The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-01-22


met for brief session at 2:3O this
afternoon, considered several resolu-
tions, introduced handful of bills,
and then adjourned till IL a. m. tomor-
row. There was no session of the
senate today.
Carl Wallace of Minneapolis offered
lengthy resolution asking for ap-
pointment of a committee of three
members of the house to visit Madi
son, Wis, to investigate the operation
of the Wisconsin public utilities law,
with a view to framing measure for
Minnesota, following out the recon-
mendation in the governors message
for supervision of public utilities in
Minnesota by the railroad commission.
Mr.. Rosenwald couldn't see any need
for such law in Minnesota. He
thought that the Minnesota railroad
commission didn't need any additional
powers. Mr.. Wallace took the floor
to tell Mr.. Rosenwald a few things,
when argument was cut off by Mr..
Brady of st. Paul giving notice of de-
bate. Under the rules this carries the
resolution over for the day.
two resolutions by Mr.. Rosenwald
of Lac qui Parle were adopted. One
called for an investigation of the adj
visibility of canalizing the Mississippi
and Minnesota rivers. 1t calls for a
joint committee of six members of the
house and five members of the senate
to look into the matter, in view of the
annual damage done by floods from
the upper Mississippi and Minnesota
rivers. Rosenwald's second resolution
calls for detailed reports of the
amount and kinds of logs and lumber
examined by the respective surveyors
general of logs and lumber in their
several districts, with a report of the
fees collected, for each year beginning
with 1905, and including 1908.
Then came the introduction of bills.
Bicknell presented one for joint COM
mittee on claims composed of three
senators and five house members.
Spooner renews his old war on rail-
roads with a bill requiring all live
stock trains to make a speed of at
least Is miles All hour. Zelch had a
bill to permit county commissioners to
grant rights of way on public roads
for street car tracks, no grant to be
of more than five miles in any one
township. This bill, it is understood,
is to permit Of extension of the South
st. Paul street dar line thru Inver
Grove. Bicknell has another bill
which aims to have the amount of
debts secured by real estate mort
cages deducted from the assessed
value of such real estate.
Saugstad stirs up things political
with bill calling for convention of
party primary nominees for congress
sional, state and legislative Offices the
fourth Tuesday in July, at which time
each party shall adopt platform and
elect a state committee of two mem
bers from each congressional district
Kinds has a bill for a new normal
schools, and isn't very particular
where it is so long as it is located
within his district The bill says it
may be lin some village north of the
main line of the Northern Pacific, and
west of the meridian passing thru
Brainerd The normal board is en-
powered to select the exact site.
Holmberg offers first aid to consoli.
dated schools which will teach practi-
cal agriculture, ocering as state aid
Ct 000 tO pach of tho fret taD crhOoIc
coming within the law during 1910,
and the same offer for ten schools in
1911. The schools must serve a dis
trict of sixteen to thirty-six square
miles, each must have a ten-acre site
for practical agricultural work, and be
located outside any village limits.
Brady of ST. Paul comes to the aid of
street car strap hangers" He would
inf1ict a fine of not to exceed 500 for
any street car company which COM
pels more than fifteen people to stand
within any one car. Thayer offers a
bill to continue the old state board of
equalization. Rosenberg of ST. Paul
introduces an old stand-by,-to pro-
hibit bucketshops. L. H. Johnson of
Minneapolis offered a bill to place
street railway companies on a gross
earnings basis, the rate to be fixed
later after consultation with the tax
committee and tax commission; the
tax collected to be distributed the
same. as taxes collected on an ad va
loren basis.