The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-07

Sk raul, MdrCn ZS.-O. +. Doyle OF
| st. Cloud told the house drainage in
vestigating committee that George A.
Ralph, state drainage engineer, at
tempted to cancel ditch contracts
with him and to give them to the
Standard Dredging company, of which
D. A. Stuart, his attorney, is part
owner. Mr.. Doyle is a ditch contract
or and was called to tell what he knew
about the contract for ditch No. 81 in
Polk county, which was taken away
from him.
The committee held an executive
meeting to confer with Examiner
O'Hearn Of the public examiners Of
flee who just returned from northern
Minnesota where he Investigated the
Polk county records relative to the
indictment of Mr.. Ralph some years
ago. At that time the state drainage
engineer was indicted for alleged ir-
regularities in the construction of a
| judicial ditch, but the case was later
| dropped. An attempt was made to in
| ject evidence relative to this ditch in
the present investigation, but Attorney
Stewart objected on the ground that
it had already been disproved of by
the grand jury. c. H. Warner of Ait.
kin declared that the case was dis
missed on technically. Mr.. O'Hearn
recently investigated the records in
Polk county to ascertain whether or
not there was sufficient reason for an
Indictment
L A oyf off Of ~
to pry into the Wawina Land com
pany by the special committee of the
house investigating the state drain
age engineer. o. S. Doyle was on the
stand at the hearing when Chairman
| Knapp asked him who was benefited
by the construction or the ditch
through Wawina lake. Mr.. Stuart OBJ.
jected and was sustained.
Mr.. Knapp sustained the objection.
| A. w. Rick, former ditch inspect.
or, was brought prominently into the
| investigation when four letters of his
to Mr.. Doyle were read. They limited
| directly of some understanding be-
tween the inspector and Doyle, and
spoke of confidential matters. Mr.
Doyle said he did not know what the
confidential matters were. In one let.
ter Rick wrote, there is something
doing with the bunch" There is no
explanation of what constituted "the
| bunch"
The spirit of economy Is permeat.
| ing the house committee on rules.
Plans are under way to save the state
500 day by releasing dozen clerks
stenographers and sergeants whose
services they believe the lower branch
| of the legislature can forego for the
| rest of the session. Two clerks of
the reapportionment committee who
have been drawing $40 day since the
| beginning of the session and who
have had nothing to do since the re.
apportionment bill was reported out
| six weeks ago will be among the un.
fortunate ones. A stenographer for
this committee at SIS day and also
craftsman at $40 day will come
under the ak.
| w. E. McEwen, former labor com
missioner, defended before the senate
finance committee bill appropriating
to him $1,000 for expenses on an Euro
pean trip with the Minnesota Work
mems Compensation commission. He
said that, aside from the code now
before the legislature with his name
attached, the state of Minnesota was
| benefited by the ideas of safety de-
vices he had brought back, many OF
which were already adopted by en-
ployers here.
Senator Moonan's recall bill passed
the senate by a vote of 48 to 10. The
bill was declared for in the platforms
of both the Democratic and Republican
parties. 1t was introduced in the sen
ate by Senator Moonan, Democrat
and in the house by Representative
Kneeland, Republican. The Moon
an bill that passed the senate, will
probably be substituted in the house
for the Kneeland bill, which is now on
general orders.
St. Paul, March 30.-The women's
suffrage bill was laid to rest in the
senate by a vote of 80 to 80.
Senator Sageng made the only speech
of the day. No one seconded him
No one argued against him. Without
word of explanation, 80 senators
cast their ballots against allowing the
people to decide on woman suffrage
But the vote contained one dramatic
incident The vote stood 80 to 30
with Glotzbach and McGrath still tc
vote. 1t takes 80 votes to pass bill.
Senator Wilson of Minneapolis arose
and informed the two senators that
their votes would pass the bill. Sen
ator McGrath was surrounded by
suffragists. Ladies'" he said, %
don't believe in woman suffrage.
have told Miss McFadden so since the
session started. But if Glotzbach votes
AYE" and my vote will pass the bill
you can have it,"
Senator Sageng, in his speech, quot
ed the words of Lincoln, Sumner
Roosevelt and Mckinley, and the ex
ample and words of such women al
Clara A. Barton of the Red Cross
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