Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-06
The senate also had an exciting TOPIC

by the governor. This led to long
and lively debate resulting in the over
whelming defeat of the bill.
The senate killed the bill for
woman's reformatory. Mr.. Donnelly
rendered this institution to Anoka as
an olive branch, but at the very time
he was doing so the senate was killing
the bill.
St. Paul, April IA good many peo-
pie who run for Office will be pleased
to learn that the senate killed the bill
yesterday requiring candidates to make
an itemized account of their expenses.
The present corrupt practice act re-
quires statement of expenses, but
not so much in detail as the new bill
proposed. 1t is bad enough for the
candidates as it is, and they will re-
joice that it is to be made no worse.
1t is possible that one bill will be-
come law through an attempted
joke. OF the four senators from st.
Paul all are lawyers except Nick Pott-
gieser. The judges in Ramsey county
are paid $500 by the county IN addi-
ton to the S., 500 paid by the state.
Some time ago Senator Pottgieser Of
fered bill repeating the bill allowing
Ramsey county to pay this extra 1900
The senators thinking it would be
good joke on the three lawyers from
st. Paul, encouraged Pottgieser and
while he was in dead earnest, to every
one else the bill was josh. The three
lawyer senators from st. Paul did not
pay much attention to it, thinking of
course it would be defeated, while
Pottgieser, who is personally popular,
was going about and pledging every
senator possible. When the bill was
recommended to pass by the committee
Of the whole, last week, every one said
this will end the joke, and the three
lawyer senators from St. Paul laughed,
with the rest, when it went through
the committee. Yesterday it came up
for passage. and to their establishment
received 80 votes, two more than neces-
sary. Then Senator Stevens, of St.
Paul, changed his vote to aye in order
to move reconsideration, but Pott-
gieser moved immediate reconsidera-
ton, asking his friends to vote his mo-
ton down. Speeches were then made
showing the hardship on the St. Paul
judges in having their salaries cut
$1,000. The fact that three-fourths of
the St. Paul delegation opposed it, was
cited. And the lawyer senators from
st. Paul rushed about the senate floor
asking votes for reconsideration. This
had some effect. but the senate finally
refused by &c to 81 to reconsider. The
bill now goes to the house, with the
chances decidedly in favor of it's pass
ing that body. A good many now fail
to see the joke, but Pottgieser per-
ceives it very clearly. There was quite
a wrangle in the senate over the omni-
bus road and bridge bill, and it was
finally referred for amendment.
The house had for special order the
senate bill allowing three-fourths of
the creditors of suspended bank to
reorganize. There was an animate
debate, during which Representative
Scott, of st. Paul, president of the
Northern Exchange bank, sought to
amend the bill in such a manner as, its
friends claimed, would make it inef-
fective. In the end, however, the bill
passed by 80 to 10. The Douglas bill
regulating railroad freight rates, which
is another hard fought measure, was
made the special order for next Tues
day. Anoka people are now working
to get an appropriation to start the
fourth asylum building at their town.
Prospects of success are not good.
The senate passed the house concur
rent resolution compelling the Roches-
ter asylum authorities to buy their
supplies within the state. Tho senate
also concurred in the house amend
ment to the Gettysburg monument bill,
adding Col. Colville's name to the COM
mission appointed to expend the IS, 900
appropriated. The house killed the
bill appropriating $1,000 for a monu-
ment to the late ex-Gov. Marshall, and
also the bill for state fire marshal.
The primary election bill called forth
a long debate, but was lost by So votes
for to 81 against.
St. Paul, April 2.-The legislature
has devoted great deal of attention
this session to amending and revising
the banking laws of the state. Yes
terday forenoon was almost entirely
occupied in the senate by discussing
the banking bill introduced by Senator
Wyman. The bill was materially
amended, but finally gotten into shape
that it was unanimously recommended
for passage. The house also has an
elaborate banking on hand and be-
tween the two something will probab-
~ be developed. 1t is by no means
certain that this legislation will make
fewer bank failures, but it is probably
it will add greater pains and penalties
to be inflicted upon the officials who
produce the failures.
The joint committee on reapportion-
ment have at last perfected bill,
which, by consent of the governor,
will be introduced in both houses to-
day. Given by congressional districts,
the next legislature, if the bill passes,
will stand as follows:
Represent
Districts. Senators. atives
Second Observation-Disclosures. 9 II
Third NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 8 II
Fourth NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Is
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