The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-03-01
Provisions Said to Have Been Added
in Order to Have Measure Killed
in the House.
APPEAL COURT NOT FAVORED
SulGvan's Plan to Have Tribunal to
Try Judges Previous to Recall
is Defeated.
BY United Press.

BY United Press.
St. Paul, MIMI, March members
of the legislature and county officers
will be elected on non-partisan
basis in 1914, If the house passes
the bill which the senate passed yes
terday.
The vote of 43 to s, which result
ed in the passage of the composite
senate election committees bill, was
a surprise to many after the strenu-
GUS opposition which it had encoun-
tered in the past.
The big majority seems to bear out
the statement made by one of the
members Thursday who said that the
amendment to extend the non-parti-
san feature to members Of the legis-
lature was added for the pupose of
killing the measure in the house.
That amendment was offered by SEN
ator Clague Immediately after the
senate had killed Senator Stebbins'
amendment to climate the second
second choice clause from the bill.
Progressives in the house are in
clined to reserve their attitude on
the provision of the bill placing
legislative candidates on non-parti-
san basis. This very fact, however,
Is an indication that they are not
over the proposition.
When the county officers were in
Guided in the non-partisan feature of
the bill, the cry went up that 1t
would do away with county COM
mittees. With legislators elected on
a non-partisan ticket there is doubt
whether there will be even a SEM
blance of a state organization as
as state officers and congressional
candidates are now the only officials
remaining in the partison class.
Another surprise the senate sprung
yesterday was the defeat of Sen. G.
II. Sullivan's bill to create court to
determine the charges brought
against the judges previous to a
popular recall. The vote of SO to %
was not as close as the vote early in
session, when the senate included the
recall of judges in the Moonan popu-
lar recall bill.
The next big matter to come before
the senate will be reapportionment
and distance tariff. The latter is set
for a special order for next Wednes-
day.
Representative H. A. Putnam in
troduced in the house a bill calling
for the submission of constitution
al amendment prohibiting the sale,
manufacture or transportation of IL
quor in the state.
l.. A. Lydiard of Minneapolis intro
duced a bill providing for retirement
of district judges physically incapaci-
tated from work and for the payment
of their salaries for the term for
which they were elected. The bill
is in the interests of Judge John Day
Smith of Minneapolis.
F.. A. Nimocks introduced bill pro-
hibiting judges of municipal, district
or supreme court seeking other offices
unless they resign.
NJ. J. Sullivan proposed to place en-
forcement of the anti-cigaret law in
the hands of the state dairy and
food commission and make possession
Of cigarets or cigaret material prima
facia evidence of law violation.
A bill by H. H. Dunn compels all
dealers to "candle" eggs and sell only
eggs which are wholesome.
Senator c. F. Cook of Austin in
troduced bill providing for closed
season on quail for three years. I'm
der terms of the bill shooting quail
will be prohibited until Sept. z, 1916
A fine. Of from SO to $50 is fixed as
penalty for violation. ~ 81.
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