The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-20
NORMAL SCHOOL
. FOR CASS LAKE
Senate Passes Bill Locating Il
In That City.
OPPOSE The NOLAN MEASURE

! Street Railways Taken Away-Four
Election Bills Killed by Senate Com.
mittee-Tuberculin Test Measurs
Killed by the Senate.
st. Paul. March 19.-By vote of
80 to rs the senate put the stamp of
its approval on Cass Lake as the most
fitting site for the sixth normal school
of the state.
Four election bills were killed by
the senate committee on elections.
they included the house bill making
provision for voting of travelling men
when away from home, and the new
bill by Senators Sullivan and Can
field relating to the change in the
primary law The committee amended
this bill so as to not apply to congress.
men and then Senator Garfield him
self made the motion for indefinite
postponement.
The bill preserved most of the pres
ent primary system. Senator Garfield
urged that the congressman should be
omitted from the present primary, as
it permitted Democratic congressman
to represent normally Republican dis
tricts.
The committee also killed the bill
changing the time of the primaries to
June and the bill requiring a state
nent of the origin of the money spent
on the elections.
The senate killed a bill for tubercu.
lin tested dairy products and the
house bill relating to semi-monthly
payment of wages in addition to sew
eral minor bills.
TubercuIin Test Bill! Killed.
Senator J. w. Wright's bill relating
to dairy products permitted creameries
to demand that none but milk from
tuberculiE-tested COWS be delivered,
and then the creamery might stamp
the butter as being free from tuber-
culous germs. But the senate killed
the bill with only 10 votes in it's favor
The seni-monthly payment bill was
killed with "a votes for it, and was
preceded by a sharp fight and a call
of the senate.
After tilt among the lawyers Of
the body, Senator G. P. Wilson's bill
permitting the distribution Of a mans
estate after he has been absent for
seven years was killed by 81 to 10.
One more vote would have passed it.
The bill giving permission to the
state board of health to issue regu-
lations concerning cleanliness III fac
tories was also killed.
The senate by a narrow margin
passed the bill compelling the sale Of
many vegetables by weight instead of
measure. If the bill passes the house
potatoes will be sold by the pound in
stead of by the bushel The law was
amended by striking out sweet pota-
toes, tomatoes and other articles, but
and seed are included in the provision.
Minneapolis members in the house
made an effort to kill the Rowe pack
ing plant bill, but before it came to a
vote they changed their minds. J. G.
Lennon, who had made a motion to
have the bill taken from general Or
ders and indefinitely postponed, with
drew his motion and instead had the
bill made a special order for next
Thursday afternoon.
Want to Retain Their Power.
That st. Paul and Minneapolis do
not want their power of regulating the
street railways taken away was made
plain to the Judiciary committee of
the house of representatives by repre-.
sentives from the two cities. That
the country is equally anxious to have
electric lines placed under some cen
trail body, which will facilitate the
building Of interurban lines, was also
made plain, and it IS now up to the
sub committee to draft bill which
VIII satisfy both sides. ...
The hearing before the judiciary
committee on the Nolan bill placing
all street railways under the railroad
commission was one of the warmest
at the capitol during the session. The
Minneapolis aldermen were out in full
force. and Mr.. Nolan and his friends
were there to oppose them warmly at
every turn 1872.
The bills recommended to pass by
the house included two bills for con-
stitutional amendments to promote re-
forestraticn, Carl Wallace's bill regu-
1ating the provisions to be contained
In accident insurance policies, II. J.
Brady's anti-cigarette bill, John
Spence's bill permitting counties to
spend money for advertising their re-
sources, D. Robertson's bill providing
that the wholesaler and not the re-
taller shall be prosecuted for viola
lions of the food laws, G. A. Macken.
zie's bill to prevent killing of wild
animals on state forest reserves, L. C.
Spooner's bill limiting telegraph tolls
to 25 cents for ten words within the
state, J. J. Opsahl's dynamite bill and
w. FL. Putnam's bill repeating the
horse thief and tree planting boun-
ties.
The house began consideration of
the employees compensation bill,
drafted by the special committee. It
was continued as special order UNI
til next Tuesday.