Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 8, 1911, Page 1

- THE BEMID \ 1ONEER. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL : 4 SOCIETY. VOLUME 9. NUMBER 290. SAUGSTAD DEFEATS STEPHENS, 55 1o 6 After Long Session Senate Seats Cli- max Man By Vote Late Yester- | day Afternoon. COUNTY OPTION FIGHT NOISY Doom of Measure Was Not Sealed Until House Chamber Resound- ed With Oratory. (By F. A. Wilson) Bemidji Ploneer Legislative Bureaun St. Paul, Minn. Feb. 8.—By a de- cisive vote of 55 to 6 the Minnesota senate late yesterday afternoon de- cided that John Saugstad of Climax, Polk county, is entitled to continue as a senator despite the contest in- augurated by Andrew Stephens, the former senator from Crookston, and at one time one of the greatest poli- tical powers in the state. There were two members of the senate who did not vote, Senator Saugstad and Senator Benson, who was absent on the account of illness. The six senators who voted in favor of seating Mr. Stephens were: L. O. Cooke, \. W. Dunn, C. D.; Johnson. Frank Murray, G. H. Sulli- van and 8. D. Works. The vote was taken following a the contestants’ side of the case by E. P. comprehensive presentation of Sanborn, he eminent St. Paul attor- ney, while E. T. Young, former at- torney general, spoke for Mr. Saug- stad. Attorney G. E. A. Findlay- son of East Grand I'orks closed for Mr. Stephens and warned the sena- Mr. Saugstad tors to seat would mean thal the primary law in- Min-l|-gave a graphic word picture of the nesota was to all intents and pur- poses a dead letter. The action of the senate of course is final, and means that the county optionists have won their fight to retain the Climax man as a member the contest is the announcement by Mr. Stephens that he is through with politics forever. of the senate. Incidental to + ! ed upon by many as a possible suc- cessor to Knute Nelson in the United States senate two years hence. *x KK County option is a dead issune so far as the present session of the leg- Yesterday to 3:15 p. m. marked islature is concerned. from 11 a. m. the obsequies. Probably the golden room of Min- nesaota’'s appointed house chamber never rang with more handsomely earnest pleas in behalf of any pro- posed legislation than those offere in rare eloquence for the Anti-Saloon biil and no more bitter denuncia- tion of a proposed act ever shook the shutters of the great marble palace than did the dramatic exclamations of the opponents of county option. It was George Mackenzie of Gay- lord, chairman of the house commit- tee on temperance two years ago, who took up the burden for the brew- ers and made a notable speech in op- position to the Rines county option bill. He became so plain and blunt in his remarks as to offend friends of county optionists who were packed into the galleries to as numerous extent as was possible af- the bill had earlier captured the larger number ter the opponents of of most desirable seats. The coun- ty optionists sought to vent their disapproval kenzie's talk by hissing him and this resulted in the speaker's .public an- of Representative Mac nouncement that he would clear the galleries if there was any more un- seemly conduct. At 11 o’clock the county option bill was taken up as a special order of business. A call of the house was demanded which meant that every available member must be his seat. All but two members were ac- counted for; T. M. Ferguson of Bark- er and W. A. Fisher of Minneapolis. Mr. Fisher, for several weeks, has ‘been suffering from a stroke of par- in alysis and his attendance was im- possible, Mr. Ferguson was indis- He has been look-!try but on the contrary undermines the | JOHN SAUGSTAD i - Who Retains Seat in the Senate. - {posed but sent word that he would Henry Rines of Mora, author of | the county option bill, opened the de- 'bate after the speaker had announc- |sion” was to be had. Mr. | spoke Dbriefly, declaring the county {option bill the most important meas-| !ure to come before the legislature, a | measure in which he said the statz interested. He isaid that the issue was not a new one and that for 20 years it had been discussed, until within the last| few years it had become “a burning, live issue”. He called attention to the fact that Jacob Jacobson of Lac Qui Parle supported the }and Jacobson was usually -right, was | Mr. Rines' comment. | Interest extraordinary attached to| remarks of G. H. Mattson of not only becanse he is at at large is vitally measure | the Roseau, present a power in the house and a recognized champion of county op- tion, but because it is known that Mr. to succeed Julius Schmahl as secre- tary of state. The Roseau member | | | Mattson cherishes an ambition { “enlightened advancement” charac- teristic of those who have taken up the work of advanced liquor legis- lation and declared there were two cardinal quesions. “Does a saloon pay?” and “What does county option | stand for?” He declares that the saloon does not pay because it cre- |ates no wealth, stimulates no indus- civie virtue. “Look, this very moment, at poor old renowned | for today sunk so low in political corruption as to merit the contempt of the na- tion and her downfall and ignominy is directly traceable to the liquor traffic through the saloon.” In answering the second question, “What does county option stand for?” Mr. Mattson said: “It endeavors to bring back to the | people the very principle upon which democracy reposes. It is the bare question of giving people the right to settle a question according to their Illinois. ~ Yestrday, industrial achievements, own judgment, the fundamental prin- ciple of democracy.” Mr. Mattson tionment by saying that there was hinted at reappor- “another problem to be fought out |on this floor and one that will blunt the conscience of democracy if it is I not settled alright”. | Mr. Mattson said that nine states in the Union have adopted county option and that 23 governors favor- He said the farmers were entitled to a voice in the making of the laws and whether “sons shall pass under the shadows of saloons and daughters ravished| by the influences of saloons”. He concluded: “When you led temperance laws. vote against county option, you deal a death blow] against free government.” Mr. Mackenzie followed in a brilliant address against the meas- ure. He explained that two years ago he was chairman of the temper- ance committee and to rectify the erroneous impression that the county option bill at that time was smoth- ered in the committee, explained that the bill was introduced Janu- ary 22, 1909, that after three hear- ings it was reported back to the house February 4, 13 days after its introduction with a majority recom- mendation for indefinite postpone- ment and a minority report defended | | by John Saugstad now a member of the senate. “A newspaper reporter sent letters to country mnewspapers saying the mittee. This was .absolutely and unqualifiedly false. The committee had the bill 13 days and that was all.” Taking up his arguments against the present bill, Mr. Mackenzie said: 3 “Ever since the beginning of time, man has consumed drink or nar- cotics.” > k He said it long had been con- tended that the excessive use of stimulants was detrimental to the welfare of humanity and added that anything used in excess” is de- trimental. “I dare say”, said Mr. Mackenzie, “that intemperate eating has caused a greater mortality than has intem- { come to the chamber to cast his vote. | perate drinking. This is illustrated in such temperate countries as Eng- land, France and Germany where man's physical stature reaches its jed that “full, free and fair discus-|highest development as does also the Rines | arts and sciences. “Now there is another erroneous impression which ig that drink is an impetus to immorality and to crime. There is more imagination than any- thing else to these arguments. A spendthrift drunkard is a spend- thrift rover.” It was‘ at this point that the hiss- ing became so loud that the speaker uttered his warning to the gallery. Order having been restored, Mr. Mackenzie continued: “Intoxication does not change a It merely exposes him as he is. Now the opponents to county option or prohibition do not' inter- fere with men that wish to abstain; they let them abstain to their hearts’ content.” Mr. the scriptures for appropriate quota- tions such as “Wine that maketh glad the heart of man” or “Take a Tittle wine for thy stomach’s-Sake:” The speaker also cited the ‘Saviour’s act of turning water into wine. Re- verting to the original subject he said: “There is not and has never been any real demand for county option. Why the folks of Fergus Falls have as much right to dictate to their citizens in St. Paul as the citizens of Perham would have to dictate to Fergus Falls.” Mr. Mackenzie dwelt at length up- on the evils of blind pigs and said they “spread more poison and have a worse effect than any licensed sa- loon.” J. A. A. Burnquist, who was the principal opponent to H. H. Dunn for the office of speaker of the house and who is recognized as a brilliant St. Paul attorney, followed Mr. Mac kenzie and delivered a dashing and eloquent speech in favor of county option which set the friends of the measure in the galleries and on the floor wild and the applause was loud and long. Representative Hopkins of Min- neapolis spoke against the bill but his arguments were so confusing that Representative W. I. Nolan of Min- neapolis, who followed in a schorch- ing defense of the measure, created tumultuous laughter by saying of Mr. Hopkins: “I do not wonder that my col- league is a member of the house for man. Mackenzie then delved into the people of his district must have thought that he was on both sides.” Mr. Nolan declared the question before the house was in many ways the most important to be acted upon by the present legislature. He said: “County option is based on the fundamental principles of our gov- ernment. It is in no way an isolat- ed issue. It is part of and inter- woven in the great movement of the people today who demand for them- selves a greater participation in the government. The people behind this movement are in. dead earnest and if this bill is not passed today, it will be passed in the near future for the forces which back it never be satisfied until they hear ringing in thei rears the glad words of victory.” Mr. Nolan received prolonged and repeated applause; probably the most vociferous during .the after- noon with the exception of the riot- will ous cheers which greeted the speak- BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WEDN bill had been smothered in the com- A'ndrew.l)ltron'l‘-' SI_s;ted “to Secure Position as Boiler Inspector. Of the six a;)i‘;“licsuons réceived by Governor Eberh;.l‘t, for the position of State Boiler I;nspector,'!or the.Glst senatorfal district, it is very likely that -Andrew Ostrom of Bagley will be appointed. Word reached Bemidji this morn- ing to the effect that it was very probable that Mr. Ostrom would be appointed as he! hlui secured the en- dorsement of fo’:ur out of five repub- lican county committees, of the dis- trict. The five otht_zr applicants are: Joseph Harrington, F. L. Bursley, C. C. Sheppard and George F. Robin- son, all of Bemidji and Joseph Carter of Blackduck. ! er’s announcemént that the bill was 1ost. : Representativ‘es Moriarity of Scott and Frank Minette of St. Cloud talk- ed against the bill while Palmer, O'Neil and Harding favored it. | Mr. O'Neil said: “I had not intended totalk but since the farmers have become in- volved T have décided to say a few words. After listening to all the speeches, the issue has narrowed down apparently as to a matter of districts. The | gentleman from Stearns (meanii\g Mr. Minette) ap- parently reflects the sentiment of his district when lie opposes county op- tion. But the right of a child is a | higher right than is confined to any 'district. This ig a great moral ques- tion affecting all parts'of the state. I was proud, yesterday. when I went before. the temjibrance -committee, as |1 had done 13-ivgrs-ago, and. there when the chairman wished to treat the members, he did so with red, rosy cheeked apples while the chair- man of the temperance committee, 18 years ago, who wished to offer refreshments, sent out for some Red Top and Red Rose whiskey. Now, you could no more turn back the tide of the bay of Fundy than you can stop this great moral wave. The question must be settled and it must be settled right.” With every member, with the ex- ception of W. A. Fisher in his seat, the speaker ordered a roll call for the final passage of the bill. The result was decisive, county option was beaten by a clear majority of 19 votes. Roll call of the vote on the county option bill follows: Against—Aker, Andrews, Ander- son, Booth, Boyd, . Borgen, Bouck, Brown, G .W. and L. D. Christie, Clark, Congdon, Converse, Denver, Eiesener, Edwards, Farley, Fowler, Fuchs, Greene, Hafften, Hauge, Heel- ey, Heniof, Herzberg, Hopkins, Hur- ley, Helinex, Just, Keefe, Kelly, Knapp, Lee, F. M. Lennon, Liberia, Lundeen, Lydiard, McDonald, Mc Kenzie, McNeil, Mutting, Minette, Moriarity, Nash, Nelson, Nye, Ny- gren, O’Brien, Papke, Perry, Peters, Peterson, B., Pfander, Reid, Ride- nack, Rice, Robinson, Saggau, Suh- ler, Schwartz, Stone, P. E. Sullivan, Thillan, Unitidt, Utecht, Virtue, Westcott, White, Wisniewski, Mr. Speaker.—Total 69. In favor—Anderson, A. V. and J J., Burnquist, Campbell, Conley, Craine, Davies, Davis, Dunn, R. C., Ferguson, Frankson, Harding, Hillman, Holm- berg, Holten, Johnson, C. E. and J. N, and J. T., Kelmer, Kneeland, Knutson, Kunze, Lee, I. J. and J. Lindberg, McMartin, Mattson, Mor- ton, Nelson, A., Nolan, O'Neil, Orr, Palmer, Peterson, A. J. and J. E, Putnam, Robertson, Rustad, Sampson, Skartun, Spooner, Stone, W. T., Tullerud, Voxlind, Warner, C. H. and E., Washburn, Webb, Whiting.—Total 50A‘ Speaker Dunn voted against measure. Rines, ‘the The Norwegian Lutheran. Ladies’ Aid will meet at the home of Mrs George Anderson, 819 Bemldji avenue, tomorrow afternoon at‘ 2 oclock. - Sy | FALLING TREE KILLS LUMBERJACK Ole Johnson Meets Death While Act- ing as Under Cutter at Logging Camp. HIS SKULL BADLY CRUSHED Had Been In This Country Only A Short Time—Relatives Living .In Minneapolis. While acting in the capacity of under-cutter, while cutting trees, at Cmok‘ston Lumber company camp number 55 near White Fish Spur, Ole Johnson, 48 years old, was in- stantly killed yesterday, when a tree while falling hit on the side of a dead tree in such a manner as to throw it downward, catching John- son on the top of the head, and cracking his skull the whole length of his head. Johnson had been in the employ of the lumber company for several months, but is not known very well around Bemidji. Relatives living ;n Minneapolis were notified of the “accident, who ‘have arranged to have the body sent| to that city this evening for burial. Coroner Ibertson was called to the scene of the accident leaving yes- terday afternoonm, returning to Be- midji this morning with the body. The coroner said that death was accidental. Mr. Ibertson was notified of an- other fatal accident which occurred at Kelliher today and he will tonight for that place. HAVE SPLENDID ART EXHIBIT|, Work of Grade Students Will Be Dis- played to Visiting Teachers. Arrangements are complete for the art exhibit, of work which has beeu done this year by the students of the grades. The first grade room is to be used during the teachers’ convention for this purpose and already the room begins to look as though it might be an art gallery. The paintings are made from water colors, and are mostly of the landscape order. The sewing and manual training classes are also preparing special ex- hibits for the concention. ‘Word has been received from Deer River and several other schools that that the schools will be closed all day Friday so as to permit the teach- ers to be present at the Bemidji con- vention. DEDIGATES BAPTIST GHURCH Ceremony Will Take Place Sunday Morning, and Evening. On next Sunday morning, after- noon and evening the Baptist church in this city which has been much im- proved during the past year will hold dedicatory services. During the services many promi- nent Baptist pastors will speak, namely, Reverend E. M. Hulett, of Park Rapids, Reverend C. L. Kings- bury, of Minneapolis and Reverend W. T. Milliken, of Detroit. At the service last Sunday Rever- end McKee, who has had charge of the Baptist church in this city, hand- ed his resignation to the congrega- tion to take effect in six weeks. Rev- erend McKee has been called to Park Rapids and he has decided to 8o. Patrons Win Their Fight. , Toronto, Feb. 8 —After having gone through a riot and faced continued criticism aimed .at its ‘“pay ‘as you enter” cars the Toronto Street Rail- way company has surrendered and consented to give up its attempt to enforce the “pay as you enter’” plan RELIEF COMMITTEE REPORT Bemidji Donated $1663.75 to Bau- dette and Spooner Fire Sufferers. Treasurer A. P. White, of the Be- midji Fire Relief Committee, to the sufferers of the Baudette and Spooner fire, has just made his final repqrt, showing that the city of Bemidji do- nated $1663.75. The report is as follows: Donations reported. .. ...$ 927.61 Crookston Lbr. Co........ 100.00 Employes Crookston Lbr. Co 213.50 Bemidji Lbr. Co., and Emp. 164.55 W. L. Brooks. ........... 25.00 Northern Gro. B 100.00 Armour & Co. .. 25.00 Warfield Elec. Co. 10.00 F. 8. Lycan. 25.00 J. P. Lahr.. N. L. Hakkerup. Henry Miller. Fred Dudley. E. A. Barker. . By Com’l. Club to Bal.... 5.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 25.40 30.69 .......... $1663.75 Disbursements: Northern Gro. Co. Sup....$1120.25 Armour & Co. Sup... . 450.22 A. B. Palmer, Hdw. . 67.88 Barker Drug Co. Med s 25.40 Total. .$1663.75 Respectfully submitted, A. P, WHITE. CASH FOR THE SGHOOLS State Superintendent Schultz Hands In His Request to Legislature. VC,AG. Schultz, state s‘u‘perlntendent of public instruction has completed a budget of expenses of his department for the years 1912 and 1913. The total for the two years is $2,361,900, exclusive of the bills pending in the legislature, which, if passed, will in- crease the 1912 amount $175,000 and that for 1913, $275,000. The present standing appropria- tion is $855,554, but Mr. Schultz asks $1,121,000 for 1912, an in- crease of $365,446, and $1,240,900 for 1913, an increase of $475,346. The greatest item of increase is for aid to first and second class rural schools for which $240,450 was al- lowed for 1911 and for which $490,- 000 is asked for 1912, and $590,000 for 1913. Other items, compared with 1911, are: . Salaries, 1911, $10,900; 1912 and 1913, $13,600. Aid to high schools, 1911, $377,700; 1912 and 1913, the same. Aid to graded schools, 1911, $116,400; 1912, $126,400; 1913, $131,400. Aid to semi-graded schools, 1911, $10,994; 1912, $127,- 800; 1913, $144,000. Contingent fund, 1911, $2,000; 1912 and 1913, $3,000. County training schools, 1911, $30,000; 1912 and 1913, $40, 000 each. Public school libraries, 1911, $22,500; 1912 and 1913, no change. Teachers examinations, 1911, $10,500; 1912 and 1913, no change. NEW MOVE IN OLD FIGHT Quo Warranto Proceedings Sought In Pennington County Controversy. After being, defeated in the su- preme court, the contestants who are striving to set aside the formation of Pennington county and to nulify the action of the voters in the fall elec- tion, have secured permission to have a hearing before Attorney General Simpson with the hope that he will grant theml quo warranto proceed- ings and thus open the whole case anew. The people of Pennington county look- with equanimity on the proceedings, they are confident that 'the election was legally held and that the county s a settled proposi- ‘tion. dvring the rest of the winter. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. BEMIDJI DOES NOT WANT INSANE ASYLUM So Decides Members of Commereial Club at Regular Monthly Meet- ing Held Last Evening. APPROVE KAISER CURATIVE ACT Metropolitan Club Decides There Should Be A Consolidation— Committee Reports. At the regular monthly meeting of the Bemidji Commercial Club, held last evening in their club rooms in the O'Leary-Bowser building, the main subject discussed was the pro- position of Representative D, P. O’Neil, of this district, asking if the commercial club of this city would accept in behalf of the residents the establishment of a hospital for the |insane, if the legislature should see fit to appoint Bemidji as the proper location for the asylum. In Mr. O'Neil’s letter he said that if the town of which he is a resident, tral location, he would gladly, if it were within his' power, give Bemidji two normal schools, if Thief River might have the insane asylum. It seemed to be the general opinion of those of the members who attend- ed the meeting last evening that Be- midji would not like to have the in- sane hospital, but would take a normal school, and Harry Reynolds, secretary of the commercial club, was instructed to write Mr. O'Nefl to that effect.” A bill for an act to legalize ap- propriations heretofore made by any county, town or village, for road purposes, to agricultural fair associ~ ations or societies, was read to the members and it was decided that the bill should be recommended to pass. The bill was drawn up by A. Kaiser, of Bagley, and is as follows: Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minesota. Section 1. All appropriations heretofore made to aid towns and villages in constructing roads and bridges, and all appropriations here- tofore made in aid of agricultural fairs, to any society or association holding the same, by any board be legalized. Section 2. All outstanding war- rants issued by reason of such appro- priations are hereby legalized. The Metropolitan club asked that a committee of three members of the Commercial club be present at the meeting of the Metropolitan club last evening, and so explain the proposed plan of the consolidation of the two clubs that there could be no reason for a misunderstanding. This request was gx:anted and before the meeting of the Commercial club had been adjourned, the com- mittee returned and gave as -their report that the Metropolitan club had voted unanimously for consoli- dation, but that the consolidation could not be made legal until after a meeting of the Metropolitan club which is to be held in two weeks, when another vote will be taken on the matter. It is very probable that no change wil take place in the vote, it being very evident that the mem- bers, of the Metropolitan club wished to consolidate the two clubs. The report of R. H. Schumaker and H. E. Reynolds, the men who were appointed to act as a committee to attend the meeting of the Minne- sota Federation of Commereial clubs, which met in St. Paul last week, was made and accepted. Mr. Reynolds made a brief report of the way in which he found con- ditions in Mankato, under the com- mission form of municipal govern- ment. During his remarks Mr. Rey- county the best fire departments in the state and that everyone seemed perfectly satisfied with the workings of the plan. nolds said that Mankato had one of - ‘Tiwiel River Falls, was of a more cen-