Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-03-02
kNuTsoN AND TEioEk BILLS ron
TAXATION AND ABoLlshMENT
OF FUTURE TRADES ARE
5E7 PUT TO SLEEP. >.t.l..~':.
DEBATES ARE ACRIMONIOUS
A. AND D. LAST "A FOR SIX HOURS 9!
Amendments Follow In Quick Success
sion Until Bills Could Hardly %
Recognized esfors They Flnal-
~ Arc observation-disclosures
o. Members Active. j..

st. Peul, March. 1.-Two measures,
both designed to cripple the Minneap.
olis Chamber Of Commerce, sponsored
BY certain farmer members, have been
slaughtered in the Minnesota House
Of Representatives. ,..1.,s -
Men from the rural I's1fcts Joined
hands with city Representatives in put.
ting to sheep the Knutson bill for tan.
Ing future trades and tho Teigan pro.
posal to abolish future trading.
For nearly six hours, the House was
surfeited with oratory. Every one Of
the sooalled agricultural leaders had
his say. A. F. Teigen took nearly two
hours TO explain his bill. " .~
The Knutson bill looked hike an old.
fashioned CRAZY quilt" by the time
the host Of amendments to it had
been adopted. One amendment by r.
H. Girling Of Robbinsdale rendered the
measure innocuous and presaged its
defeat. The VOTE taken after repeated
attempts to send it back to commit
tess. was 80 to sc. &. -. = - 80 =
:$-:s Teioen Bill Amended.
The Teigen bill. was amended on
motion Of G. M. Bendixen of Morgan.
The amendment would permit hedg.
ing. Magnus johnson of Kimball in.
sisted that the Bendixerl amendment
killed the purpose Of the bill. The vote
on the Teigen bill was "a to u. II
Asher Howard of Minneapolis,
speaking against the Teigen bill, de:
Tended trading in options and pointed
out the great harm that would be work.
ed to the farmers of the Northwest
and to Minneapolis by it's passage.
Committee 10 Sustained.
By it's action on the Knutson bill
the House sustained the action of the
committee on taxes and tax laws which
originally reported the bill for indefi.
mite postponement by vote of 10 to
2. Farmer members were responsible
for bringing the bill before the House
despite the committees report.
Following the lengthy debate and
the super abundance of oratory, the
House passed a resolution to limit de.
bate hereafter. It was introduced by
Charles H. Warner of Aitkin. :.f.:.y;
"This House never was intended to
be a school of oratofy," read the reso.
luton. 1T is desirable that we act
more and talk less" , = .--| i
After a sharp parliamentary Skin
mish In the state Senate yesterday,
opponents Of the tonnage tax bill, re.
Gently passed by the House, succeed.
ed in permitting the tax committee to
give notice Of motion to place the
measure on special order. Igsr .sss g. =.
{ odlund Election Bill. o., ST.
st. Paul, March 1.-Abolition Of the
primary election system in Minnesota
SO far as it applies to state offices IL
sought in bill to be presented to
the state legislature by Representative
Martin w. Odlund of Fergus Falls.
] The measure, which virtually has
been completed, and which is under
stood to have the support of mum.
Der of leading members in the House,
would repeal the present law for
nomination of candidates for state Of
fees and would provide nominations
by state conventions. : T. =. q ~. ~