Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-03-08

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In the interest of better saloon regula.
ton.
me Bouck bill prohibiting theatre
cal productions on Sunday was recon-
mended for indefinite postponement bv
the house committee on general legis-
lation. The report was adopted with
out discussion.
Reapportionment Measure Up.
The Congdon reapportionment bill.
after it's first appearance before the
senate reapportionment committee.
is still intact. But it is so only be-
cause an almost immediate adjourn.
ment was taken under and agreement
that all amendments for division OF
senatorial districts into representative
districts should be turned in at the
next meeting, to be held Tuesday at
1880 p. m.
A public corporation organized by
the cities of St. Paul and MINNEAPOLIS
to take over the power developed by
the new government dam In the Missis-
sippi river is planned in a bill intro
duced by Senator Fosseen.
It provides that, after the dam is
completed, the public corporation shall
lease it from the government and de-
velop electrical power. The power will:
be used for the lighting of public
buildings and streets. If enough is de-
veloped the surplus will be sold
The bill for reimbursing Senator
Works for his expense in an election.
contest was withdrawn by its author,
Senator G. o. Cooke. It will be re-
vised.
A state inspector of plumbing is pro-
The inspector shall be under the state
board of health and shall inspect all
public plumbing or any plumbing that
is thought to be unsanitary.
st. Paul, March 3.-Speciflc charges
against George A. Ralph, state drain
age engineer, relating to alleged irreg-
ularities in the letting of contracts and
incompetency in the construction of,
state bitches in upper Minnesota were
made to the house investigating CON-.
mittee by Representative C. H. War
ner, of Aitkin.
It was the first meeting of the spe-
cial committee made up by C. T.
Knapp, G. E. Fowler, Donald Robert
son, Ralph c.. Crane and J. J. Moriari-
ty. George A. Ralph, the state official
under fire, and his attorney, D. A.
Stuart, of Window, were present at
the preliminary hearing.
c. H. Warner, as chairman of sub
committee appointed by the standing;
house committee on drainage, present..
ed evidence relative to state ditchess
numbers sc, sc, 43, So and 81, in Ait
kin, Red Lake and Pope counties
The charges were made that on every
ditch work was begun and in one or;
two instances completed before the
contract was let, that the bitches were
not dug according to specifications
and that the state paid for the work
before it was completed. -...- ---...-
The house committee on corpora
tions recommended for passage the,
w. I. Nolan bill giving the state the
authority to regulate the rates of pub
lie service corporations.
The Minneapolis bill extending the,
saloon patrol limits so as to allow the
sale of liquor in the dining rooms Of
the Hotel Radisson and Hotel Dyck-
mann was introduced by John G. Len
non. It was referred to the commit
tee on temperance, which is expected
to report it out early next week.
Several labor bills extending the
powers of the state labor department
to improve the conditions in factories
and among working people were intro
duced by the committee on labor and
labor legislation. The labor depart
ment is given authority to inspect the
machinery in all factories and to con-
denim any machine not considered
safe. The department is authorized to
make recommendations to the manu-
facturers tending to minimize the dam
ger and is authorized to post placard
reading: "This machine is unsafe" on,
all machinery which is not considered
up to standard.
A new initiative and referendum
bill fathered by Representatives Camp
bell, Spooner, w. T. Stone, J. N. john
son, Hillman and Kelley was intro
duced in the house. It is the result of
a conference held by the initiative and
referendum advocates at which the six
members, who had originally intro
duced bills, agreed on measure
which they will support. The proposed
bill increases the percentages provid-
ed for in the old Campbell bill to meet
the objections of the more c0nserva-
tive house members.
It raises the per cent of voters re-
quired to bring about the initiative
from 8 per cent to 10 per cent Of the
total number of voters, with the re-
quirement that per cent of the voters
in at least three-fifths of the counties
of the state must be signers. It raises
the per cent for the referendum from
to z, with the same requirement as to
the number of signers from each coun-
ty.
Duluth Hockey Team Loses.