St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-23
THE DR0MIOS WIN OUT AGAIN
Staples and Jacobson, Aided
by P. H. Kelly, Knock zsd-
Out Opposition. n@o6
SOME HOMELY TRUTHS TOLD
Jacobson Says There Is Too
Much Politics in the State %
Management. itslsr

In the forenoon session of the
house yesterday a final quietus was
given to Auditor Dunn's bill pro-
posing a new system of selling state
timber. The matter came up on the
report of the committee on public
lands, which recommended that the
Dunn bill be Indefinitely postponed.
Representatives from Dunn's sec
ton of the state urged that the au-
ditor had been elected on the sup
position that he knew absolutely all
there was to be known of all things
directly or indirectly connected with
the lumber business, and that his
recommendation ought to be given
first call in any matter of this kind.
Representatives Staples and Jacob
son, speaking for the committee on
public lands, declared that the bill
favored by them had been submit
ted to Mr.. Dunn, and that, with the
exception of one provision in it, the
auditor had commended the bill
The main difference between the
two bills, aside from the matter of
appropriations, is in the manner of
selling timber. Mr. Dunn's bill con-
templates an actual sale for a lump
sum, paid in advance, the sale to
be based upon an estimate furnished
by the experts connected with the
auditors office, while the Staples bill
provides for a sale by the thousand
feet. as shown by the actual scale
made on the premises by a deputy
surveyor.
The conflict was neither prolonged
nor exciting, for the committee had
the house with it from the start.
and when the motion to indefinitely
postpone was amended by a propo-
sition to place both bills on general
orders for further discussion the
temper of the house showed itself,
and the amendment was promptly
defeated. The motion to indefinitely
postpone was carried by equally as
strong a majority, and the STAPLES
Dill went on general orders, with
bright prospects of early and favor
able consideration at the hands of
the house.
"A number of bills of minor i'm
portance and three of general inter-
est were introduced. Mr.. Robbins
introduced the bill, of which he had
already given notice, providing that
IN future attorneys in contested cleo
ton cases shall not be allowed to -ex-
ceed $500. Mr.. Furlong introduced
a Dill proposing constitutional.
amendment, under which appropria-
lions for roads and bridges will be
limited to 100000, that amount to
be actually paid instead of hanging
in the air as they do under the pres
ent system. Mr.. Holman introduced
a bill, the object of which is to place
express companies under the OPERA
ton of the laws now governing com
mon carriers, and providing, rules
for the regulation of such com
panieS.
ANOTHER HOT ONE.
Under a special order the house at
2 o'clock took up the census COM
mlttee's bill providing for the taking
OF census of the population. min
eral and industrial wealth and mort
gage and bonded indebtedness of the
state. 1t was known that a hot
fight would be made on the bill by
representative Jacobson and Sta
pies, who, after scalping and skin
ming Auditor Dunn in the forenoon
session, repaired to the background
and ground their knives for a finish
fight on the census bill.
When the bill had been read and
two or three amendments made.
merely for the Improvement of the
language of the bill, Mr.. Staples
moved an amendment to strike out ofs
the first section all except that part
relating to the enumeration of the pop
ulation. This was the battle ground
of the day, and, although there were
contests over other portions of the
bill, this was the main point In sup
port of his amendment Mr.. Staples
declared that the census had always
heretofore been confined to a mere
enumeration, and for the state to