The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-03-20
GETS DOWN TO WORK
HOUSE PUTS IN BUSY SESSION
AND RECOMMENDS MANY
BILLS FOR PASSAGE.
EFFORT TO KILL MEASURE TO
INCREASE PAY OF JUDGES
ENDS IN FAILURE.

st. Paul, March 19.-The house
members had working streak In the
afternoon. When the body assembled
J. II. Dorsey Of Glencoe moved that all
other business be dispensed with and
that the representatives take up gen
eral orders in committee of the whole
A. J. Rockne Of Zumbrota, chairman Of
the rules committee. suggested that
since most Of the bills were of minor
Importance they might be made a
special order, so they could be voted
upon as soon as they were considered
and that rule be adopted limiting de-
bate to five minutes. However, as
the rules committee had not taken &C
ton, he suggested that this method
be waived for the time being, but it
will probably be tried again. C. B.
Miller of Duluth was in the chair.
The Davidson corrupt practices act,
prohibiting all kinds of treating at
elections, was recommended to pass
by the house committee of the whole.
The bill prohibits any candidate or
committee from giving directly or
through an agent, during primary or
election campaign, any money, cigars,
drinks or other things of value. Nor
Is the candidate or his committee per-
mitted to pay any newspaper for pub
fishing anything favoring his candi-
dacy, unless the article is signed by
one person. -
The bill requiring express, tele-
graph, telephone and other companies
to pay special assessments for local
improvements, introduced by F. E.
Nimocks, was recommended to pass in
the house committee of the whole.
Attempt to Kill Measl re Fails.
F. B. Phillips of St. Paul made an
effort in the house committee of the
crease the judges salaries, but he was
outvoted and the bill would have re-
ceived a favorable recommendation
had not Knut Knutson of Swift Falls
and Burdette Thayer of Spring Valley
suggested a com romise and asked
progress, which request was granted.
The bill provides an increase for the
justices of the supreme court from $5,-
900 to $1,000 and for the district
Judges from $500 to $4,000, the
judges In counties Of 100000 to receive
an additional amount from the county.
The bill proposing a constitutional
amendment establishing road and
bridge fund, introduced in the house
by John Zelch of Cottage Grove, was
given favorable action in the commit
tee OF the whole. The bill proposes
an amendment similar to the one sub
mitted to the voters last fall, but it
shorter and simpler in its provisions.
The new amendment creates fund
for aid in the construction and i'm
provement of highways and bridges,
the fund to include all moneys derived
from investments in the internal i'm
provement land fund and all funds &C
crutng'to any road and bridge fund.
The legislature is authorized to add to
the fund by an annual tax levy. The
bill provides that in no case shall
more than two-thtrds of the cost of any
work be paid by the state from this
fund.
The bill providing that all en-
ployes should be paid twice month
came near seeing it's finish in the
house committee Of the whole, but
was saved by motion for progress
Recommended for Passage. is :.
The following bills were among
those recommended for passage:
H. F. No. 295-Brown-To prohibit
any junk dealer, pawnbroker or sec
ond-hand dealer to purchase or receive
mechanics tools as security for
money advances.
H. F. No. 527-Thcmpson-
Ing the manufacture and sale for use
as food of certain articles and sub
stances.
H. F. No. 1870. B. Nelson-To
amend section 100 of code, relating to
special tax levy for payment Of munich
pal Indebtedness to the state school
fund. -.
H. F.. No. -Dorsey-Relating to
the, preventure of fraud and deception
In the sale of spices and condiments.
H. F. No 492-Libby-Co Compelling
common carriers by railroad to employ
competent persons as locomotive engi-
neers.
H. II. No. 51S-Alexander and WALTZ
Relating to the fees Of constables
and reimbursing them for cost of food
for prisoners.
H. F. No. 29-Committee on Mill
tary Affairs-To appropriate money to
commemorate the services Of the First
regiment Of Minnesota volunteers and
their late colonel, William Colville.
and to provide suitable monument
for his grave.
H. F. No. MISUNDERSTANDING
capital stock required for the forma-
ton of corporations to negotiate and
sell mortgages on farm lands and to
issue debentures thereon.
H. F. No. 54S-Morse-To legalize
the foreclosure Of mortgages by adver
tisement, where the power of attorney
to foreclose the same has not been
executed or recorded
H. r. No. 15-Peterson-Desig
a commission for the erection of the
monument tn the First Minnesota hat.