The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-17
Minnesota Legislature
Proceedings at the Minnesota State Capitol for the
Past Week.

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st. Paul, Feb. S.-County option is
dead issue in the present session OF
the Minnesota legislature. By vote
of 60 to SO the lower house of the
state law making body defeated the
bill prepared by Representative Rines
of Mora and the Anti-Saloon league.
The vote was taken after three.
hours discussion which was marked
by flood of oratory favoring and op.
posing the bill and the plaudits of sew.
eral hundred people who crowded the
galleries and corridors of the house
chamber.
The Vote.
Yeas-Anderson A. ". Anderson ]. j.. Burn
Dunn R. C.. Ferguson. Frankson. Harding, Holm
berg. Holten. johnson C. E. johnson j., n;
kunze, Lee I. j.. Lee ]. F.. LindSere. McMartin
Mattson, Morton, Nelson A.. Nolan. o,Nein
Putnam snes ssdS0
skartum, spooner, Stone W. T.. sulerud,, vOx'
s.S W WSfirs C. total a E. washOurn
Bergen. Bouek. Brown G. W, Brown |. b.
Diessner, Edwards, Farley. Fowler, Fuchs
Greene. Harten, Hauge, Healy, Henion, Herr
u,
Lundeen, Lydiard. Mcdonald. Mackenzie, Me
ss M Ms Ne Nys9sn sa Eap Nash
Peters. Peterson O, Pfaender., Reed, Ribenack
Stone C. En- sSa Teen Heeh
h. II. Dunn total. SO; absent, W. A. Fisher
By vote of 33 to % A. D. Stephens
of Crookston lost in his contest to un-
seat John Saugstad, senator from Polk
county.
st. Paul, Feb. 9.-The senate will
adjourn April 1, 20 days prior to the
constitutional date set for adjourn
ment, unless resolution which
passed SO to 8 is rescinded later. Sen
ator Moonan, of Waseca, introduced
the resolution.
Representative C. A. Congdon OF
Duluth introduced a bill in the house
repeating the anti-cigaret law passed
by the legislature two years ago
Representative Congdon is opposed to
dead letter laws on principle and for
this reason favors the repeal
Representative A. B. Anderson
statewide prohibition bill, introduced
in the house, is the first of a prob
able avalanche of liquor regulatory
measures.
Representative Robinson introduced
bill to investigate the state central
committees of both major parties.
Representative Spooner and Hard
ing presented bill providing for the
teaching of agriculture and domestic
economy in the schools of the state
and also providing for the consolida
ton of rural schools.
The Mattson-Nelson bill amending
the compulsory education law was rec.
commended for passage. The proposed
bill changes the ages of children com.
ing under this law from to II, to
to 16 years. 1t allows pupils to remain
out of school because of poverty or
because they are needed to work at
home. This section is to allow farm.
er's children to remain out of school
during the harvest season. The bill
also proposes to allow children to re-
main out of schools on church days
New Registry Tax Proposed.
Representative Spooner of Morris
has prepared a mortgage registry tax
bill, which he will submit to the sub
committee on taxes and tax laws
Tuesday. 1t provides for a tax of Is
cents per 500 on every mortgage ex.
piring within five years, and 25 cents
for mortgages continuing for longer
period. Many of the legislators favor
nominal tax of 10 cents.
A bill licensing branch offices of
breweries was introduced by Repre-.
sentative Henry A. Hoffman of Roches.
ter. The bill proposes license of $3.50
a year. There are said to be 400
branch offices in Minnesota, which
would mean an annual revenue of $780,.
900. The bill includes foreign brewer.
les doing business in this state
Railroads Make Argument.
Attorneys for the Great Northern
and Chicago Railways companies ar
gued against the passage of the Spoon.
er bill increasing the gross earnings
tax from to per cent, at the meeting
Of the house committee on taxes and
tax laws. Attorney Lende of the Great
Northern declared that railways were
already paying a larger rate of tax
than ether property and that this bill
should certainly not be passed until the
rate legislation, which is now in the
courts, is decided.
st. Paul, Feb. 10-A bill is to be
introduced into the state legislature
raising the salaries of several state
officers. The salary of the governor
is not affected by the bill. The sal
aries that would be raised are those
of the state auditor, state treasurer
and secretary of state The move
ment first started through an effort to
raise the salary of Treasurer Smith,
who now draws only $500 a year.
After consultation it was decided to
put in a general bill which eQualizes
the salaries of all the state officers.
For example, the state insurance COM
missioner draws $4,000 a year, while
the state auditor, one of the most
important state officers, draws SIM