Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 22, 1911, Page 1

THE BEMIDJ1 D VOLUME 9. NUMBER 302. APPORTIONMENT BILL BRINGS WAR OF WORDS Measure Passes House only after Three Hours of Sharp Exchanges Be- tween Representatives CHAMPIONS PLEASED WITH VOTE Believe it Means That Senate Will Have to Act Favorably on Measure. (By F. A. Wilson) Bemidji Pioneer Legislative St. Paul, Feb. 22.—Northern Mibnesota won a brilliant victory yesterday afiernoon when the House Burean of Representatives passed the reap- portionment bill 85 to 31 and took her first great stride toward the goal which means 1ncreased representa- tion in the legislature. “The +plendid vote given thé| measure by the House,” said C. A Congdon of Duluth, chaitman of the reapportionment committee which had the drawing of the bill, “means that the measure is going to the Senate with such a power behind it that it must receive the serious con- sideration of that body.” i Governor Eberhart was much pleased with the vote in the House as are practically all the champions of a more proper representa!icni than is at preeent the case. The reapportionment bill now| goes to the Senate and it it were to take its regular course it would not be taken up for consideration by that body for several days but it is more than likely that it will be made a special order, probably for some day next week: The passage of the bill was pre- ceded by shafts of oratory which were for the most part delivered in behalf of the measure but some of the southern representatives made bold to deliver objection to the measure. The bill came up as a special order at 11 a. m. yesterday, and it was after 2 p. m. before the vote was taken. Representative Congdon explain- ed that the bill came as near a fair readjustment of the present repre- sentative as, he believed, could be had. He offered one amendmert which was a rearrangement of districts numbers 9 and 10, joining Martin and Jackson, cutting off Watonwan and putting it in the tenth. Joseph Davies of St. James oppos- ed the amendment and later the en- tire bill, because the committee, he said, had failed to consult him in the matter. Ona roll call the amend- ment was adopted 73 to 38. Despite this vote, Representative Davies wanted the amendment re- considered and W. I. No'an made a motion to this effect. Davies again began his story of not having his wishes considered which roused the ire of Chairman Congdon, who jumped to his feet and shouted: “If the few dissatisfied southern representatives can get an idea and hold it for 48 hours and put it in writing, we’ll try to amend the bill as they suggest.” The motion to reconsider was lost by an overwhelming majority. Representative F. L. Klemmer of Faribault read a prepared speech in which he proposed that both the senate and house be reduced, as “purely a busiuess proposition, a reduction to half the present sizes oi both houses: would be desirable and would save the state the expense of operating t h e legislature from $140,000 to $150,000 and probably would improve the intellectual standard of both.” C. Warner of Aitkin made one of the stroogest pleas in behalf of re- apportionment and he looked upon the question as ‘‘the overshadow- ing issue of the campaign in our district.” He dwelt upon the in- creased population in the north and chafing under the injustice of the present under tepresentation of the north, said: “Who are these people? They are the sons and daughters moved into the newer ‘section and when you of the South vote against just representation, you are striking at your own flesh and blood.” ' Grove, in the extreme southern part of the state, said he believed in reapportionment for the House but not for the Senate and then | proceeded to tell of a great fear tugging at his heart which told him that, unless something happened to prevent, Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth soon would be in cor- trol of the senate. L. C. Spooner of Morris ndiculed Mr. Fariey’s fear and said the pres- ent reapportionment was not neces- sarily reapportionment. Ralph E. Cramne, representative from Grand Meadow, said 5,000 had been cut out of his district, that %be didn’t like the bill' and that 1t i merely removed abuse from one part of the state to another. Represen- rative Washburn of Minueapolis | said the city had made sacrifices in jorder toget the bill through and Representative Campbell of the same city said the bill was fair to all parts of the state and, although it cut his own district into shreds, he was glad to vote for it. / Representative Knutsonattempted ta put in an amendment, giving Big Stone and Swift each a repre- sentative, but it was opposed by Chairman Congdon and was voted | down. Robert C. Dann of Princeton said: ‘‘The members know pretty well bow they’re going to vote. | Now as to smaller houses, I believe they should be as large as practicable. No members, despite muckraking, dre going to vote for this or amy other bill for mercenary motive. At least I would hate to believe they would. I believe on the whole it is a just bill and good for all parts of the"state. ~As ‘for this fear“about the big cities, I just want to say that I believe A man’s a man for a’ that’ | no matter whether he lives in the city or in the country. (Applause.) We must pass a reapportionment bill and make it constitutional by | being guided by the constitution. The last reapportionment was in 1897. Now, 14 years is a long time to ponder over the question. ‘We bhave no North and no South, we are all proud of our state and should vote for this bill.” W. A. Harding of Winnebago delivered a long- talk in opposition to the measure and was somewhat peeved because he had not been consulted as to the rearrangement of the southern districts although his own, the county of Faribapl(, is leftunchanged. “I didn’t know bat they might tuck it onto the state of Iowa”, he said, “but they tried to hook it up with Martin.” Mr. Harding also was fearful lest the three big cities gained control of the legislature. He also said tha' there were many foreigners in the North and that they were not en- titled to representation. John Lennon of Minneapolis fol- lowed with “The Cameron Dam De- fender” from Faribault appears to think he is going to i e gobbled up by three cities. Now, this bill is ajust bill and all it does is to take away some of power in the south that the south was never en- titled to.” | Mr. Lennon paid Chairman Cong- don a glowing tribute for his long hard labors in drawing up the bill 1and this brought forth a brisk round of applause. He decried the fear of city control. Mr. Harding broke in to inquire about the provisions of the constitution and before Mr. Lennon could answer R. C. Dunn was on his feet with a blue book in his. hand and he shoured: “The constitution is plain. [t says we shall reapportion at the first session |after census enumeration.” | This was a direct slap at Attorney General Simpson who, a few days ago, came out with an opinion that any legislature could reapportion. Representative Knapp of St. Louis county spoke for the bill and Clinton Robinson of Winona, agains® it. ; Representative Spooner was again of th: men of the South who have Representative Farley of Spring given the floor and he warned the representatives that they were facing BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22, 1911. ‘UP TO THEM’ O’NEILL "NORMAL SCHOOL IDEA Declares He Will Not Introduce Bill Until Requested to Do So By Be- midji and Thief River. BOILER INSPECTOR NOT NAMED Governor’s Secretary Says Although Not Fully Decided Appointment May Go Outside Bemidji. (By ¥. A. Wilson) Bemidji Ploneer Legislative Bureau St. Paul, Feb. 22.—No normal school bill is to be introduced in the House by Representative D. P. O’Neil until he has received a definite re- quest from the Commercial clubs of Bemidji and Thief River Falls to do so. When this request comes, the bill will be one of a general char- acter. Representative O’Neil has given The Pioneer the following written statement: “As near as'I can remember, I stat- ed in Bemidji that I agreed with Mr. Ritdhie that no bill specially locat- ing a normal school in either Thief River Falls or Bemidji could pass and that in order to get a bill through it would have to be general and that, | if elected, I would promise to in- | troduce no bill except of a general nature.” When Mr. O’Neil, a few days ago, said that a normal bill was to be in- troduced, he made the assertion upon the presumption that he was to be regyested to do so, and he still la- bors under the impression that this | will be the case. % L And still the governor dosen’t know what to do about the appoint- ment of a boiler inspector for the Be- midji district. He was all but ready to make the announcement of the se- lection when something happened to change his mind and with this change flickers almost the last rays of hope for the friends of the Bemidji candidates. “We are now waiting for a letter bearing upon the sub- ,‘jeet," said Ralph Wheelock, private | secretary to the governor, yesterday, afternoon, “and until we receive it no announcement can be made. However, it looks as though the ap- pointment would go outside Be- midji.” the sollmn duty, that there could be no politics about it because all parties were pledged to reapportion- ment, and that reapportionment was made mandatory by the constitution and that not to vote for the bill would be a violation of the oath of office. . Represeatative Frankson attewpt- ed to make the point that the bill was unconstitutional because if did not strictly follow the constitutional provision that reapportionment must be based on‘popula!ion. Mr. Congdon broke in with: “Every intelligent man knows we cannot divide the state into exact senatioral districts; we have done the best we could.” Frank Mioette of St. Cloud closed the debate by moving the previous question. The vote on the bill stood as follows: Yeas— Aker, Anderson, Andrew, Ander- son, A. V., Anderson, J. ], Booth. royd, Borgen. Bouck, Brown, L. D., Burnquist, Campbell, Congdon, Converse, Davis; Duan, R. C., Edwards, Ferguson, Fowler, Fuchs, Greene. Hafften, Hauge, Healy, Henion, Herzberg, Hillman, Holmberg, Holten, Jelinek, Johnson, C. E., Johason, J. N., Johnson, J. T., Just, Keefe, Kelly, Knapp, Kueeland, Knutson, Kunze, L-e, I. J., Lee, J. F., Lee, S. N., Lennon, Lindberg. Lundeen, Lydidard, McKenzie, Mc- Neil, Mattson, Mettling, Minette, Morton, Nash, Nelson, A., Nolan, Nye, O’Neil, Orr, Palmer, Perry; Pet- R R s G e P vl YR g (Continied on last page.) FATHEROFDR.STANTON DEAD Death Came After an Ilness.of Over A Year. Dr. D L. Stanton received word this morning of the. death of his father, H. E. Stanton, of Ormo, Wis. Mr. Stanton was 74 years old and his death came after an illness of a year. - He leaves to mourn:hig-death thres sous and one daughter, H. M. Stanton of Thief River Falls, county attorney of Pennington county, E. C. Stanton of Red Granite, Wis., Dr. D. L. Stan- ton of Bemidji and Mrs. C. . Root of Ormo, Wis. Dr. Stanton has but recently re- turned from a visit at his old home and the death of his father was aot unexpected as he has been ill in health for some time. Dr. Stanton will not attend the funeral of his father, owing to the illness of his wife in this city. SAXRUD FUNERAL ~ TODAY Former Beltrami County Commission- er Buried in Greenwood. ‘This afternoon at 1 o’clock the funeral of the late Charles Saxrud was held from the Presbyterian church under the auspices of the Knights of Pythias. The pall bearers were: A, A. Car- ter, N. W. Helmer, S. C. Bailey, J. A. McDonald, A. B. Palmer and George Walker. Interment was made ‘wood. in Green- MAJESTIC'S STRONG BILL A Combination of Educational and Entertaining Moving Pictures. “The Red Cross Seal,” is a drama- tic and educational picture bined and tells a story of Kipplin’s begging poem of pay, pay, pay. It is a picture that is bound to reach the hearts and minds of millions. This picture is not a medical treat- ise, :nor a christian tract, but a strong dramatic story that brings the moisture to your eyes and leaves a smile of gladness on your lips. , “Not So Bad as It Seemed,” a story of a mixup cauged by jealousy and what seemed to he & clandestine meeting but was satisfactorily ex- plained. : “His New Lid,” :no_thelj; lively comedy that the Biograph people are com- . | famous. Hornet. A party was held at the home of Herman Thoms, Saturday night, which was enjoyed by the large num- ber present. J. E. Bogart sold his yoke of oxen Tuesday to Swan Tell of Louis. Mr. Dudley of Blackduck drove through town Tuesday. Valentines’ day was observed in the schools and greatly enjoyed b: the scholars. . A few young people spent a pleas- ant evening plnying games at Mrs, Wm. Murray’s, Wednesday. Stanley Knott arrived Friday evening to visit his sister. Miss Nellie Knott, a few days. HANSONFUNERALTOMORROW Will Be Held at 2 0’Clock—To Take Body to Litchfield. are com- A. Hanson, who died yesterday, which will be held at the Hanson héme on Bemidji avenue tomorrow afterncon Funeral arrangements plete for the burial of George at two o’clock, by Reverend Par- shall, under the auspices of the Pe- ' midji lodge of Elks. The body will remain at the home until tomorrow evening, when it will be taken to Litchfield, Minnesota for interment. The pall bearers at the Hanson funeral will be as follows: Roy Lindsay, Arthur Gould, S. T. Stewart, Harvey Woodward, Thayer Bailey and M. J. Brown. Drug Stores Will Close. Both the City Drug Store and Bar- ker Drug Store will close tomorrow afternoon between the hours ol 2 and 3 o'clock, in respect of George Hanson, whose funeral will be held at that time. RULING IN FREIGHT CASE Supreme Court Decides Against Lum. ber Interests. ‘Washington, Feb. 22.—Northwest: ern lumbermen lost in the decision of the supreme court on the famous Wil lamette valley freight cases. The court held that the interstate commerce commission exceeded its jurisdiction in attempting to fix rates on lumber shipped from various points in the Willamette valley of Oregon to San Francisco. SUBSIDY BILL IS MODIFIED House Committee Eliminates Trans pacific Lines From Measure. ‘Washington, Feb, 22.—The ocean mail subsidy bill, which already has passed the senate, was.ordered favor- ably reported by the house commit- tee on postoffices by a vote of 7 to, 6. It was amended 50 as to omit trans- pacific lines, making it apply only to /| ‘South” America. —Raven-Hill in Punch. FOR GONTEMPT OF GOURT Charles Krahn, William Gerlinger , and Oharles Phelps Each Fined $10 Complying with the mandate of the district court, Charles Phelps and Charles Krahn, of Lavinia, and Wil- liam Gerlinger of Port Hope Town- )figy,unfipeared ‘before Judge Stanton yeib:dly '.'o{sfi'bw cause why they, and each of them, should not be pun- ished for contempt of court, in hav- ing, in September last, solicited Cor- oner Ibertson to place their names on a jury list. Each of the gentlemen admitted the truth of the affidavit of Coroner Ibertson, wherein was the basis of the praceedings, and in mitigation of the offense-pleaded that they did not know that such act was in vio- lation of law, but supposed that they had just as good a right to ask to be put on a jury list as to solicit any other job. The court explained the law and the reason for its enactment and de- clared each of them guilty of con- tempt of court. Considerable len- iency was shown, however, and the penalty imposed was only $10 fine or ten days in the county jail, upon each. Payment was promptly made. This result is probably no indi- cation that future transgressors will escape so lightly. The safer plan will be to bear in mind that such violation of the law is a misdemeanor which may call for ninety days in the county jail, and then not commit the act. LAW FIRM- IS- DISSOLVED Judge M. A. Spooner and Montreville J. Brown Discontinue Partnership. The law partnership heretofore ex- isting between Judge M. A. Spooner and M. J. Brown has been dissolved by mutual consent. Both of these well known attorneys will continue the ‘practice of their profession in tnis city. Mr. Brown will retain the offices heretofore oc- cupied by the firm in the O’Leary- Bowser building, and Judge Spooner will occupy other rooms in the same building. Change Initiation Date. It was.announced this morning that the date of the Knights of Col- umbug initiation, which was set. for Fehruary: 26 has ‘been changed to March 5. ¥ ‘TEN CENTS PER WEEK. PARKER RETAINS SEAT AS MAYOR | Defeats Wiliam McCaaig by 63 Votes— Stein Wins for Clerk, Carrying All Wards. GEIL ELECTED CITY TREASURER Johnson Next Presideat of Council— Socialist Candidates for Aldermen All Lose. Yesterday’s city election resuliea o the election of J. C. Parker, for mayor, over William McCuaig, aud J. H. Graot by a total of 63 vores In the race for city clerk George S:ein, who has been acting city clerk during the past few months, was elected, Gaifield Akerberg, 1he socialist running secoad, Charles Hoyt, third and Charles Schroeder, fourth. For city treasurer Earl Geil, de. feated- George Rhea by 43 votes James Cahill’s majority over E. w. L. F. Johnson won over his oppo- nents, Thomas Maloy and F. M. Malzahn for alderman at large, by 128 votes. For alderman, John Moberg.‘ in the first ward, F. L. Bursley, in the second, Joseph Bisiar, in the third and C. C. Crippen in the fourth Hannab for assessor was 246. The sociali-t recognized sirengch is 150 votes. McCuaig’s defeat was his third, Pogue two yearsago, and J. C Parker, last year and again by Parker yesterday. Earl Geil was the only public ownership candidate, to be elected. Geil has been elected city treasur- er six times. The new council will go into office the first Monday in March. Yesterday’s city election was the first in which the socialists have bad .a complete ticket in the field. Cahill was elected assessor yes- terday for the fourth time. Alderman Bisiar was re-elected. Crippen, Moberg and Johnson, are the only new members of the council. Charles Hoyt, candidate for city clerk, received 4 votes out of the 191 cast, in the ‘fourth ward. Cabhill, elected assessor, received Attention, Elks. All Elks are urgently requested to be presnt at the Elks hall tomorrow afternoon at 1 o’clock, to complete arrangements and attend in a body the funeral of George A. Hanson, J. 0. HARRIS, E. R. WINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOGIETY, easily defeated their socialist opponents. The vote was as follows: Mayor; (1 @ @6 @ Parker 63 85 107 110 McCuaig 94 65 71 72 Grant 29 37 50 25 Clerk: Stein 82 77 88 126 - Hoyt 39 40 53 4 Schroeder 19 21 22 17 Akerberg 42 49 57 4 Alderman at large: Johnson 93 80 97 88 Maloy 56 54 57 63 Malzahn 32 49 64 38 Treasurer: Rhbea 107 78 100 83 Geil 77 107 120 107 Assessor: Cahill 134 106 129 125 Haonah 49 66 83 50 Alderman first ward: Moberg 129 Hakkerup 50 Alderman secoad ward: Bursley 9 Bell 77 Alderman third ward: Bisiar 151 Carson 62 Alderman fourth ward: Crippen 107 Swedback 71 Facts of the City Election. be having been defeated by J P. . the most votes of any candidate.