The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-11
Recommended for Passage.

Recommended for Passage.
The house committee on express,
telegraph and electric lines recon-
mended for passage the Zelch and An
derson bill which will apportion the
gross earnings tax received from SUI
burban electric lines among the towns
through which the lines pass. In it's
present form the proportion each
town, village or city gets will be
property in that town. The recent de-
cision that suburban lines are COM
mon carriers would give the state the
whole tax unless this bill is passed.
The bills relating to women suf-
frage were reported without recon-
mendation by the house committee on
elections. One is the J. N. Johnson
bill to submit to the men voters the
question of whether the women shall
vote and the other is A. X. Wares bill
to let the women vote on the question
of whether they want the right of suf-
frage.
BY a vote of "a to % the senate
committee of the whole adopted
an amendment proposed by Frank
Clague of Lamberton so amending the
Cass Lake normal school bill that the
state normal board is given authority
to locate the new normal school in the
northwestern part of the state. Hav-
ing suffered this defeat, the support
ers of Cass Lake retrieved their loss
by excepting the report on S. F. No.
IS from the report of the committee
of the whole. This has the effect of
leaving the Cass Lake bill on the desk,
and motion will be necessary to re-
store it to general orders. It is, how.
ever, the amended bill which is on the
desk, the non-acceptance of the report
on the bill from the committee of the
whole not having the effect of killing
the amendment
Cigars by the Pound.
Arguing that If green cabbages are
sold by the pound, that cigars should
be also, Senator V. B. Seward of Mar
shall tried to carry a motion to kill
the bill of Senator j. w. Pauly of Min
neapolis relating to the selling of
vegetables by weight. The fight was
sharp and will be renewed.
Senator E. s. Durment Of st. Paul
introduced his second employers liza,
bility bill. This reduces the maxi.
mum amount of damages from $25, O0G.
to $4,000 for the loss of both feet and
both hands. This bill also eliminate.
the employers liability for negligence
Of the workmen.
The senate committee on commerce
and trade reported the pedd1ers' H.
Cense bill for passage.
That the American Book company
not long since was indicted in Texas
and convicted of being in an unlaw.
full combination and fined SIS, 900, was
brought out in the legislative investi-
cation of the methods of book pub
fishers in Minnesota. w. M. Morton,
Chicago manager for the American
BooK company, admitted on the stand
that his company, formerly organized
under the laws of New Jersey, now
under the laws of New York, was
fined $4,000 under the Texas indict
ment and driven from the state. Tho
company is doing business in Texas
now, though under it's New York char.
ter.
Dealing with book values, Mr.. Nor
Ton said that Minnesota was getting
its school books, which he estimated
would cost $1,OOO,OOO to replace to-
day, as cheaply as any other state,
cost per pupil being considered.
He denied absolutely and unequiv-
ocally the statements, implied and di-
rect, that the American Book COM
pany was in combination with any
other book company or that it had any
subsidiary concerns. q