The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-01-30
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Senator Cook Would Amend
\ Present Statute.
FIFTY PER CENT VOTE NEEDED

Of Each Party in Their Own Meet
Ings-Workng Women May Receive
More Acknowledgment That Old
Soldiers and Sailors Shall Ride on
Passes.
| st. Paul, Jan. 2S.-If so per cent OF
the voters of a party were needed to
nominate candidate at the primaries
this requirement ought to tend to keep
members of each party in his own
meeting. This is the idea of Senator
L. O. Cook of Kellogg, who introduced
q bill in the senate amending the pres
ent primary law.
Additional attention will be given
to the working women of the state II
a bill by Senator H. H. Witherstine
OF Rochester becomes a law. His
measure provides that woman as
sistant labor commissioner be appoint
ed by the head of that department,
with authority to appoint inspectors
to look after the condition of restau-
rants and other places where women
work. 3.
Two bills by Senator Sundberg of
Kennedy appeared at the request Of
the railway and warehouse commits
sion. One provides that grain must
be delivered when the owner asks it,
and the other specifies the kind of re-
ceipt which shall be issued.
+, Old soldiers will ride on passes If
q ,J,0
becomes a law. He would amend the
anti-pass law so that old soldiers,
sailors and marines are exempt from
its provisions.
4 Four National Guard Bills.
Following the suggestions of Adju-
tant General Wood in his report to
the governor Senator Hardy has in
troduced four bills relating to the ma
tional guard. One bill permits the
state to join with cities in equipping
and maintaining armories for the ma
tional guard, another perferts the or
ganization in conference with the Dick
bill, and the other two increase the
salary of the adjutant general to 49,
900 and allows him another assistant.
The motor vehicle law proposed by
the Automobile club of the state made
It's appearance through V. L. Johnson
of Center City. The bill covers all
phases of automobile legislation. :
Instead of commission to recon-
mend bill to the next legislature for
the solution of the employers liability
problem, such as the governor will
recommend to the legislature, F. B.
Wright's bill introduced in the house,
calls for commission to at once han
die and settle all personal injury
cases.. ..-
The bill provides that in all such
cases the question of contributory
negligence and whether the employer
furnishes safe place to work and
safe machinery shall not be consid-
erred, but damages paid according to
The injury The bill provides for COM
mission of three to whom all personal
injury cases may be submitted, and
If the employer and employee agree to
sibmit the case to this commission, it
shall be final and bar to all future
Mitigation.
After IDIOT Air" Concerns.
Representative R. L. Mork of Brice-
iyn wants to stop the swindling of the
public by glowing prospectuses of gold
mines, air lines and other "hot air"
games, so he introduced bill to
"prohibit the making or publishing of
false or exaggerated statements or
publications of or concerning the at
fairs, pecuniary condition or property
of any corporation, joint stock asso-
citation, co-partnership or Individual,
which said statements are, intended to
give, or shall have a tendency to give,
a less or greater value to the shares,
bonds or property, or any part there
Of of said corporation, than the shares,
bonds or property really possess" Any
one who makes any such false state
ments is guilty Of a felony and may
ment or fine of $4,000.
Two election bills were introduced
by Representative Carl Wallace of
Minneapolis. One provides that cleo
ton precincts be redistricted when
they have 600 voters, instead Of 400
as at present, and that in cities Of
10000 or over the polls shall be open
from 6 a. m. to 8 p. m.
Express companies have their tax
raised from to 8 per cent in bill
introduced by w. A. Nolan of Grand
Meadow.
The beginnings of the new state
penitentiary at Saltwater were in
spected by $50 senators and represen-
tatiyes. Warden Wolfer said that
they expected to turn out twenty-five
machines of each kind from the shop
this year, and that next year they
would be able to make 300 or 400 each
Of harvesters, mowers and other farm
machines. He said that he had or
ders for delivery this year of 500 ma
chimes.
It is contemplated to permit the
I board of control to issue certificates
Of Indebtedness to the extent Of ST.
100000 SO that the new prison can be
built Immediately.
The senate in committee Of the
whole killed the bill of j. w. Wright
appropriating the returns of the mort
gage registry tax to the road and
bridge fund in each county.