Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 1, 1911, Page 5

— a FEAR CONTROL BY THE CITIES One Argument Used Against Reapportionment. ALWAYS PULL TOGETHER Work and Vote as a Unit When Meas- Ures Affecting Their Interests , Come Up for Action. St. Pau! Feb. 27.—It was not antic- ipated thar there would be much dif- ficulty in getting the reapportionment bill though the house, and such proved |- to be the case. The measure, indeed, while not by any menas perfect, is probably as fair to all sections as could be framed. Even its opponents admit that. It was inevitable how- ever, that the representation of the southern part of the state would have to be reduced, and quite as certain that those who were deprived of the representation they now have and those who represent districts which will be wiped out should object. It is not in human nature that anything else could happen. yee ee While no argument was made, or could be made, against this, those who were inclined to oppose the bill because districts were enlarged or representation reduced could be de- pended upon to find other reasons for their opposition... The.one- point, therefore, that was insisted upon, and | it is not without force, was that in'r. i districting the state according to its) population the representation of the commercial centers would be larger than in the public interest they should be. The force of this argument is made plain by the experience we bare) already had. While no doubt the rep-| resentatives of the cities want to be fair general propositicn, give libera! support to measures signed to benefit the state at large, still where the interests of these cit-| ies, or their supposed interests, point | in one direction and the interests of the country and country towns in an- ether, it is inevitable that city mem- bers should be for the city, first, last and all the tim That is what they are sent there fo: and, as a eb iy In this state the interests of the} cities are largely bound up with the! interests of corporations and combina-| tions of capital. The railroad peo of the si vors the commercial centers. Conunercial and manutfactur- | ing org: .tions uaturally support the railroad policy, which they im- agine to be to their advantage, re: gardless ef whéther it is to the advan- tage of the rest of the state or not. The brewing and distilling interests are centered in the Twin Cities. The interest ot the United States Steel corporation is the interest of Duluth. | In those days of combination it is in- evitable that these interests should combine. to each others’ advantage. | It is inevitable also that their infiu- ence over metropolitan representa- tives should be overshadowing. It fol-| lows that wherever these interests are affected metropolitan representa- tion will combine to support the leg- islation they favor or to resist the leg- islation to which they object. Given one-third of the legislature compactly | organized for any purpose, and the) balance of the legistature without or-| ganization, it is inevitable that those interests whose representatives work as one man will be the better served. We all see this danger. No one fa- miliar with legislative proceedings can fail to be impressed by it. It has even with the inadequate representa- tion (based on population) the cities now have, made its effects felt on more than one occasion. It is smail wonder that patriotic members of the Fegislature should contemplate with anxiety the advent of a state of affairs in which metropolitan representation will be materially increased. tt & All the opposition that was worth speaking about was based on this ground. It was by no means without) merit and for that matter without precedent. Mr. Robinson pointed out that it was to prevent the legislature | of the United States being merely | the servant of the more populous| states that provision was made in the United States Constitution that, re- gardless of population, each — state should be entitled to two and only two senators. In like manner the Tep- | resentation of great cities like New | York and Chicago is limited in the, interest of the rest of the state. There is force in the argument that we are approaching the time that it is desira-| ble at least to consider the advisa- | bility in like manner of limiting the representation of the populous cen- ters of Minnesota. Certainly if the time ever comes when the representa-| tion of these cities overshadows the legislature and directs the course of) legislation it will be a matter of self-| preservation for the rural communi- ties to take steps to prevent such a catastrophe as would result from hav- ing the state governed in the interest, y| iner and the | to $6,000 a year. The scandalous cus-| ‘last been made and the muckraking of its congested centers of- population. | te + Even the most ardent friends of re:| apportionment recognize this, al) though they insist that it is the plain duty of the legislature to reapportion the state now, and the only way it can be reapportioned is on the basis of its population. Personality I am inclined | to this view. At the same time I agree with Mr. Spooner that the time is ripe for the calling of a constitu tional convention to revise that thing of shreds and patches which we kno’ as our state constitution.. H +e + It is a peculiar circumstance that | the only objection, outside the house | and senate membership, publicly made | against the reapportionment _ bill| comes from St. Louis county, which is regarded as having been gener-| ously dealt with by Mr. Congdon, the author of the bill. The complaint is, | and it seems to be justified, that St. Louis county has been gerrymandered with a view to giving advantage to Duluth, of which the range towns have long been jealous. The way Duluth is alleged to hog everything in St. Louis county nas given rise to a demand for county division. Indeed the name of Iron county has already been picked out for the northern half of St. Louis. Besides Duluth itself the United States Steel corporation is very much op | posed to such a division, which in all probability would mean to it a tonnage tax on iron ore, as in such case Du- luth could not share in the loca! tax ation of iron properties. ++ + Otherwise the tonnage tax seen far enough away. It has not been pos. sible at this session to create senti | ment in favor of the bill recently in; troduced for that purpose, members apparently having concluded that the | contribution from ore lands is a fair) one, and that the objections to legis-! lation of this kind make it impracti- cable. Whether this is so or not, the} prospects of .the: bill at this session — are anything but bright. oe A number of minor changes have been made in the game and fish laws in bills which have passed the house.! The beginning of the bass season has, been advanced from June i to June | 16. A change is made in the closed | season for fur bearing animals. In. stead of two deer as formerly it is proposed that in the future a. hunter. may only kill one baie Sens Ap effort to secure an advance in the salary of the state treasurer has been opposed by the committee of; the house. The salary is now $3,500.) An increase of $1,500 a year is asked for. The trouble about this salary) business is that the salaries of offices created in recent years have beer planned on a more liberal scale than; | those of the offices which haye been j, in existence a longer time. Thus, for, instance, we have the bank examiner | getting mure than the public exam.| that of state impropriety tioned also get more than the state superintendent. of public instruction, | who also remains at $3,500. | te + | It is interesting to compare these | salaries with the remuneration re ceived by the governor’s private sec-| Tetary. ‘he salary of the private sec- retary is fixed at $1,500, but he is per-| mitted to pocket, in addition, fees es- timated bv the state auditor to amount tom has grown up of giving to this official the fees, among others, paid by notaries public, which the original de-| sign was to have turned into the state | treasury. ‘this seems to be a case in| which reform is demanded quite as} much as ir the office of oi! insepctor. ++ + The appointment of a committee to investigate the state drainage board, or rather its engineer, which has hung fire for a long time, has at will begin. The investigators on the | part of the house are Robertson of Argyle, Moriarity of Belle Plaine, Fow- ler of Minneapolis and Crane of Grand Meadow. The senate also has ap- pointed a committee to find out what’s | wrong. Its members are Works, Mur- ray and Swanson. + + + The imriigration board is not to es- cape either, it appears. Representa- tive Cal Stone of St. Paul wants the commissioner to furnish the names of the men his advertising has brought into the state—a manifest absurdity. Behind this move are understood to be certain St. Paul publicity agents who have never been quite satisfied that they were not allowed to share in the state’s appropriation for advertis- ing purposes. +t + The sense has defeated the much discussed Cashman distance tariff bill, the final vote being 29 for and 32 against it. The opinions of Attor- ney General Simpson, ex-Attorney | General Young and former Justice T. D. O’Brien that the passage of the bill would wipe out the work done by the state in the commodity rate cases | were used with telling effect. But for, these opinions the result might have | been different. ae ees eke Liberal pruning will have to be done this year. to keep the expendi- tures witnin the anticipated revenues Applications are already in, accord-| ing to Mr. Spooner, for something like $21,000,000, which is in excess of that made two years ago. Of the demands made $5,500,000 are for university pur JOHN LAWSON. \ GRAND RAPIDS HERALD-REVIE*” , Cashman Measure Defeated In Upper ‘ABOUT TRE STATE News of Especial interest to Minnesota Readers. DISTANCE TARIFF BiLL KILLEO! Branch of State Legislature by Vote of 29 to 32. The state senate has defeated the Cashman distance tariff bill, the fina: vote on the measure being 29 for and! 32 against it. The opinions of Atto! ney General Simpsor, ex-Attorney | General Young ard former Justice T. D. O'Brien that the passage of the bill would wipe out the work done by the State in the commodity rate cases were used with telling effect, but for these opinions the result might have been different. The debate concerned itself only with the main arguments, Senators. Cashman and Putnam speaking for it and Dwinnell and Clague against it.) When they were through the vote was) taken. What is known as the university de | ficiency bill, calling for an appropria- | tion of $636,442, was disposed of by) the senate committee on finance after) many days of hearings and figurings | and delays for investigation of items,’ but only after all the items for equip | ment had been subjected to a flat cut| | of 10 per cent, or.a total reduction ef) $64,340. Initiative and referendum, by a vote of 57 to 50, was made a special order for Thursday, March 9, at the session of. the. house: By a vote of stx to..five the house committee on compensation of public officials turned down the senate bill introduced ‘by Senator Boyle to in- crease the salary of the state treas- urer from $3,500 to $5,000. The bil! | already has passed the senate. The senate, under suspension of the ‘ules, passed the university deficiency | bill introduced by Senator J.T. Elwell,’ Senator E'well adopted the reduced figt ures on the estimated cost of equip ment of the various umiversity build ings and embodied them in a new bill OPPOSES EXTREME PENALTY Governor Eberhart Fai Fails to Fix Date, for Hanging The Le Sueur county grand jury has requested the legislature to inquire’ why Governor Eberhart “refuses and, neglects” to fix a date for the execu: | tion of Martin O'Malley, sentenced ta, death Oc. 29, 1910, by Jucge Morrison. | Under the law the governor has posed to capital punishment and is) said to be unwilling to act. | The O'Malley-case was taken, before the state board of pardons, which eon-| sidered it.Jan. 9 and refused a .com- mutation. Representative McKenzie of Gaylord | has a bill before the house and Sen- \ ator Peterson of Litchfield has intro- | duced it in the senate abolishing cap- ital punishment. The governor has postponed action in the O’Malley case, to await the legislature’s course on| the bill, which he strongly favors. COUNTY OPTION LOSES AGAIN Minnesota Senate Kills Bill ‘by De| cisive Vote. By a vote of 37 to 24 county option | was defeated in the senate following | a debate which tasted less than two hours. | Former Justice T. D. O'Brien’s sub-; stitute for the two employers’ liability and workingmen’s compensation bills now before the senate was introduced by Senators J. E. Haycraft and M. J. McGrath. A similar bill was intro- duced Friday in the house. It abol- ishes common law defenses to per- sonal injury suits, but contains no schedule of compensations. An agricultural school bill, provid- ing twenty new agricultural high schools in addition to the ten provided by the Putnam act of two years ago, was agreed upon by the house com- mittee on agricultural s“hools. This will make a total of thirty of theese schools. Shoots Girt and Himself. As the result of a lovers’ quarrel at the village of Mopkine Laura Miller, nineteen years old, employed in a Min- neapolis department store, has a bul- let hole in her thumb and@“Jacob Pry- dle, twenty years old, is in the town jail with two bullets in his abdomen. His condition is serious. Lowest Price in Four Years. Wheat for May delivery sold in the Minneapolis market Friday at £5% cents, the lowest price since the epring of 1907. In August, 1809, May wheat was down to 96% cents momen- tarily. A year ago the price of Minne- gpolis May wheat was $1.14%. Wire Worker Electrocuted. While working on the crossbeam of an electrie wires pole at Minneapolis Harry Leagne, thirty-one years of age, was electrocuted. He expire@ twenty minutes after 2,300 volts hac passed through his body. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1811. Everything of the latest designs; quality good; prices as low as the lowest.?We solicit your patronage F. E. REUSSWIG LICENSED EMBALMER. EEE eee ee Reusswig’s F urniture Store Is Now Open For Business and carries a full line of ‘Furniture and Undertaker’s ownpseoianestt Supplies Phones: Residence No. 127, Store 33 EDITORS ELECT OFFICERS Lieutenant Governor G Gordon Head of Minnesota Scribes. The State Editorial association, in session at St. Paul, elected the follow- | ing officers: President, S. Y. Gordon, Browns Valley Tribune; first vice president, F. E.:Hadley, Winnebago Enterprise; )seeend.. vise president, W. F. Mahler, Springfigh:Advance; third vice presi- dent;'R..P> Chase, Anoka Herald; sec- retary, C. P. Stine, St. Paul; treasur- er, D. Ramaley, St. Paul; executive committee, C. C. Whitney, Marshall News-Messenger; F. J. Meyst, North- ; western Newspaper Union, Minneap- olis, and W. ©. Haston, Stillwater Gazette. The resolutions adopted declare for the formation of district editorial as- sociations; conservation of natural re- ources and good roads; consolidation of rural schools and extension of agri- | cultural high schools; native materia! ‘in construction of public buildings; op- position to railroad rate discrimination j against smatier towns in favor of tar- ger centers. HUSBAND HELD FOR CRIME Verdigt of Coroner’s Jury in Minnesota Murder Case. Based on the story of Mrs. Sivert ; Simpson a verdict was returned by the coroner’s jury at Crookston to the salary of both exceeding ninety days after sentence is passed | effect: that Theodore A. Nelson came treasurer—a manifest, in which he is to fix a date for the} to his‘death from a bullet wound from The officers first men-, execution. Governor Eberhart is oD | a. revolver in the hands of Sivert Simp- son, while in the bedreom of Mra. Simpson at 1 0’ sieeks in in the morning. 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