The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-26
TRIED TO KILL
STUART BILL
Minority Members Of Commit
tee Opposed to It,
MAJORITY REPORT ADOPTED

Vote on the Measure in the House
However, Is cIose-Express Com
ranies Oppose Bills Cutting Rates
and Increasing Their Gross Earn
ings Tax-senate Committee op
posed to sageng's Woman Suffrage
Measure.
st. Paul, Feb. 25.-Representativ
w. A. Nolan Of Grand Meadow and
seven other members of the tax com
mjttee, by means of minority report
tried to kill the Stuart bill for the
exemption of credits, which a major.
ity of the committee recommended to
pass, but the house by a vote of SO to
6 decided to adopt the majority re.
port and place the bill on general or
ders. The closeness of the vote, how
ever, indicates that the bill will have
some hard shedding to get through the
house. r--~,. i
Defeated in this move, Nolan tried
to send the bill to the judiciary COM
mittee for an opinion on its constitu-
tionality, which would at least mean
delay. The speaker in stating the mo-
ton said that it was to send the
"subject matter" to that committee,
but the bill was to go on general or
ders as soon as printed.
Three for Cass Lake. three for Be-
midi and three for Thief River Falls
this is the stand of the special joint
committee of the house and senate
which went up north to look at nor
NAL school sites. But one of those
who prefers Cass Lake says that al
though he thinks that town Is lit
tie better than Bemidji, he would like
to see the general bill pass leaving it
to the normal school board.
Broke the Deadlock.
The junket, therefore, did not have
the desired result of settling the nor
NAL school controversy, but it had the
result of breaking the deadlock in the
house committee and they decided to
report the general bill for passage
and the Cass Lake bill will be report
ed for indefinite postponement, with
a minority report favoring it's passage
and the postponement of the general
bill. In the senate both the general
bill and the Cass Lake bill were re-
ported by the senate committee with.
out recommendation and placed on
general orders.
The committee on elections of the
senate has recommended for passage
the measure of Senator Garfield put
ting in place of the present primary
system system of primary elections
for delegates. to conventions which
shall nominate officers. The measure
will be fought out on the floor of the
senate.
A large forest experiment plant is
planned in bill by Senator J. T. FL.
we'll of Minneapolis Lumbermen near
Cloquet want to give the state 1900
acres of timber land. and the state is
asked to buy 4S0 acres additional to
excellently adapted for forest expert
ment work
The donors of the large tract are to
have the privilege of cutting the tim.
ben. The state is also asked to ap'
propriate $4,000 to start the plant.
Women will not vote, if the recon-
mendation Of the senate committee on
elections is favorably acted on. The
bill for a constitutional amendment
introduced by Senator Ole Segeng of
Otter Tail county in behalf of woman
suffrage was recommended for indefi-
mite postponement at the meeting of
the committee
Would Limit Number of Saloons.
The proposition of Senator S. F; AL
derman of Brainerd to limit the num-
Der of saloons in town to one for
500 people aroused an earnest discus
sion in the senate. but no action was
taken. Senator S. A. Nelson wanted
to amend the bill so that it will apply
to saloons now established.
The effect of Senator Nelson's
amendment would be to reduce the
present number of saloons in any
town to one for 400, thus compelling
cities which have more than the limit
to reduce the number within a short
time. &-
Senator w. W. Dunn of St. Paul
said that the adoption of the amend
ment would reduce the number of
present licenses 63 per cent over the
whole state.
Representatives of the various ex-
press companies appeared before the
house committee on express, telegraph