Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-01-26
Prohibition BILL
SLATED FOR EARLY
ISSUE BY HOUSE
LARSON MEASURE WITHOUT
"1ONE DRY" PROVISION ON
PROGRAM FOR FINAL CON.
=, SHERATON IN HOUSE.
PROGRAM is MAPPED At
A SECRET CONFERENCE


the State-Transportatlon Pro-
hibitory Clause to Be striek.
en- from the Bill.
st. Paul, Jan. 25.-The bill for tho
submission Of constitutional amend.
ment for statewide prohibition will
be rushed to vote in the lower branch
Of the Minnesota legislature within q
week, if dry leaders have their way.
The measure will not be bone dry"
neither will it permit the manufacture
Of liquor within the state.
At secret conference Of the dry
members of the House temperance
committee, the program for the con.
duct Of the fight to put over the bill
for the amendment was mapped out
~ follows:
Program Of Drys.
Immediately after the next hearing
70 be held, the committee will vote to
report the. Larson bill for passage.
On Friday morning, when the com.
mittee report is read, the chairman Of
the temperance committee, George A.
Sutherland of Fairmont, will ask that
the measure be made special order
Of business in the House on Wednes.
day, January 81, at IL a. m.
The drys will consent to having
the transportation prohibitory clause
stricken from the bill, making the i'm,
portation of liquor possible.
Any attempts to further amend tho
bill so as to permit the manufacture
Of light wines and beer within the
state will be opposed.
Will Present United Front.
The drys, anxious to dispel any i'm.
preston that there has been q division
in their ranks, will present a united
front in opposing any concessions to
the brewery interests. The light
wine and beer" amendment to the bill
will not be tolerated.
The final hearing on the Larson bill
comes late today. Opponents Of state.
wide prohibition asked for more time
at the m Getting held on Tuesday. It is
understood that men representing
some of the laboring interests affected
will speak. So
Senate Passes I. W. w. Bill.
The state Senate has suspended the
rules and passed the so-called I. w. w.
bill which appropriataes $4,000 an.
nually for the next two years for use
by the governor for employing deputy
sherihs and taking other action in sup.
pressing emergency labor disorders.
The bill was presented to the Min.
nesota legislature early In the session
rs q result of disorders in the lumber
districts of Northern Minnesota. 1t 10
pending in the House.
Provides Deputies.
The bill provides for the appoint
ment of deputy sher1nfs by the gov.
ernor on the statement Of the sheriff
Of any county that he is unable to
maintain order, and for their payment
by the state. An amendment to the
original bill was passed providing that
deputies so appointed must be citi.
Gems Of the state.
Representative Theodore Christian.
son won his fight to obtain early &C.
ton on his bill to prevent common
carriers from limiting their liability
contracts for losses on freight in tran.
sit.
New Blow at n. c. L.
The bill, vigorously opposed BY rail.
roads, was favorably reported by the
House judiciary committee but in the
absence of It's author, Representative
George Nordlin obtained the adoption
Of resolution sending the bill back
to the judiciary committee for further
consideration.
Another blow at the high cost Of
living was aimed In the Senate when
Senators T. c. Blomgren of Cambridge
and J. A. Rystrom Of North Branch,
introduced a bill in the Senate aimed
1t potato speculation, which it is
claimed has had much to do with tho
record prices for tubers this wear.