The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-04-05
Representative Stone, of Park Rapids
Introduces Resolution in House
In Regard to Speaker.
IS AN INTERESTING DOCUMENT
1t is Up to the House to Do With It
as They WILL" Says Legis-
49,. lator.
(By T. A. Wi1Son)
Bem1dJi Pioneer Legislative 5ures

Bemidji Pioneer Legislative 6urear
St. Paul, April 5.-(Daily Pioneer
Special Wire Service. )-:1t is up to
the House to do as it will with my
resolution said DR.. w. T. Stone OF
Park Rapids today, who yesterday
introduced resolution making spe-
cific charges against Speaker Dunn
to the effect that he had packed the
different committees of the House
in the interest of the breweries,
street car companies, doctors trusts
and others.
Il shall not call up my resolution"
said DR.. Stone. II presented my
charges as a result of having been
dragged by the speaker, who in a
moment of anger, dragged me into
the Klemer squabble to the bar OF
to make specific charges, l said at
that time that I would prepare the
charges. l have now done So Let
the House do with them as it sees
fit"
The Stone resolution therefore die
not come up in the House today and
probably will not.
DR.. Stones resolution was pre-.
pared with much care by it's author
who insists that he has an abund.
ance of evidence to support the grave
charges which he makes. The res.
olution in full is as follows:
WHEREAS, on the 27th day oil
| March, 1911, F. L. Klemer, a member
of this House, was censured for usine
supplementary language and fo1
making certain charges against the
Speaker and the organization of this
| House, which appear more fully in
| to which is hereby made, and
WHEREAS, upon the same day
upon a motion made<by the Speaker
of this House and carried by the vote
Of said Speaker and other member:
against whom the charges had beer
made, in violation of the rues of thi.
House and contrary to all parliment
airy practice, said F. L. Klemer an(
| w. T. Stone, members of this House
were called to the bar of the HOUSE
and demand made for an immediate
specification Of the individual ant
the committees upon which is base(
the belief that COMMITTEES are pack
ed in the interest of the interests,
and
WHEREAS, the F. L. Klemer ant
| w. T. Stone before the bar of tn,
| House, each requested additional
time in which to formulate prope1
statement of the basis of thes,
charges, which request was pre-
emptorily refused by the House, ant
WHEREAS, it appears from tn,
Journal of the House and the pre-
cords of the proceedings of the pres
ent session that IL members contro
the important committees ant
through them the less important
these twelve men holding twelv,
chairmanships and 35 of a total o
n places on the five most most i'm
portant committees Rule 4, Ap
preparations 8, Taxes 8, Genera
Legislation g, Election A. Will
these committees contain reaction
aries so to Progressive II, the com
mittee on General Election standin,
l6 to /. -. .-.... t..-
The following are the names o
! these ''Reactionary" ''Standpat'
/ chairmen of the most importan
committees and the number of com
mittees on which they are placed:
I r. c. Dunn, L. Virtue, each 9 com
mittees.
Pfaender, committees.
Brown, L. D., Fowler, each com
mittees.
Congdon, Spooner, Westcott, Whit
Washburn, each 9 committees.
Stone, C.. E., and Mckenzie, eac
10 committees.
WHEREAS, said w. T. Stone pro
posed to show by the records an
Journal of this House and by othe
testimony that the most importan
legislation that has gone before thi
Legislature Including the bills on tn
Initiative, Referendum, Recall, Coz
rupt Practice Law, Direct Primar
: have been controlled and killed
the Committees above named.
That those committees in tur
: have been controlled by said /
members. That 20 out of 26 Demo
Gratis in this House have been cor
| stantly and continually lined u
! against all progressive natures b
the two chairmen mentioned in thi
? list of u men who have used thei
influence to shape the legislatio
above mentioned in. such way q
will be acceptable to the interest
, having special privileges within tn
state of Minnesota
That these committees are nc
only packed but Jointly packed
there is no lack of proof Member
: of this House have. boasted that the
are able to hold up any bill they sc
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