Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-02-23
HOUSE CONCURS WITH
SENATE AMENDMENT
PROHIBITION IN MINNESOTA IS
NOW UP TO THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE

The senate vote ON the amendment
to submit the question Of prohibition
to the people was, as follows:
For the Observation-Disclosures. Adams,
Alley, Andrews, Baldwin, Benson,
Blomgren, Buckler, Campbell, A. S.,
Campbell, w. A., Carley, Denegre-
Dunn, r. c., DuNbury, Gandrud, Gard
:ner, Gillian, Gjerset, Griggs, Crosse,
Hanson, Hegnes, Holmberg, jackson,
Johnston, Jones, Lende, Lobcck, Mil
lett, Nelson, Nord, O'Neill, Orr, Pal
mer, Peterson, E. p, Peterson, F. H.,
Peterson, G. NJ, Potter, Putnam, Rask ),
Rockne, Rustad, Rystrom, 6ageng,
Swenson, Turnham, Vermilya, Vibert,
, Wallace, Ward.
Against the observation-disclosures.
Bonniwell, Callahan, Dunn, w. w..
Glotzbach, Handlan, Healy, Hilbert,
Knopp, McGary, Pauly, Ries, Steffen,
Sullivan, J. D., Van Hoven, Weis,
Westlake.
/; Absent on roll call-Messrs. OWN
ell, Sullivan, G: H.
! The senate, by vote of 40 to Is,
passed the prohibition amendment with
an amendment granting an extension
! of the time limit Of bill going into
effect when o. KID. by the people from
Jan. l, 1920, to July I, 1920. Now
that the house has concurred with this
amendment the campaign to make Min
nesota dry will be carried directly to.
the people who will vote on this ques-
ton at the next general election in
1918.
Thursdays vote on the amendment,
however, does not indicate that The
senate is as dry as it seems as this
large vote was made possible only"
when tho "wets'' saw the futihty
Of lining up two or three of those sen
ators who had declared themselves for
prohibition early in the session against
the amendment. What followed this
was only the result of band wagon
rush made by the debated converts who
saw the impossibility of defeating
, the amendment. Had the~1iquor inter
ests been able to get two or three Of
the stubborn ones who had voted
against county option two years ago
but who declared for the amendment
at the outset there is strong POSSIBLE
ity that the big victory in the senate
shave or possible defeat.
There was nothing spectacular about
the contest in the senate, in fact ev-
everything was as Sen. Gandrud said in
asking that the roll be called on fnaf
an aspect of serenity and harmony'T
The galleries were packed to watch the
| fireworks but left in disappointment
while senators who had probably spent
many sleepless nights in preparing
their speeches for or against the bill
we're disappointed.
Everything in Readiness for Big Tax
i Meet
A tentative program Of the first all
this state has been made up by Sen.
preside as temporary chairman Of the
convention. Rep. Sherman W. Child
of Minneapolis will probably act as
temporary secretary.
The conference will take place in
the legislative chamber of the old
state capitol, Feb. 81, 1917.
The tentative program is as follows:
Tuesday, a. m.-Opening addresses-
Governor ana mayor.
Responsive. l.. Harris, Minneapo-
lis.
Minnesota Taxing System-Judge
Hale, chairman Minnesota Tax.
Commission.
Discussion.
Tuesday, p. m.-Who Pays the Taxes
Blakey, U. Of M.
Cost Of Government-Judge Armson,
Minnesota Tax Commission.
Discussion.
Low Valuation Of improvements.
F. L. McVey, president University
of North Dakota.
Discussion.
Wednesday, a. m.-Selecting of Asses
sors-Sen. Lord, Minnesota Tax Com
mission.
Discussion.
State Income Taxation-F. E. Lyon,
Wisconsin Tax Commission.
Discussion.
Wednesday, p. inflow Can the Min
nesota Taxing System be Improvedf
General discussion.
One Man Ditch Petition Must Go
Senator G. w. Gillian of Cotton
wood county has introduced into the
senate a bill which, if enacted INFO &
law will probably be Of greater bene-
fit to the farmers of Minnesota than
any introduced so far this session. Il
is bill for an act to eliminate the
one man ditch petition which has in
past years brought SO much grief to
the farmers and taxpayers of this
state. Should Sen. Gillam's bill be-
come law in the futur, it will require
IS per cent of those taxpayers to he
assessed to sign a pe:it'on t. bu'll 4
ditch. It will also take away fro1l
the engineer on the joe the sole and
absolute authority which he now en-
joys in spite of the fact that in the
event he is unsuccessful in his work
he is clear of any responsibility to the
taxpayers.
''This ISL said Senator Gillian, in
speaking Of this measure, "perhaps
the most important feature of my bill
in that today an engineer gives bond
for six months only and in the event
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