The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1919-03-13
W0ULDSPEED UP
WORK OF S0L0NS
Minnesota Lawmakers Plan A.
ternoon and Night Sessions
for Both Houses.
VITAL BILLS ADOPTED


Advanced and Good Record Made
for session-BilI Providing 8
Hour Day for Women.
st. PHILIPPIANS for speeding up the
work of the House were considered at
a meeting of the committee chairmen
with the committee on rules.
For this purpose it already has been
decided by the members that there
will be a revision OF the schedule of
committee meetings. Many of" the
minor committees will abandon regu-
lar meetings altogether, and come
together only when some measure is
referred to them. For the most part
these committees virtually have fin
ished their work and only an isolated
bill will be referred to them now and
then.
This is the case with the military
committee, which was one of the
most important committees In the
House early in the session, when SOL
diers' relief, the new national guard
code, the motor corps bill and SIM
liar measures were before it. The
committee has disposed of all these
measures and now has little more to
do.
Others which still expect to receive
some proposed legislation for consid-
Grafton will meet once in two or three
weeks instead of every week The
members will have more time to de-
vote to their duties on more active
committees.
Also the House plans to begin reg
ular afternoon sessions, with an eve
ming session added once a week or
oftener to work on general orders.
Both the House and the Senate are
considering the advisability of hold
ing an evening session every Wednes-
day.
The Wednesday evening session,
according to plans, will be an open
forum or field day, when each men,
Der will be allowed to select favor
tie bill for consideration.
Veteran members of the Legisla-
ture say that they never have attend
ed a session where the most vital
legislation had been given such
thorough consideration and was so
far advanced at this stage as 1t 10
at this session.
Mainly Vital Bills.
Virtually the whole attention of the
Legislature, as whole, thus far has
been devoted to the consideration of
vital measures, such as state develop.
ment. reconstruction and the like. The
result is that the sentiment. of the
members regarding these measures is
pretty we'll determined.
The main highway bill, that pro-
viding for the constitutional amend
ment that will permit the construc-
ton of a complete system of trunk
line hard surfaced highways through
out the state, has been passed and
the bill permitting the construction
of lateral highways Of the same char
acter by counties has been introduced
and is in fair way to passage.
For the relief and rehabilitation of
the fire sufferers in Northern Mime
sofa the Legislature has appropria-
ated $1,S5O,O00. Other bills for the
improvement Of conditions in that Sec
ton of the state have been reported
out by committees and are on their
way toward the statute books.
School Deficit Made Good.
The 100000 deficit in the school
aid fund, has been made good, and the
bill to create q state board of educa-
ton to have complete charge of the
public school system has passed the
House, and 50 has the Warner-Hom-
pc bill providing for the nomination of
state officers at conventions. The
state development. and land clearing
bills are out Of committee and on
general orders, 50 Is the national
guard bill and other reconstruction
measures. They all will be acted on
finally within = few days.
Working Hard on Bills.
The Legislature now is ready to
take up bills that may be classed as
minor, but are of importance to va
rious localities. Many of these also
have been acted on by the committees.
The omnibus appropriations bill and
the workmen's compensation bill are
yet to be disposed of. The compen-
sation bills, including state insurance,
will be disposed of within two weeks
The appropriation bill will take long
er, but the committees of both houses
are working hard upon It. The COM
mittee in charge of flood control and
drainage also is working hard on these
bills.
Suffrage Bill Killed.
Action on the bill for amendment to
the state constitution enfranchising
women was Indefinitely postponed by
Obtain Plans Of eoIsheviki.
London, Mar. 3.-What is pnrported
IA he a CODY of the full military plans