The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-18
Upper House After Being in Session
all Night Voted in Favor of
Measure.
PHONE co. WOULD COMPROMISE
Development Association Come. to
Conclusion that to Call Extra Ses-
sion Would Not Be Advisable.

St. Paul, April 1s.-(Daily Pioneer
Special Wire Service. THE senate
after being in session all night took
recess at o'clock, to meet again
at 9 o'clock this morning.
! After morning of delay the
senate finally passed the six senator
bill. concuring with the house
amendment.
St. Paul, April 1S-Haunting the
legislature to the hour of its ingloi-
ious death, reapportionment again
reared its head in the House yester-
dav afternoon, the senate bill limit
ing the number of senators possible
from any one county to six being
passed, shortly after six O'Clock by a
vote of IS to g.. "
This did not take place, however,
until the senate bill had been
amended, upon motion of C. A.
Congdon of Duluth to increase the
number from six to seven had been
adopted. -
The bill came up as a special order
and consumed all the afternoon
session.
D. P. O'Neill of Thief River Falls
created much applause by dramatic
speech against the passage of the
bill. ~.- -.--e-@-----~-.-
By refusing to concurin the House
amendment to the state wide primary
bill, the senate yesterday afternoon
probably gave a death blow to that
measure because of the limited time
left for a conference committee to do
the necessary work to get the bill in
shape for final passage. The measure
was introduced as senate election
committee bill, although amended
to conform with the provisions of
similar bill introduced by Senator
Moonan of Waseca. The House
amended it to extend the primary to
district and supreme court Judges
and this the senate baked on and
by vote of 80 to 80 decided to ap.
point a conference committee.
1t is understood about the capitol
that the Northern Minnesota De-
velopment association has come to
the conclusion that it would not be
advisable for the governor to call a
special session of the legislature at
this time to consider reapportion.
ment. 1t is further understood that
the decision of the governor in this
matter was Influenced by the atti-
tude y taken by the Development
association and that he still stands
ready to call an extra session when
the Association decides that one
could be assembled with the assur-
ance that results could be obtained.
Should the Development Associa-
ton at its meeting at Duluth early
in June decide that the legislature
should be convened in extraordinary
session, it is the understanding that
Governor Eberhart would straight
way issue the call.
Tomorrow "Wednesday the ex-
ecutive committee of the association
will make public a statement which
it has prepared for the public deal
ing with the defeat of reapportion-
ment.
w. r. Mckenzie, secretary of the
association, who has been in St. Paul
during the entire legislative session
working like trojan for the passage
of a reapportioument bill, will return
to his home at Bemldji within the
next few days.
/
The senate yesterday afternoon
refused to concur In the House
amendments to the recall bill. These
amendments provided that the
judiciary and members of the legis-
lature be made subject to recall.
When former president Roosevelt