The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-03-26
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YETOG0RDoN BILLS
PASSED BY HOUSE
Six Of Seven Sisters Approved BY
Representatives Will Probably
Not Pass Senate.
SEVERAL lll'A OFFICES COMBINED
Measure Creating Inspector for
Work of Various Departments Fails
TO Be Reconsidered.

Paul that the senate will kill the six
bills of Representative Gordon's
"seven Sisters" which passed the
house, should the measure be approx
ed it:seems more than probable that
they will be vetoed by Governor
Hammond when they reach his office.
The governor favors the economy
plan, and 1t is reported will veto all
of the bills with the exception of the
budget measure. - - ,..
H.. The Bills Passed. ."-'--'s
The bills passed. were as follows:
Budget plan, modelled on New
York law, 11S to 1.
:Abolishing game and fish
commission and putting depart
ment under a singel commission
err appointed by the governor,
IS to. 81. ... ....
Abolishing hotel inspector and
placing. work under dairy and
food department, 81 to 9.
Abolishing state fire marshal
and placing that work under in
surance commissioner, 81 to
At. '5'-.:s
Placing control of old and
new capitol. buildings in hands
of state board of CONTROL Sc to
Is. :r..-.,
Abolishing state oil inspec-
tors department, and :. placing
work under dairy and food COM
missioner, "a, to: 26: 49,.
Debate Was Sharp. 5z,s.:,
The last bill on the list of Gordon
measures, the one creating estate in
spectors'' to do all the field work for
various departments, was first amend
ed to cut out the forest rangers, and
then failed of passage, IS to SIS, a.
vote of sc being. required. It was
reconsidered, however, and placed on.
the calendar subject to amendmeat.
Debate on, zthis.-zzbiH was sharp.,
Thomas R. ,Kneelands attacked Sam r.
Gordon and c.. H. Warner, calling
them "petty politicians and accus-
ing them of putting up deals all the
session to block the efficiency and
economy bill, Both men replied
that they have been absolutely fair
with the commissions bill and had
not pressed the other measures for
passage until it was plain that it
could not pass. Knute Wefald ridi-
culed the state inspector bill and
gave word picture of state i'll
spector's busy day, inspecting food,
oil, boilers, hotels and fire risks, chas-
ing game law violators and "roam-
ing through the woods" as forest
ranger. He thought the authors of
the bill ought to copyright the idea
for motion picture purposes.
Eighty-Two General Inspectors.
The bill provides. for eighty-two
general inspectors, to be appointed
by the governor at $500 each, to
handle the work now done by oil,
inspectors, game wardens, factory in
spectors, food inspectors, dairy in
spectors, hotel inspectors, deputy fire
marshals and inspectors of the de-
partment of weights and measures.
Originally this Pooh Bah of inspec-
tors was to- be a forest. ranger, too,
but in a lucid interval the house
adopted an amendment striking out
this feature. ..--. .-.,. - ~.
The debate upon it was about the
only real excitement the field day for
the "Seven Sutherland Sisters" fur
nished. -. ...s.,-..~... ...... IT,.
Eliminate Wardens. ~ -
When it came up, Representative
Paul w. Guilford of Minneapolis pro-
posed to eliminate from it the game
wardens and forest rangers.
;, Representative C. H. Warner of Ait
kin, Representative Gordon's lieuten-
ant in the fight, opposed the amend
ment. He said there would be plen-
ty of inspectors to do all the work
necessary. In the first districts of
st. Louis, Lake and Cook counties
there is to be an inspector for each