The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-02-20
SENATE COMMITTEE BUSY
IS. D. Works Refuses to Allow Mana.
han and Lotus Interests to Dom
mate Hearing.
woo d q BILL is PASSED
Allows Insurgents to Organize and
is Said to Apply to $4,000 Local
- Members. 49,:

~ United 1rsss. ~, III ~. IKE.
st. Paul, Mimi, Feb. 20.-James
Manahan, ELECT, and the
Equity Grain exchange. headed by
Geo. 8. Lotus. Minneapolis. will not
dominate the senate grain probe COM
mittee, as they do the house grain
probe committee. ...s..... .-,. 'sp
This fact was made apparent We'd
nesday afternoon at the second ses-
sion Of the senate's committee when
Sen. s. D. Works, Mankato. chair
man refused to permit BENZ. Drake, a
Minneapolis attorney, to cross-exam-
Inc John g. McHugh, secretary of the
Minneapolis Chamber OF Commerce.
who was test1fying as to the methods
OF doing business, between the COM
merce association, the shipper and
the elevators. .,....-:
Mr.. Drake, although not the at
ltorney for the Equity exchange, is q
follower OF the Loftua-Manahan
|crowd, and II was apparent that he.
attended the meeting in their inter-
est. .~'. = 80 :,
Mr.. McHugh had just completed
his testimony as to the.various steps
included in handling car Of grain
for shipper. He detailed the ar
rival of the car, weighing It; .!samp-
Ing 1t, placing it on sale, RENTING,
deducting the charges : and making
the final settlement, when Mr.. Drake
asked:
care the switching charges includ-
ed in the amount deducted from the
shippers portion?" ..s .-...~'--
: Senator Works signified that If Mr..
McHugh cared to he might answer
the question in his own words. He :
attempted to do so, when Mr.: Drake
tried to pin him down to either "yes'.
or "no." s.~~ = .,.-.1 -< -.
It was at this point that Senator
Works ruled that no outsiders would :.
be privileged to examine or cross
examine witnesses until he had time
to get an expression from the COM
mittee as to their attitude In this
respect. E.g s ~
Hugh V. Mercer, attorney for the
Minneapolis Chamber Of Commerce.
was present and detailed the, meth
DDS employed by bucketshop opera
tors in getting the chambers quota
lions, and changing them to suit
themselves. He said the "bucket
shops" were largely responsible for
creating animosity against organiza-
tions similar to his, which, he said,
were backed by men Of financial re-,
sponsibility who did business on the
square,"
Senator T. e. eastman, author Of
the distance tariff bill, has consented
to have the special order on the bill
continued until p. m. March S. So
Three Sunday closing bills were In
troduced In the senate Wednesday by
s. ]. Froshaug Of Benson.
One prohibits theaters from keep
Ing open on Sunday another applies.
to public dance halls and the third to
pool and billiard rooms. and bowl
ing alleys. In each bill the penalty
Is q fine Of $50 to 500. jail for
sixty to ninety days.
The Modern Woodman bill, giving
insurgent members legal right to or.
game. passed in the house wednes-
day. The vote was 6s to A.. Recon
sideration was voted down.
The bill affects $4,000 Woodmen IN,
Minnesota. D. p. O'Neill Of Thief
River Falls Is the author Of the BILL.
Speaker Rines announced; at the
beginning OF the debate that he had
ninety-hve kilograms protesting
against the bill. Members sent up !.
several more, but none was read.
Mr.. o'Neill. speaking for the bill,
said the parent organization is DOOM
ed to destruction. The bill, he urged.
would save hundreds from financial
destitution.
q. w. Brown Of Glencoe talked
against the bill. He declared young
men, if the measure passes would
join tho secessionist ranks under mis-
apprehension.