The Ely miner., 1911-03-03

st. Paul, March 1. The Mime
sofa senate went on record in favor
or Sunday baseball 1t killed Senator
Sageng's bill repeating the law per-
mitting the exercise of the great
American sport on the Sabbath. On
the final vote there were 20 senators
opposed to Sunday baseball and 27
for it.
The bill came up in the committee
of the whole where Senator Stebbins
Of Rochested moved its indefinite
postponement. Senator Stebbins said
his constituents were in favor of Sum-
day baseball.
Senator Sageng, the lone Populist
from Otter Tail, objected. He said
that no bill passed in the 1906 ses-
sion had caused so much criticism as
the Sunday baseball measure. On a
rising vote Senator Stebbins' motion
prevailed 27 to IT,
When the committee made it's re-
port Senator Sageng moved the report
be rejected and the bill placed on the
calendar. He demanded a roll call
and on this motion there were 20 yeas
and 27 nays, rejecting the attitude on
Sunday baseball
Senator Dwinnells bill to give citi-
zens Of Minneapolis the power to build
a union depot and force the railroads
to use it, Senator Wilson's bill to
make possible g. home rule charter for
Minneapolis, and Senator Pauly's bill
for uniform weights and measures
were among the most important.
The union depot bill, when passed
by the house, will enable Minneapolis
to realize one of it's most cherished
ambitions-an adequate union depot.
1t provides that Is citizens of any city
of more than $4,000 may organize a
union depot company" with power
to condemn land and erect a depot.
Senator Haycraft Of the elections
committee is drafting direct pri.
mary bill to be presented to the legis-
lature as committee measure and to
supersede all other direct primary
bills so far introduced
The bill will provide for the nomi-
nation of all state officers by prima.
ries instead of conventions, including
governor and lieutenant-governor 1t
will not include direct election for
United States senators. Any such bill
will have to take it's chances as an
individual bill.
Senator Moonan's direct primary
bill, providing for the party platforms
being made by the party candidates
after the primaries, will be reported
out for indefinite postponement, as
will also Senator Gunderson's bill
drafted and backed by the progressive
Republican organizations of Mime
apolis and st. Paul. This move Sen
ator Moonan may be expected to fight.
Temperance Measures Recommends ed.
Tho senate temperance committee,
Senator V. L. Johnson chairman, rec
ommended for passage two temper
ance bills and for indefinite postpone
lnent third.
Senator Sageng's bill to give cities
of the fourth class, under 10000, a
right to vote "wet or dry" was recon-
mended for passage, but only after a
threat by Senator Collier to fight the
bill on the floor of the senate unless
an amendment was added exempting
such cities as had a home rule chart
er of their own from it's provisions.
This is the same bill that is fathered
by j. N Johnson in the house, with
the exception that he has consented to
amend it so as to exempt cities with
home rule charters.
Senator Hansons bill to prohibit the
sale of malt in any place except Ii.
censed saloons and in drug stores for
medicinal purposes was unanimously
recommended for passage.
School Bonds May be Cut.
That the legislature will be cut
down the bond issue of $1,O00,O00
asked by the school board for the
graded schools to 100000 is almost
certainty, in view of the selection
made by the Hennepin senatorial dele.
cation of the subcommittee to confer
with the house subcommittee on this
subject.
Senators Dwinnell, Fosseen and
Wallace were appointed as the sen.
atorial subcommittee. They will at.
tempt to show the house subcommit-
tee that, in view of the fact that the
school board has already $250,000 of
undisposed bonds, that 100000 more
will be enough for them.
The Spooner resolution calling for
afternoon sessions of the house was
passed. The afternoon session will
be tried as an experiment with the
idea of expediting the work. The idea
will be to meet daily at o'clock. The
committee meetings will be held in
the morning.
The house standing committee on
drainage, appointed a subcommittee,
consisting of c. H. Warner, Albert
Pfaender and G. w. Brown to formu.
late and present the charges against
George A. Ralph, state drainage engi-
neer, to the special investigating com.
mittee. The charges will be formally
presented at meeting to be held
Wednesday morning.