The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-02-07
FIGHT MADE ON
MOTOR CORPS
State Federation of Labor Offers
Strong Opposition to Plan at
Public Hearing.
WARNING IS SOUNDED
Sill, as Amended, Recommended to
Pass--suIIivan-Wilcox Contest to
Be Settled by Special Elec-
tion-Budget Submitted.

ST. Paul.-Speaking before the house
committee on military affairs in public
hearing and In a chamber packed t.
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
pill in its present form
Every speaker against the bill
served warning on the committee
that passage of the bill in its present
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 "state
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
es 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 a special
election.
The resolution, In measure a COM
promise, was finally adopted by a
unanimous vote after the senator's,
tired and hungry. had listened to more
than six hours of debate,
Election to Settle Contest.
Governor Burnquist has fixed Feb.
20 as the date for the special election.
Safety Board Gets More Time.
The state Senate has given the Pub
Tic Safety commission a breathing
spell Of 10 days instead of so days
asked for by Senator F. H. Peterson,
OF Moorhead.
Senator Peterson had introduced two
resolutions, one asking the continuance
for so days Of all commission orders
relating to the liquor traffic, and the
other calling for the continuance Of
orders establishing the home guard
and motor corps.
The state senate, however, comprom-
Used by giving the commission a lee
way of 10 days. That means that the
commission will not revoke it's orders
as anticipated. In the meantime the
Legislature will come to some decision
IS to whether the commission should
be continued or whether all of it's
orders should be revoked.
Governor Submits Budget
Governor Burnquist has sent to the
legislature the budget of state depart
ments for the next two years, with a
message. liberal in tone, and recogniz-
Ing increases in the cost of necessi-
Ties of life and also of supplies, travel
ing and other items for which state
funds are provided.
$31,39s,0e4 Is Asked.
The budget is recommended by the
Governor in amounts requested by va
rious departments, with few excep.
tiens. The requests of state depart
ments for funds for the next two
years. as previously made public, to.
tailed $31, 398,0S4, a net increase of
s11,075,2 $50, or more than 1914 per cent
over the appropriations for the pres
ent biennium.
For Higher Salaries.
The Wilkinson home bill, raising the
salaries of the State Dairy Commits.
sioner from $4,000 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 a
primary election for February IL and
o general election February Is to fill
the vacancies in the legislature caused
by the recent deaths of Senator Carl
l.. Wallace of Minneapolis and Senator
Harry F. Weis of, lie Sueur
Permits Loans on Unimproved Lands.
In anticipation of general coloni-
cation scheme to develop unsettled
lands in northern Minnesota, Senator
Leonard H. Nord of International
Falls introduced bill to permit banks
10 extend loans on unimpfoved agri-
cultural lands of the state, in amounts
equal to one-third of the value of the
land.
For State Insurance.
At the request of Senator Fred Bes-
settle of Orr, members of the attorney
generals office have drawn proposed
constitutional amendment which will
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st. Paul.-Charges of gross waste