The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-04-04


may be adopted in its place. This bill
provides for the direct election of SEN
ators according to what is known as
the North Dakota plan. The Oregon
plan is objected to on the ground that
it makes it possible for the minority
candidates to take advantage of dis
sensions in the majority party andl
thus force his election, even at the
hands of a majority party legislature.
The rules committee of the house is
planning retrenchment for the closing
days of the session. 1t will cut off
some of the extra employees, names as
yet unknown The saving will prob
ably amount to 500 day.
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The report of the committee which
has been investigating the state re-
form school at Red Wing will recon-
mend the abolition of corporal punish
ment and possibly the dismissal of
Superintendent F. A. Whittier. Rep
resentative L. A. Lydiard of Minneap-
! oils is insistent that the superintend-
ent be dismissed on the ground that,
with his well known views on the sys-
TEN Of corporal punishment, he is not
fit man for the place. The report
may gently insinuate to the board OF
control that it is up TO that body to
/ take some interest in the human be-
ings it has in it's charge in addition to
/ the more material task Of buying sup
plies. Former Senator A. D. Stephens
of Crookston, who started the investii
cation, has won notable victory.
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The senate committee on roads and
bridges has made a favorable report
on Senator J. M. Hackney's bill giving
county commissioners control OF all
road and bridge funds in counties
where there are forty or more miles
of macadam or other improved roads,
The house bill authorizing cities Of the
second, third and fourth class to levy
2-mill road tax was also recon.
mended for passage.
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4 The senate committee on finance
cut down the appropriation provided
for in house file $50, bill providing
for state aid for school districts in
proportion to the area of unsold state
lands in each district. This bill was
introduced by the house committee on
appropriations and carried an appro-
priation of 100000. The senate com
mittee reduced the amount to $4,000
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Representative Kerry Conley's bill
regulating the. dimensions of lumber
was killed by the house after spirit.
ed skirmish The bill pre-. ;Ied that
all lumber, except dressed stuff, should
: be of the purported dimensions.
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Every now and then the senate
wakes up on the subject of reappor.
tionment. When, in the committee
-, of the whole, the Moonan-Duxbury.
, Weis bill came up, amending the con.
stitution SO as to limit the number OF
senators from any one county to four,
the authors of the bill contended for ID
seriously and the reapportionment bat.
tie was renewed. The city senators
did not have great deal to say, most
, of them pGeterring to treat the matter
as joke Senator w. S. DWinnell OF
| Henrerin put in an amendment pro-
t viding that counties OF 10000 should
have no senators at all Friends Of
: the bill realized Il was too drastic and
5 tried TO amend it, raising the number
l from four to five, then to six and
t seven But with the votes of the city
3 members these provisions were voted
! down. Finally the debate was stopped
: by a decision to defer action and to
I try and get together. One feature of
7 the bill changing the basis of repre-.
t sentation from population to voters
. appeals to many senators and it is Pc
sible that the bill will be amended 50
as to leave only this feature, which is
also incorporated in bill by Senator
u Schaller. This has special application
( to the iron range country.
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Knutson's bill declaring for com
pulsory arbitration was defeated in
the house by a vote of "a to rs. Rep
resentatiYe Knutson was one Of the
9 men who sided With the house orgaai.
e cation in the f~tt over the Klemer
E resolution. The Klemer men had
Y their knives out for him and voted
' solidly against the bill, or almost SO
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: Another bill, marked for slaughter
II as a result of the Klemer episode
was the Spooner bill providing for a
= 5 per cent gross earnings tax. Rep
resentative Spooner explained that he
J was entitled to no credit in the mat
;. ter, as it was tax commission bill
Il The mere fact that Representative
Spooner was behind it was enough
for the Klemer supporters NotWith