The Tomahawk., 1919-02-13
FAVOR PASSAGE OF. X.
FIRE RELIEF BILL
House Committee Recommends Appro-
priations Of 81 1900, 600 for imme-
diate Aid.
DECIDING VOTE UNANIMOUS
Many Farmers Must Leave in North
ern Minnesota Unless Help Comes
in Spring, 10 Declaration of
Investigators.


investigating subcommittee reported
to the House Appropriations committee
unanimously recommending the $780,
coo appropriation for immediate re-
lief.
Chairman Bendixen related at length
the itinerary of the party, describing
the conditions they were able to dis.
cover in their short trip. The conclu-
sion to which the committee unan1'
mously came, said Mr.. Bendixen, was
that the entire appropriation was ur'
gently needed, and that it would be
fairly and judicially expended by the
commission now having the relief work
in charge. .-,-
Asked what he thought of the quail.
ity of the people Of that section. Mr..
Bendixen said:
81 can only say that they are won
derful people. None but that kind OF
people would stay there and face what
they are facing"
Representative John B. Pattison OF
the subcommittee declared that the
complaints lodged against. the state
fire relief commission were without
foundation, the commission having
sound and valid reasons for all their
acts. He said the situation was es-
pecially serious in the st. Louis fire
district, where it was estimated by the
workers conversant with the region
that from Is to 40 per cent of the
settlers will have to leave II they did
not get relief in the spring.
The appropriations committee I'm
mediately and unanimusly recon-
mended Senate File No. 241, providing
$1,8OO,OOO for immediate and tempo.
rary relief of the fire sufferers to the
House to pass.
Fiaht Made on Motor Corps,
St. Paul.-Speaking before the house
committee on military'affair in public
hearing and in q chamber packed to
suffocation with people, opponents OF
House File No. z, known as the Motor
Corps bill, gave warning of impending
trouble should the legislature pass the
bill in its present FORM
Every speaker against the bill
served warning on the committee
form would mean further unrest.
The proponents based their argu-
ment to the committee largely on the
record of the motor corps in the Tyler
tornado and the forest fire disaster.
Opposition to any form of Estate
constabulary" was the keynote of rep
resentatives of labor. The bill was
called vicious and "unstatesman-
like" and "reactionary."
Immediately following the adjourn.
ment of the hearing the committee
went into executive session, and on
motion of Representative J. p. Hompe
the committee recommended the bill
as amended to pass and be re-referred
to the committee on appropriation.
st. ,Paul-The Senate solved the
George H. Sullivan.W. w. Wilcox
election contest by 'ousting Wilcox,
refusing to seat Sullivan and demand
ing that the voters of Washington
county decide the issue at special
election.
The resolution, in measure COM
promise, was finally adopted by a
unanimous vote after the senators,
tired and hungry, had listened to more
than six hours of debate.
For Higher Salaries.
The Wilkinson home bill, raising the
salaries of the State Dairy Commits
sioner from $1,000 to $4,000 and that OF
his associates to amounts more nearly
in proportion to the high cost of living,
was recommended to pass.
Fixes Date Of Special Elections.
Governor Burnquist has ordered q
primary election for February II and
general election February Is to Ill
the vacancies in the legislature caused
by the recent deaths of Senator Car
l.. Wallace of Minneapolis and Senator
Harry F. Weis Of lie Sueur.
Permits Loans on Unimproved lands
i In anticipation of general coloni
cation scheme to develop unsettled
lands in northern Minnesota. Senator
Leonard H. Nord of Internationa
Falls introduced bill to permit banks
to extend loans on unimproved agri
cultural lands of the state, In amount
equal to one-third of the value of thu
land. 49, So
For State Insurance.
At the request Of Senator Fred Bees
settle of Orr, members Of the attorne!
generals ONCE have drawn . proposed
constitutional amendment which vii
i Will SIT indian Charges. ..
st. Paul.-Charges OF gross waste
and ineficiency in the bureau OF In
dian affairs conduct IN rehsioa to tn
Chippewa Indians Of Minnesota vii
be sifted as the result Of sction take,
| In the senate. Consideration OF tn
J matter was forced by Senator Johl
d. Baldwin of Ffazee, when he q
tempted to force the passage OF hi
resolution to memorable congress no
to include In it, Indian appropriate
funds for the maintenance OF IAN Il
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