Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-04-07

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may be adopted in its place This bill
provides for the direct election of sem
ators according to what is known as
the North Dakota plan. The Oregon
plan is objected to on the ground that
1t makes it possible for the minority
candidates to take advantage of dis
senslons in the majority party and
thus force his election, even at the
hands of a majority party legislature
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/ The rules committee of the house is
planning retrenchment for the closing
, days of the session. # will cut off
some of the extra employees, names as
yet unknown. The saving will prob
ably amount to 500 day.
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The report of the committee which
has been Investigating the state re-
form school at Red Wing will recon-
mend the abolition of corporal punish
ment and possibly the dismissal of
superintendent F. A. Whittier. Rep:
resentative L. A. Lydiard of Minneap-
oils is insistent that the superintend-
ent be dismissed on the ground that,
with his we'll known views on the sys-
Gem of corporal punishment, he is not
MT man for the place. The report
may gently insinuate to the board of
control that it is up to that body to
take some interest in the human be-
1ngs it has in it's charge in addition to
the more material task of buying sup.
plies. Former Senator A. D. Stephens
OF Crookston, who started the investi.
cation, has won a notable victory.
The senate committee on roads and
bridges has made favorable report
on Senator J. M. Hackney's bill giving
county commissioners control of all
road and bridge funds in counties
where there are forty or more miles
OF macadam or other improved roads
The house bill authorizing cities of the
second, third and fourth class to levy
a 2-mill road tax was also recon-
AASAN0U AVI pdSSdSS.
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The senate committee on finance
cut down the appropriation provided
for in house file $50, bill providing
for state aid for school districts il
proportion to the area of unsold state
lands in each district This bill was
introduced by the house committee or
appropriations and carried an appro
priation of 100000 The senate com
mittee reduced the amount to $4,000
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Representative Kerry Conleys bill
, regulating the dimensions of lumbe,
was killed by the house after a spirit
ed skirmish The bill provided thai
! all lumber, except dressed stuff, should
be of the purported dimensions
! Every now and then the senate
wakes up on the subject of reappor
tionment. When, in the committee
of the whole, the Moonan-Duxbury
Weis bill came up, amending the con
:stitution so as to limit the number OF
, senators from any one county to four
the authors of the bill contended for il
seriously and the reapportionment bat
tie was renewed. The city senators
did not have a great deal to say, most
of them preferring to treat the matter
; as a joke. Senator W. S. Dwinnell OF
q M Yo1 Mt
viding that counties of 100000 should
have no senators at all. Friends OF
the bill realized it was too drastic and
tried to amend it, raising the number
; from four to five, then to six and
, seven. But with the votes Of the city
members these provisions were voted
down. Finally the debate was stopped
I by decision to defer action and to
i try and get together. One feature OF
the bill changing the basis of repre-
sentation from population to voters
appeals to many senators and it is pos
sible that the bill will be amended 50
as to leave only this feature, which is
also incorporated in bill by Senator
Schaller. This has special application
to the iron range country.
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Knuuson's bill declaring for com
pulsory arbitration was defeated in
the house by vote of "a to 70. Rep
resentative Knutson was one Of the
men who sided with the house organi
cation in the fight over the Klemer
resolution. The Klemer men had
their knives out for him and voted
solidly against the bill, or almost so
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Another bill, marked for slaughter
az a result of the Klemer episode
was the Spooner bill providing for a
per cent gross earnings tax. Rep.
resentative Spooner explained that he
was entitled to no credit in the mat.
ter, as it was a tax commission bill
The mere fact that Representative
Spooner was behind it was enough
Tor the Klemer supporters. Notwith-