Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-03-26

ors from Minneapolis are opposing
he measure. t EE
No Increase In Legislators Salaries.
There will be no increase In the sal
aries Of the legislators. The bill. to |
raise the salaries of the law makers |
from $1,000 to $4,000 has been turned
down by the House committee on Civil
=. The matter is still
pending in the Senate, but is not likely
to get very tar.
A Famous Bill.
In order to show to just what ex-
tent the re-actionary plutocracy in
Minnesota will go in the direction OF
curling the right Of free speech, will
give in full the bill by Briggs of Pipe
stone that got favorable recommen-
dalton from the bank committee in
reference to banks and similar insti-
tutions. The bill reads as follows:
ANY person who shall wilfully and
manciously make, circulate or trans
NIT to another or others any state
ment, written, printed or by word of
mouth, which is directly or by infer
ence derogatory to the financial con-
dition or effects the solvency or fin
ancial standing of any bank, savings,
bank, banking institution or trust
company doing business in this State,
or who shall counsel, aid, procure, or
induce another to start, transmit or
circulate any such statement, shall
be guilty of a gross misdemeanOr."
Mr.. Wicklund's amendment to add
the word Estate" or any member of
the Nonpartisan League or labor or.
ganization, not only provoked roars
ing the bill, it being indefinitely post.
poned" on motion of it's author who
evidently was ashamed of it.
Presidential Suffrage for Women.
The Senate has passed the House
bill granting to women the right tc
vote for presidential electors with
only II dissenting votes. Among these
were Bonniwell, Callahan, Vanhove1
and Ward, and Loonam. It is likely
that the opponents of the measure will
attack the bill in the Supreme Cour
as has been successfully done in som'
other states, notably Ohio. In Nebras
ka however, similar law was sus
tanned by the courts.
Regulating Pool Halls.
The House had a lively scrap owe
a bill requiring all pool halls to b.
closed from II p. m. to a. m. OF
work days and all Of Sunday. Tn
members from the big city strenuous
ly objected, but the country member
led by Mr.. Jacobson defeated the Con
mittees recommendation to indefiI
itely postpone the bill and have pu
it on the calendar for early consider
alton.
Joy Riding Abolished.
One of the bills recently signed b.
the Governor and is now law is tn
Corning bill making the borrowing
of automobiles for joy riding a felon
and therefore punishable by a tern
in the penitentiary.
The Bank Guaranty Bill.
It now looks as if this Legislator
would pass bill to guarantee ban
deposits. The WEIGH (League) bill
similar to the South Dakota law
which was recommended for lndefiI
tie postponement has been resurrecte
by it's author and placed on the caller
dar for action by the House with onl
10 negative votes. Theo. Christianso
who is easily the leader of the Pre-
gressives outside of the League cam
to Mr.. Welch's assistance with a pie
for the measure quoting Gov. Pete
Norbeck Of South Dakota to the effec
that the law is working well in tina
state.
Home Guards No More.
The Oren bill to appropriate $500
900 for the support of the Home Guard
has been killed in the House so on
military unit at least will be dispense
with. The other military bills are We
pending in the Committee or 10
general orders"
Reduction Of the Interest Rates.
It is now certain that unless tn
Governor interferes that the Boyd bill
reducing the contract interest rat
from 10 to 8 percent will become
law. The bill has already passed tn
House with only Z negative votes ant
over 40 votes are already assured il
the. Senate
Number Of Bills Introduced.
The total number of bills presented