The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-02-18

''blind pigs" in case the county option
bill or the $1,000 license for small
towns, prevails. After passing six
on the calendar awaiting passage.
The house was flooded with bills yes
terday. thirty being introduced, twelve
of them being for roads and bridges,
and four others carrying appropria-
tions with them. The largest proposed
appropriation was $40, 900 to buy seed
grain for farmers who lost their crops
last year owing to storms. Another
bill, the third of the kind, taxes ex-
press, telegraph, telephone and sleep
ing car companies.
The bill abolishing capital punish
ment received its quietus by the de-
cisive vote of rs yeas to IS nays.
The house had more fun with the BIZ
cycle path bill, amending it so that it
is practically useless, and then putting
it it on the calendar to be defeated
when it comes up for passage. AS long
as the farmers can ride on sully plows
they evidently do not propose to i'm
peril their lives by using bicycles.
The house held long special session
last night to hear the attorneys argue
the contest in the 45th district E. S.
Hall, populist, is the sitting member.
and j. N. Coates, republican,, contests.
The committee reported in Mr.. Coates
favor, which gives him a good deal of
prestige. After listening to the argu-
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today for final decision.
st. Paul, Feb. ITO the surprise of
| great many people the house on yes
| terday decided not to unseat E. S. Hall
representative from the 45th legislative
district. The claim Mr.. Coates made
on the seat was very technical one.
Under the election law a voter must
swear that he cannot read in order to
have the judges permit some one to
mark his ballot. 1t was not denied
that the judges had permitted parties
to have their ballots marked for them
| on the mere statement that they could
not read, and that there were enough
such cases. if the votes were thrown
out, to elect Coates. The republican
| leaders in the house declared that they
would not take advantage of such a
technically, and of course the popu-
lists and democrats were in favor of
Hall from the start. The result was
that only fourteen voted to unseat Hall
while ninety voted to have him retain
! his place. This result was quite in
! marked contrast from the action of the
senate in the Day Dunn matter.
In tho con 70 uoSfor1 " coro%ov W1,:%
ney announced that he had been given
a telegram stating that unless Aitkin
county paid claim of some Minneapo-
lis bridge builders bill legalizing GER
tain bonds issued by that county would
| never pass the legislature. That settled
it. The bill might or might not have
passed on its merits, but when the SEN
| ate we're informed that the failure to
pass it would be used as a leverage to
collect IN account, the bill went
| through flying. Between the legisla-
ture and Aitkin county the bridge men
| who hold that account may not realize
any more than the depositors in some
of our broken banks.
The West Publishing company of St.
Paul has for many years been without
competition in the publication of the
reports of the supreme court. This
year Frank Dufresne appears upon the
scene, and offers to furnish them at
! 81. so per volume, while the state has
heretofore paid So. The West com.
pany came down to Dufresne's price,
but it seems to have been too late, and
the senate judiciary committee recon.
! mends that the man who originally
cut the price be given the contract.
| This recommendation seems likely tc
be adopted.
The bill prescribing and limiting the
qualifications of parties desiring to be
4 examined for teachers certificates was
indefinitely postponed. Among the
bills introduced was new one to regu-
late the tax on iron mines. 1t levies
a tax of cents per ton on iron ore
The proposition to re-enact the Ander.
son bill does not seem to make any
great Roadway. The senate does not
like to establish the precedent that
Senator Days vote invalidated the An.
derson bill. There are other bills in
the same situation, hence these tears.
| Yesterday was a very dull legislative
| uay, anu toody Oe1uR legal hOnday
| (Lincoln's birthday, there will be no
session whatever.
| New Appointments.
| Governor ClOugh has announced the
following appointments:
Directors state normal schools:
w. B. Mitchell, Stearns county; c. A..
Morey, Winona county; George H.
Clark, Blue Earth county; William F.
Phelps. Ramsey county.
Messrs. Mitchell, Morey and Clark
are reappointed. Mr.. Phelps succeeds
A. E. Engstrom, whose term has ex-