The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-11

In settling the question, Speaker
Dunn's decision came as an echo to
the Klemer charge that packed com.
mittees were exer,ing undue influence
in the House. Speaker Dunn said:
While it is probably true that
strict Interpretation of our rules
would mean that a two thirds vote
IS required | contend now, as I have
always contended, that q majority
of the House should control all leg
is!ation. The committees should
not and cannot control Legislation
and for that very reason l shall hold
that majority vote is suffice mt to
make any bill special order.
Another merry squabble surged
about the House when Representa-
tive R G. Dunn attempted to make
four temperance bills special order
for Tuesday. There was sire nuous
objection to two of the bills and
these were dropped but Mr.. Dunn
succeeded in getting what is known
as his roadhouse bill and the Hanson
bill, prohibiting the sale of malt,
which was passed in the senate,
several DAYS ago, made a special
order for today. One of the meas.
ures originally in the Dunn list was
Fl. F. Jas. a bill seeking to abolish
the sale of liquor in diso1 derby
houses and blind pigs. Representa-.
tive Robinson, author of the bill, put
up such hard fight TO hav We the
measure included in the special
order that on roll call it arried 70
to %. The Hoffman bill, providing
that brewers must have state
license, was also finally ad ded to the
special order.
10 cut the cost of expenses of the
state in two is the object, according
to its authors of a bill considered
as special order for short time
yesterday afternoon by the House
The measure came in early in the
season from different sources and
finally bill came from the commit
tee with Representative Spooner
and Nolan as its authors providing
that a committee of three be ap.
pointed to investigate the state
bureaus and commissions with a
view to more businesslike and
economical system of conducting.
the business of the state. When the
bill came up yesterday afternoon,
Representative Campbell of Minnea-
polls opined that Mr.. Spoouer was
getting too mnch glory by having
his name first and moved that the
two names be transferred and as
the motion carried the bill now is
known as the Nolan and Spooner
bill. An amendment presented by
Representative Fowler and adopted
by the House enlarges the commit
tee to five. The speaker of the
House is to appoint two members,
the president of the Senate and the
governor, two men who may or may
not be members of the Legislature.
The bill provides that this commit.
Tee shall draw up report of the
proposed economies ard the most
busiress-like civil service practicable
and send a report to all members
elect of the next legislature. The
original bill carrie1 an appropriation
of $4,000 for the actual expenses.
No member of the commission is to
receive salary. An amendment
presented yesterday cuts the appro-
pria,ion to $1,000. This feature is
apt to cause more debate when the
bill again comes up for consider
alton on Wednesday morning.
XXX
As a. result of the Matlson free
seed bill, the state has now sent
$4,000 worth of seed into the
burned over areas of Beltrami,
Koochiching, Roseau, Itasca and
other counties. The shipment in.
cludes timothy, clover, red top,
alsike clover, oats and millet seed.
The original appropriation was for
$4,000 but Prof. Andrew Boss of
the State Agricultural School re-.
tanned $4,000 to pay for the cost of
second and smaller shipment. The
seed has been allotted as follows;
Beltrami, $4,000 pounds; Al'kin.
1920 pounds; Carleton. $500
pounds; Koochicbine. is, 900 pcurds;
Roseau, $500 pounds; Kanabec,
$500 pounds, Mile Laos, 200
pounds; Pine, 1890 pounds; Pen
nlngton, 4.400 pounds; Itasca, $500
pounds; which makes total ship
ment Of 100000 pounds.