The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-12-08
Effort to Juggle. Reapportion Pro-
gram Brings Fire From Represen-
II tative O'Neill.
HILL AND PowDERLY TALK.
More Than 500 Delegates Present
and Enthusiasm Exceeds All Pre-
vious Gatherings.

st. Cloud, Dec. s. (SpeciaD In
| the presence of more than 500 dele
gates, already here to attend the
Northern Minnesota Development as
sociations convention, foes Of the
proposed extra session of the legis-
| lature, lost in the first reapportion-
ment tilt at the opening session this
morning. IL. ~ ~ u az
Some one in an obscure part of the
hall arose and moved that all resolu-
tions be referred to the resolutions
committee. g. ....v. r.
This was just what the friends of
reapportionment had been expecting
as it has been known that an effort
would be made to smother the re-
apportionment resolution in the reso-
lutions committee. III
| No sooner had this motion been
made than Representative D. P.
O'Neill, delegate from Thief River
Falls, jumped to his feet with his
Irish dander up and Numbered in a
! voice that meant business:
"Mister President, there are some
of us who have come long distance
! Just to prevent such tactics as this
we are here to fight at the drop
! of the hat for justice for northern
Minnesota, and l now move you, sir,
: as an amendment to this motion,
{ that all resolutions, excepting the
resolution on reapportionment, be
sent to the resolutions committee"
I It looked as if the extra session
storm had broken but President H. J !.
Maxfeld, of Wadena, poured oil tenn
porarily on the troubled waters by
ruling that both motions would be
out of order until the credentials
committee has made it's report tomor-
row morning.
Just before the convention ad-
journed at noon today, G. A. Cong
don, of Duluth, made a similar mo-
ton, but it was again ruled out of
ORDER ,*,-
1t is certain that a resolution cal
| ling for an extra session of the leg
islature will be introduced at the
session tomorrow, and it appears to
have good chance of coming before
the convention with the endorsement
of the resolutions committee, as sew
eral avowed champions have been
named on that committee.
The resolutions committee is made
up of the following: w. T. Middle
ton, Beltrami county. -.
M. N. Kohl; Cass county.
J. LaHuntoon, Clay county.
c.. A. Albright, Crow Wing coun-
ty. II
w. S. Henry, Hubbard county. !.
A. H. Trittner, Benton county.
A. H. Sutherland, Isanti county. /
G. H. Mattson, Roseau county.
E. F. Kiley, Itasca county. :
E. j. Estlund, Kittson county. $
A. E. Pfiffner, Marshall county. ~
R. c. Dunn, Mile Laos county.
A. J. Conger, Polk county.
| Guy Halvorson, Pennington coun-
ty. .,..@ss.- :
H. V. Eva, G. P. Craig, r. Strait
ton, st. Louis county,
Asher Murray, Wadena county.
H. J. Ehlers, Wilkin county.
! T. G. German, Morrison county.
| w. B. Mitchell, Stearns county
! E. S. Jameson, Koochiching coun-
ty. -"
John Bwan, Lake county.
F. Hunt, Red Lake county.
H. Gutenberg, Carleton county.
! c. F. Serline, Kanabec county.
President Maxfield appointed F. S..
Lycan of Bemidji, chairman Of the
credentials committee.
Among the prominent men here
are State Treasurer Walter J. Smith,
Louis w. Hill, president of the Great
Northern; W.. D. Powderly, of the
federal immigration bureau; Senator
Boyle, Bob Dunn, Senator Elwell,
and Dan Shaw of Thief River Falls.
Three towns are making hard
fight to land the June convention:
International Falls, Thief River
Fall and Little Falls.
The meetings are being held in