The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-02-03
RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF RE-
APPORTIoNMENT.


Three Democratic Representatives
From Blue Earth County Vote
j in Opposition; But the Action Of
Lower Body Shows That 1t Is
Agreeable to Redistrictins the
| State; Scion Notes.
From Saturdays Daily.
st. Paul, January 28.-The Cong
don reapportionment resolution,
which has been the first test of the
reapportionment sentiment in the
houses, passed the house early yes
terday, when it came up for final
passage. There was no debate and
the vote was 81 to 10.
Those voting no were Christie,
Clarke, Denzer, Farley, Harding,
Herzberg, Hoffman,, Hurley, Just,
Kelly, Lindberg, Moriarity. Nygren,
Papke, Peters, Robinson, Schiller,
Schwartz, Untiedt.
House for Reapportionment.
Outside of Hurley of st. Paul all
those voting against the resolution
are from the southern counties, and
it is apparent whatever opposition
there is to reapportionment in the
house will come from that section.
1t is plain, however, reapportionment
will so sailing through the house, for
although the resolution simply states
the maximum number of members to
be provided in the reapportionment,
r6n A hn rcf
test of how the members stand.
Senators Express Selves.
The Hackney resolution in the sen.
ate, which is the same resolution,
was passed over when it was reach.
ed on general orders, and the eX-
pected clash thus averted. When a
motion was made to pass it under
suspension of the rules this week it
was beaten, and this was taken to
mean the senate would not pass a
reapportionment bill. A few of the
senators who voted mo" have since
said, however, they will vote for any
reasonable reapportionment bill.
More House Employees.
Appointments by the speaker an.
nounced yesterday were: A. G. Rut-
ledge, bookkeeper to the chief clerk;
H. P. Soule, clerk of the enrolling
committee; G. S. Booton, clerk of
committee on general legislation;
! Thomas Leddy, gallery sergeant; S.
w. Frasier, clerk of the committee
on appropriations.
/! Persons in dry" villages who want
to ship in liquor for personal use
must be registered with the village
clerk or recorder, if bill introd-
duced by Representative C. E.
Johnson of Atwater passes. When
thus registered they may get a
permit to receive liquor and in dry"
towns the railroads can deliver ship
ments of liquor only to persons hav-
ing such permits. A tax of Is
cents for each permit is imposed.
A bill introduced today by Repre-
sentative George Denzer amends
the local option law so that license
may be granted on a vote of a ma
jority of those voting on the ques-
ton, instead of all those voting at
the election.
Taking Up Valuable Time.
The question of So a day page
occupied 1920 worth of the time of
the house yesterday. The rules COM
mittee reported in favor of having a
telephone page. A discussion was
raised which lasted thirty minutes.
According to L. c. Spooner the
state pays $4,000 day to keep the
house going. AS the average session
lasts three hours a day, an hours
time is worth 1888, hence the page
question proved rather expensive to
the citizens of the state.
Immediately after it was decided
that the So boy should not get his
job, Dr. w. T. Stones resolution Gre
ating country committee came up
on the report of the rules commit
tee that the resolution be indefi-
nitely postponed Forty-five valuable
minutes were taken up in discussion
of this question, and in calling the
roll on a substitute motion from the
author of the resolution that the
resolution be adopted. The vote
was 20 to 70 against the resolution.
O'Neil Was Glad.
/ d. P. O'Neil Of Thief River Falls
ELECTED applause when he said,
speaking of this resolution: 81 am
glad to have lived long enough to
hear a member of the twin city
delegation admit on the floor of this
house that the twin city is not all
of the state. l had been led to be-
lieve in the past that there was little
outside of these two cities"
L. c. Spooner attacked the resolu.
ton on the ground that there was
absolutely no form of legislation that
could be assigned to the committee
which the resolution sought to Gre
ate. He also deprecated the evident
attempt to set the country and the
cities in opposition.
In defending the resolution, DIR.
Stone alluded to the doorkeepers OF