The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-02-16
KILLED BY THE HOUSE
BILL FOR PERMANENT CAPITOL
COMMISSION is INDEFlNlTE-
LY POSTPONED.
MINNESOTA SHIPPERS AND RE-
CEIVERS' ASSOCIATION MAY
BE INVESTIGATED.

st. Paul, Feb. 15-The house killed
the bill for a permanent capitol COM
mission and the capitol now will go
under the care of the governor next
month under the Horton bill passed
by the last legislature. The Stokes
bill, providing a capitol commission
composed Of the governor, the attor-
ney general, the auditor, the treasurer
and the secretary of state, came up be-
fore the committee of the whole on
general orders. James Handlan of
St. Paul moved to amend by striking
out the four state officers except the
governor. This would nullify the ef-
feet of the bill
The bill was indefinitely postponed,
with hardly vote favoring it.
A bill appropriating 100000 as a
general fund for aid in building and
repairing roads and bridges in the
state was introduced in the house by
! John r. Howard of Sank Center.
A bill introduced in the house by W.
l.. Case of Cloquet provides that rail-
way employees shall never work long
err than sixteen hours consecutively,
and after working that length of time
must rest ten hours before working.
A bill to prevent owners Of personal
property from removing it before pay
ing taxes upon it was introduced in
the house by J. T. Johnson Of Fergus
Falls.
The Minnesota Shippers and Re-
ceivers' association will be investi-
house by S. D. Peterson of New Ulm
is adopted.
Text of the Resolution.
His resolution is as follows:
whereas, The so-called Shippers
and Receivers association has as
sumed, through the public press and
| in devious ways, to criticise public Off
Gals and also members of this body;
| be it
"Resolved. That a committee con-
sisting of five members of this house
be appointed by the speaker to inves-
tigate the so-called Minnesota Ship
pers and Receivers association and
ascertain by what authority the Off
GERS thereof act, the nature and scope
| of its business; what part such asso-
citation and the officers thereof take in
| politics, whether campaign contribu-
| lions have been solicited or received
| by said association or by any person
| in it's behalf, and to ascertain the
amount thereof, by whom contributed
and how and for what purpose and
consideration said moneys were dis
bursed by said association; whether it
or any Of it's members or officers are
or have been engaged in collecting or
trying to collect rebates from the rail
road companies doing business in this
state, that said committee shall have
authority to send for persons, books
and papers,
| The resolution was laid over for a
day upon notice of debate by w. A.
Nolan of Grand Meadow.
| Telephone companies having toll
lines will be required to connect with
other lines if bill introduced in the
senate by Senator S. A. Nolan of
Lanesboro becomes law. The bill
provides that all companies having
lines built between two or more vii.
| lagos or cities shall make connections
with other companies having toll sta
! lions at such places so that the pat
rons of such connecting lines may OBJ
| tain as efficient and complete service
as they can obtain on the lines where
! the service originates.
Favor Anti-Pass Measure.
The senate railroad committee will
recommend for passage an anti-pass
bill which will be comprehensive in its
terms and include about every one eX
cept railroad employees. The. bill
which will be reported will be that
portion of Senator F. H. Peterson's
bill which relates to the pass PROPOSE
tion The bill prohibits any railroad
company from furnishing free pass
| special privilege or reduction in rate
withheld from any other person, ex
cept to employees of that company.
| The senate committee on state fail
and agricultural society has decided
to recommend for passage the bill pro
viding for an appropriation of $1,000,
900 for the proposed exposition in
connection with the state fair in 1908
in commemoration Of the semi-cen
tennial of the admission Of the state
to the Union. 3. ....
James j. Hill, president of the Great
Northern, appeared before the Knut
son committee of the house, which is
Investigating the so-called Hill ore
land deal. by which ore lands in North
ern Minnesota owned by the Lake SUI
perior company, limited, of which Mr.
Hill is president, were leased to the
Oliver Iron Mining company. The re
suit of this deal was the distribution
| of $150,000,0O0 of stock in the Lake
Superior company to the stockholders
of the Great Northern. Mr.. Hill told
the committee that the property
which constitutes the most of the
holdings of the Lake Superior com
pany, was purchased by him from the
Wright g. Davis company of Michigan
and conveyed to this company for the
! benefit of the stockholders of the
| Great Northern. He denied that the
formation of the company was sub
terfuge to evade the law prohibiting
railroad companies from owning the
| stocks Of other commands