The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-29

ment to the present electorate.
pointed toward the Socialist member
and stormed:
Il said, God save the Queen and
the country.
I'm not interested in the Queen"
retorted Devoid.
Nor in the country" continued
Harrison. well. you should be-"
Must Provide For institutions.
state institutions have to be pro-
vided for, and regardless of 1911 ex-
penditures there must be no tieing of
the hands of the appropriations COM
mittee," asserted Representative c. l..
Sawyer of Minneapolis.
For eemidji School.
st. Paul, Jan. Ex-senator William
S. Dwinnel's amendment to the Mime
apolis Union Station Law of 1913,
which was introduced in the Mime.
sofa Senate was reported out of COM
mittee and also under suspension OF
rules was giving its second and third
reading and passed unanimously. The
main feature in this amendment to the
existing law is that it transfers the
power Of appointment of the directors
of the Union Station from the hands
of the Mayor to the City Council.
In a bill introduced by Senator l..
H. Nord of International Falls an ap.
preparation is asked for the erection
and maintenance of normal school at
Bemidji. For the first year, to be
available on Aug. 1, 1915, the sum of
$4,000 is asked and a similar amount
is requested for the following year.
Senator L. e. Potter of Springfield,
introduced a bill calling for an ap-
preparation of $13,290 for the expens-
es of the secretary of states office
for biennial period and also for the
operation of the Automobile Law for
three-year term. The money is ap-
portioHed as follows:
Maintenance, $15,4O0; contingent,
$4,000; exchange of public documents,
$500; for carrying out the Automobile
Law, to be available at once, $4,000;
for the same, available July 81, 1916,
$4,000; for the same, available July
81, 1917, $4,000.
For the relief of the City of Benson,
which was swept by flood followed by
a typhoid epidemic in 1914, Senator
P. A. Gandrud asked for an appropria,
ton of $4,000
Senator Nord was also the author of
a bill today asking for air appropria 40
bill introduced today asking for an
appropriation of $4,000 for the estab-
lishment of sub-experimental and
demonstration farm in Koochiching
County.
Six hundred and twenty-seven acres
on the North range is specified i'm the
measure as the site for the farm, which
will be operated un,:er the direction of
the regents of the State University.
Suffragists Work for Cause.
Not to be outdone in their efforts
to secure the adherence of Senators
to their cause, women suffragists had
placed on the desk Of every Senator
map showing which states had
granted women the vote, together with
a few pertinent remarks as to the ap-
plication of woman suffrage in those
states. This was done to tounteract
the effect created by letters sent to the
Senators oy the State Association OPP
posed to Woman Suffrage few days
ago.
1t took the Minnesota House OF
Representatives more than thirty min.
utes to decide the question Of adjourn
ment After two roll calls and con.
siderable debate the House adjourned
at 1915 p. m.
Representative A. c. WEIGH of Glen.
coe introduced a resolution in the
House of Representatives providing
that each newspaper could have one
representative present at every COM
mittee meeting, that there should be
no secrecy about any of the meetings
and that the public should be fully in
formed CT all proceedings.
Representative A. l.. Larson of
Sandstone gave notice Of debate.
The resolution fathered by Repre-
sentative c. M. Bendixen calling upon
Congress to oppose any steps toward
placing an embargo on the exporta.
ton of foodstuffs to the warning ma.
tons of Europe was recommended for
adoption by the committee on Agricui.
ture.