The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-04-04

st. Paul, April 2.-Sparring matches
licensed by and under supervision OF
the state were sanctioned by the
house when it passed Representative
Moeiler's bill. The bill provides for
state athletic commission of three
members to be appointed by the gov
ernor which is vested with the sole
direction, management and control OF
and jurisdiction over all boxing and
sparring matches. The commission
may employ secretary at a salary
OF $500 year to be paid by the
state.
Matches May Be Arranged.
Boxing and sparring matches may
be arranged by any association which
secures license therefor. The
. matches must not last longer than six
rounds, and the contestants are re-
CURED to wear S-ounce gloves.
Rival Senate Bills
Rival bills in the senate looking to
the prevention of the sale of impure
milk and cream and the manufacture
of contaminated butter are: % Sen
ator Johnsons bill which would re.
quire all milk shipped more than IS
miles to De shipped in refrigerator
cars, and CD Senator Benson's bill
which would amend existing statutes
so as to make it unlawful to churn or
use cream the water and milk solids
of which (other than the butterfat)
contain more than nine-tenths Of one
per cent acid Such milk the bill de-
clares to be unwholesome and adui-
terated. Milk is sometimes Of the
prohibited character which is trans
ported long distances in baggage cars.
Compromise is Reached.
A compromise has been reached by
the house and senate conference COM
mittee on the initiative and referen-
dunn bill. The principal point in dis
pute was the majority necessary to
carry constitutional amendment sub
mitted by the people The house had
provided that the amendment would
carry if 60 per cent of the people
voted for the proposition. The sen.
ate changed this so that to carry an
amendment a majority of those pres
ent and voting at the election would
be necessary
BY the compromise reached con-
stitutional amendment may be adopt
ed if four-sevenths of those voting on
the proposition vote for it, provided
those four-sevenths constitute at least
three-sevenths of those voting at the
election.
One Rule as Result.
There will thus be one rule as to
the majority necessary to the adop-
ton of a constitutional amendment
when that amendment is submitted
by the people and another rule when
an amendment is submitted by the
legislature. In the former case an
amendment MAJ be carried if AZ 81
of those voting at the election favor
it. In the latter majority of all pres
ent and voting will be necessary. Nat
urally those DESTROYS of passing a
constitutional amendment will be
likely to go to the trouble of resort
ing to the initiative.
Would Cut Expenses.
Declaring that state expenses have
increased 1877 per cent in ten years,
while the population of the state has
only increased 1914 per cent in the
same period, the house committee on
public accounts and expenditures,
x,b;oI, hoe hoon N
cation of state departments, today is
sued a statement appealing to the
house to pass certain bills recon-
mended by the committee in an eff
fort to cut down expenses.
st. Paul, April LIN a report sub,
mitted to the house, the committee on
public accounts and expenditures rec
ommends that the present printing
commission be abolished and that the
control of the public printing be vest
ed in the state board of control.
The Present Commission.
The present commission consists OF
the governor, the secretary of state
and the state auditor. The conclusion
of the committee is that their present
duties are sufficient to occupy their
time, and that they cannot give that
attention to detail in the matter of
printing desirable.
While the committee finds that the
prices paid for printing during recent
years have. not been excessive. it also
finds that the firms which ordinarily
bid for state printing are related
through a common ownership, the
same individuals owning stock in all.
Public Printer Criticised.
The public printer comes in for
criticism because of an alleged inclina-
ton to look after the interests OF con-
tractors, and because OF the objec-
lions he raises to what he calls FLU
rious' competition. The committee
concludes that the contracting print
ers may well be trusted to look a.:er
their own interests.
In the opinion of the committee the
printing for the legislature costs
more than it should. The state doe