The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-02-28

ton of 10000 or over at the rate of
rs cents for the first insertion and 35
cents for each subsequent insertion.
tuberculosis Bill Passes.
Senator Sundberg's bill providing
that tuberculosis be treated as an in
fictitious disease passed the senate.
Under it's provisions consumptives
may be removed to sanitorium on
the order of the board of heath; con-
sumptive teachers, pupils or employees
may be excluded from public schools;
and rooms previously occupied by
persons having tuberculosis must be
fumugated and desinfected.
By the provisions of bill by Sen
ator Sageng which passed the senate
the state board of investment is requir-
ed to appoint an examiner to exam
inc the accounts of cities, villages,
townships and school districts making
application for loans from state funds
The examiner is allowed a salary of
$4,000 a year.
A bill which passed the house re-
quires that buildings be erected or re-
modelled at the soldiers home must
hereafter be constructed under the SUI
pervision of the State Board of Con-
troll the same as other state buildings.
Work for Prisoners.
Prisoners confined in county jails or
village lock-ups may hereafter be en-
ployed on the public highways accord
ing to bill which has passed the
house. For this work they are to be
remunerated, their wages to be paid
to their families or dependents.
A bill recommended for passage au-
thorizes the publication of statements
of insurance companies in country
newspapers, provided one such publ
cation is made in city daily. These
statements have hitherto been pub
lished exclusively in the metropolitan
press.
The berry container bill as it passed
the house provided that it should be-
come operative in September. The
senate amended it so that it should
be operative in April and sent it back
The house refused to concur in the
amendment and asked for a confer
ence. The reason given is that berry
growers have already purchased con-
tainers for this years crop not author
lied by the proposed law and to make
the bill operative at once would re-
suit in considerable loss to them.
st. Paul, Feb. 22.-The conflict be-
tween northern and southern Minneso-
ia interests in the state legislature is
jeopardizing the passage of reappor-
tionment bill in the senate and is like
ly to kill distance tariff in the house.
Distance tariff, which a week ago
would have passed the lower house by
a substantial vote is now said to be
doomed to defeat. And it is all be-
cause of the attitude of I, Il, Dunn of
Albert Lea, one of its authors, toward
the Twin Cities and northern Mime
sofa.
1t was Mr.. Dunn who led the fight
for the tonnage tax bill which was OPP
posed by all northern Minnesota rep
resentatives. And it was Mr.. Dunn
who attempted to saddle the Warner
reapportionment bill Thursday with an
amendment which would disfranchise
thousands in Minneapolis, St. Paul and
Duluth, hoping that its passage would
kill the bill entirely.
Many northern Minnesota members
who at the opening of the session ia
vored distance tariff are said to have
experienced a change of heart as a re-
hnkn RI Mr. for h
opposition to the interests of northern
Minnesota and the three largest cities.
Northern Minnesota members who
originally favored the bill and are now
said to oppose it, are quietly making
known their position to opponents of
the bill.
Duxbury Amendment Fails.
County officers will be placed on a
non-partisan basis, if the bill passed
by the senate passes the house. When
the senate ,ook up the elections bill
yesterday, Senator Duxbury tried to
have county officers excluded from the
non-partisan class, but failed by
vote of 20 to "a.
The senator argued that the only
way d party CdH EldlllJdlu It's OTSdQl-
cation is to have it's county officers run
on party ticket.
The non-partisan feature of the pri-
mary election law was upheld in the
senate late yesterday afternoon by
vote of 80 to 20, following a heated
debate.
st. Paul, Feb. 21.-The lower house
of the legislature yesterday passed the
Warner reapportionment bill by a
vote of "a to 33.
This action came after bitter fight
between southern Minnesota members
and representatives from the Twin
Cities and northern Minnesota
The move of Mr.. Dunn came unex-
pectedly and for a time the friends
of the reapportionment bill feared that
it might prove successful. After two
hours of argument the Dunn amend
ment lost by vote of ~ to As, how
ever.