The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-11
To Lsaal,.s Party Conventions.

to legalize party conventions and au-
thorize them to adopt platforms and
endorse candidates for county, state
and national offices.
Few changes were made from the
plan recently made public and the
committeeman expressed the belief
that the bill would command the sup
port of all who concede that political
conventions should have official stand
ing and that the election laws could
be improved without making material
sacrifices.
To safeguard the convention against
gang politics or Objectionable manipu-
lation is the main purpose of the care
fully drawn bill. Precinct delegates
are to be chosen on the second Tues
day in March Of every even-numbered
year. County conventions are to fol-
low within 10 days, and the state con-
vention during the last week of the
same month, on dates to be fixed by
1 the respective party committees. SINH.
lar provisions are made for senatorial,
legislative, judicial and congressional
district conventions.
Vote Change in Boxing Law.
| Extension of the boxing law to cities
Of the second and third class, was ap-
proved in the House by the narrow
majority of 55 to 81. The law, as In
troduced, also gave cities of the fourth
class boxing privileges, but the gen.
eral legislation committee amended it
so only cities of 10000 or more could
stage bouts. During the debate it was
| said the American Legion was backing
the bill, but Representative Sherman
w. Child, Legion member, denied
this. Representative l.. o. Teigen
moved indefinite postponement, and f.
j. McPartlin said he would introduce
| bill killing the entire boxing law, if
| smaller cities were not allowed to
have boxing.
Mixed Jury Bills Advanced.
The three bills covering the service
of women on juries are before both
| bodies of the legislature for action on
| general orders. The Senate judiciary
| committee reported them out and the
| House committee made a similar re-
port. One bill extends the duty Of
| jury service to women, second pro-
| vides for woman bailiff to caro- for
women jurors, and the third measure
extends exemptions from jury service
| to include persons engaged in nursing
the sick, or mothers of families whose
presence at home is reasonably re-
quired for the care of their children.
Senator H. A. Swanson's antl-tip-
ping bill was reported adversely by the
general legislation committee OF, the
| Senate.
The vote was to f. Senator Rich
ard Hamer's anti-cigaret bill was killed
| by this committee, but it recommend
ed for passage w. A. Nolan's bill pro-
| hibiting the sale of cigarets to boys
under 20 years. The age limit now is
49,
The vibert bill codifying laws re-
garding legal publications was recon-
| mended to pass. It increases legal
rates and requires all legal publica-
tions to be in newspapers published
in the English language.
Per Cent Royalty Bill Passed.
BY vote of 103 to IA, the House of
Representatives passed the bill i'm
posing tax of per cent on royalties
received for rights to mine ore. The
| measure is practically the same as
| was passed in the House two years ago
by vote of 101 to 49,. 1t was killed
| in the Senate at that time Under the
terms Of the bill royalty" is defined
as meaning any fee received by own
ers of land for the right to explore or
to mine.
Representative Ralph J. Parker Of
| Spring Valley. was the only legislator
to speak on the bill. He argued that
it is in line with the tendency of tax
those best able to pay. He insisted
that it will reach class which is pay
ing no taxes and contributing nothing
to the wealth of the state, although
profiting from its natural resources.
Amended so as to give privileges of
grain exchange membership to the
Equity Cooperative exchange, the
House bill to require the Minneapolis
Chamber of Commerce and the Du-
luth Board of Trade, as well as the st.
Paul Livestock exchange, to admit to
membership cooperative organizations
granting patronage dividends, was rec
commended for passage in the Senate
committee on agriculture.
Substitute for Brooks-coIeman Bill.
Regulation of street railway rates is
given to the state railroad and ware
house commission in a bill reported
to the Senate general legislation COM
mittee as substitute for the Brooks
Coleman bill, which will be indefinitely
postponed. It was voted to introduce
the new measure as committee bill.
Provisions in the Brooks Coleman
bill, giving the state commission ap-
pelate Jurisdiction over orders of city
councils as to service, routing and ex-
| tensions, are eliminated from the new
bill. 1t gives the state commission
original jurisdiction in fixing rates of
the traction companies, without any
previous action by city councils.
County commissioners are author
ICED to acquire tracts of not less than
10 acres for experimental farm pur-
poses in bill before the House COM
mittee on towns and counties. County
agents shall manage the farms under
supervision of the county board.
Death Penalty Act Killed.
Senator James H. Halls bill for the
restoration of capital punishment in
Minnesota lies dead in. the Senate
committee on judiciary. Senator Hall