The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-25
Bills to Check Crime Wave.


the suggestions made in Governor
Preus' special message.
While house members were consid
ering two rival bills aimed at "gun tot
ing" Senator Charles R. Fowler intro
duced bill in the other branch carry
ing out the governors ideas for bring
ing criminals speedily to justice.
The Fowler bill, which has, the gov
ernor's approval, reverses the rule In
handling criminal cases. 1t provides
that bail cases shall have precedence
in trial instead of jail cases. 1t pro
vides for expediting trial of all crimi
nal cases, with strict rules against
granting continuances.
After prisoner has been found
guilty, he is to be sentenced forthwith
and kept in custody, bail not being al
lowed unless the trial judges or three
supreme court judges file certificate
of probable cause for granting a new
trial. Sureties on bail bonds are re
CURED to file detailed schedules of In
formation as to their property and
county attorneys are permitted to ex
anime them under oath as to theil
statements. No stay is permitted in 9
criminal case except as provided in the
act. 1t applies only to counties of 200,
600 population.
Farm Bills All Get BY.
The farmers program" measures
adopted by the lower house of the Min
nesota legislature some days back
were approved by the Senate with 9
few minor amendments, Wednesday
afternoon, and were sent to the Cover
nor for his approval or rejection.
There was but little, if any, opposi
ton to the bills, although several Of
the senators took the floor and spoke
against their passage. ALI of the
measures have had the approval Of
the agricultural committees, and were
passed at the urgent demand through
out the state for remedial legislation
affecting farm marketing and control
The measures that went to Cover
nor Preus Wednesday afternoon were
as follows:
Bill to prohibit trading in grain flu
lures, except for purposes of hedging
Bill making Minneapolis Chamber
of Commerce, Duluth Board of Trade
and South st. Paul Live Stock Elk
change "open" markets, by requiring
them to admit to membership co-opera
tive associations of all kinds
Concurrent resolution, requiring the
state boards of grain appeal to re-es
tablish Minnesota grades"
Bill submitting constitutional amend
ment, providing for establishment OF
a rural credits system.
The Senate had made minor amend
ments to three of the bills, and these
were reported to the House late in. the
afternoon. The lower branch promptly
accepted them, and the measures were
sent on their way to Governor Preus
From the very first, in the Senate
it was evident that senators would fol
low the lead of their House colleagues
in passing all the bills in the farmers
program" regardless of what those
bills might do. Complete dominance
by agricultural interests was the rule
AS passed the anti-futures bill de-
fines gambling contract as an agree
ment wherein the actual delivery oil
the commodity sold is not, in good
faith, contemplated, or intended by the
contracting parties"
In the House bill the last clause oil
that definition read ''by one or both OF
the contracting parties" On motion
of Senator F. H. Peterson, the words
zone or both of were stricken out as
unnecessary and confusing.
House Adopts Colonization Plan.
A Northern Minnesota development
bill for the creation of state coloni
cation commission to foster an elab
crate settlement plan has received the
sanction of the lower house.
The colonization bill bore indorse
ment of the Northern Minnesota Devel
opment association, is similar to that
passed by the Senate, but defeated in
the House toward the end of the last
session, and provides plan like that
in successful operation in Wisconsin.
The bill provides for the creation
of the state colonization commission
made up of the governor, who shall be
chairman: the state auditor and the
commissioner of agriculture, who shall
be the secretary and active officer OF
the organization. The commission
shall further proper efforts in land set.
Element work through bulletins and
other publications, supervise the colo
nization companies, organized under
the proposed act, with more than $25,.
600 paid up capital: appraise lands Of
fered as security and approve bonds
to be issued by such companies.
Bonus Proposals for Vets Fall.
Two attempts to overturn house ap.
preparations committee reports were
unsuccessful The committee killed a
proposal for the state to pay for a
white way" on the capitol grounds,
and another to give the state bonus to
veterans of the Spanish-American war,
Boxer rebellion and Philippine insur.
rection.
Game Refuge Favored by Bill.
Creation Of game refuge around
Albert Lea lake is favored by meas.
ure sent into the house hopper with
the sanction of Representative H. H.
Emmons.
Would Sell Historic Tablet to State.
Professor Knute Haaland of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, formerly of Min.
nesota, has offered to sell the rune.
stone he discovered at Kensington
many years ago, to the state for Sc, 900
and laid his proposal before Governor
J. A. o. Preus late yesterday. Professor