Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-02-09
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AT VETS INITIATIVE
SENATE AMENDMENT ADOPTED
BY committee WOULD EX-
TEND TIME OF HOUSE BILL
eleven MONTHS.
PREDICTED THAT PASSAGE
WITH CHANGE is CERTAIN
vete In Committee 10 Five to Four
for Changing Time Of Operation
Of Proposed Law From jan
uary to December
1. 1920.


uary to December
I, 1920.
st. Paul, Feb. 8.-The bill for the
submission of a constitutional amend.
ment for statewide prohibition pass
ed by the House has been amended
by the Senate committee on temper.
ance so that the time Of operation
Of the proposed measure is extended
II months. The change was asked by
the vets. The time was changed from,
January 1, 1920 to December /, 1890.
BY vote Of five to four; the com.
mittee changed the House bill, con.
tJary to requests made by George b.
Stafford, superintendent Of the Mime.
sota Anti-Saloon league.
The Senate will act on the bin NEXT
Wednesday at 2 p. m. It was conced.
ed that the bill would be passed BY
the upper body in the present form.
Tawney 70 Heard.
The hearing was addressed by
James A. Tawney Of Wi1sona, former
congressman. Mr.. Tawney said that
the manufacture Of light wines and
beers should be permitted in the state.
He advocated some sort of compensa-
ton i'm case the amendment was
passed.
Senator Peter Van Hoven Of st.
Paul proposed the change in date. Sem
ators Wallace, Vibert, Pauly and
Ward supported the proposition. It
was said that the change would be
proposed on tho floor Of the Senate
and a strong fight made for it I'M
less the committee adopted it.
!. w. w. Sabotage.
The /. w. w. believe in direct &C.
ton, they believe that legislation is
too slow method to right wrongs,
they will use any means necessary to
gain their ends. they are making no
excuse for things they have done.
Minnesota legislators, members of
the House committee on labor, were
given the above information. Law
makers sat aghast while George An
dreychine, I. w. w. agitator, expound-
ed the doctrines Of the organization.
For the first tine, some of them re.
allied the seriousness of the situa-
ton. An official l. w. w. circular
gave the legislators more food for
thought.
There were the customary uproars
In the meeting: Clashes between at.
torneys, I. w. w. leaders and commit.
tee members, characterized the SEES
sion. At times It looked as though
the hearing would have to abe diseon-
hnued. s-..
Sabotage, the system Of withdrawing
efficiency on tho part Of workers, was
Endorsed by Andreytchine.
Statutory "ory" Bill Introduced.
st. Paul, Feb. S.-Statutory PROFIT
bition that is intended to make Mime
sofa the dryest Of all "bone dry
states, is provided in the bill backed
BY the st. Paul radical drys and in
reduced in the Minnesota House Of
Representatives by A. v. Anderson.
". L. Bernar, Theodore Christianson,
James Cummings, P. J. Frye. H. A.
Putnam, c. S. Ryberg, Oscar Stenvick,
and w. I. Nolan.
Sent to Committee.
The bill was referred to the com
nittee on temperance.
Meanwhile the Senate temperance
committee held public hearing on
the constitutional prohibition bill
passed by the House. Bry workers
attended this meeting in force. while
! sprinkling of representatives of the
liquor interests were prepared to make
fight to kill the bin in the Senate.
The statutory bill presented to the
House forbids the sale, manufacture
md transportation Of intoxicating
liquor within the state after January
|. 1918.
Aimed 1t "Nearbeer!''
Included in the appliance of the
phrase Intoxicating liquor" as spe.
gifted In the bill, 70 ''spirituous. vim
,us, fermented or malt liquors,
r any imitation thereof, or substitute
pr compound OF any kind or descrjp-
don whatsoever. whether medicated or
,ot, which contains alcohol, and which
. capable Of being used az q bever-
lge."
This section Of the measure is
timed particularly at the various
near beer" and patent medicines con-
aiming alcohol. according to the SUP
,orters of the bin. #
NO War Without Referendum" Cry.
New York, Feb. 8.--As clearing
rouse for all paciflst efforts in the
resent national crisis, the organiza-