The Tomahawk., 1919-04-17
SENATE |ND0RSES
VICE DISEASE {: FIGHT III.
PASSES, APPROPRIATION AFTER
FINANCE COMMITTEE GIVES
e. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. ,s ~
BuRNouIsT SENDS MESSAGE
Urges Amendment TO Primary Elec-
tions Bill to Have Party conven.
tions Before Primaries-House
Passes Deposit Guaranty.

SSOUS 0NS 70 S1AVe VdSAy ~OUSSU. 3
tons Before Manifestations
.. Passes Deposit Guaranty.
st. Paul.-The senate has adopted
an amendment to the state department
appropriation bill giving the venereal
disease division of the state board Of
health an appropriation Of $4,000 for
the next two years, and then passed
the measure. Recently the senate
finance committee cut out the appro.
priation for this division, but after re-
consideration last night, voted unani.
mously to recommend the entire ap-
preparation asked for. u ~ 49,. -. -.
The bill was then passed with no
opposition, and it is expected the mea-
sure will be accepted by the house
with no change in this particular al
lotment. To the amount given the
division by the state will be added
$4,000 from the federal government.
200 Bills Pending in Senate. -
= With more than 200 bills on the
senate calendar and general orders
awaiting action and with only short
time left for the present session, sew,
eral senate leaders have suggested
conference of the entire body to select
for immediate passage number Of
the bills of most general interest.
=. Many of the bills, which have passed
the house and now are in the senate,
are likely to be amended and must
again go to the house. Apparently,
members of the senate say, there Is
going to be mad rush during the
closing days of the session and many
bills of statewide importance left to
die on the calendar.
Governor Sends Message. ~.
Governor J. A. A. Burnquist sent a
special message to the senate urging
an amendment to the Warner-Hompe
primary election bill to have party
conventions before the primaries in
stead of after. The governor urges
that the house bill, which IS now be-
fore the senate, be amended so that
the party conventions take place be-
fore the primaries to indorse candi-
dates for state Offices.
The Warner-Hompe bill, as It now
stands, provides for the election of del
egates at the primaries to the state
conventions, at which the state candi-
dates for state Offices would be nomi-
mated, Governor Burnquist in his
message points out that under the old
convention system 1t is impossible to
get away from minority nominations.
He also urges that provisions be made
for the adoption OF a platform at the
conventions before the primaries.
He declared in his message that he
has taken firm stand against q re-
turn to the old convention system. =,
Deposit Guaranty Revived.
The A. c. WEIGH bill requiring state
banks to form an association and to
establish fund to guarantee the SAFE
ty Of deposits, was passed in the house
by q vote of 7S to 80, after It had been
once defeated and brought up for re-
consideration. The bill provides for
an assessment Of u of 1 per cent on
the average daily deposits for the
year ending Jan. /, 1920, and a similar
monthly assessment beginning Feb. 1,
1920. The money thus raised will be
used to reimburse depositors In banks
that TAIL. The measure permits ma
tional banks to join the organization.
Six Compensation Bills Passed. b.
The house in one session passed Dix
worhmen's compensation bills increas-
ing the minimum compensation pay
ments and raising the percentage of
wages to be paid injured workmen:
requiring employers to pay costs and
attorneys fees in event of judgment
against them in suits brought under
the compensation act; and providing
for the payment to the state Of 500
by employers when employees entitled
to compensation die without heir.
! Miner Dul Passed. u.
The house passed the Miner bill,
authorizing school boards to investi.
gate cases where children are with,
drawn from schools to assist in sup
port Of families and to appropriate not
to exceed 81 per week per child, nor
more than s. per week per family, to
their support, 80 that the children
may attend school. -
s Workmen's Insurance.
The Senate IL once more in the
throes of . fight on state workmen's
compensation insurance. .. ,
I After some parliamentary sparring
the Senate decided to take up at q
future date the question Of reconsid-
ering the vote whereby the state in
surance bill was lost.
/ To Consider Soldiers' Aid.
Chairman Theodore Christianson OF
he House committee on appropriation
House Passes Three Bills.
st. Paul.-The Senate bill authoriz-
INK the State Historical society to act
a. IN