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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-26
Pulse of the Press.

According to the pulse Of the state
press it is fairly up to Governor Eb-
erhart to call that extra session, and
to cut out his kindergarten work. 1t
may be good politics for the COVER
nor to mosey around among the far
mers and make a good fellow of him
self, but the people nowadays want
something more than the good fell
low they want live wire and a
man who does things. Governor Eb-
erhart is evidently trying to copy
Jas. j. Hill in his speeches to the
farmers, but he neglects the funda-
mental principal that makes the
great James J. popular, and that is,
that he does things.-Argyle, Mar
shall County. Banner.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-26
Call an Extra Session !

Inc state auditor announces that
the state tax rate for 1912 will be
1913 mills, or 1888 per $1,000. This
is the highest state tax rate since
1873, according to the figures in the
state auditors annual report.
Here is something for the avera 90
taxpayer to think about. While he
IS thinking about that, here are
lew more points for him to think
about:
Railroad property in this state is
taxed per cent on it's gross earn
lngs, but if it were assessed and tax
ed as other property is assessed and
taxed it would pay the equivalent of
more than per cent on it's gross
earnings, according to figures pre-
pared by the state tax commission.
That means that railroad property
is paying third less taxes than it
should pay, which means that owners
OF other classes of property, besides
paying their full share of state taxes,
are also paying what the railroads
should pay and do not.
IT the railroad tax rate should be
raised to per cent, the gain would
be nearly 100000 a year, or al
most as much as the increase in the
state tax levy over last year. If it
were raised to per cent the gain
would be much more than the in
crease in the levy.
Clearly, railroad taxes should be
increased
But before they can be increased
the people must vote on the PROPOSE
ton after the legislature has submit
ted it to them. If the legislature
does not act until the regular session
in 1913, the people cannot vote on
the increase until 1914, and the in
creased tax will not be effective until
1915.
But if the governor calls the legis-
lature in special session this winter,
and the legislature proposes an in
crease, as it certainly will The Her.
aid has pledges from enough men,
bers to pass the bill,-the people can
ratify the increase at the general
election next year, and it will be eff
fective in 1913, or two years sooner
than it can be managed by waiting
for the next regular session.
Shall Minnesota taxpayers be con-
demned to bear unnecessarily for two
year the highest tax rate in nearly
forty years? Or shall the governor
be compelled to protect the farmers
and merchants and bankers and la
borers who are now paying a third
of the railroads taxes, by calling the
Legislature in extra session next Jan
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-26

the fence somewhere and it seems to
us there sure is, considering the cav
full friendly feeling" of the Herald for
Governor Eberhart.
The Herald says it's for reappor-
tionment and in consequence is max
ing play for the country papers to
fall in line; and just think of it they
are really doing it, that is some of
them are. Now, why call an extra
session of the legislature, that is, the
present personale of that August
body? Why that can't be it because
they wouldn't do it if they could,
despite all the effort of Governor
Eberhart. Even if Governor Eber-
hart should succeed, and which we
doubt that either he or any man
could under existing conditions, he'd
get very little credit for it. It would
then be the Herald and perhaps the
Bemidji Pioneer with it.. Extra ses-
sion for reapportionment- but
rather to run up another $4,000 to
$4,000 expense onto the people and
give the ants another chance for a
howl against Eberhart. 1t seems to
me that the people of the North end
got just what they demanded, by
their ballot, in the legislature.
Reapportionment was the question
of the last session and held the floor
for nearly six months and what came
of it. Two bills were drafted only to
be so mutilated ere they got by both
branches that either one would have
made monument of folly and inef-
ficiency, and though Eberhart urged
the passage of good equitable meas
ure, and even delayed the closing of
the session as long as possible to-
wards such end; but what came of it
all? Why, the North played politics
and sold out and the South end
smiled and that's what the closing
of an extra session would see.
1t may be possible though that
tnere are some appolntees who have
not had a big enough swag yet and
that also may be reason for this ex-
ira session agitation.-Spoone
Northern News.
[Note-Our Spooner friend is en-
tertaining, if not authentic. Will the
emphatic editor of the News kindly
give us description of the second
reapportionment bill which was $50
mutilated ere it got by both branch
es'' as to make it monument of fol-
ly and ineff1ciency?" We labored un-
der the impression that but one bill
ever came up for consideration and
that that one passed the House and
was killed, properly, by the senate
because the North did not get the
representation the southern senators
said she was entitled.-Editor.7
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-26
This Kidney Remedy
Gives Instant Relief

In 1907 and 1908, I was taken
very sick with kidney trouble and
being afraid of Bright's Disease, went
to prominent physician at Liberty
vile, Iowa. After doctoring for some
time without cure or benefit, I began
the use of Swamp-RoOt' and found
immediate relief, which urged me to
continue the use of the medicine.
After taking several bottles which
I bought at Jericho's Drug Store, in
Fairfield, became welF man and
can honestly say that have never
had any signs Of Bright's Disease or
return of any kidney trouble.
1 am SO grateful toward DR.. Kill
mer's SWamp-Root that I never hest
tate to recommend it to any one I
know who is suffering with kidney
trouble.
Yours very truly
Mace Clinkinbeard,
Fairfield, Iowa.
State of Iowa,
Jefferson County.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
by the said Mace Clinkinbeard, and
the signature acknowledged by him
to be genuine, this 18th day of July,
1909.
Charles S. Grail,
Notary Public.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-26
Are We Assuming Too Much?

Delegates to the December meet
ing Of the Northern Development as
ISOLATION, which meets at St. Cloud in
December, have been elected from
Beltrami county. Other counties will
soon fall in line In connection with
the election of the Beltrami delegates
the Bemidji Pioneer, in a tWO-col
umn article asks that all delegates
be instructed to ask Governor Eber-
hart to fulfill his promise to convene
the legislature in extra session if it
failed to do justice by Northern Min
nesota in passing a just reapportion-
ment bill. Isn't the Pioneer assum-
ing good deal to ask the governor
to keep promise? -Mahnomen Pho
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-26
VOICE OF THE PRESS THUNDERS EXTRA SESSION.

ture this winter. Northern Mime
sofa is DESTROYS of fair representation
in the halls of the lawmakers and
there should be a bill passed without
any delay giving our end of the state
a fair apportionment. An increase
in the rate of the railroad gross earn
1ngs tax is another matter that
should be taken up at as early date
as possible. Influence on the part
of the people should be brought to
bear at this time, and that extra ses-
sion should be brought about wheth-
er or not the interests" deem it ex-
pedient.-Pine City Pine Poker.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-26
Refuses to STAY Dead.

Like Banquo's ghost, reapportion-
ment refuses to stay dead, and the
friends of equal representation con-
tinue to embarrass the governor by
reminding him of his extra session
promise at Brainerd last December
The Bemidji Pioneer is now urging
northern Minnesota to make a form
al demand on the governor to make
good his word to the Northern De-
velopment association and asks that
the matter be taken up as a part of
the business of the St. Cloud meeting
next month. Well informed people
who have given the matter some
study assert that unless reapportion-
ment can be had at an extra session
there can be no redistricting until
1917, and if that statement be true
there would seem to be good ground
for asking the governor at this time
to make good his Brainerd promise
whether that promise was delivered
in jest or earnest. When the COVER
nor uttered his promise at the Brain
erd meeting it was accepted in good
faith by the delegates, who almost
raised the roof off the building as
they cheered the welcome statement
from the chief executive, but the gov
ernor has been extremely chary about
making promises ever since and the
Tribune-Herald has no hesitancy in
predicting that he will never redeem
the only definite promise he ever
made to the people of northern Min
nesota. The trouble with the COVER
nor ever since he came on this cir
cult is that he has not been con-
trolled by what the people wanted
if he was lots of things would be diff
ferent. The Bemidji Pioneer will get
lots of support from men and news
papers but it will never reach the
real governor of Minnesota.-Chis-
holm Tribune Herald.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-26
What is Wanted.

The Northern Minnesota Develop
ment Association will meet in St.
Cloud in December and the Bemidji
Pioneer thinks the association should
request the governor to make good
his promise made at the Brainerd
meeting last December IT, call the
legislature in extra session to pass a
reapportionment bill in case it failed
as it did to pass one at the regular
session-Park Rapids Hubbard Coun-
ty Clipper.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-26
Why Not an Extra Session ?

IlOW lOuS, Ou, OOVefuOT, NOW long!
The people of Minnesota want an
extra session of the legislature. They
have voiced their demand through
the press of the state and by person.
al expressions favoring it. Yet the
Government remains obdurate, re-
mains Indifferent, remains Unaffected,
remains placidly and supremely deaf.
This is not characteristic of Gov
ernor Eberhart. He has in general
been quick to observe the demands
of the people and when he got his
ear properly adjusted to the ground
has been found to have rather nice
hearing. Why this strange deafness?
Is he hearing voice whispering of
the future and closing his ears to the
insistent, impassioned demands of
his people? Can he be sure these
warnings are not sinister and in the
end frought with more political dan
ger than an honest ischarge of his
duty?
This is not a time for caviling or
side-stepping
A gross, deliberate and a far
reaching injustice has been done the
people of this state. In a matter of
utmost Importance to the welfare of
the commonwealth the sovereignty
OF the state has been snatched away
by the decision of a judge indiffer-
ent to the rights of the people and
the dignity of a state.
The people have but one recourse.
their legislators. Are they to be de-
MED an appeal to their representa-
tives? Has the governor any right
to stand in the way of this appeal?
We think not, and we do not believe
he will so stand, when he escapes
from the influence of the politicians
and hears the voice of the people.
No reasonable argument can be
urged against an extra session from
which the people have a right to ex-
pect much. To say it would do moth
ing is silly; to say it can do nothing
is false. Expense is the cry of the
ignorant and objection in general is
merely the resort of towards.
The people want an extra session.
They want railroad legislation that
will put them on basis with neigh
boring states. If Wisconsin is to en-
joy a two-cent rate why should not
Minnesota be similarly favored? If
there is a reason the people want
their legislators to discover it and
chuck it. If there is no reason they
want to be able to stand from un-
der in this railroad oppression. If
they cannot appeal to their legisla-
tors the people are powerless.
They. want this appeal and they
depend upon the governor to assem-
BILE the legislature and relieve the sit
uation.
How long, oh, Governor, how long?
|-Redwood Falls Gazette.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-26
Every Citizen Interested.

The Bemidji Pioneer and Duluth
Herald are working hard to have an
extra session of the legislature called
this winter to give the Republican
party a last chance to redeem it's
pledge to pass reapportionment bill
the state it's just dues If that
could be accomplished by calling an
extra session every citizen in the
Northern Minnesota should be hear
tily in favor of having one.-Plum-
mer Pioneer
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-26

uary to make the railroads shoulder
their full share of the tax burden?
That question is up to the people
of Minnesota. That question is up
to the governor of Minnesota. Meth
,er can avoid it. If the people must
pay during the next two years the
highest state taxes in more than a
generation, it will be because Cover
nor Eberhart deliberately neglects
his duty to save the millions of dol
lars in railroad taxes that will be
lost forever if he refuses to call the
legislature together in special ses-
Herald. ,. -.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-26
This From North Dakota.

The Minnesota newspapers are
making it pretty warm for Governor
Eberhart because of his refusal to
ture There are signs of weakening
on the part of the governor, however,
and it is not at all improbable that
sion or get off the perch politically.
Fargo Courier News.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-26

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It certainly looks as though there
is strong probability of an extra
session. The Duluth Herald has
waged a telling fight for it, produc-
ing pledges from members sufficient
to pass an increased gross earnings
bill along the lines introduced by
Representative Warner of this dis
trict last winter, and now Bemid-
il news item states that the execu-
tive committee of the Northern Min
nesota Development association is
considering the advisability of ask
ing the governor to carry out his
Brainerd promise to call an extra ses-
sion in the event of reapportionment
failure, if the association requested
it. ~ 49,
Now, this much is certain, the as
ISOLATION will not ask for an extra
session unless it has a good reason
to believe that fair reapportion-
ment bill can be passed. We do not
believe the , executive committee
would even be called to consider the
subject without having good reason
to believe success was in sight. Sec
rotary Mackenzie's record in the past
amply justifies this belief, and the
legislative record considered in rela-
ton to the associations activities
confirms it.
The Herald's effort in an increased
gross earnings tax way, coupled with
a move on the part of the develop
ment association in a reapportion-
ment way both backed with tangible
evidence of results, would without
doubt cause the governor to call an
extra session.
These are paramount issues of
state wide import that, if presented
in a way conveying assurance of sue
cess, mean an extra session of the
Minnesota legislature this winter
Littlefork Times.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-26
Plain Words for Governor.

Work on the reapportionment bill
and an extra session of the legisla-
ture is being urged by the Bemidji
Pioneer, and it is bill that every
body in this part of the state at least
comedies to- be fair and just. Reap
portionment based on population, re-
CARELESS of any other conditions, is
what the fair minded people of north
ern Minnesota demanded of the leg
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-26
Is it Never to Come?

The Bemidji Pioneer is making a
crusade for an extra session of the
legislature next winter to pass re-
apportionment bill. Why bless your
heart, Bro. Wilson, the present men,
bers would never do anything of the
kind. in any stage of The game
Anoka Union.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-26
RIGHT to the Point.

The American, as we have stated
before, is heartily in favor of an ex-
ira legislative session and the North
ern Minnesota Development associa-
ton will fall far short of doing it's
duty at the st. Cloud meeting if it
fails to demand of the governor that
he redeem his pledge made at Brain
erd.-Blackduck American.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-26
Hindsight Better Than Foresight?

Where the governor put his foot
in it was in declaring, in a robust
voice. at the Brainerd Development
Congress, that if the legislature fail
ed to pass reapportionment bill he
would call an extra session. The
governors hindsight is better than
his foresight.-Sauk Centre Herald.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-26
Extra Session? Bosh!

Just what is underlying the pres
ent agitation for an extra session of
the legislature that the Duluth Her.
aid is claiming to be father of is
something that don't seem quite clear
to us from this end Of the state, I'M
less there happens to be a niger in
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-26
Sanctions the Movement.

We sanction the movement of the
Bemidji Daily Pioneer urging Cover
nor Eberhart to call a special ses-
sion of the legislature for the pur-
pose of reapportionment, and we will
do all we can to help the movement
along.-Long Prairie Todd County
Argus.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-26
Why it is Needed.

Since writing the following, the
Bemidji Pioneer has launched cam
paign with the aim of securing an
extra legislative session, placing re-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-26
For the Common Feople.

In the name of the common people
of the state Of Minnesota we demand
an extra session.-Cass Lake Times.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-26
Two Good Reasons.

There are two especially vital rea-
sons why Governor Eberhart should
call an extra session of the legisla-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-26
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apportionment to the fore as de-
mand for it. This popular north
country daily will be supported by
an appreciative populace in its stand
for justice. Il
The Washington herald., 1911-08-13

it for nearly two miles. Four footprints were
Tn" hrst traces l discovered. A few rods
further, where the sand became firmer. his
tracks were plainly visible
Alfred must have been pursuing some kind
OF game from this on. as. the trail was very
% irregular. FIRST one bank, then the other,
peared to be the objective point.
Reaching place where the sand was on
nearly the same level as the water, the tracks
disappeared, obiterated by the shifting sand.
A large island, covered with a dense growth
OF willows and vines, divided the river for
some distance.
,.'I walked entirely around this without re-
discovering ,c the trail. Standing undecided by
on a slight dent in the wood 1t had been
made by the heel of a shoe. With a spring
l was over the intervening channel, and found
as l expected-an impression in the bank,
made by person jumping as l had done.
The prints continued at irregular intervals in
the faint path of some wild animal, leading
toward the centre of the island.
Il felt sure that the mystery was about to
be solved. But how? That thought of how
weak and sick.
"A few minutes of as rapid walking as was
possible under the circumstances brought me
to dryer ground. Here the tracks again dis
me almost despairing, when it occurred to
me that, although / had found the place
where Alfred had entered the island, l had
neglected to look for the place where he
might have departed from it.
Il did SO now. but was as equally unsuc-
eessful. Our companion was, either in the
brush, or had stepped off into the channel
and waded up the stream. The latter was
improbable, and Alfred must be on the island.
On the point of turning back and renew
ing the search, l was hailed by Tom:
What in the world are you tramping
around that island so much for? Have YOU
found any traces of that young scamp yet'
:. -. He Is in the brush somewhere l replied,
disconsolately, as Tom came up; then ex.
planned what had discovered
Catching the thought implied in my re-
signed expression, Toms face fell
surely it cannot be bad as that" he
said. 'Wait-let's fire our guns; maybe he
is only hurt, or asleep, and you missed him
Il shook my head at the improbability of
the last two suggestions.
The two reports sounded almost together
we listened intenty for a moment
"What then was our astonishment and re-
lief on receiving an answer from n pistol. not
hundred yards from where we were stand.
ing.
With an exclamation Of Joy. we leaned
upon the bank and rushed through the brush,
My foot caught on n vine and threw me TO
the ground. Tom tripped on my heels and
fell on top Of me. Up again. We moved with
more care.