The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-04-25

and kicked it over to the senate. In
the senate Senator Devoid, socialist,
made lurid speech against the COM
mission with the result that pretty
much every other senator in the
chamber tapped the fountains of or
atory and let loose such a flood of
| patriotic stuff that the bill was COM
! pletely swamped.
Bills of Local Interest.
The most important bill passed
during the past week was the bill
! completely recognizing the educa-
tional affairs of the state outside the
university and the normal schools.
This bill was passed by the house
several weeks ago and by the senate
last Thursday. 1t provides for state
board of education of five members
and gives the board wide powers
over all the schools of the state ex-
cept as noted. 1t is one of the most
important measures of the session.
The writer's resolution asking for
reduction in the rates on iron ore
from the mines to the docks was
passed by the house after hard
fight on Tuesday last. The reso-
luton was passed by the senate some
weeks ago, but encountered stiff OPP
position in the house, and was fought
over on the floor of the house
on three different occasions. Pre-
JUDGE against St. Louis county and
against the mining interests caused
all the trouble, but this prejudice
was finally overcome so far as to Sc
cure II votes, or IL more than neces-
sary for the measure. The bill asks
the federal railroad administration to
reduce the freight rate on iron ore
to the Duluth docks from 81 per ton
to 63R cents.
The final St. Louis county salary
bill, giving probation officers $500
per year increase, was passed in both
senate and house on Saturday.
A bill providing for payment of
back salaries to scalers of timber,
affecting many St. Louis county
people, was also passed on Saturday.
Another bill permitting the state
to give longer ground leases than one
year, and affecting many people at
Kelly Lake, and other points in the
county, will pass before the session
ends.
First Clash in House.
w. I. Nolan has been one of the
most popular, speaker, if not the
most popular that has ever presided
in the lower house of the legislature.
His rulings has been prompt, certain
and satisfactory. No member has
ever complained that he was unfair.
Even the Nonpartisan leaguers say
that he is absolutely on the square"
1t looked as though the session was
to end without single appeal from
the decision of the Chair, but late
last Tuesday evening tempest in
q tSopoG biOhC ioOSSJ o'tu VIC appear
came. The House was working on
a Especial Order" made up of local
bills pertaining only to the three big
counties. At ten o'clock the house
was tired. many of the members had
slipped out and gone home although
the house was under call' and no
member had any right to leave the
chamber but some six or eight bills
were left to consider. Col. Wilkin-
son of Washington county, angered
at the fact that many had left, moved
to adjourn, but the big county men,
anxious to get the bills passed, de-
feated the motion. Wilkinson tried
several different motions in order to
force adjournment, but lost them ALL
He demanded that the Sergeant at
Arms bring in the absentees, and
Wilkinson grew madden. He de-
manded that the next bill be read in
full as the Constitution provides, a