The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-04-06

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LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
Itsms Rosarding tho Doings Of Lexislatoss
ut the Capitol.
Il is evident that the legislature in
tends to make its work against the cosl
combine as far-reaching as possible.
The following is the text of the last bill
by consent of the governor
on the subject: -
conference as 10 certain unlawful coal COM
b1natiOn or trust
Whereas, Certain railroad corporations and
coal mine owners Of Pennsylvania and other
states have united in an unlawful combination
or trust to prevent competition and mainsain
the prices OF coal at an unreasonable rate and
have for that purpose spread their monopoly
over all the northern states of this union, plum
dering the people thereof of millions of dollars
annuity; and
Whereas, It is difficult for any one state to
contend alone successfully with this gigantic
interstate conspiracy and fully overthrow such
a widespread evil, but the powers of all the
states and Of the national government must be
invoked for The protection of the people OF the
entire country, therefore be it
Resolved, By the legislature of the state Of
that the governor Of Minnesota is
requested to correspond with the
governors Of oil the northern and western
states, as we'll as with the governors of the
states of Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia,
Delaware and Maryland, and request them to
appoint commissioners to meet on the first
Monday Of June, of this year, at such place as
the said governors may agree upon to confer
together and formulate such remedial meas
ures as may be necessary to abate this great
evil, and submit the same to their respective
states and to the next congress OF the United
States for their consideration and action; and
to take all other steps which they may deem
wise and proper for the prosecution of the mem.
bers OF said unlawful combination in their re-
spective states; and, be it further
Resolved, That the governor of this state is
hereby authorized to appoint five commission.
ers, citizens of this state, who shall represent
this state at such conference. They shall be
entitled to receive the sum of IS per day for the
time actually spent in such conference, and
their actual expenses to be paid upon vouchers
by the governor by the state treas.
urer, upon the warrants of the state auditor,
and there Is hereby appropriated out of any
money In the treasury, not otherwise appropri
ated, the sum OF ii 500, to pay the per diem and
Of the said commissioners; and, be it
further
Resolved. That in case all the governors OF
the states referred to neglect or decline to ap.
point any such commissioners, that then the
commissioners appointed by and for this state
shall meet and propose such measures as they
may think proper for the consideration and &C.
ton Of congress.
The bill to create the office of land
and immigration agent was reported
back to the house by the committee on
public lands with a substitute which
changes the bill only in the specifca-
ton of details. Friends of the measure
say that the new Office will not entail
any additional expense, as it provides
for a division of the work now per.
formed by the auditor, so that the du.
ties of land commissioners, which he
now performs, shall be performed by
the commissioner provided for in the
bill.
Senator Tawney's bill authorizing
corporations to issue bonds
to aid in the construction of canals and
improvement of waterways the same in
similar way to the method now au.
thorized in the construction of rail-
roads, went through the senate with
only two negative votes, Craig and
Brown. The bill is S. F. 353. When it
came up Senator Tawney explained it's
provisions at length, claiming that the
development of canals and waterways
to compete with railway Transports
ton will solve the freight problem by
furnishing direct competition with the
railroads.
Senator Donnelly said that for rs
years he had been urging the construc.
ton of a canal from Taylor's Falls to
Duluth. The river could readily be
made navigable to Taylor's Falls and
for about 100 miles north of that point
the st. Croix river could be cleared OF
logs and rocks and be made navigable
for 1arge-sized canal boats; and this
would leave little more that so miles
of canal to build over swampy coun-
try, amply supplied with water on the
watershed. The construction of such
a work would unite the Mississippi val
ley system with the great lakes and
create unbrolzen water communication
IRON the Gulf of Mexico by way of Du-
luth to the Atlantic ocean.
It was reported that the friends OF
the capitol bill had determined to urge
a change in the location of the site.
The site now talked of is at the head of
Wabasha street, on the high ground
where the interurban street car line
bends from Wabasha off toward Rice
street. BY selecting this site the old
capitol could be used during the con.
strnction of the new one.
A delegation of ladies representing
the Women's Worlds Fair Auxiliary
association swooped down on the senate
with a bill establishing state flag.
The delegation consisted of Miss +. L.
Greenleaf and Mrs. II. Il. Brown, Min
Mrs. A. F. Stebbins, Rochcs.
ter, anA Mrs. A. A. White of Moorhead.
Senator Donnelly introduced the bill in
a happy speech. He referred to the
reputation for gallantry the senate had
earned by passing the woman's suffrage
bill, and asked that the bill be passed
under suspension of the rules. He said
the design is one of singular beauty and
propriety, and one that appeals to ones
sense of the beautiful. The bill was
passed under suspension of the rules.
Over to the house it was sent and
given to the care of Bob Dunn, who in
a short speech of we'll rounded periods
paid his compliments to the ladies OF
the state. A suspension of the rules
was secured and the bill passed without
opposition.
The anti-scalpers' bill, which has
been missing for some time, and which