The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-03
Park Rapids Representative Says He
Will Not Answer Call to Appear
Before Committee.
SPEAKER DUNN AGAIN PREsIDEs
Lower House Of Legislature Has
Never Before Been in So Con-
gested Condition as Now.
(By Z. 4. Wi1Son)
Beu11dji Pioneer Legislative Bureau

st. Paul, Mimi. April BY
his Independent attitude and
fearless expression of convictions,
DR.. w. T. Stone, representative from
Park Rapids, is Gin" so bad that his
case may form one of the sensations
Of the closing days of the session.
In addition to having formulated
written and specific charges against
the speaker along the same lines as
those made by Representative KLEIN
err to the effect that the House or
ganization is crooked, he. has gotten
into trouble by refusing to respond
to subpoena. The subpoena was
issued by the committee authorized
to investigate the state board OF
health. "They can't get me before
the committee again." DR.. Stone is
reported to have said II was before
them once and told them all l had
to say. 1t is apparent that they in
tend to whitewash DR.. Bracken and
shall waste no more time on the
matter. They can't ring a bluff in
on me-" Now to ignore a subpoena
is apt to prove serious thing and
especially so in this case because Dr.
Stone is decidedly at "outs'' with the
House majority which may cause
him to be severely punished on the
charge of contempt.
Never in the history of
Minnesota has lower house
of the legislature been in 50
hopelessly a congested condition as is
at present the case. Add to this the
feeling of bitterness and vindictive-
ness engendered into the different
factions as a result of the Klemer
squabble and you have a badly COM
plicated condition that augurs i'll
for pending bills for the last two
weeks of the session.
Speaking from the floor of the
senate, L. o. Lende, the republican
member from Marshall, Lyon county,
said:
YEA, verify, what does it profit a
man if he gains the whole world
and cannot get bill through the
house?"
And this puts it as plain as words
can. The Senate is grinding along
as usual and has no more business
than is customary at this period of
the session, but disorder close to
chaos reigns in the House.
XXX ...
Mr.. Klemer, Ferdinand of Fari-
bault, has prepared resolution call
ing for an reorganization of the
house machinery. He would reduce
the present number of committees
by half, leaving them somewhere in
the neigh orhood of 80. He points
to the fact that the Wisconsin house,
with 100 members, has only 25
standing committees, Vermont with
247 members, "a standing commit
tees, and the Illinois house with 1853
members, 60 committees.
XXX
Speaker Dunn was "back on the
job today after having been con-
fined to his apartments in the Mer-
chants hotel since Wednesday of last
weak. He is still pale and weak
but expects to be able to preside dur
ing The remainder of the session
His trouble was not ptomaine poison.
ing nor typhoid as had been reported
but merely an attack of acute
stomach trouble.
x Xxx
Appropriations amounting to $13,.
900, 900 are made in the omnibus
bills which have been prepared by
sub committees and probably will be
introduced in both houses tomorrow
The bills contain increased appropri-
atoms for many of the state insti.