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refused to say whether or not he would
call an extra session, inasmuch - the
senate still has thirty days In which
% reconsider its action. and he hoped
that within that time something might
be done. II not it is clearly the inten.
ton of the governor at this time to
call an extra session and put the re-
apportionment question to the front.
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The Southern Minnesota senators.
in arguing against the bill, did so on
the ground that the Congdon bill ger.
rymandered their districts; that cor
poration influence was seen In tht
measure and that it would enable thu
cities to exercise too much power
The strongest speeches In opposition
were made by Senators Haycraft. Dux
bury and I4ende.
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In the house there are threats OF re
prisal for the senate's action IN de
feating the bill and representatives
say they will hold up senate measures
unless the upper body recOnsiders. X
C. Dunn said he was planning to intro
duce bill appropriating $4,000 foi
the senators in lieu of salary they
would sacrifice by voting themselves
out of office in the event they passed
a reapportionment measure.
One of the events of Importance OF
the past week was the exercise OF the
veto power by the governor for the
first time. The governor vetoed the
bill bearing the authorship of Repre-
sentative Fuchs, allowing policemen
and firemen to ride free. This is the
bill in which the Ramsey and Henne
pin senators and representatives have
been especially interested in during
the past two sessions, or ever since
the anti-pass bill was enacted. The
governor, in refusing his approval
took the ground that it would be the
opening wedge for the final abroga
ton of the anti-pass bill, which has
met the general approval of the people
of Minnesota. He later vetoed a SINH
lar bill in favor of the mail carriers.
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The Frankson tonnage tax bill was
defeated in the house, simultaneously
with the defeat of reapportionment in
the senate. The final vote was 70 tc
4S. The debate in the house against
tonnage tax was led by c. A. Congdon
R. C. Dunn and others. For tonnage
tax Thomas Frankson, ]. N. Johnson
and Albert Pfaender were among the
chief speakers. The Democrats op
posed it almost to a man on the
ground, chiefly, that it had been We.
toed by the late Governor Johnson in
a previous session and that to vote
for it now would be to question the
wisdom of the late governors action
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Senator James Johnston of Bertha
has introduced bill in the senate ap
propriating 100000 for the building
of a plant for the manufacture of dy'
Mantle, fuse and caps under the direc.
ton of the board of control. The plant
is to be built near the state prison
and convict labor is to be used, II
possible The product is to be sold at
cost for the use of the agricultural in
terests of the state.
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Representative w. I. Nolan is the
author of a resolution which will in.
corporate the ideas advocated by Gov.
ernor Eberhart in his message relative
to the reorganization of the admins
trative departments of the state. 1t
contemplates the abolition of the pres
ent system of boards and the installa.
ton of one man as the head of each
department, with the responsibility
resting upon him. 1t is urged that by
this system the cost of administration
cold be reduced one-half.
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The house public lands committee
has decided upon two important bills
relating to the conservation of the
states minerals and lands. One au
thorizes the people to vote on con.
stitutional amendment which would
create a state land department sep
arate from the state auditors office
The other provides for Legislative
commission to investigate the state
resources and recommend an organ
ization which will conserve these re-
sources in the future. The proposed
bill calls attention to the value of the
100000 acres of state lands and the
great mineral possibility of this prop
erty. 1t declares the state has already
received $24, 100000 in royalties from
iron mines on it's lands and that ap
proximately s15O,OOO,OOO will be re
ceived in this way in the future.
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