St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-24
ANOTHER BUNKUM BILL.
Horizontal Cutting in Rail-
road Rates Proposed by
Culkin.
SHAVING THE SALARIES.
Proposed in Three Bills In
PRODUCED by Senator Stew
ems Yesterday.

The senate was unable to secure z
quorum for an hour after the hour
fixed for beginning the afternoon
sitting, and, under call Of the SEN
ate, the ergeant-at-arms was in
Structed to hunt up the committee
of fifteen, that had gone to inspect
the plans of the new capitol. Before
these arrived, however, those who
had been wanting an adjournment,
so as to allow them to go home, sue
ceeded in their efforts, and the next
sitting will be Monday evening in
stead of in the morning. The COM
mittee of fifteen had inspected the
new capitol site and then heard the
report read of the expert architects,
and examined the plans. This much
discussed report was found to con-
tain a statement of the comparative
merits of the plans. There was moth
ing sensational found, so said Sena-
tor ReiShus, upon whose resolution
the committee was appointed. A
subcommittee, consisting of Senator'S
Stevens, Greer and Cronkhite, was
will be in readiness to be submitted
at the Monday evening session. This
report will contain a full report of
the expert architects. While the re-
port of the experts states the com
parative merits of the several plans
of the competing architects, the
capitol commission has not made
a. Id
accept for use in constructing the
building.
A bill was introduced in the senate
yesterday, by Senator Culkin, which
might be classed in the category ap-
piled by that gentleman when refer
ring to bills that have
STRINGS TO THEM,
or are retaliatory in their nature. The
term he used was "bunkum' This
bill would strike the average legisIa-
tor as being one of that kind 1t also
seems to have the objection that the
same gentleman pointed out in a bill
few days ago OF not being precise
and direct. Senator Culkin's bill pro-
vides that after June l, 1895, it shall be
unlawful for any railroad corporation
engaged partly or wholly in transport
ing persons or property as common
carriers wholly by rail or partly by
rail and partly by water in this state
to charge any more than three-fourths
of the present rates for any distance
of sixty miles or less. 1t is designed
to put the bill in force on June l next,
and to impose a fine of not less than
h. l.;
clares that all previous rates shat. be
abolished, and that the proposed cut
rates shall be reasonable. The bill is
indefinite, and would be difficult to
construe in its present shape
NEW SALARY BILL.
Senator Stevens int oGuced three bills
yesterday which vera :e;rrrcl 10 the
Ramsey and the Hennepin delegations.
They are designed to place county and
city offices upon a salary basis, and to
place it within the power of boards of
county commissioners and city col,r-
ellis to fix the salaries of minor en-
ployes in counties of 100000 or cities of
like size. One of the bills requires fees
to be paid into the county or city
treasures.
city officers as follows:
the mayor, $4,000; the mayors private
secretary, $1,000; the treasurer, $4,000;
the comptroller, $4,000; the city clerk,
$4,000; the corporation attorney, $4,000;
the city engineer, $4,000; the president
of the board of water commissioners,
$1,000; the secretary of the board
of water commissioners, $1,000; the
superintendent of the water de-
partment, $1,SCO; the commissioner
of health, or health officer, 81, 400; the
building inspector, 1880; the chief en-
gineer of the fire department, $500;
the first assistant engineer of the fire
department, $500; the second assist
ant engineer of the fire department,
$1,000; the chief of police, $500; the
judge or judges of the municipal court,
each, $1,000; the clerk of the municipal
court, $1,500; the superintendent of the
workhouse, $500; the commissioner of
public works. $1,000.
The number of deputies, assistants
clerks or other employees in each or
any of the boards or departments of
such city may at any time be reduced
by the common council, but may not