Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-03-24

puA dtlOH. *1HiUGnce= was seen IN the I.
measure and that.it would enable the
cities to exercise too much power.
Ehe strongest speeches in opposition
were made by Senators Haycraft, Dux-
bury and Lende. - D..
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In the house there are threats of re-
prasal for the senate's action in de-
featlng the bill and representative
say they will hold up senate measures
unless the upper body reeonsiders. f.
Z. Dunn said he was planning to intro
duce a bill apDropriat;ng $4,000 for
the senators in lieu of salary they
would sacrifice by voting themselves
out of Office in the event they passed
reapportionment measure.
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One Of the events Of Importance of
the past week was the exercise of the
veto power by the governor for the
Dill bearing the authorship of Repre-.
sentative Fuchs, allowing policemen
and firemen to ride free. This lis the
Dill in which the Ramsey and Henne.
pin senators and representatives have
been especially Interested in during
the past two sessions, or ever since
the anti-pass bill was enacted. The
governor, in refusing his approval,
took the ground that it would be the
! opening wedge for the final abroga-
ton of the anti-pass BILL which has
| met the general approval of the people
| Of Minnesota. He later vetoed SINH
| lar bill in favor Of the mail carriers.
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| The Frankson tonnage tax bill was
! defeated in the house, SimUlra neOusly
with the defeat OF reappOrti0nnent in
| the senate. The final vote was 70 to
| 4S. The debate in the house against
! tonnage tax was led by c. 4: CCngdOn,
! r. c. Dunn and others. For tonnage
tax Thomas Frankson, J. n. Johnson
| and Albert Pfaender were among the
| chief speakers. The Democrats op-
| posed it almost to a man on the
| ground, chiefly, that it had been We
tOed by the late Governor Johnson in
| a previous session and that to vote
for 1t now would be to question the
wisdom of the late governors action
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Senator James Johnston of Bertha
has introduced bill in the senate ap-
propriating 100000 for the building
Of a plant for the manufacture of dy-
Mantle, fuse and caps under the direc.
ton Of the board Of control. The plant
is to be built near the state prison
and convict labor is to be used, if
possible. The product is to be sold at
cost for the use of the agricultural in
terests of the state.
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! Representative w. I. Nolan is the
author of resolution which will in
corporate the ideas advocated by Gov
ernor Eberhart in his message relative
to the organization of the admins
trative departments of the state. II
, contemplates the abolition of the pres
ent system of boards and the installa
ton Of one man as the head of each
department, with the responsibility
, resting upon him. It is urged that b!
this system the cost of administration
; cold be reduced one-half
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The house public lands committee
has decided upon two important bill:
relating to the conservation of the
states minerals and lands. One au
thorizes the people to vote on a con
stitutional amendment which would
create a state land department sep
arate from the state auditors Office
The other provides for a Legislative
commission to investigate the state
resources and recommend an organ
ization which will conserve these re
sources in the future. The proposed
bill calls attention to the value of The
100000 acres of state lands and thu
great mineral possibility Of this prop
erty. 1t declares the state has already
received 100000 in royalties from
t iron mines on its lands and that ap
proximately $150,0o0,000 will be re
ceived in this way in the future.
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A reorganization of the state forestry
board is provided for in a bill intro
duced in the house by the committee
: on forestry Under it's provisions the
state board is to be made up Of the
director Of the state forestry school
the dean Of the state agricultural col
lege, three members to be suggested
by the board of regents of the state
!; university and four members to be
: recommended by the State Forestry
association, State Agricultural society
/ State Horticultural society and the
, fish and game commission. The board
: is to appoint an expert as state for
, ester. The bill embodies drastic
regulation in the forest districts tt
: prevent fires
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, The bill by Senator Boyle providing