The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-03-24

representations of the governor of the
state, and going on record as being
opposed to any kind of reapportion
ment by voting down a motion to re
commit the Congdon reapportionment
bill to the committee for further
amendment, the senate defeated the
Congdon measure by the decisive vote
of SO to q.
The almost solid vote of the Demo
Gratis of the senate, aided by Repub
lican faction, accomplished the over
turning of one of the most definite
pledges of the Republican platform.
The legislature is facing the posi-
bility of an extra session, and tc
avoid it Republican members of the
senate are bestirring themselves foI
the purpose of preparing a new bill
which will give some sort of fair re
apportionment and yet at the same
time avoid the falling of the big stick
which the governor has taken out for
the first time since he went into office
How They Voted.
The roll-call was as follows: Nays
Anderson, Bedford, Benson, Carpen.
ter, eastman, Clague, Collier, Cook, c.
F., Cooke, L. O., Dale, Donaldson
Duea, Duxbury, Glotzbach, Handlan,
Haycraft, Klein, Lende, McGrath
Marden, Moonan, Murray, Nelson,
Odell, Olson, Peterson, Poehler, Put.
nam, Rockne, Schaller, Stebbins,
Swanson, Thoe, Van Hoven, Weis,
Works. Total, SO.
Ayes-Ahmann, Boyle, Cheadle, Den
eyre, Dunn, Elwell, Fosseen, Gunder.
son, Gum, Dwinnell, Froshang, Hack
ney, Hanson, Johnson, c. D. Johnson,
V. L., Johnston, L'Herault, Pauly,
Pugh, Rustad, Sageng, Saugstad, Sui
livan, G. H. Sullivan, J. D., Sundberg,
Wallace, Wilson. Total, 81.
With the defeat of reapportionment
an important factor, tonnage tax went
down to defeat in the lower house of
the legislature by vote of 70 to 48.
The final vote was taken after debate
which lasted more than four hours. C.
A. Congdon, R. c. Dunn, L. C. Spooner,
Albert Pfaender, ]. A. A. Burnquist
and ]. ]. Moriarity opposed the meas
ure while ]. N. Johnson and Thomas
Frankson, the authors of the bill were
the only members advocating it's pas
sage. The big majority of the Demo
cratic members were against the bill
Only five members voted for it and of
these four declared that they had been
pledged to it's support. Eighteen Dem.
ocrats opposed it. Albert Pfaender,
the floor leader of the minority party
came out unalterably opposed to the
measure. He spoke for the Democratic
organization and sounded the doom of
the proposed law. Mr.. Pfaender in
eloquent terms recalled the position
his veto of the bill two years ago and
declared that if there were no other
reasons, this alone would lead him to
oppose tonnage tax. Other members
as w. I. Nolan and Lawrence Wisniew.
ski declared that the defeat of reappor.
tionment turned them against the
measure.
The house passed the bill intro
duced by Representative R. G. Dunn
O'Neil, Webb and Mackenzie, appro-
priating $4,000 to experiment in recla.
nation work in northern Minnesota
1t provides for the retaining of 10
4O-acre tracts Of state swamp lands
and placing the reclaimed land in the
market for sale.
A bill was introduced to prohibit
saloons within one mile of the univer.
sity on the east side of the river, or
within 1900 feet of any school build
ing or to have more than five saloons
in one block on one side of a street
within the patrol limits when the sa-
looms faced the other side of the
street not in the patrol limits.
The committee on Indian affairs
Senator Olson, chairman, recommend
ed for passage a bill pensioning all
the participants in the Minnesota In.
dian war of 1862. The pension law as
it now stands gives pensions only to
those who were disabled.
St. Paul, March 20.-The defense
opened it's case in the state drainage
investigation Peter E. Hanson of
Litchfield, former secretary of state,
was called to explain his connection
with ditch work prior to 1904. He
testified principally as to the Hebran
ditch which had been declared fail
ure. He said lack of funds was to
blame for the failure.
The committee decided to employ
an expert engineer to inspect all
the state bitches under controversy
and report before the close of the
legislative session.
Mrs. Chapman and J. w. Sarff, Ed.
ward Mosher and ]. e. Stuart of Aitkin
all testified that the drainage work in
that district is satisfactory. Mr.. Stuart
was empoleyed by Foley G Gleason as
foreman on bitches Sc and &C. He
testified that the earth was spongy.
like, which accounted for the filling UP
of the trenches making them shallow
A. c. Mcmillan of Marshall county
who resides near ditch No. SO, testified