The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-23
Members of Legislature Also Receive
Protests Against List Sent Attor-
ney General By Sheriff.
IMPORTANT BILLS THIS WEEK
County Option Measure Will Be In
troduced Tuesday.-New Threat
Against Reapportionment.
(By z. A. Wilson)

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Bemidji Pioneer Legislative Bureau
St. Paul, jan 23.-Twin City
newspapers have received kilograms
from Bemidji denouncing the propo-
sitiOn to have the state remunerate
those persons who gave assistance at
Baudette and Spooner following the
forest fire of October T. last.
Protests against the claim sent to
the attorney general by Sheriff Ha-
zen are also being received by mail
the Hazen list has about as much
chance Of being acted favorably up
on by the legislature as 'Pussyfoot"
Johnson would have as a candidate
for mayor of Milwaukee.
While the undesirable notoriety
gained by Bemidji as a result of the
attempt to collect pay for the resi-
dents of a city renowned for it's
open hearted charity may cause a
pang in Bemidji. the effect outside
is not turning out to be detrimental
to the city's good name, as the Ha-
zen bill is looked upon mostly as a
joke, and it would not be surprising
if it never awakened fromeits pre-
sent sonombalistic state
Neither the house nor senate held
session today. The house will
convene at S o'clock tonight for a
brief and unimDOrtant session. ey-
cept that some important bills may
be introduced. The senate will
not meet until Tuesday at II a. m.
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There is still a smaller number of
bills introduced in each house than
was the case two years ago. At
present the senate has received 1856
measures while in the house 157
bills have been introduced. In 1909
at the end of the third week there
were 21S bills in the house and IT'S
in the senate.
In the election contests in the
house, it can be said authoritively
that the elections committee of the
senate will report to have Senator
Amman of St. Cloud retain his seat
being contested for by Henry J. En-
mel, also Of ST. Cloud. The next
contest to be taken up will be that
of Ray harrington against Senator
Froshaug. There is an impression
that Harrington will be seated. The
Stephens-Saugstad contest will be
last to be taken up.
Representative Mattson insists,
and will bring the matter before the
house this week, that the state law
preventing the employment of boys
under seventeen years of age He
has in mind several youngsters who
are employed as pages in the house
and senate.
Il will give you fair warning,' -
said member of the legislature from
the southern end of the state, speak
ing to a member from Duluth, that
if you fellows make us bow to your
wishes in passing reapportionment
bill we are going to put through a
tonnage tax BILL To this threat
the Duluth member replied: You
can go to hades with your tonnage
tax bluff-you have held that over
us long enough" In the meantime
the real reapportionment bill-that
healthy child Of the Rrainerd con-
vention, begins to look a bit puny,
and anyone who has any nourishment
to offer had better begin to get ready
to offer it. Every little bit helps
and it will all be needed.
x x
Lynn Haines, the young man
whose published arraignment Of