Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-04-13

his or her name, residence and business
and give such other further informa
ton as the governor may prescribe
and if he is not resident of the state
give the purpose Of his presence an
his intended length Of stay. Upon tn
proclamation the owner, lessee, or pro
prietor Of every hotel, inn, boarding O.
rooming house, and private residence
shall within twenty-four hours notify
such public authorities of the presence
therein of every such subject or citi
zen, known to him to be such, ant
shall each day thereafter notify suci
public authorities ef the arrival there
at or departure therefrom Of every
such subject or citizen known by hin
to be such. A failure to comply with
such proclamation or to do or perform
any Of the acts herein provided shall bt
misdemeanor."
It is apparent at a glance that thlt
is a most drastic measure which might
be the means Of getting many innocent
and ino6ensive persons into serious
trouble; therefore many of the more
conservative members of the house pro-
tested. This brought upon them the
fierce denunciation of Representative
Corning Of st. Paul that they are "eop-
perheads' and unpatriotlc, notwith-
standing the fact that one Of the oppo-
nents of the measure is John B. Hompe
of Deer Creek, veteran Of the civil
war, who characterized it as a piece
Of lingo legislation. The bill has been
up for consideration twice, but was not
placed on its passage. When it comes
up again this week another bitter war
of words is sure to follow.
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Three bills Of more than ordinary in
terest were killed in the senate last
Wednesday. They were the state in
dustrial insurance bill, the separate
grain inspection service bill and the
bill restoring the patisan system IN
the election Of members of the legis-
lature.
The bill divoreing the grain inspee-
ton service from the railroad and
warehouse commission came first and
was debated at great length before it
was defeated by vote Of 16 to As.
This was one Of the so-called efficiency
and economy bills drafted by the legis-
lative interim committee. Farmer men,
bers opposed it on the ground that the
present system was good enough, while
the fact that it would give the gov
ernor personal control Of the repart-
ment, with it's more than 800 employees,
was urged against it.
The state industrial insurance bill,
Senators Pauly, Jackson
and Gandrud, at the instance Of the
State Federation of Labor, proposed
that the state take over the admins
ration of employers insurance against
claims under the. workmen's compen-
sation act. It was defeated by vote
If 81 to AZ.
The Dwinnell bill, restoring the leg
stature to partisan basis, lost by
'ote of % to 43. This is the last of
about half a dozen bills to alter the
primary election system which have
been defeated at this session of the
legislature.
Another of the bills of the socalled
efficiency and economy commission to
meet defeat is the one reducing the
membership of the state senate to fifty
md of the house to one hundred. This
passed the senate, but was killed in
he house after it had been so amend
ID that no one county could be allowed
more than seven senators or twelve
representatives and the membership Of
he house increased to one hundred
md thirty.
The principal bill introduced by the
efficiency and economy commission,
Known as the public domain bill, has
become one of the leading issues of the
session. It was killed in the senate
~ one majority ten days ago, but
he governor has stepped in to bring
t back to life. He has proposed amend
nents doing away with the director Of
he proposed new department Of public
lomain and making the governor him
elf the head Of the department; and
When so amended the governor hopes
% force it through the house, after
which an effort will be made to obtain
or it favorable reconsideration in the
enate.
One Of the interesting features of
he fight over the public demain bill
s that it has developed into contest
)etWeeH tHe goNeluoi dAu CelCd1u oth-
II state officers on one side and the
tate auditor on the other side. An
outline Of the bill may be obtained
rom the first article which reads as
follows:
"Section /. There is hereby created
or the state Of Minnesota a depart
nent Of public domain, which shall
consist Of the following bureaus:
Bureau of Lands, Forests and Immi-
ration, under commissioner of lands;
"Bureau Of Mines, under commits
ioner of mines;
'sBureau OF Game and Fish, under
of game and fish;
Bureau Of Drainage and Waters, I'M
Ter commissioner Of drainage;
"Bureau Of Highways, under COM
missioner Of highways.
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