The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-30


the house suddenly turned on COM
promise conference redraft of the
plan, rejecting 1t by vote of 70 to
So, and throwing the progress Of the
special session into turmoil once
again.
Differences in technical opinion be-
tween the senate and house had ap-
parently been ironed out when spe-
cial committee took the bill In hand,
revising it in an attempt to satisfy
both bodies. All indications had
pointed to an adoption Of the proposal
by the house and enactment of the
plan into law and an early adjourn
ment. Senate conferees had yielded
considerable ground to house men,
bers, point which had been expect
ed to play major share in swinging
house sentiment to the compromise.
Presentation Of the compromise
plan to the house began as a cut and
dried affair. Rep. Rollin F. Johnson,
Forest Lake, chairman of the house
conferees, read and explained the
agreement. Hardly had he finished
than Rep. Charles Wangensteen, CHS
holm, 1eaped to his feet, stating his
disapproval Of the section requiring
children and other near relatives Of
pensioners to be responsible for their
keep. He was joined in his pleas a
moment later by Rep. Mark Nolan,
Gilbert, and Rep. Harold Barker, FL
bow Lake.
When stormy period of debate
had subsidized, party lines had broken.
Members from the northern districts
disapproved of changes levying
larger outlay for expenses in their
counties; representatives of southern
districts lamented the failure of the
conference committee to substantially
increase county appropriations. A
bolt against the conference plan had
now gained so much momentum that
the negative answer swept to con-
vincing victory.
Under the terms of the conference
bill, persons over 65 would be eligible
for pensions up to $50 month if they
had lived in the United States rs
years or had been citizens, in the
state five years out Of the last nine
and in the county in which they apply
for one year. The allowance for
property had been trimmed to $500
excluding furniture, wearing apparel,
household goods, and burial lot.
While the pension craft was en-
countering stormy weather, other
pieces of special legislation moved
toward a more tranquil conclusion.
The $83,000,00 delinquent tax bill, pre-
pared by conference committee also,
slid through the house with but one
dissenting vote. Under terms of the
bill property owners who have not
paid their 1888 taxes may pay the
delinquency in installments over a 10
year period. Conferees ironed out
large wrinkle in the bill when they
deleted the provision stating that col
lected delinquent taxes would have to
be applied on the bonded debt, sub
shutting the clause that such funds
collected would be used for the same
purpose for which they were levied.
The state senate labor committee
approved a resolution calling for an
interim investigation of social secur-
ity legislation with emphasis on I'M
employment insurance systems in
other states. The proposal calls for
a committee of 10, equally divided be-
tween the houses in membership, and
an allowance of $4,000.
Creation of the Minnesota commits
sion of interstate. cooperation, COM
posed of house members and 5
senate members to be selected by the
governor, was advocated in a joint
resolution to both bodies. 1t was adj
vanced that the board would encour-
age and arrange conferences with
officials of other states and formu-
late proposals for cooperation be-
tween Minnesota and its neighbor
states.
The blind pension bill, sponsored
by Rep. Henry Horwitz, st. Paul, was
sent to conference by the house OF
representatives. The proposed act,
passed by both houses in somewhat
different form, would place needy
adult blind on a pension basis instead
of a relief basis. The senate re-
duced the annual income blind per-
son could have and still be eligible
for a pension from $500, as proposed
by the house, to 1865.
Electric voting machines were sug-
gested in a motion introduced In the
house by Rep. Charles Wangensteen,
Chisholm. The present method OF
voting, he pointed out, wastes time
and is antiquated. His proposal
would authorize an appropriation of
$50, 900, If needed, for the installation
of the system in the state.
In efforts to solve the arguments
arising over the provision concerning
the proportion of the pension fund
to be paid by the state and the coun-
tY, the conference committee had de-
cided that the federal government
should bear 80 per cent Of the cost,
the state 80 1 % per cent, and the
county 16 2-3 per cent. Originally, the
senate had proposed that state and
county pay rs per cent, while the
house had suggested 37A per cent
levy on the state and 1874 per cent
levy on the county.
In the face Of opposition from
Hennepin county and Minneapolis
school officials, legislative tax refor-
mists hoped to get favorable action
in The senate tax committee consider
alton of the measure to permit own