Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 3, 1910, Page 1

B— VOLUME 8. NUMBER 234. REMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1910. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. BEMIDJI MEN SEE NEW ERA FOR NORTH STATE Delegates to Brainerd Return and Tell of Triumphs Assured at Conven- tion Just Closed. RADICAL CHANGES — Resolution Adopted Call for Doing Away With State Boards—Reap- IN SIGHT portionment Certain. the constitution of the state of Min- nesota and to the principle of rig| ht and justice. “Be it resolved that this associa- tion demands imperatively that a just and equitable reapportionment be made at the coming session of the - legislature, to take effect im- mediately upon its passage, that shall remedy this condition on a basis which will give to all parts of the state equal representation, both in the senate and the house, accord- ing to the population, 'as /shown by the United States census in 1910. «Resolved, further, that we re. commend the representation under the new reapportionment be not increased in numbers cver that of the present membership of the Secretary Mackenzie of the Nor-|house and senate, thern Minnesota Development asso- ¢tAnd, resolved further, that in ciation and the delegates who at.|the event of the 1911 legislature tended the convention of that asso- ciation in Brainerd, have returned to Bemidji and are loud in the praise of their meeting and the benefits to be derived. Mr. Mackenzie, who goes to St. Paul tomorrow to attend the Lake States Forestry Conference, was in- clined to let the Brainerd gathering speak for itself. All he would say was: “The meeting was an unqualified success. lLyerybody went home feel- ing that a new era in the history of the state had been inaugurated. The city of Brainerd proved herself a worthy hostess.” A. G. Wedge, president of the Be- midji Commercial club and a mem- ber of the crudentials,committee, had'; th!s to say: “The Brainerd convention brought together the best representation of business interests in northern Min- nesota, Never has' there been a time when men from over 30 counties have united to accomplish definite results. The subjects dis- cussed by the different speakers were practical and kindled enthu- siasm and faith in the future of Northern Minnesota. ‘“Reapportioument, the slogan of our northern counties was theabsorb- ing topic. The fight is not over but with the hearty support of our busi- ness men the result should not be in doubt.” W. L. Brooks, member of the fi- nance committe said: «“We cannot appreciate the value ot the Brainerd- Convention to Beltrami County and to Be- midji, The earnestness and sin- failing to pass a reapportionmeat measure, we urgently request that the governor immediately recon- vene the legislature in extraordin- ary session for the express purpose of passing a reapportionment measure, the same to take effect immediately on passage. “And be it further resolved that we commend the stand on rzap- portionment expressed by our respected governor in his address before this association. “Be it further resolved, that the delegates of the convention, each and every one of them, hereby ex- press their appreciation of the cour- ous, halgitlfilg treatment accorded hem mmnnl. especially the Com- ercial club and. officers. of the Crow Wing Development assoctation,” St. Cloud ' presented ‘a . petition through C: A.-Gilman; former Ilen- the tenant governqr for the . assoer to hold its next meeting there. €. A. Moody of Warroad said that the town wants the convention some time, but he favored Duluth for the next meeting, and C." R. Middleton of Baudette' took the same': view. Mayor M. B. Cullon of Duluth ex- tended a cordial welcome, and, see- ing the sentiment of the convention, | . Mr. Gilman withdrew St. Cloud’s bid and Duluth was selected. The resolutions were presented by W. D. Richardson of Duluth, chairman of the committee, and]|. adopted without amendment by the convention. Resolutions adopted concerning forest fires were as follows: - *'Resolved, that the recent -forest fires on our northern boundary in- needless sacrifice of cerity of the Governor in his re- volving thi marks about reapportionment and thirty-one hdman lives and over his interest in our part of the state | $2,000,000 worth of property, is an were very valuable to us. Every- |object lession which should = cause one should read caretully the re- |our legislature to enact immediately solutions adopted. Some of them |2 Practical and conservative law for may seem radical, but they were | the creation of a state forest service,’ adopted only after bright, capable | for the protection and care of our men and given them careful study.” Rev. Charles Flesher: “Such get together meetings as the one at Brainerd can not help but do good. The purposes were worthy and Northern Minnesota will benefit from it. Ihad sucha good time that I want to go again. On to Duluth, and a good word for Mackenzie. The meeting was good enough to present at least once from the pulpit.” A. Kaiser of Bagley said: “Time only will reveal all the benefits resulting from the Brainerd meeting. It assures reapportion- ment and many other permanent ad- vantages for the north coufitry." [Continued on Page 8.] JUDGE SPOONER DENIES EFFORTS T0 OPEN SALOONS St. Paul, Dec. 3—(Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service)—Judge Mar- shall A. Spooner of Bemidji wasin conference here today with Fred W. Zollman, attorney for the brewers. I did not come to secure injunc- tions against W. E. Johnson restrain- ing him from closing saloons, as has The development convention |been reported,” said Judge Spooner. adopted the following resolutions |“I am here inthe on reapportionment: certain clientsand I admit that 'the “Whereas, the representation of |liquor question is involved. The the zorthern half of the state in the | proposed injunctions may be‘re- state legislature is conceded to be | quested later.” wholly inequitable and unjust in] Mr. Zollman leaves tonight for view of the rapid growth and popu- | New York to meet Fred Hamm, who lation of that part of the state, as|is returning from Europe. The two compared with other portions, and |[will go to Washington. Further “Whereas, this condition is con- |action probably will be announced trary both to the letter and spirit of | from that city. interests of | “‘PROGRESSIVES” ISSUEGALI. Bemidji Republicans Receive Notice Minneapolis Meeting Jan. 4. Bemidji republicans have receiv- ed copies of a call for a meeting of “Proressive Republican League” to be held in Minneapolis January 4. W. E. Edwards, general secretary sends out the notices which are op- timistic, the following being a ‘ quo- tation from a notice accombanyinz the call: “The Progressive Republicans of fight within their party for clean This is an uprising of the people, that .is spontaneous and not the result of any. pre-arranged - leadership - or -a plan. It springs from causes that are deep seated and common to the government and-popular rule. whole state.” The call itself has this to say: last election which we believe will respond to the demands of the péo- ple of the state. We believe that a law can be passed extending the ' di- rect primary to all state offices and to United States Senators 'if the matter is properly urged and put be- fore ~legislature. There is other needed legislation just as important to the-people of ° anemn ‘which enumerate.” J. J:Ophsahl of Bemidji signs afl. acd “other signers from vi-district— are:” Fe;gus Falls: E. E.Adams, N. E.’ Field. ‘Bastle' Lake: “H. A. Putman, W. ‘L. Wilson. . Crookston: ~H. Holre, Kennedy. B. E Sundberg GASSGOUNTY UFFIGIAI. | Cass Lake, Dec. 3.—The Cass county grand jury which has been in session this week at Walker has made its feport which is a lengthy 'one and covers the county from “re- pairing lights in- the: court house” to démanding the removal from: the office of J. F. Richards: chairman of Smoky Hollow township. The report says there have been glaring irregularities in the handling of the affairs' and. that the.county attorney be instructed to <demand the removal of Richards, and if he refuses, to start criminal proceedure against him. . The county commissioners were cautioned in the narter of allowing bills -against the county, and that better care should be exercised inthe allowing of verified accounts. The report also recommends that the counry prin}jng should be let to the lowest bidder, no matter where the paper be located inside the county. The coundition of affairs in School District No. 1 was also in- vestigated and it was deemed ad- visable that the county commission- ers should order the public examiner to make a complete inspection of all books pertaining to said district, and also for a special report on the Gull River school house contract. The grand jury'is also opposed to the commissioners buying the tract of ground opposite the court house in walker, claiming it is not necessary for court house pur- poses. The jury wound up their report by thanking Judge Wright and County Attorney Funck for the courteous manner in which' they have handled the business of the - court and the cases to which their attention has been called, : Minnesota are waging a vigorous| ' “A legislature was chosen at the| tlme a#d ‘space dé'not’! penmt me- to' i -‘lo J. A. A. Burnquist of St. Paul, [O'NEIL IS MENTIONED FOR HOUSE SPEAKER St. Pasl . Dispatch Correspondent Thinks Local Representatlve May be "Dragged Into Contest. LEWIS SPOONER’S; CHANCES SLIM Tonnage Tax May Figure In Fight Northern Minnesota Wants to Pla- cate the South. This .afternoon’s edition - of the edition: of the St. Paul Dispatch con- taing the following telegraphed from Bemridji today by Grove E. Wilson, political editor of that paper, who came here last night from Brainerd, which he' attended in the interests of his paper. The article is presented bere by courtesy of the Dispatch and Mr. Wilson: “Tonnige tax mentioned only in a whisperl at Brainerd, during the meeting of the Northern Minnesota Developnient association, will be heard like a clap of thunder before the speakership fight is settled. Those who have been declaring that no southern ‘candidate standsa chance of landing the place have overlooked the ‘tonnage tax and the attitude of nonhem Minnesota towards southe; finnesota. S "Tm the one ‘bright spot in H. H. Dunn’s horizon. If Mr. Dunn of ' Albert Lea is himself right pu 1onnnge tax, hewill smd ‘an excelléRt-"Chi hance: of sec This; in spite of the fact that the Eighth is today decidedly friendly ‘I However, under. the generalship of R, C Dunn of Princtcn, the ‘delegation from the iron country is quietly biding its time and no definite word from'it can be ex- . | pected until just before the.‘npq.n ing of the legisiature. The thing which made possxble the " nomination of P. E. Brown of Luverne as associate justice of the state supreme court enhances Mr. Dunn’s chances in the speaker. ship contest. The north is deter- mined to finally and conclusively bury the hatchet, Itis quite likely that this disposition is born large- ly of the certainty that tonnage tax has not been destroyed but only: temporarily set pack. If the south can be ameliorated and the two sections of the state brought into working harmony. there will be less danger of a radical tonnage tax bill being enacted. *In connection with this situation D. P. O’'Neil bobs up as a possible dark horse in the race. Mr. O’Neil, who is in Bemidji today admits re- ceiving letters from delegates in the Seventh and Ninth districts urging him to permit his name to go be- fore the legislators as a speakership candidate. ' Mr. O’Neil thus far has refused to consider the proposition. He does not say, however, that ne positively will not accept the place, and rather conveys the impression that it would not be wholly un- pleasant to him. “Mr. O’Neil’s popularity reaches far beyond the limits of his home district and he is generally spoken of as one of the most likable men in the house. Itis possible that this very characteristic' may militate against . his chances of landing the speakership as L. C. Spooner’s de- cided candor has hurt him in the Tace, “By the way, Mr. Spooner is to- 'day in Minneapolis, where he is in consultation with the Hennepin | county delegates inhis effort. tose-| cure their endorsement of his can- It is understood that he'is’ didacy. the 5upport of the Enght District, ] ‘have cinched the matter. under “the ‘protection of Thomas Kneeland of Minneapolis. Mr. Kneeland is ostensibly a Burnquist man, but there 1s reason to be- heve that Mr. Spooner is receiving encouragement at his hands. It is thought, here, and was also so stated at' Brainerd, that Mr. Spooner cannot get a majority support from Hennepin county. It is stated posi| tively, that W. D. Washburn Jr. will not agree to an endorsement of Spooner. As Mr. Washburn 1s the leader of the Hennepin county dele- gation, his attitude on this matter will be practically final. The same thing is true of the Eighth district so far as Mr. Spooner is concerned. He is decidedly anxious to secure the supportifof C. A. Congdon, whom he has branded as the one man in the house best fitted to be speaker. In spite of the subtlety of this compliment,j Mr. Congdon is ‘agin’ Mr. Spooner and will not.consent to an endorsement for him. ‘Mr. Congdon is the big noise among the Eighth sdistrict people and as a Bresult Spooner stands very little show of getting the solid support of any district aside from the Seventh and Ninth. “It was said ‘here, this morning, that Mr. Spooner would make no announcement of his candidacy un- til he has something more to show than the two endorsements already given him. In that case, say those not particularly - friendly - to Mr. Spooner, his announcement will never be made. . “That.will leave the Seventh free no endorse its second choice, ' Mr. Burnquist of St. Paul and the Ninth will cither endorse Mr. Burnqnist or put the nnunf Mi. O’Neil “in_the feld, "It is smd that had %}r finrnqulst reeewed ‘the ‘endorsement in the Seventh, that he contemplated get- ting, he would ‘today be recognized as the next-speaker of the house, In| that case the Ninth' would” have ‘en- dorced him last Wednesday, snd the Sixth and Eighth would bave come out for bim at Brainerd. This, with the Hennipenlcounty support; would Mr. Burn- quist evidently missed the chance when his supporters failed to appear at the Seventh district meeting. *'Figuring tonnage tax at its appar- ent importance in this conflict, H. H. Dunn:ig. far from being eliminated but ' if ‘Mr. Spooner fails'to get into the fight in earnest and Mr. O’Neil’s name is not preseited by the Ninth district, Burnquist will have a stra- getic -advantage, particularly if George McKenzie of Gaylord holds the Third district away from Dunn.” Horses For Sale. Just received a carload of good sound horses weighing about 1600 bs.-each. - Age, 4 to 6 years. Come and see them at Tom Smart’s barn, OH, YOU BASEBALL FANS ! 4 World’s Championship Baseball Series of 1910. The manager of the Majestic Theatre has again made a big hit in securing the moving pictures of the World’s Championship Baseball games between the Chicago Nation- als. and Philadelphia Americans, which will be shown at this popular theatre Monday and Tuesday nights. This film shows all the principal plays and closes with interesting views of the great crowd which at- tended the final game; over 27,000 it is claimed. Baseball enthusiasts from all over the United States were in attendance while thousands of orders for ‘seats| were returned to their remitters. " Remember only two nights Dec. 5th and 6th and the admission the 'same 10c. ey AGENTS HERE IDLE; ‘PUSSYFOOT' IN WEST Squad That Closed 42 Saloons Now in Bemidji Without Orders to Sup- press Sales “SPIDER” AGAIN IN TROUBLE Held Under Bail to-Await Grand Jury Action on Charge of Shipping in Liquor. With *“Pussyfoot” Johnsor in Den- ver, T. E. Brents in Kansas City and the squad of agents who yester- day and the day before closed forty- two saldons in towns north of here, in Bemidji without orders except to proceed to distant points, the alarm which has put the saloonkeepers on the “anxious seat” is dying down. None of the agents would venture a guess as to when Bemidii would be closed up, but all insisted that the saloons must go soon. The men who came in after hav- ing closed all the towns on the Min- nesota & International in the re~ stricted district, were N. J. Sero, N. A. Way, Davis and C. C. Brannon. Mr. Brannon, who recently came from Oklahoma, is a Methodist mnute .&*‘5‘9 15 known as the “fight- ‘ink-pafson,” which title he gained by his vigorous work to stop the sale of liquorto Indians in the west, .carrying a bible in one hand and a gun in the other. Mr. Bunnnon leaves - wnlghl h: Rocheswr where he wilthe ope: upon.”~ He'is In bad physical condi~ tion, suffering from gall stones lnll diabetes. Agent Sero left at noon for Duluth and Mr. Way goes to Wisconsin as a witness for 3 several Indian cases: None of the agents cared to be quoted but said that the..action of the saloon men here in ‘fiaifitaining "~ law abiding places, probably had much to do with the “chief’s”— meaning **Pussyfoot” Johnson— at- titude in permitting the saloons here to continue. Four more arrests have been made during the past twenty-four hours on charges that dealers have brought in liquor, three of them being from outside points. The last arrests to be made was that of Frank (Spider) Gagnon, who was today arraigned before U.S. Commissioner H. E. Simons. He waived examination and was bound over to await the action of the federal grand jury wnen it convenes at Fergus Falls .in May. All the cases which have come up will be dealt with by the May grand jury. The towns closed north of here included Blackduck, Big Falls, Margie, Kelliher, Houpt and all other towns affected by the treaty with the exception of Tenstrike and Turtle River. At none of the forty.two places closed was there any resistance. No liquor was destroyed. all, including beer, packed for shipment and is now on its way to the wholesalers in the cities. Two freight cars were necessary to haul the beer. A Snap. Let us show you the best cot- tage in town for the money. Terms given. Ziegler & Ziegler Co Schroeder Block. Notice. The Bemidji Ice Co., Anderson & Blocker Prop., having sold their Ice business and placed all their accounts in the hands of C. D. Lucas for collection. the government in It was -