The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1919-03-13

the senate on recommendation OF the
elections committee, eliminating all
possibility of submitting the amend
ment to vote at the next election.
Red Flag Bill Signed.
After favorable disposal by the
house, the senate unanimously passed
the Nimocks red flag bill and sent it
to the governor for his signature
Governor Burnquist has signed the
measure.
s-Hour Day for Women.
Five labor bills were introduced in
the senate in one day recently. Sen
ators Callahan, Erickson and -Sageng
were authors of one providing for an
eight-hour day for women in INDUS
trial employment.
No woman employee, according to
this bill, may be required to work
more than six days in the week or
more than forty-eight hours in a week
or more than eight hours of work.
ing day unless by so doing she shall
obtain a longer time off than one day
a week.
In no case shall she be employed
Their may any woman employee be re-
quired to work longer than five hours
without an hours rest, nor shall she,
where the employment is such that
she must remain on her feet, be re-
quired to work more than two hours
at stretch without a ten-minute rest.
The bill was referred to the labor COM
mittee.
st. Paul.-By the decisive vote Of
rs to 81, the Minnesota House of Rep.
resentatives yesterday passed the War;
ner-Hompe bill providing for the nomi
nation of state officers in conventions.
The bill does not provide for county
conventions, but requires that dele
gates to the state convention be &C.
lected by the voters in the wide open
county and congressional candidates.
It had been the intention of the au.
thors to omit the supreme court judges
from the provisions of the bill, but
they were included in tho list of can.
didates to be nominated by convention
at their own request.
The bill will now go to the senate,
where it is believed it has a fair
chance Of passage, though some of the
senator's, it is said, will try to amend
it to provide for the precinct caucus
and the county convention.
e-Hour Bill signed.s
Governor Burnquist has signed the
bill establishing an eight-hour day for
employees in state institutions. The
governor delayed signing the measure,
following a report that a move to re-
call it might be made in the senate,
after like motion failed in the house.
He was urged by many members to
delay action as long as possible, but
the three-day period allowed for his
signature ended was near an end when
he affixed his signature. The law now
must be amended or repealed II it 10
to embody the ideas of many legisla.
tors on the subject.
solons Visit University.
With the public school system OF
America, from kindergarten through
university, rests the responsibility of
instilling in the youth Of the nation
a true spirit of democracy, rever-
ence for the ideals of early patriots
and loyalty to national principles.
Theodore Christensen, chairman of
the house appropriations committee,
said at the dinner on the University
of Minnesota campus given the 205
legislators who were making their BIZ.
ennial inspection of the institution.
The solons were shown the needs of
the institution.
Pattison Bill Reported.
The Pattison corrupt practices bill,
proposing amendment to the present
statute, has been recommended to pass
by the house elections committee.
The bill prohibits the expenditure of
any money for candidate without the
authority of a candidate, by any per-
sen or organization or league. Provt
sion is made that any such person or
organization thus authorized by can
didate may expend the same amount
in a campaign as the candidate is au.
thorized to spend, not to exceed $10,.
900.
Tonnage Tax Bills Sent Back.
The house committee on taxes and
tax laws "passed the buck" to the
house on the tonnage tax bills. Both
the Bendixen per cent semi-net and
the WEIGH 10 per cent net tonnage tax
bills have been returned to the house
without recommendation and made a
special order.
Rest Bill for Women.
Representative T. J. McGrath Of st.
Paul has introduced in the house a
rest bill for women. It provides that
no woman, except a domestic employed
in a private home or a nurse in hos
pital, may be required to work more
than six days or forty-eight hours in
a week. After five hours continuous
employment, women must be allowed
one hour of rest.
The "sweatshop." or doing work for
manufacturers in living rooms, is pro.