The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-02-21
.SOLONS TO MODIFY
PROHIBITION BILL
PROVISIONS OF NORTON MEAS
uRE HELD TOO SEVERE FOR
ENFORCEMENT.
PRISON SENTENCES TO STAY
Proposed Law Provides for Enforcing
Prohibition When National Con-
stitutiona Amendment Goes
Into Effect.

bill to provide for the enforcement OF
the national prohibition amendment
will be amended and some of the fines
proposed as penalties reduced as a
result of conferences with many. mem.
bers of the house and senate. The
fines in the bill run as high as $4,000
for second or third offenses and many
members of the legislature though!
these so high that they would hamper
the successful prosecution of offenders
SHINE members thought the prison
sentences, particularly a year or more
in the penitentiary, too severe, hnt
since these apply to those who have
been convicted three times or more
they may not be changed.
The temperance advocates contend
the prison sentences are the principal
feature of the bill, since bootleggers
who can sell liquor to those who will
satisfy their appetite at any price, will
not stop because of a fine, and they
insist that drastic prison sentences re-
main in the bill. The bill is to be in
troduced when the amendments are
decided upon.
Would lndorse World League.
Approval of the League of Nations
by the Minnesota legislature is sought
in joint resolution offered in the
house by George l.. Siegel of ST. Paul
The resolution rscites that the war
Just ended was war to end war. BE
it resolved" it says, that we favor
the establishment of a League of Ma
tions, of which the nited States shall
be a member. We believe that such a
league should aim at promoting the
liberty, progress and orderly develop
ment of the world; that it should
clinch the victory won at such terrible
sacrifice by having the united poten
tial force of all it's members as q
standing menace against any nation
that seeks to upset the peace of the
world
$4,000, 900 Limit Set.
In an effort to keep the appropria
tions of this legislature below $50, 000,
900, and at the same time maintain
properly the state institutions which
care for the helpless dependents, the
house committee on appropriations
will have to cut out practically all OF
the individual or private appropriation
bills, Chairman Theodore Christianson
announces.
The largest appropriation in the hts
tory of the state was that made n
the omnibus bill two years ago, $24,.
100000. Governor Burnquist reduced
this to $22,OO0,O0O by vetoing the de.
ficiency school aid, the wolf bounty
and the drainage appropriations.
This year, the appropriations will
go close to $30,00O,00O, but the com.
mittee is determined that they shall
not exceed that sum.
Benson School Bill.
Members of the Senate education
committee have approved the bill in
troduced by Senator H. N. Benson of
st. Peter, providing that English must
be the basic language taught in all
schools that would comply with the
compulsory education law of the state.
Under the terms of the bill, attend.
ance at schools where English is the
basic language taught is compulsory
for all children of school age in the
state. Common branches, such as his
tory, grammar, arithmetic and geogra.
ply, must be taught in the English
language, from textbooks printed in
English and by teachers competent to
teach the English language. Foreign
languages are left selective study
in the curriculum, but such study shall
not occupy more than an hours time
in each school day.
cigaret Bill Reported.
The Nordgren cigaret bill, codifying
the laws regulating the sale of cigar
cts and cigaret papers, licensing the
manufacture and providing penalties
for violation, was reported favorably
to the house by the committee on pub.
lie welfare and health.
Vote in 1920.
The good roads bill passed by the
House was returned to the Senate
for concurrence in the amendments
tackled on in the lower body. Then
it will go to the Governor for his
signature and finally to the secretary
of state, who will see that it is sub
mitted to the voters of the state al
the general election of 1920.
The Legislature in passing the bill
simply has proposed constitutional
amendment and were it not for pro
vision in an amendment reimbursing
counties for work done during the next