Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-03-29
Minnesota legislature
Proceedings at the Minnesota State Capitol for the
Past Week.

passed the Putnam non-partisan Judi
ciary election bill. .-.->. De-.
Several senators changed their votes
during the calling of the roll. It re-
quired 80 votes to pass the bill. When
the roll was called first there were
just 81 votes for the bill. Then SEN
| ator Schaller came in. He voted aye,
| which made the necessary 30, but be-
fore Lieutenant. Governor Gordon, in
the chair, could announce the vote,
Senator Glotzbach changed his vote
from aye to no, which reduced the
number of the votes to 81 again.
st. Paul, March 23.-Representative
F. L. Klemer of Faribault created a
stir in the lower house by charging
that all of the committees were packed
in the interests Of the corporations.
| The statement was made during the
debate on the Sulerud bill providing
that constitutional amendments be
passed by majority af all the voters
voting proposed amendment instead
of majority of all the people voting
at the election.
After the bill was killed by a vote
of II to IS, Representatives Lennon,
Washburn and R. c. Dunn spoke, de-
handing that Klemer apologize.
Speaker Dunn declared it was not in
order for him to notice the matter.
Mr.. Klemer said after the session
that he will make a full apology to the
speaker and the house.
Il made my statement little
stronger than I intended" said Mr..
Klemer. II did not mean to insult
the speaker
n. v. Mercer Asks $2,45e.
A bill to reimburse H. v. Mercer
with $2,459 for his legal counsel to
the workingmans compensation COM
mfttee was presented to the senate to-
day by Senator Moonan.
Senator Fosseen is author of bill
to make all natural waterways and
bitches state bitches, so that even the
owners Of the property cannot change
their course, dam them or interfere
with their fowage. He also introduced
bill to create a state department of
weights and measures.
Senator Gunderson introduced bill
to change the 2-cent passenger rate
law by permitting the railroad COM
panies to refuse any fare less than 5
cents.
So that the state highways commits.
sioners would be compelled to devote
all Of ITS time to state work, Senator
Swanson introduced bill giving them
salary of $4,000 each, yearly. At
present they have no salary. With the
enormous amounts of money to be
spent by them in the future Senator
Swanson said they should be compelled
to devote their entire time to the work.
Fee for Solicitors ls Asked.
The man who solicits newspaper sub.
scriptions in homes, the man who in.
vades offices to secure subscriptions
to popular weekly and monthly maya
zines, or the young woman who insists
on housewives subscribing to women's
magazines, will have to pay 81 to the
county in which they pursue their oc.
equations, if bill introduced by SEN
ator Nelson is passed. The bill ap-
plies to every solicitor Of every period
ical. They are made liable to arrest
and fines if they lack licenses.
Clinton Robinson's bill designed to
make blind pigs impossible was refer
red to subcommittee after being dis
cussed by the house committee on tenn
perence. This action was taken to
determine certain constitutional points.
The bill prohibits any brewery, or sa-
loonkeeper from selling more than one
case of beer or gallon of spurious
liquor to any person not holding a
state license and imposes heavy pen
atty for violation. This feature is ex-
pected to stop breweries and saloons
from delivering liquor to bland pigs.
W. I. Nolan's resolution calling for
the appointment of a legislative CON-
mission to. investigate the methods en-
ployed by the state departments and
make recommendations for a reorgani-
cation of state government was recon-
mended for passage by the house com:
| mittee on general legislation. The
resolution is in line with the sugges-
lions made of Governor Eberhart in
his message. Mr.. Nolon declared to
the committee that with the elimina-
| ton of many state boards and a re-
organization of the state Offices the
cost of running the administrative de-
partments could be cut in half.
The house committee on commerce
recommended for passage the Holm
berg bill requiring inspection of all
apples. It provides for the inspection
of every barrel or crate.
Representative Sulerud introduced a
bill providing that the state shall pay
half the cost of any tuberculosis sana-
| forum erected by any county In the
state.
J. J. Moriarity introduced a bill re-
curing railroad companies to publish
their time tables in the newspapers
Of every city on their lines.