Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 3, 1911, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI1 PIONEER. WNTESOT HISTUBICALj I SOCIETY. VOLUME 9. SENATE SMOKES OUT NUMBER 286. lsullivan of St. Cloud led off with re- marks opposing the resolution and | they were followed by a Gattling gun ENEMIES uF NUHTH;defense of the resolution and reap- Dramatic Clashes Mark Vote on Hackney Resolution, First Real Test on Reapportionment. BILL BELIEVED TO HAVE CHANCE ! portionment by the brilliant young senator—the youngest, in fact in the | Minnesota senate—James P. Boyle of | Eveleth. ! Boyle Becomes Dramatic. “Dilatory tactics” sarcastically said Senator Boyle, “are a handy thing for certain senators. they are favored and the next they ; are condemned but not over the same ! measure. Now, every man knows | pretty well how he is going to vote One day | briefly in opposition of the resolu- tion. “I have been trying to figure out during all this debate,” he said, “why the resolution fixes the mem- =ber§hip Bt 63 senators and 126 re- presentatives. That is all there is |toit. Why 63?” | According to the rules, it is im- i possible to have a roll call while the i‘sennte is acting as a committee of {the whole so after Chairman Dunn had put ‘Works’ calling for an indefinite Senator motion, postpone- ment of the Hackney resolution, for Will Be Rushed Into House By Chair- on this proposition and I want tola viva voce vote, and being in doubt man Congdon and Friends Still See Success. (BY F. A. Wilson) Bemidji Pioneer Legislative Burean St. Paul, Feb. 3.—Southern Min- Tesota Senators in solid array, flank- ed by a few faithful servants of the brewery Interests, dealt a siinging blow square in the face of friends of an honest reapportionment, when by | | the people of the state of Minnesota |are intelligent enough to know just | what your vote means. Here is a ! responsibility and there is no use |shirking it. I have talked with ;near]y every member in this chamber (and not one of them denies that a |senate of 63 members is not desir- [able. 1 come here, gentlemen of the | senate, representing 87,000 persons |and tuere are districts of this state |having five times as great represen- !tell you gentlemen of the senate that | a vote of 29 to 31 the senate yester-"-“’ml as do my people and I ask in day killed the Hackney resolution, |the name of those 87,000 people that which proposed to limit subgequemithis resolution be voted down and legislatures to a senate of 63 mem- that you clear the deck for reap- bers and a house of 126, which is the | portionment.” Putnam Opposes It. Senator F. E. Putnam of size of the present legislature. Senator S. D. Works (democrat) Blue! as to whether the yeas and nays was the loudest, called for a rising vote |and this was recorded as 31 in favor of killing the resolution to 29 op- | posed. | How A Roll Call Was Obtained. | When Lieutenant Governor Gor- | don took the chair and received the report of the senate committee of the | whole which was to the effect that | the resolution had been killed, & roll call was demanded. This was done | to get the senators on record in the matter, and it showed the senators | voting against the resolution, which iis taken by the general public to ;mean opposition to a reapportion- ' ment Dill, as follows: Nays——Anderson, Bedford, Benson, :Cnrpenter, Cashman, Clague, Coller, of Mankato lead the fight of the Earth in Faribault county, Edj“in"'cuok, C. F., Cooke, L. 0., Dale, Don- exerted his over-represented regions of the south | but his bold assault was met by vol~ leys of wrath ing Iowa, against the resolution. He said: “I thoroughly | don’t see that there are any dilatory aroused champions of a state-wide | square deal and the senate chamber resounded with dramatic outbursts of eloguence. from tactics being employed. I see no need of the resolution un- less it is an effort to get some one on record before the reapportionment‘ More than one senator hurled the | bill is reported.” warning that a vote to kill the reso-| Olai A. Lende, senator lution would mean to the people of |from the south, his home being in| the state that reapportionment opposed, and yet in the face of this|Dortionment committee was i thirty-one senators permitted them- Of exceeding the speed limit and| selves to be recorded against the While he would vote for. the resolu- Hackney resolution. ]fion he wanted it distinetly under- General Wilson Thunders a Defense| 5t00d that he reserved the right to| “No one in this senate is so dull or Teject the reapportionment bill when | stupid,” thundered General Wilson, | it appears, if he so desires. the venerable senator from Minnea-| Senator C. D. Odell of polis, “that he cannot comprehend|figured it out that he should vote what a vote for indefinite pustpone-iagaiBS( the resolution but said he ment of this resolution means. 1 do|wanted it understood that he another is| Marshall, said he thought the reap-| afraid Willmar Personally, | not wish to impung the motives of anyone, but there is a tremendous significance to the vote we are about to take; in the face of party plat- form and the known sentiment of the people the full meaning of this vote is far reaching. 1 make the prediction here and now that when the vote is counted it will be one of geographical location—that will tell the story. There is nothing binding in this resolution; it is merely an expression of good will; just a pre-‘ liminary proposition. This resolu- tion passed the house a few days ago by a substantial vote.” Here General Wilson was inter- rupted by Senator Schaller, of Hast- ings, democratic leader of the sen- ate. who rose to the point of order tor, who rose to he point of order | that it is improper to refer to the | proceedings of the house—that the senate should take independent Senator Wilson that the point was well taken and action. concluded by reiterating that mere‘l could be no mistaking the purport| of the resolution and expressed the | hope that all senators would be big and broad enough to vote for it. What the Resolution Meant. The senate was in a committe of | the whole when the Hackney resolu- tion came up for discussion. Sen- ator W. W. Dunn of St. Paul had been called to the chair by Lieuten- ant Governor Gordon. and last week was voted down when and effort was made to pass it under the suspension of the rules. The resolution was originally presented to the senate by Senator J. M. Hack- ney of St. Paul, chairman of the sen- ate reapportionment committee. Senator Hackney explained that the resolution would simply put the com- mittee in a position to know what sort of a bill to draw up. The motion of Senator Works to indefinitely postpone the resolution was a signal for the senators to clash, and clash they did. Senator F. A. Duxbury of Cale- donia of the extreme southeastern part of the state and Senator J. admitted | The resolu-| tion had been pending several days| was | | for reapportionment. | | From Sunny Southern Madelia. % Senator Julius E. Haycraft of | sunny, southern Madelia couldn’t understand why such a resolution, |arbitrarily fixing the senate at 63 imemhers. should have been intro- | duced. “It is unfair and unneces- | sary” was his parting shot. | Senator O. O. Sageng plead vigor- |ously for the resolution and said | there was no reason why it should not be passed. Senator S. A. Nelson, who resides in Lanesboro, which is about as far| south as it could be and still be in| Minnesota, delivered himself thusly: “This is the first time I have ever | been called upon to commit myself | |upon a bill before it was introduced.” | Clague Suggests 51 Senators, | Senator Frank Clague of Redwood | Falls said: “I am ready to support a| | fair reapportionment despite what | certain newspapers have to say, but | you can’t reapportion this state on a basis of 63 senators. You have either got to cut the senate to 51 | members or you have got to exceed 63 by two or three. If you try to | make a reapportionment on the basis |of 63, you will find that you will | Bave to divide different counties and that wouldn’'t be fair. That's why 1 oppose the resolution.” Senator Coller of Shakopee op- posed the resolution and Senator Dwinnell of Minneapolis was elo- quent in his defense of it. He said: “Shall we obey the Constitution? Shall we live up to our oaths of of- fice? Shall we relinquish our seats in this chamber? Shall we bow to the will of the people or shall we do |the opposite? Are we less brave than the founders of the republic who resented taxation without presentation? Te- Is the government of |tinue? The isuse is a.square one. I tell you here and now that unless this resolution is adopted we have no reapportionment.” Parting Shot By Schaller. There were calls of “put the ques- tion” but Chairman Dunn will recog- D.|nized Senator Schaller who spoke |action yesterday, Chairman |Dunn good roads bills. the people and for the people to con- | influence | 41qgon, Duea, Duxbury, Glotzbach, ;Handlan, Haycraft, Klein, McGrath, | Moonan, Murray, Nelson, Odell, Ol- son, Peterson, Putnam, Schaller, Stebbins, Thoe, Van Hoeven, Weis, Works—31. | cognized friends of reapportionment were: | Yeas—Ahmann, Boyle, Cheadle, | Denerge, Dunn, Dwinnell, Elwell,! Fosseen, Froshaug, Gunderson, Gunn, Rustad, Sageng, Saugstad, Sullivan, J. D., Sundberg, Swanson, Wallace, Wilson—29, Absent—Poehler, Rockne, Sullivan. Does Not Mean Defeat. The vote does not necessarily mean that reapportionment by the present legislature is hopelessly lost. In fact, champions of that measure say that its enemies have thrown down the gauntlet and that for the first time they are out in the open and that a winning fight can now be made. As a result of the G. H. senate Cong- don of the House committee on re- apportionment, has let it be known that he will hustle a reapportion- ment bill into the House in the very near future. * & X While the senate was juggling with reapportionment the = House transacted an important piece of business by passing, by an over- whelming majority, the Robert C. The votes were 109 to 1 and 106 to 2, Repre- sentative W. A. Campbell and Ernest Lundeen of Minneapolis voting No. There was a debate of two hours on the measures and Mr. Dunn made | the speech of his life in favor of his good roads propaganda. It is said by some that the passage of these bills, together with his speech, will make the Princeton man, some day, governor of Minnesota. One of the bills provides for a constitutional amendment of levying 'a one mill tax to be spent by the state highway commission. The other provides for an annual appropriation of $150,000 to be spert under supervision of the commission for roads and bridges. DANVILLE INDICTMENTS DUE Many True Bills on Vote Selling Charges Expected. | Danville, 111, Feb. 3.—State's Attor- ney Lewman said that the evidence given before the grand jury to date was all written and ready so that the Jury may review it at any time and begin voting indictments. Fred Jahnke, a local politician and prominent worker at the polls at every election for several years, was the first witness of the day. He was followed by A. R. Samuels, vice president of the Second National bank. It is believed that between fifty and one hundred indictments will be pe- turned when the jury makes its first Teport. | Those favoring the resolution, re- Hackney, Hanson, Johnson, C. D., Johnson, V. L., Johuston, Lende, L’Herault, Marden, Pauly, Pugh,| STEPHENS BELIEVES CONTEST MEANS MUCH “Will Decide Whether Primary Law Amounts to Anything” Declares Crookston Banker. JUDGE SPOONER VISITS CAPITOL Dr. Stone Introduces Bill Which Aims to Wipe Out White Slavery In Minnesota. | | (By P. A. Wilson) |Bemiaji Pionser Législative Bureau St. Paul, Feb. 3.—]t is only a ques- tion of a few days before it will be known whether Andrew Stephens, the old time Republican power of the state semate, is'to mgain occupy his seat or whether John Saugstad of Climax shall continue as a sena- ‘;torl E Mr. Stephens. who is exceedingly ;retici'ent, is at the capitol nearly {every day and he has a host of fol- lowers who receive him cordially. ! “There is really but one important; iquestion to be decided by this con-f !test," said Mr. Stephens, “and that |is whether or not the primary law is‘i !to count for anything. | “In the present controversy I stand as the man who was the reg-| ular nominee of the party. My op- ponent refused to accept the voice of the party and went into the elec- tion with ‘stickers.’ E Mr. Stephens realizes that the| elections commxmg:y against him and that the report of this committee to the senate is that he is mnot entitled to a seat in the senate, but nevertheless Mr. Stephens still be~‘ lieves that his chances of being de- clared the rightful senator from the Crookston district are bright. exceedingly He believes the senate will vote down the committee report and that this will be followed by a vote in his favor. It is likely that the vote will be close and the general impression about the capitol is Mr. Saugstad will not be thrown out. It had been planned to bring about a vote of this contest yesterday but a jangle over the Farrington-Fros- haug contest in the senate chamber ‘Wednesday, upset the program and it will not be voted upon until next| Tuesday, the elections having made a report. * K X ‘White Slavery will be a precari- ous proposition in Minnesota under the provisions of a bill given to the house by Dr. W. T. Stoné of Park Rapids. The measure is exhaustive, covering three typewritten ._pages and provides punishment of froml two to twenty years in the peniten- tiary and a fine as high as $5,000 for the conviction of either men or wo- men guilty of traffic .in girls. xR | Senator Dwinnel of Minneapolis has a bill in which it makes it un- lawful for any person in Minnesota under the age of sixteen years to operate an automobile. committee It also re- quires all persons operating motor machines to secure a license, the first cost to be $1, with 50 cents for yearly renewals. * X X Judge Marshall A. Spooner, who is in Minneapolis for a week, was a caller at the capitol yesterday. He has many acquaintances in the build- ing and he received numerous con- gratulations for his brilliant work in connection with the Bemidji li- quor cases which led to the Willard decision raising the “1id” in northern Minnesota. Judge Spooner” express- jed the hope that President Taft has grdered an appeal of the Willard de- cision to the supreme court was cor- rect. “A decision from the highest court would leave no loaphole,” was ~ SENATE MEN WHO ARE FIGHTING FOR SEAT IN —Courtesy of St. Paul Dispatch ANDREW STEPHENS Of Crooksten who Expects to Replace “'Sticker” Senator. JOHN SAUGSTAD The Sticker Senator from Climax, FAYOR COMMISSION PLAN Reynolds Vigits Mankato Where Plan is Being Tried With Success. H. E. Reynolds, secretary of the Bemidji commercial club, returned to the city this morning from Man- kato, where he has been interview- ing the people of that city on the working of the commission form of municipal government which has been in operation in that city for some time. Mr. Reynolds said this afternoon: “I visited Mankato Wednesday and Thursday, February 1 and 2. May- or Meyer, of that city originally fought against the commission form of government, but he now states that he believes it is the only feas- able manner of handling municipal affairs. I met the various commis- sioners, and all were very enthus- iastic over the way the system is working out. I made it a point to visit several parties who were op- posed to the proposition at the time of the election, and they all admit that it is working out much better than they thought 1t would. STEWART LIKES STONE BILL Beltrami County Superintendent of Schools Thinks Plan Good One. In an interview this morning with a representative of the Pioneer, W. the Beltrami county schools, gave out the following opinion in regard to the Stone measure which is now be- fore the House of Representatives, and which has as its chief clause the consolidation of the rural schodl districts in Minnesota:. “The bill is alright, and deals with what soon- er or later will naturally result from the present condition of things. The only way to secure equality of op- portunity is for the state to offer in- ducements that will bring about conditions possible for giving rural school children the advantage offer- ed by the larger schools. In my opinion the rural school should be a social and industrial centre as well as an educational ome. This bill tends toward such an end. I think there are some clauses which will be somewhat changed.” B. Stewart, superintendent of Judge Spooner's significant comment. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. GREAT INFLUX OF SETTLERS MANY pET""]"s Many Will ME& Around Be-; FILED WITH GLERK midji During 1911. Johnson and Kirk are Both Candid- ates for the Office of Alderman at Large. The large tract of land which has been placed on sale by the Crookston Lumber Company at practically the ' same conditions under which state lands are sold, has caused a great in- THOMAS MALOY AISO TO EUN flux of settlers from this and neigh- boring states, who have purchased strips of land upon which they will make their future homes. Announces that He Will Ask Voters of Bemidji to Elect Him Presi- Letters are being received daily dent of Council. by the secretary of the commercial club in regard to this land, among which is one from a Methodist pastor at Arcade, N. Y., who writes to the effect that he and members of his Petitions of both George Kirk, the present alderman at large and L. F. Johnson, are being circulated today as candidates for alderman at large, congregation may come to northern|but it is the opinion of many that only one of the petitions will be filed Minnesota to make their homes here. It a The placing of this large tract ot | = " o° declded at one time by Mr. | Johnson that he would not enter the | ducing settlers to come to northern | Minnesota and means much for Bel- land on sale by the Crookston lumber company at low rates will materially | assist in solving the problem of in- trami county and Bemidji. fight if Mr. Kirk felt that he would like to ask for his. re-election. But the friends of Johnson would not al- low his name to be withdrawn from the race, and as his petition is lack- {1ng only five or six names of being —Courtesy of St. Paul Dlsp&\tchj | complete it is more than probable that he will be a candidate. Mr. | Kirk’s petition is being circulated ty-year payment plan are the fol- | and is about half complete. | lowing: | 1t is now evident that Thomas Ma- S. B. Porter, Grand Forks, N. D.; | 1°% Who has for several years been | city clerk, will be a candid: Chas. Steenerson, Clearbrook; George | S, x nitaste for the position of alderman at large, as his 4. Hayes, Island Lake; Richard Joho- | pevition s being circulated today. Many petitions have been filed E. P. Peterson, Litchfield; | with the city clerk by the various H. P. Litchfield; | candidates for city offices, and are as Alfred Anderson, Litchfield; Edwara | [1OWs: Doll, Litchfield; John H. Moen, - °f the public ownership can- didates as follows: J. H. Grant for Benrd; Thq‘l: Steenerson, Clearbrook; mayor; Garfield Akerberg, for <ty Casper Christenison, Clearbrook; Emil | clerk; F. M. Malzahn, for alderman ‘Stormoen, Bagley; Arthur Vedbraa- at large; E. W. Hannah, for assessor; ten, Bagley; C. W. Wagenor, Litch- Earl Geil for city treasurer; N. L. field; Alice A. Lamb, Litchfield, Hakkerup, for alderman of the first Louis Hanson, Beard; John Bakkum, | ward; T. W. Bell, for alderman in the Leonard; John A. Johnson, Litch- second ward; J. Evan Carsom, for field. alderman in the third ward and Charles Swedback, for alderman in the fourth ward. uE"Y THUMPSO" LIBE“SE! George Stein and Charles Schroe- | der, candidates for city clerk have filed. Blackduck Council In Exciting Ses-| J- C- Parker, has filed for mayor. j | Joseph Bisiar and F. L. Bursle, sion Hold Applicant Unft. |00 n1ed as candidates for thoty e, election as aldermen from the third |and second wards, respectively. John Moberg’s petition as a can- didate for the office of alderman from the first ward was filed this morn- ing. Among those who have already purchased tracts of land on the twen- son, Neving; Medota Swenson, At- ‘water; Peterson, At a meeting of the Blackduck city council last evening two appli-| cations for liquor licenses were brought before the council and one accepted, the other refused. The application of Mat Thompson, was bitterly fought. Thirty busi- ness men of Blackduck had signed a petition and rendered it to the coun- | cil to the effect that they believed Thompson an upfit man to hold a| liquor selling license. Every signer of the petition was P — present at the meeting of the council | Walker and Bemxd,)x High School and several of them spoke, telling Fives Will Clash in Armory. why they believed Thompson unfit| v to hold a license. M. J. Reed, ome| of Blackduck’s most prominent busi- | ness men said: “I do not want to do away with saloons in Blackduck, for I am just selfish enough to believe that they help my business, but I do believe that to have such men as The petition of Charles Hoyt, al- though fully signed up, has not as yet been filed. BASKET BALL TONIGHT At the Armory this evening the basket ball quints representing the Walker and Bemidji high schools will clash for the first time this sea-’ son. ‘Walker, according to reports from Mr. Thompson operating a saloon in | teams who have met and gone down our city that it not only hurts the city and business in gemeral but it hurts the business being done by the other saloons.” Not one of the signers of the peti- tion were pastors or salon men, none of the signers being men who would naturally be against the granting of the license. Several of the councilmen were at first inclined to grant the license, even with the objections of the busi- Tess men, on the grougds that all of the saloon keepers were violaters of the law. It was decided, however, that the license should not be grant- will more than hold his own with ed. = the Walker forward. The Be- There are at present eleven sa-|midji lineup in the evening’s con- loons doing business in Blackduck. |test will be' ‘as follows: Larson Attorney Torrance, of this city,| (captain) centre; Morite and Bailey, represented the business men at the{forwards and Spencer and Peck, meeting, while B. T. Wilson, the|guards. = Blackduck attorney, represented| The game will be called at 8 Thompson. 3 o'clock. - to defeat before them, has one of the fastest basketball fives in this part of the state, and they are coming to Bemidji this evening with a deter- mination to win. Coach Robinson of the Bemidji team has changed the lineup of the team a little and believes that the differnce will strengthen the five first year of basketball, but who has started during the last three football seasons at tackle and half back, will be given a chance this evening at guard, and the coach feels that he considerable. Peck,who is playing his