St. Paul daily globe., 1893-04-22
GUT DOWN BY kNUTE
General Appropriation Bill
~ Trimmed With a Free
=. Hand.
Gov. Nelson Laps Or Several
Large and Juicy Approx
= priations.
University Not to Receives a
Number Of Hoped-for All
q ioWanceS.
Reasons Given by the Exedu-
tive for Allowing Bills I'd
Quietly Die. 81

As will be seen by reference to an
other column, the governor has ''cut
lung" to use graphic phrase, out of
some parts of the general appropriation
bill. e
During the discussion of this measure
on the floor of the house the taunt was
often flung at the chairman of the ap-
preparation committee, Mr.. Wyman,
that minneapolis has got everything
she wanted. and the rest OF us can
whistle" Whatever of truth there may
have been in this assertion, Minneapo-
lis will not get as much as her citizens
were. led to hope for. Gov. Nelson,
after scrutinizing the bill from start to
finish, has cut out items aggregating a
handsome amount.
The university was visited by the
legislators last winter. and during a
pleasant little speech one Scion re-
marked it was pity that the grounds
were not kept in better shape. The
ground was covered with snow, and In
would be hard to judge their appearance
at all. But the students applauded the
sentiment manfully. When the item
was noticed in the appropriation bill
for beautifying university grounds some
members thought they "smelled
mice" and one boldly asserted that the
remark referred to above had borne the
fruit desired. The item went through
intact, however, but the governor has
slaughtered allhopes in that direction.
Altogether the university is "shy" al
most $40, coo OH the amount passed by
the legislature. Some well-posted men
think the university people will go
ahead with the work contemplated and
appeal to the next legislature for the
necessary cash.
Objections TerselY Stated.
Regarding the bills which he did not
sign. the governor makes some terse
comment. His remarks OH the various
bills mentioned are here given:
II. F. 70S, an act to facilitate traffic in
goods. wares aud merchandiSe-rhi bill
is Objectionable because it seeks to
establish i'll this country, for the first
time, the rule governing sales at mar
kets overt. in England.
II. f. $40. to legalIZe the organization
of certain townships-ThiS bill is OBJ
jectionable because it attempts to legal
ize the unauthorized and illegal organ%
iZations of towns and to validate the
acts of such town officers.
H. s. 642. relating to the descent andi
distribution of the estates Of adopted:
children-This bill is Objectionable be-
cause 1t attempts to divert the property
of intestate adopted children from their
natural kin to their. adopted kin.
IL. F. $685. rlegaliZing the organization
of corporations formed under chapter
1874, General Laws of 1SS5-This bill is
objectionable because it attempts To
breathe the spirit of life into illegally
organized cooperative or assessment
life, endowment and casualty insurance
companies.
II. +. 743, to legaliZe cOnveyances
made bya married woman, and her nus
band by separate deeds of the same real
estate-This billattemptS to legaliZe' the
absolutely void deeds of married wom-
en-, and on that ground was not ap-
proved.
S. F. 800. to amend sections s and 10
of chapter Sc, General Statutes 1873, re-
lating to appeals i'll civil actions-This
bill is Objectionable because it denies
the stay of proceedings in appeals from
orders dissolving eX-parte lnJunctlOns.
II. f. S62. to authorize county COM
miSsioners to separate Incorporated viii
lages from townships This bill is OBJ
jectionable because the subject matte r
is partly covered by and partly in con-
flict with Ii. F. 414, approved April l,
1898.
S. +. 129, entitled an act to amend the
laws relating to the management of the
Minnesota state retormatC5, This bill
is Objectionable becar> } ii, in part, con-
flicts with Il. F. Chs, approved April II,
1898.
S. f. $40, providing for the payment
of wolf bounties-This bill is objection
able, because it attempts 10 give retro
active effect III respect to wolf bOuntieS
allowed by S. F. SOL, approved April /,
1898.
ii. F. S5S, to provide repositories for
funds in the hands of the state treas
urer-This bill is Objectionable because
it makes the governor and attorney gen
eral participants with the state treas
urer in distributing the state funds
among the state banks, and entirely eX-
onerates the state treasurer from all
liability for the funds thus placed in the
banks.
H. 9O5. regulating the manufacture
and sale of dairy and food products
This bill is Objectionable because it di-
rectIy legalizes the sale of oleomarga-
rine and butterine, and Indirectly and
inferentially legalizeS the manufacture
of the same. The bill is also open to
objection because it authorizes the di-
vestment of the dairy and food COM
mission of all authority to inspect milk
and milk dairies in all cities.
S. F. 472, to amend section l of chap
ter 225 of the General Laws of 1889,
relating to payment of fees by corpora
tiOns to the state treasurer-Although
this came to the executive as an ell
rolled bill, yet it turned out that as a
matter of fact it had passed the senate,
gone over to the house and been there
amended. and came back to the senate
for concurrence. The amendments were
concurred in on the last night of the
session, but the motion to concur in the
house amendments was finally recon
sidered, and the bill was left in that
condition and was inadvertently signed
by the officers of the two houses. The
object of this bill was to relieve large
companies from paying the full share
of incorporation fees. A3'
Senatorial Advantages.
Experience is valuable teacher.
This is time honored epigram, and it
is as true as it is antique. The state
senate is a personification of the fact.
Unlike the house of representatives,
every senator undertook the winters
labors on Jan. 8, fortified by all the
prestige that the experiences of two
years before could afford. Not that al
the representatives were new, for many
familiar faces were found in the galaxy
of the peoples choice. Many had serYed
before. But the senate, with single
exception, was composed Of old veterans
at law making, so to speak.
Consequently the senate was prepared
to undertake the graver duties without
the speculative element that invariably
characterizes deliberative bodies COM
posed of new men ''fresh from the peo-
ple." This accounts in measure fol-
the fact that the senate was a long
way ahead of the house at the finale
That is to say, it accounts for the fac
that there were many fold more bills
permitted to die peaceful death, be-
cause they could not be reached, in the
house than there we're in the senate.
The Less the Better.
Still, it is exceedingly doubtful if the
state suffers any particular hardship
because the great number of bills al
luded to were lost by the wayside. Sen