The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1921-03-10
OFFICIAL CONVENTIONS
Measure Considered to LegaIize Party
Conventions for Endorsement OF
Candidates and Adopt Platforms.

elections subcommittee of the House
and Senate
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 CT 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
the respective party committees. SINH
lar provisions are made for senatorial,
legislative, judicial and congressional
district conventions.
County conventions will be author
county offices, and the state conven:
lions for state offices and presidential
electors, also to elect delegates to ma
tional conventions and to adopt state
ments of party principles.
Three delegates at large from each
county, in addition to the number fixed
by representation, to be determined by
IN I'd tn g
in each state convention. The full vote
for each county shall be cast except
where less than half of the delegates
are present, when so per cent of the
vote shall be received.
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 SIS to ST. 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, a Legion member, denied
this. Representative L. O. Teigen
moved indefinite postponement, and F.
J. McPartlin said he would introduce
a bill killing the entire boxing law, if
smaller cities were not allowed to
have boxing.
Bills Nearly Ready.
Senator L. H. Nord said that both
the fee and the refundment bills would
be submitted to the full committee,
and Senator F. l.. Cliff, chairman Of
the subcommittee in charge of the ad-
ministration bill, already passed by
the House, said that bill would be
ready for this full committee by the
latter part of the week.
There will be hearings on the bill in
the Senate as there was in the House
some of the senators say one hearing,
but Senator P. H. McGarry, who still
stands for the board of commissioners
as opposed to the single commissioner
plan Of administration, declared that
there would be public hearings contin-
ued over two or three days to which
men from all over the state would be
invited to come and express their
views.
A committee of three members Of
the Minnesota service mems memorial
commission conferred with Lieutenant
Governor Collins and Speaker Nolan
as to best means for presenting the
proposal to the Legislature to erect
memorial to the men who fought in
the World War. The commission,
which was recently named by the
American Legion and consists of one
member from each congressional dis.
trict, decided legislation must be pre-.
scented this week.
Substitute for Brooks-CoIeman Bill.
Regulation of street railway rates is
given to the state railroad and ware
house commission in bill reported
to the Senate general legislation com.
mittee as substitute for the Brooks
Coleman bill, which will be indefinitely
POSTPONED. 1t was voted to introduce
the new measure as a 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. It gives the state. commission
original jurisdiction in fixing rates Of
the traction companies, without any
previous action by city councils.
Colonization Measure Up.
A bill, said by Representative F. J.
McPartlin of International Falls, ''to
be the most important measure before
the legislature for northern Mime
sota," was recommended for passage
by the House, sitting in committee OF
the whole. This proposed law creates
a state Land colonization committee
provides for the settlement of north
ern Minnesota lands, gives preferen
tial privileges to soldier settlers and
If passed, will greatly enhance devel
opment of the unsettled parts of the
state, according to Mr.. McPartlin's
statement.