Little Falls herald., 1911-03-24

We're made 81 Senator'S ia ycraft. Dux-
bury and Lende.
IN the house there are threats of re-
sprisal for the senata's action in de-
afeating the bill and represents
say they will hold up senate measures
unless the upper body reeonsider r. r I
C.s#5Dunn said he was planning to intro
duee s bill ppropriating $4,000 for
the senator's in lieu Of salary they
would sacrifice. by voting themselves.
out Of Office in the event they passed
a reapportionment measure.
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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 tiremen to ride free This.is the
Dill in which the Ramsey and Henne-
pin senators and representatives have
been especially Interested in during
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-
tion of the anti-pass bill,' which has
met the general approval of the people
Of Minnesota. He later vetoed simi.
| 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 to
| 4o. The debate in the house against
tonnage tax was led by C. A: Congdon,
K. G. Dunn and others. For tonnage
| and Albert Pfaender were among the
! chief speakers. The Democrats Op-
| posed it almost to 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 a bill in the senate ap-
| propriating 100000 for the building
of plant for the manufacture of dy-
Mantle, fuse and caps under the direc-
tion of the board Of control. The plant
is to be built near the state prison
and convict labor is to be used, if
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 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 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. It declares the state has already
! received s24,000,000 in royalties from
:; iron mines on its lands and that ap
proximately s15O,000,000 will be re
ceived in this way in the future.
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A reorganization of the state forestry
; board is provided for in a bill intro
duced in the house by the committee
! on forestry. Under it's provisions the
state board is to be made up of the
director of the state forestry school
the dean of the state agricultural col
lege, three members to be suggested
by the board of regents of the state
: university and four members to be
recommended by the State Forestry
association, State Agricultural society
State Horticultural society and the
, fish and game commission. The boarG
Z is to appoint an expert as state for
, ester. The bill embodies drastic
t regulation in the forest districts tt
prevent fires. -
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The bill by Senator Boyle providing
r for new form, of "vag''' farm, where
: the virus Of energy was to be injected
into the blood of listless hoboes ant
? where wife deserters were to be mad.
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