The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-28
TO REDRAFT A
new MEASURE
House Subcommittee Is Given
] Anti-Pass Bills.
WOULD INDORSE ROOSEVELT

Kerry conley of Rochester Presents
Resolution Approving All the Work
Of the President and Especially
That Relating to the Secret Service.
Technical Manuel Training School
Building Desired for Farm School.
st. Paul, Jan. 27.-The anti-pass
amendments were given another
hours discussion by the house rail
road committee and after various mo-
lions they agreed to leave the three
bills on that subject to a sub-commit-
tee to redraft into new bill.
There was a general disposition
among the committee to allow fire.
men, policemen, mail carriers, health
officials and members of the salvage
corps to ride free on the street cars,
but w. D. Washburn, Jr., called the
attention of the committee to the fact
that the way the bill was worded it
would open the way to fremen and
policemen to ride on the railroads,
also, not only the officers in the cities
but the members of volunteer fire de-
partments in the country.
He wanted to know if the author
and supporters of the bill intended
this and they said they thought the
bill would be unconstitutional if it
were worded otherwise. He said that
he feared this was an opening wedge
for the repeal of the whole principle
of the anti-pass law. A number OF
the country members agreed with him
and said they were opposed to allow
ing this class of people to ride on the
steam roads on passes. Some of the
members thought that members of the
fire department should be allowed to
ride free on the railroads. as 1t often
happens that they are called to assist
in putting out fire in another town.
Washburn replied that the old bill
allowed people to ride free In case OF
accidents and casualties.
To Indorse Work of Roosevelt.
Kerry Conley of Rochester set the
house smiling when he offered reso-
luton ipdorsing all the work of the
president and especially his work re-
lating to the secret service. J. D.
O'Brien of st. Paul gave notice of de-
bate and the resolution went over for
a day.
C. J. Swendsen Of st. James offered
=, LII fo,,o n ~, an fol fn proci6onf
Elect Taft urging him to call spe-
cial session of congress as soon as
possible after March to revise the
tariff.
George Mackenzie of Gaylord wants
the legislature to memorabilia con-
gress to invite the commercial powers
to establish an international clearing
house in some one of the Northwest
ern states.
A bill by Senator J. M. Hackney of
st. Paul provides for 100000 for
technical manual training school
building for the farm school. The bill
asks for money in addition to what is
carried for the same institution in the
general appropriation bill for the uni
versity.
: S. B. Bedford of Rushmore present
ed his bill providing for the thorough
cleansing and fumigating of all bot
ties, barrels and similar packages
which are used second time to con-
tain food. Milk bottles and ice cream
cans will come within this law if the
bill passes.
Senator Works of Mankato intro
duced a bill permitting hunter to
kill one moose a season, without re-
gard to sex. The present law permits
only one male moose to be shot.
Caused Lively Discussion.
The house argued at some length
on the question of requiring an educa-
tional qualification for judges of pro-
bate. The question came up in the
discussion of the bill resubmitting the
constitutional amendment for an edu-
cational qualification for county SUI
perintendents and. l.. G.. Spooner of
Morris offered an amendment adding
judges of probate to the bill.
There was lively discussion. Some
of the members said they would vote
out the lawyers and elect men with
horse sense to the jobs. Some said
that if this became law some good-for-.
nothing lawyers who could not earn
their salt otherwise would be the only
ones that would run. The lawyer
members stood up for the amendment
but finally agreed that it might
jeopardize the passage Of the county
superintendent measure and agreed
to let it go and put it in separate
bill.
Under bill introduced by John
Holten of Fertile, candidates at pri-
mary elections must have 80 per cent