The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-11-15
All Unite in Opinion That Reappor-
tionment Bill Should Be Passed
This Winter.
ONE EXCEPTION IN BELTRAMI
ALI Other Publications Recorded as
Boosting in Present Effort for
Prompt Relief.

If there has been any doubt as to
public sentiment regarding the de-
STABILITY of calling an extra session
of the legislature this winter it is
dispelled as the result of canvass of
the newspapers conducted by the Du-
luth Evening Herald.
The Herald says:
more than two hundred newspa-
pers, published outside the three
large cities, have Joined The Herald
in it's demand for an extra session of
the legislature
This list has been compiled at
some trouble and expense in order
to prove to Governor Adolph o. Eber-
hart that this newspaper is not alone
in making the demand for an extra
session, but that it expresses the
wishes of the people of this state.
''CircuIar letters of inquiry were
sent to representative newspapers in
all parts of the state. Every county
was represented in the inquiry. Re-
plies have been received from most
of the country newspapers that have
and express decided opinions on pub
sis matters Of Importance.
Still Coming In.
The canvass is not yet complete.
Replies are still coming in, and they
are maintaining about the same ra-
ito as shown in the results so far,
published tonight which are that
about three out of four of the free
country newspapers are demanding
an extra session of the legislature.
Replies coming in after today will
be kept for a second instalment to
be published later.
While 219 country papers join in
the demand for an extra session only
So oppose it.
This list includes papers in every
county of the state.
''The list of papers joining in the
demand for an extra session includes
majority of the newspapers pub
lished in each of majority of the
counties of the state.
'It includes ALL of the newspapers
published in number of the coun-
ties.
at includes the leadings newspa
pers of the state published in for.
eign languages.
City Dailies Left Out.
at does not include any daily
newspaper published in any of thu
three large cities of the state.
THE Herald did not canvass thu
city press.
1T was not necessary.
every daily newspaper in Duluth
st. Paul and Minneapolis, except Thu
Herald, is either openly opposed t.
an extra session of the legislator,
or timidly silent on the subject. Mos
of them have come out openly in op
position to it..
"The Herald did not canvass tn,
daily press of the large cities for tw'
reasons:
sFirst, because it knew how thes
newspapers stood and that they wer
opposed to an extra session.
Second, because it regards tn
country press as more truly represen
tative of public sentiment than tn
city press.
: The Session Is Wanted.
:By no possibility can it be ques
toned, in the face of the shown
The Herald makes tonight, that tn
people of this state want and deman
an extra session of the legislature.
at is simply question whether tn
people, or those Influences surround
ing the governor which have stage
the hand that might before this hay
penned call for an extra session, ar
most powerful in this state and wit
the state administration. ri -.
Besides the demand for an extr
session, this canvass of the state pres
! makes another important fact plal1
1 The country press does not beliey
+ that long session or an elaborat
Legislative progrem are either likel
or necessary.
Favor 80 Day Session.
"A session of thirty days, which
according to qualified officials of til