The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-26
BARRIERS LICENSE LAW DID NOT
COST THEM $500 TO
PASS.
GOV. CL0UGH'S DISTINCTION.
BERS' LICENSE LAW ANY
WHERE.
COMMITTEE TELLS
How the Passage of the E1TGnSorfaI
Artists Prosperity PrOmiser"
Was Secured in Detail.

The legislative committee of the
Journeymen BARRIERS Association OF
Minnesota yesterday submitted the fol-
lowing report on the cost of their bill
to the president of the association:
To Ben Shoenborn, President State
Association of JOurneymen BARRIERS,
Winona, Mimi
Dear Sir and Brother: The legislative
committee in making their report deem
1t proper to briefly review the history
of the movement intrusted to us. This
association was formed for the purpose
of securing legislation in the interest
OF BARRIERS and is composed of the local
unions of the Journeymen BARRIERS In
ternational Union of America which
are now organized in Minnesota. The
association has held but three stated
conventions, the first at Winona, De-
cember, 1895, and the second at Min
neapOlis, in June, 1896, and the third
at st. Paul, December, 1896. The Mime
apolls convention elected a legislative
committee which did report a proposed
bill to the st. Paul convention last De-
cember, the same being approved and
ordered introduced as presented This is
now the bill that is law, with three
slight amendments, and will; in our
judgment, be very satisfactory to the
BARRIERS of Minnesota.
The BARRIERS Of this state can cOngrat-
ulate themselves upon their success,
and it is hoped that the trade will not
now think that the work is all over
and the evils all remedied and
lay down and neglect their further in
terest. The committee consider their
success grand victory for labor, and
it is their desire that this law be fairly
enforced and tried and tested in every
detail, so that if necessary changes
may be made in the future and other
states benefit by our experience It is
unnecessary to say that the commit
tee worked hard for the passage of this
bill and were forced to call on our many
friends to assist in presenting our de-
mandS to the members of the legisla-
ture. Among those to whom the BARRIERS
should tender their thanks are Hon.
Henry Johns, of ST. Paul, who intro
duced the bill in the house, and the
Hon. II. f. Stevens, Of st. Paul, who
took charge of the bill in the senate.
The entire Ramsey delegations in both
houses supported us, with the single eX-
ceptiOn of Senator Pottgieser, who
worked against our interest and spoke
very unexpectedly of BARRIERS. The
Hennepin delegation also gave us good
support, also Senator Young, of Apple
ton, and Representative Basford, of
Winona, as well as Hayter, of Fair
Haven. The opposition to the bill in
the house was Championed by Jacobson
and Staples. The BARRIERS of Minnesota
have always remembered ex-Gov. A
r. McGill for signing the BARRIERS Sun
day closing law. and now as Gov d.
M. Clough has signed the first bar
bers' license law in America he will al
ways be held in everlasting memory by
the BARRIERS of Minnesota, and in fact
of the United States, for a victory in
one state means a victory in all
The committee attach hereto q state
ment of all moneys received and how
expended, and it should be stated that
the committee did not have the money
necessary to even half pay themselves
for time lost and money expended in
various ways. and there remains a de-
f1ciency of $500 yet due to the members
of the committee. as shown by the
statement. Total receipts received by
the committee were $1485O, and the dis
bursements $176.70 (Signed)
M. E. Murray, Chairman
C. A. Robinson, Secretary,
-Chas. J. PlOnske, Treasurer,
Committee.