The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-03


st. Paul, Jan. 27.-State fair mat
tiers and plan for the reorganization
OF the government of the fair made
the committee room, and not the cham
Der of either body, the center Of
interest.
The ONeill bill, relating to the pre-
vention and suppression of forest fires
and appropriating money for the pre-
vention of fires, passed the house by
a unanimous vote.
For Non-partizan Judges.
Senator F. E. Putnam introduced a
non-partizan judiciary bill 1t pro-
vides for the election of delegates at
the primary election, without any
party designation, on the basis of one
delegate for $50 voters. These dele
gates will constitute district judicial
convention to nominate candidates for
district judges, and elect delegates to
the state judicial convention, which
will nominate candidates for supreme
court justices. The district conven-
lions will be held five weeks before
the general election and state conven-
tons four weeks before. If at any
of these conventions one candidate re-
ceives rs per cent of the votes, only
one shall be nominated. Otherwise the
convention shall nominate two or more
candidates for each place, who will go
on the general election ballot without
party designation.
The senate committee on finance
recommended that authority be given
the state to call in $3.50, 1000 of new cap
itol certificates now held by the per-
manent school fund. A letter to the
chairman from Governor A. o. Eber-
hart stated that there are ample funds
In the treasury for redeeming the GER
tificates, and the promise of future
revenue justifies the state in redeem
ing the certificates. The certificates
bear 8 or 31a per cent interest. Funds
of the permanent school fund are low
and $1,000,000 or more of loans to
counties or other state organizations
has been allowed and it is held up un-
til funds are at hand. These loans are
made at per cent. The transaction
merely means that the state will save
the interest it is paying on the GER
tificates and get a higher rate by re-
loaning the money to the counties.
By a vote of II to Al the house
passed the university emergency bill
appropriating s636,000 to cover the
deficit in the university fund and to
carry out the contracts for construct
ing new buildings.
Electrocution instead of hanging is
proposed as capital punishment by
Representative Rufus P. Morton in a
bill presented to the house. The
board of control is directed to provide
a permanent death chamber in the
state prison where all executions must
be conducted.
Representative Fred L. Palmer of
Minneapolis introduced a bill raising
the pay of state capitol guides, door,
keeper and mail carrier to $50 month
Their salaries were fixed five years
ago at $50 :. month.
st. Paul, Jan. 2S.-Reapportienmen
won in the Minnesota house by vote
of 81 to 10. That chamber of the Min
nesota legislature adopted the concur
rent resolution, fixing the basis of rep
resentation on population as pre-
scribed by the constitution.
This resolution leaves the number
of senators just as it is and increases
the house membership by about six.
In the record vote, Nash of Mime
apolis, Fisher, Keefe, Nolan, Rice,
Sullivan, Virtue, Webb and Wescott
were absent. Those voting mo"
were; Christie, Clarke, Denzer, Farley,
Harding, HerZberg, Hoffman, Murley,
Just, Kelly, Lindberg, Moriarity, Ny
gren, Papke, Peters, Robinson, Schulz
er, Schwartz, Untiedt.
The action of the house puts the
burden on the senate. In that body,
the chief reason for objection is that
it will unseat the senators, some of
whom had a hard fight for reelection
and would have to go through the
same ordeal again.
The opposition group has been form
ulating plan of campaign which will
defeat the measure, if possible. The
plan involves an attempt to array the
city against the country and to throw
out the impression the reapportion-
mSuI WOulu give Tue Clues UNFAIR Su-
premacy.
This plan will be carried out along
the line suggested in Senator Works
measure making the basis of represen-
tation in the cities double that of the
county.
The house adopted the resolution
calling for an investigation of the
methods of the state drainage en-
gineer, which was introduced by the
drainage committee. 1t provides for
the appointment of committee of
five to cary on the investigation
Speaker Dunn announced the fol-
lowing appointments in the house:
H. R. Soule, clerk enrolling commit
tee; A. G. Rutledge, bookkeeper to
chief clerk; c. S. Booten, clerk general
legislation committee; Thomas Ledy,
gallery sergeant, and s. w. France,
clerk appropriation committee.