire and a man who does things. Governor Eb- erhart is evidently trying to copy Jas. J. Hill in his speeches to the farmers, but he neglects the funda- mental principal that makes the great James J. popular, and that is, that he does things.—Argyle, Mar- shall County, Banner. Two Good Reasons. There are two especially vital rea- sons why Governor Eberhart should call an extra session of the legisla- | governor don’t ture this winter. Northern Minne- sota is desirous of fair representation in the halls of the law-makers and there should be a bill passed without any delay giving our end of the state a fair apportionment. An increase in the rate of the railroad gross earn- ings tax is another matter that should be taken up at as early a date as possible. Influence on the part of the people should be brought to bear at this time, and that extra ses- sion should be brought about wheth- er or not the interests” deem it ex- pedient.—Pine City Pine Poker. More Than Passing Interest. Governor Eberhart’s attention is called to the necessity of calling an extra session of the legislature by the Bemidji Pioneer in a leading edi- torial. The Pioneer insists that the governor make good his pledge to convene the state law-makers in ex- tra session should that body fail to reapportion in 1910. They failed. Now it is put up to the chief execu- tive to issue his call. With the Du- luth Herald taking the lead in a gen- eral demand for legislation to in- crease the state railroad tax forth- with and a majority of both house and senate favorable to such action, the action of Governor Eierhart will be awaited with more than passing interest.—Grand Rapids Herald Re- view. Can He Help But Hear It? The Bemidji Pioneer has come out with a demand that Governor Eber- hart call the legislature in special session to act on a reapportionment bill, and quotes the governor’s prom- ise at the Brainerd meeting of the Development association, as to the calling of such in case a new re-ap- portionment of the state was not made at the regular session. The delegates to the December meeting of the Development association which is to meet in St. Cloud will be asked to pass resolutions calling on the governor to make good his pledge. It is probable that the governor can hear the voice calling for a reappor- tionment better than that calling for a raise in the railroad tax.—Little Falls Herald. Heartily in Accord. The Bemidji Pioneer has started a movement to urge Governor Eber- hart to call an extra session of the legislature in order to pass a just and equitable reapportionment meas- ure. The Northern Minnesota De- velopment association meets at St. Cloud in December and delegates to this convention will be asked to put the extra session matter up to the state’s chief executive. Governor Eberhart in a speech before the as-| sociation at Brainerd last winter said that he would call an extra session| of the legislature in case that body failed to pass a reapportionment bill at the regular session. The legisla- ture failed to make good and so has the governor thus far. We are hear- tily in accord with the stand taken by the Pioneer and that paper is to be commended for taking the initia- tive in a matter of so vital import- ance to the northern part of the state.—Verndale Sun. He May Do It Yet. The Northern Development associ- ation is now actively and seriously demanding of the governor that he redeem his pledge made 2t Brainerd last December and call an extra ses- sion of the legislature, if for no oth- er work to redistrict the state and re- apportion its representatives. The seem to care very much about that old promise, made in the heat of the political struggle then going on and perhaps will now deny that he made it. At any rate, before he would hazard the danger of calling the old legislature togeth- er he must necessarily consult Ed. Smith and others who seem to man- age his affairs. The Duluth Herald is furnishing him quite a bhit of food for mature thought and don‘t seem to ease up as some of the “old guard” have intimated.—Cass Lake Times. [Note—The Times is not quite cor- rect in assuming that the Develop- ment association is “actively and ser- jously demanding” the governor to redeem his pledge. It is only prop- er to say that the Pioneer started the present campaign without the sanc- tion of the development officials, who, however, now show a splendid spirit of co-operation.—Editor.] Plain Words for Governor. Work on the reapportionment bill and an extra session of the legisla- ture is being urged by the Bemidji Pioneer, and it is a bill that every- body in this part of the state at least concedes to’ be fair and just. Reap- portionment based on population, re- gardless of any other conditions, is what the fair minded people of north- ern Minnesota demanded of the leg- islature last winter but didn’t get it. “If the bill is not passed by this ses- sion I will call an extra session for that express purpose,’” are the words of Governor Eberhart, and it is doubtful if he ever will, unless forced to do so by some superhuman pow- er. Geo. W. Peck, author of “the bad boy” stories, a soldier in the war of rebellion, and also at one time governor of Wisconsin said the rea- son that he went to war was for the money that was in it and not for any patriotic motives or the welfare of Uncle Sam. If Governor Eber- hart is in office for the money that is in it, he should, like Peck, be frank about it and admit it, and if his word is no good on earth and he has no honor or regard for poor suffering humanity, the following inscription on his grave stone when he dies, might be appropriate: “Here lies Governor Eberhart, a good man, who believed in holding office for the money that was in it, and not for the accommodation and welfare of a few thousand northern Minnesota honest office seekers, lumberjacks and potato diggers.”—Gonvick Banner. ~ Refuses to Stay Dead. Like Banquo’s’' ghost, reapportion- ment refuses to stay dead, and the friends of equal representation con- tinue to embarrass the governor by reminding him of his extra session promise at Brainerd last December. The Bemidji Pioneer is now urging northern Minnesota to make a form- al demand on the governor to make good his word to the Northern De- velopment association and asks that the matter be taken up as a part of the business of the St. Cloud meeting next month. Well informed people who have given the matter some study assert that unless reapportion- ment can be had at an-extra session there can be no redistricting until 1917, and if that statement be true there would seem to be good ground for asking the governor at this time to make good his Brainerd promise— whether that promise was delivered in jest or earnest. When the gover- nor uttered his promise at the Brain- erd meeting it was accepted in good faith by the delegates, who almost raised the roof off the building as they cheered the welcome statement from the chief executive, but the gov- ernor has been extremely chary about making promises ever since and the Tribune-Herald has no hesitancy in predicting that he will never redeem the only definite promise he ever made to the people of northern Min- nesota. The trouble with the gover- nor ever since he came on this cir- cuit is that he has not been con- trolled by what the people wanted— if he was lots of things would be dif- ferent. The Bemidji Pioneer will get lots of support from men and news- papers but it will never reach the real governor of Minnesota.—Chis- holm Tribune Herald. Rare Chance for Eberhart. The Bemidji Pioneer is again sounding the battle cry for reappor- tionment and proposes that the first move be made at the St. Cloud meet- ing of the Northern Development As- sociation in the form of a resolution requesting Governor Eberhart to call an extra session of the legislature that the question may be passed up- on without further delay. We can see no valid' reason why Governor Eberhart should refuse to call an ex- tra session of the legislature for this purpose. Laying aside the fact that he is pledged to reapportionment, we feel that he would, by taking the| initiative, take the matter out of po- litical influence and place his action on a statesman’s plane, that of seeing the injustice to the great northwest- ern part of the state in its present inadequate representation in the leg- islature and the bigger injustice it would be to its people to compel them to wait until 1917 before righting! this wrong, and come out boldly and call an extra session of the legisla- ture and demand that they perform the duty they left undone at their regular session, and give the north- ern part of the state their fair rights of representation in the legislature. But if politics and not statesmanship mark the governor’s attitude toward this question and his pledge was giv- en for its political force or purpose, then it would be no more than proper that every influence should be brought to bear to urge him to perform the duty he owes the northwest, and if resolutions at St. Cloud will help let there be resolu- tions made and followed up by all the urging and resolutions that can be poured in upon him.—Stephens, Marshall County, Leader. Why it is Needed. Since writing the following, the Bemidji Pioneer has launched a cam- paign with the aim of securing an extra. legislative session, placing re- i duty? apportionment to the fore as a de- mand for it. This popular north country daily will be supported by an appreciative populace in its stand for justice. It certainly looks as though there is a strong probability of an extra session. The Duluth Herald has waged a telling fight for it, produc- ing pledges from members sufficient to pass an increased gross earnings bill along the lines introduced by Representative Warner of this dis- trict last winter, and now a Bemid- ji news item states that the execu- tive committee of the Northern Min- nesota Development association is considering the advisability of ask- ing the_governor to carry out his Brainerd promise to call an extra ses- sion in the event of reapportionment failure, if the association requested it. . Now, this much is certain, the as- sociation will not ask for an extra session unless it has a good reason to believe that a fair reapportion- ment bill can be passed. We do not believe the ' executive committee would even be called to consider the subject without having good reason to believe success was in sight. Sec- retary Mackenzie’s record in the past amply justifies this belief, and the legislative record considered in rela- tion to the associatiqn’s activities confirms it. The Herald’s effort in an increased gross earnings tax way, coupled with a move on the part of the develop- ment association in a reapportion- ment way, both backed with tangible evidence of results, would without doubt cause the governor to call an extra session. These are paramount issues of state wide import that, if presented in a way conveying assurance of suc- cess, mean an extra session of the Minnesota legislature this winter.— Littlefork Times. Why Not an Extra Session? How long, oh, Governor, how long? The people of Minnesota want an extra session of the legislature. They have voiced their demand through the press of the state and by person- al expressions favoring it. Yet the Government remains obdurate, re- mains indifferent, remains uneffected, remains’ blafcidly and supremely deaf. This is not characteristic of Gov- ernor Eberhart. He has in general been quick to observe the demands of the people and when he got his ear properly adjusted to the ground has been found to have rather nice hearing. Why this strange deafness? Is he hearing a voice whispering of the future and closing his ears to the insistent, impassioned demands of his people? Can he be sure these| warnings are not sinister and in the | end frought with more political dan-| ger than an honest ischarge of his This is not a time for caviling or side-stepping. A gross, a deliberate and a far reaching injustice has been done the people of this state. In a matter of utmost importance to the welfare of the commonwealth the sovereignity of the state has been snatched away by the decision of a judge indiffer- ent to the rights of the people and the dignity of a state. The people have but one recourse, their legislators. Are they to be de- nied an appeal to their representa- tives? Has the governor any right to stand in the way of ihis appeal? We think not, and we do not believe he will so stand, when he escapes from the influence of the politicians and hears the voice of the people. No reasonable argument can be urged against an extra session from which the people have a right to ex- pect much. To say it would do noth- ing is silly; to say it can do nothing is false. Expense is the cry of the ignorant and objection in general is merely the resort of cowards. The people want an extra session. They want railroad legislation that will put them on a basis with neigh- boring states. If Wisconsin is to en- joy a two-cent rate why should not Minnesota be similarly favored? If there is a reason the people want their legislators to discover it and chuck it. If there is no reason they want to be able to stand from un- der in this railroad oppression. If they cannot appeal to their legisla- tors the people are powerless. They- want this appeal! and they depend upon the governor to assem- ble the legislature and relieve the sit- uation. How long, oh, Governor, how long? —Redwood Falls Gazette. Extra Session? Bosh! Just what Is underlying the pres- ent agitation for an extra session of the legislature that the Duluth Her- ald is claiming to be father of is something that don’t seem quite clear to us from this end of the state, un- less there happens to be a nigger in S the fence somewhere and it seems to us there sure is, considering the “aw- ful friendly feeling” of the Herald for Governor Eberhart. The Herald says its for reappor- tionment and in consequence is mak- ing a play for the country papers to fall in line; and just think of it they are really doing it, that is some of them are. Now, why cail an extra session of the legislature, that is, the present personale of that August, body? Why that can’t be it because they wouldn’t do it if they could, despite all the effort of Governor Eberhart. Even if Governor Eber- hart should succeed, and which we doubt that either he or any man could under existing conditions, he’d get very little credit for it. It would then be the Herald and perhaps the Bemidji Pioneer with it. Extra ses- sion for reapportionment—Bosh; but rather to run up another $20,000 to $50,000 expense onto the people and give the antis another chance for a howl against Eberhart. It seems to me that the people of the North end got just what they demanded, by their ballot, in the legislature. Reapportionment was the question of the last session and held the floor for nearly six months and what came of it. Two bills were drafted only to be so mutilated ere they got by both branches that either one would have made a monument of folly and inef- ficiency, and though Eberhart urged the passage of a good equitable meas- ure, and even delayed the closing of the session as long as possible to- wards such end; but what came of it all? Why, the North played politics and sold out and the South end smiled and that’s what the closing of an extra session would see. It may be possible though that there are some appointees who have not had a big enough swag yet, and that also may be reason for this ex- tra session agitation.—Spooner Northern News. [Note—Our Spooner friend is en- tertaining, if not authentic. Will the emphatic editor of the News kindly give us a description of the second reapportionment bill which wa% “so mutilated ere it got by both branch- es” as to make it a “monument of fol- 1y and inefficiency?” We labored un- der the impression that but one bill ever came up for consideration and that that one passed the House and was killed, properly, by the senate because the North did not get the representation the southern senators said she was entitled.—Rditor.] Call an Extra Session! The state auditor announces that the state tax rate for 1912 will be 3.88 mills, or $3.88 per $1,000. This is the highest state tax rate since 1873, according to the figures in the state auditor’s annual report. Here is something for the average taxpayer to think about. While he is thinking about that, here are a few more points for him to think about: Railroad property in this state is taxed 4 per cent on its gross earn- ings, but if it were assessed and tax- ed as other property is assessed and taxed it would pay the equivalent of more than 6 per cent on its 8ross earnings, according to figures pre- pared by the state tax commission. That means that railroad property is paying a third less taxes than it should pay, which means that owners of other classes of property, besides paying their full share of state taxes, are also paying what the railroads should pay and do not. If the railroad tax rate should be raised to 5 per cent, the gain would be nearly $1,000,000 a year, or al- most as much as the increase in the state tax levy over last year. If it were raised to 6 per cent the gain would be much more than the in- crease in the levy. ' Clearly, railroad taxes should be increased. But before they can be increased the people must vote on the proposi- tion after the legislature has submit- ted it to them. If the legislature does not act until the regular session in 1913, the people cannot vote on the increase until 1914, and the in- creased tax will not be effective until 1915. But if the governor calls the legis- lature in special session this winter, and the legislature proposes an in- crease, as it certainly will,—The Her- ald has pledges from enough mem- bers to pass the bill,—the people can ratify the increase at the general election next year, and it will be ef- fective in 1913, or two years sooner than it can be managed by waiting for the next regular session. Shall Minnesota taxpayers be con- demned to bear unnecessarily for two year the highest tax rate in nearly forty” years? Or shall the governor be compelled to protect the farmers and merchants and bankers and la- borers who are now paying a third of the railroads’ taxes, by calling the legislature in extra session next Jan- uary to make the railroads shoulder their full share of the tax burden? ’ That question is up to the people of Minnesota. That question is up to the governor of Minnesota. Neith- er can avoid it. If the people must pay during the next two years the 'highest state taxes in more than a generation, it will be because Gover- nor Eberhart deliberately neglects his duty to save the millions of dol- lars in railroad taxes that will be lost forever if he refuses to call the legislature together -in special ses- sion.—Duluth Herald. ° j This Kidney Remedy Bives Instant Reliof In 1907 and 1908, I was taken very sick with kidney trouble and being afraid of Bright’s Disease, went to a prcminent physician at Liberty- ville, Jowa. 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