The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-09
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10 Dolnxs Of tie state Law maker. at Sc,

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:hS Doinss Of the State Law makers at st.
Paul.
s4PAutsL.Hh 1-rne senate received .
,sspsssions H requests the submission Of Tho
prohibition question to the vote OF the people.
The following bills were. introduced: .ProyidinRy
for comm1sston5to SECURE the erOctiAo Va
leKcapftd GinKasdiyoA county; to proythef os
sAoas 6essaneuta6a collection Of taxes~loa -
tates Of decedents; to lesalize effectively exc.
cuted deeds to apend the law relating 10 the
labs taratbn.s sRlEEI IffSA
The afternoon session was devoted entirely
to the discussion OF the Markham bin for tho
taxation Of railroad lands No conclusion WIS
reS1hed.E : tt.5~ss@ ~ 1850 51rt."s - stcInFEs
1Ithe house the following bills were Intro.
dused: Relating to hours Of labor of women aud
1lQren, limiting the hours To- eight per, day,
als&n general eighthour bill except rs other.
viii contracted for; to authorize corporations
to sue bonds for construction Of water powers;
to skempt steam engineers from Jury service:
r,lAsing to county surveyors in plotting roads:
to IegNlates ices sof attoepsys IN dama1lps
cases Ii loss Of life, limit Is fixed at g per
cent OF tho whole sum recovered; to elect rail-
road and warehouse commission; regulating
fees for prosecutions for personal injuries cases.
are limited to per cent on settlements, per
cent before trial. after trial 10 per cent, and In
I'll OI0eT C8SCa uOt e1CScO1u& 10 per cent.
Is Mr.. Greer called up the senate resolution that
appropriation bills be introduced on or before
March and reported back by March Is. The
house concurred on Greer's motion
During the afternoon session tho a0tt-scalper0
TN up for consideration In committee,
and after amending 90 as to make mileage books
good in the hands of any person the bill was
recommended to pass.
ST, PAUL, March 2.-The Markham bill occu-
v0v,<f A vhrlA <{rr1n 80 %kA
It was taken Up at the morning session and was
still undispOSed Of wheh an adjournment was
taken at the afternoon session. At the morn
Ing session Senators Hompe and March argued
against the bill. In the afternoon Senator
Tawney was again heard in advocacy and Sena-
tor Sanborn in opposition. The friends of the
bill were reinforced by Senator Donnelly, who
made strong speech in favor Of il A number
LOT other senators spoke, most of them support
ing the bill. At O'Clock 1t became evident that
the discussion could not be terminated tonight
ana the bill was made special order for Tues
day next at $50 p. M.
In the house the Cairns anti-screen bin was
knocked out in committee Of the Whole his
Afternoon and probably will not be lesurrected
this session. The measure had met with vigor-
GUS opposition, from the time Of its introduce
ton, but from the high esteem In which IT'S
! author was held in the house, it had been re-
ported for passage, and was advanced we'll to
the top Of long list OF bills.
The ant1-scalper or railway ticket bill wos
reached and the fight pro and con was strong
and earnest. The bill was the last of calendar
upon which two' full hours of rapid work had
been spent Several speeches were made pro
and con, Mr.. Van SAINT, the author Of the bill,
leading OF with rafting speech in favor Of the
| railroad boys, the conductors. The vote was
ayes, 70; nays, %. So that the bill was passed
with Is votes to spare, So being the required
number. -. ,-t - { =
The status Of the bill now that is so amended
that it will require the railroad companies to
same rate paid for them,
The Greer-Nelson grain and warehouse bill,
known ~ the governors bill, was taken up.
L. The republicans fayoring the measure against
tho balance Of the house. Upon final call there
were 81 ayes, SO nays and II absentees. Noyes,
OF Washington was the only republican voting
h ST. PAUL, March SIN the senate the follow.
ing bills were introduced: TO provide for the
care and protection of grain at terminal points,
| ordered printed and placed on general orders;
disposal Of gross earnings law; repeating state
beard of charities amending the bill relating to
assessments.
10 TheAfterncon session was spent in committee
Of the whole, with barely . quorum present
The only important action taken was the favor
able report on Lienau"s bill changing the ar.
rangement Of the Official ballot. The bill In its
present shape provides that the candidates Of
each party shall be grouped In separate party
votes 1t requires On x opposite each candi.
date to be voted for except tho presidential
electors, all OF whom may be voted for by one
x st the head Of the presidential ticket.
l. Senator Sevatson moved to amend tho bill by
changing the square for marking from the front
to after the names. The object was to prevent
confusion the square under the present system
being after the name. The amendment was
adopted and the bill as amended was recon-.
mended to pass
The house. in the forenoon session, cleaned
up every species Of work before it. including its
calendar, up to work Of committee Of the whole.
OF the latter there Is, however, an immense &C.
cumulation, 1l9 bills besides those added to-
day. The house, in its calendar, passed the
measure, in the interest OF farmers to lOan
money OF the state, through the counties and
towns, to farmers who lost crops last year. for
seed grain. The appropriation therefor is
$4,000.
In the afternoon some . bills were agreed to
for passage. The bill of Mr.. Howard creating n
bureau Of labor and defining its duties which
has been specially urged by tho Trades and
Labor assemblies, and which has been man,
aged by the labor leaders OF the house, devel.
oped more difference OF opinion, mainly as to
the details.
ST. PAUL, March 4-In the senate there wa.
but one bill to be introduced. TWAS by Senator
Allen, and provided for guarding against fores1
and prairie fires. =, ...
|. Senator Canestorp tried to get the rules sus
pended and the bill making a seed grain loan Of
s.5,O 900 passed, and seemed hurt to find that ont
| or two senators objected to passing bill appro
priating that amount Of money without having
had chance to see the bill and read it over
The directors were obdurate, however, and fin.
ally compromised by making the matter spe.
cial order for next Tuesday at II o'clock.
n a NJ Nin<or m
providing for recess between the hours Of II
and II this morning in order that the time dur.
ing which the Inauguration ceremonies were in
progress at Washington might be spent in lis.
tening to short addresses from the members
which, he said, would further cement the good
feeling between the members of the respective
political parties in the house. The resolution
was unanimously adopted.
kilograms OF congratulations were sent tc
the retiring and incoming presidents
In the afternoon Mr.. Horton introduced bill
authorizing park boards in cities to issue Ger.
tificates Of Indebtedness for the maintenance
and Improvement OF parks. The certificates are
to be payable In not more than three years and
to bear interest at per cent It went to the
judiciary committee.
MERELY AN IM1TAToR this fair bust-
ness" SAID u New Yorker to Chicago man,
your town is merely doing what Ohio Gid
Chicagoan with some asperity. MAKING
capital out of Columbus.''-Detroit Free
Press.
this machine only registers two hun.
dred and fifty pounds, and weigh in the
neighb0rhoodz of three hundred.'' "Oh.
well, II you want to ascertain your exact
weight, drop n{ckle in twice, and foot up
the aggregate. "-Harper's Bazaar.
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