The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-02-05
INVESTIGATION
Will BE: MADE:
Committee to Look Into Charges
. Made by Williams.
PASSES LEMONS RESOLUTION

Made by the Former Labor Commss-
sioner-eIl for New Judge Causes
Spirited Debate--senate Committee
Favors Increasing Agricultural
Schools From Five to Eight.
St. Paul, Feb 4.-By a vote OF IS
to rs the house adopted Representa-
tive John G.. Lemons resolution call
ing for the appointment Of commit
tee to Investigate the charges prefer
red by w. H. Williams, former labor
commissioner, in report to the leg
islature. Mr.. Williams alleged that
the office was being used to subserVe
the political interests of the admins
tration.
The house in committee Of the
whole killed Elmer Adams bill intend
cd to repeal the law establishing the
farm for inebriates.
County boards of school trustees are
established in bill introduced in the
house by Donald Robertson OF Argyle
They are to be elected one in each
commissioner district at the primary
election. The members of the board
shall draw salaries Of from $50 to
800, according to the size Of the
county They shall elect the county
superintendent and they shall perform
all other duties relating to schools
now performed by the county commits
sioners.
John Saugstad Of Climax introduced
a bill providing that boards of trade
cannot limit their membership, that
the price of a membership shall not
exceed $5,OOO that no membership
application shall be rejected nor any
membe; expelled except for cause.
Under a bill by Elmer Adams of
Fergus Falls the minimum saloon IL
cense is made $1,000. At present it
may be $500 in cities below 10000, and
in villages.
Bill for a New Judge Discussed.
The bill for new Judge in the Fiji
teenth district came up in the house
and e. A. King of Little Falls urged
its passage. He accused the Demo-
cratic opponents Of the bill of play
ing politics on account of the charge
that the intention was to give place
to G. w. Stanton, who was defeated
for reelection last fall.
Elmer Adams pointed out that Min
nesota had already thirty-six judges,
while Wisconsin, a larger state, has
only twenty-five, and he said that the
whole state should be redistricted.
Several Republicans said they
would vote for the judge If he really
were needed, but they wanted little
more time. William Dover of Wade
ma, who represents one county in the
district, said they were opposed to
new judge, as it was not necessary
and If the judges had not been so busy
with politics last summer they would
have been able to handle the litiga-
ton.
Mr.. Adams wanted to know when
the talk of new Judge started and
e. R. Kinds of Hubbard said it started
right after election. Action on the
bill was postponed
T.. r. White of Elk River introduced
bill in the house proposing a con-
stitutional amendment providing that
in the absence Of the governor the
lieutenant governor shall perform his
duties and have all his powers.
Before the senate convened the
committee on agriculture met again
and agreed to increase the number of
agricultural schools from five to eight
and locate them at Waseca, Austin,
Mapleton, Dodge Center, Window,
Foley, Marshall and Hutchinson.
Number Of Schools Increased.
When the news spread that the COM
mittee was to bring in a general bill
providing the same requirements for
the schools in the various towns, other
senators wanted to be taken care of
and the number Of schools was in
creased with the intention Of permit
ting the final number to be fought out
in the house.
The senate has sidetracked the bill
of Senator Sundberg for state aid to
consolidated rural schools with an ag
ricultural feature added and has
adopted the policy of district agricul-
tural schools supported practically
wholly by the state. This plan does
uOL uCSC I'LL tl1S SllIilC dppl oOoCAOh
of the educational authorities of the
state, many Of them being of the
opinion that agricultural training
should be given in more local schools.
There is little hope that much can
be accomplished at this session to-
wards founding many of them. The
Sundberg bill is drawn so that the
limit of territory to be served is not
so large but that the pupils cannot
drive to the school and home at night
and not more than ten each such dis.
tricts are to be aided each year.
A comprehensive bill providing for
the inspection and regulation of all
restaurants, bakeries and similar
places where food is served or made
is that introduced by Senator White
of Claremont
The taxes of the insurance compa-
q MES have not been raised since 1872
and they pay but per cent on their
business in this state. Senator Moon
on of Waseca introduced a bill in the
senate increasing the tax to 4 per
cent, making it equal to the amount
paid by the railroads.