The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-04-11

| $l,UVU,OUO Tor maintenance and hall
a million was taken off.
The state fair board wanted $780,.
900 for an agricultural building and
100000 for live stock pavilion and
both requests were refused in their
entirety.
The board of control, which has
chargesof practically all state institu,
tions, asked for $6,5OO,OOO. 1t will
get just one million less. Even a
puny little $1,000 for a monument at
Beaudette was knocked in the head,
Then went $4,000 for fish hatcheries
at Granite Falls and veterans of the
Indian wars of the sixties saw chances
of pensions go glimmering when
$4,000 for that purpose felt the blue
pencil go through it's vital organs.
Requests Denied.
| The Sand Hill ditch, for which $780,
900 was asked, the Chippewa river
fol. which $4,000 was requested, $685..
900 for Strengthening the Root river
and $4,000 for cleaning out the Snake
river, all suffered complete annihila-
ton. To cap the climax 100000 for
carrying out the drainage laws was
killed off,
These are but the important cuts
which have been made. There are
lots of others, small in amount but
important in their significance. But
from these cuts it can be seen that
the pruning knife swung by Chair
men Clague and Davis and their col
leagues has been getting in it's deadly
thrusts and that it will prune some
more. \ .ssana ~
st. Paul, April ST am sick and
tired of hearing this SANDER against
the farmers and the work they have
been doing on the roads of the state, I"
said Senator Ole Sageng of Dalton,
yesterday in the debate on an amend
ment he offered to the R. C. Dunn
good roads bill, striking out the Sec
ton requiring all road taxes to be
paid in cash. THE farmers have laid
the foundations for the roads and now
! these silk-stockinged experts who sit
in fine Offices are going to put on the
finishing touches and get the credit
for the whole thing
Only Three Vote No.
The Senate, however, turned down
| the Sageng amendment and passed
the bill in substantially the form
agreed to when it was debated We'd
nesday. The vote on the bill was 50
to 3, Senators Sageng, Hanson and
Elwell voting mo" The Sageng
amendment was defeated by vote of
"a to H.
7 Caeue Amendment Goes Out.
| Senator Frank Clague moved for a
reconsideration of the amendment he
had attached Wednesday, providing
| that the s150,000 annually for the ex-
penses of the highway commission
should come from the road and bridge
fund, instead of the revenue fund. He
said that he had consulted with a
number of attorneys, and they held
| that unless the bill was changed In
several other particulars, this amend
ment would be unconstitutional. The
| bill provides that the governor may
call on the highway engineers to do
| dlly OIHcl oIdtC Wolh. "hltC IiiS SoioIi-
tuition provides that the road and
bridge fund must be used entirely for
! road work.
Seven Senator Passes.
Just a few hours after the legisla-
ture had finally approved the initia-
| tive and referendum bill, establishing
the principle that every voter in Min
nesota has an equal right to vote on
| legislation, the state senate passed
| the seven senator" amendment, des-
| tined to cut down the representation
of the cities. The seven senator"
| bill is the same one that the people
had a chance to adopt at the last gen.
eral election. The people expressed
| their choice by refusing to adopt it.
Despite the fact that the people
voted on the amendment at the last
election. the senate voted yesterday
| afternoon to resubmit the measure to
| the people. There were SO votes for
| the bill, one more than enough to
pass 1t.
Senate Limit So.
The bill provides that the senate be
| limited to Sc members with not more
| than seven senators from any one
county. The bill was amended so that
| it will not apply until another reap
portionment is made. There cannot
be reapportionment until after the
next state census in 1915. That will
mean, in case the bill should be pass
| ed by the people, that there will be a
! legislative reapportionment in 1917,
unless special session of the legis-
| lature is called.
Changes Name of Office.
The house education committees
bill increasing the term of the super
| intendent of public instruction to four
F; years passed the house yesterday,
amended so it will not affect the pres
| EFT incumbent, c. G. Schulz, whose
! term will expire in 1915. The bill also
changes the name of the Office to 'su-
| perintendent of education" and gives
| the office two more assistants.