The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1911-03-06
Senate Committee Votes to Recon-
mend Bill for Passage and Fire
Works Begin Sizzling.
HOUSE RESERVES BOLD PLANS
If Measure is Doomed By Upper Body,
Representatives May Resort to
Sensational Tactics.
(By r. A. WILSON,
Bem3dji Pioneer Legislative Bureau

(By r. A. Wilson)
Benatdji Pioneer Legislative Bureau
ST. Paul, March eff anyone
hears a noise from the direction of
St. Paul this week they can make up
their minds that it is reapportion-
ment fireworks going off in the SEN
ate chamber.
At tomorrow's session the reap
portionment bill, amended with di-
visions of three southern counties,
will be reported to the senate by the
committee with the recommendation
that it do pass Senator Hackney
of St. Paul, chairman of the senate
reapportionment committee, has de-
cided upon this action and the COM
mittee voted for a favorable recon-
mendation, l3 to six.
When the report is read to the sem
ate, Senator Hackney will move it's
adoption. 1t may be adopted and if
so, the fight will come later when the
bill is up before the senate in COM
mittee of the whole or when it comes
before the senate, as probably will
be the case. as a special order of busi-
ness However, someone may move
to indefinitely postpone the bill and
if this is done battle royal will be
participated at once,
Supporters of reapportionmenJ still
insist that the bill as passed by the
house will pass the senate without
material change This much seems
almost certain: the senate is not
willingly going to pass the bill.
There are rumors of sensational
moves being planned by the house to
force the senate to pass the measure.
A good many things point to the
present legislative week as one that
will live long in history
1t is admitted by w. j. Brown Of
Warren, special attorney appointed
by the house to draw up bills, that
he has been requested to prepare a
measure having for its object the
removal of the state training school
from Red Wing. This is a direct
result of the charges now being in
vestigated that cruelty is practised
upon inmates of the place. 1t is not
at all likely that such bill can pass
structures at Red Wing and the
transfer of the school would
necessitate needless expense. The
hearing of the investigating COM
mittee will be resumed this evening
in the senate chamber. 1t is possible
that Dr. Sweeney, who testified at
the last hearing that so to 100 lashes
are injurious physically, morally and
mentally to children, will be called
upon for additional evidence Other
witnesses have been summoned In
speaking of Superintendent Whittier,
in charge of the boys school, Assist
ant Sergeant-at-Arms Of the House
Barney Seiz whose home is at Red
Wing, said: In Red Wing Super
intendent Whittier is held in thr
highest respect He is believed t.
be a kind courteous, competent Off
cer.'' At meeting of the Bethe'
club Of St. Paul the Red Wing schoo
was declared to be ''place of bar
barism'' and that a new superin-
tendent is imperative.
XXX
The Saturday session of the housr
was pretty much of farce. 1t was
with difficulty. that a quorum was
rounded up and even then the at.
tendance was so light that no at
tempt was made to pass any bills
Several were introduced, including q
batch from Representative Spoonel
making appropriations for the main
tenance of different state depart
ments during the ensuing two years
Efforts of Representative KNAPP