The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-04-01
GOV. CLOUGH'S VETO
NOTWITHSTANDING ASSERTIONS IT
CAME AS A GREAT SURPRISE.

NOTWITHSTANDING ASSERTIONS IT
CAME AS A GREAT SURPRISE.
An Attempt in the House to Pass the
! Measure Over His veto-Lobby Pres
ent in Force-The Douglas Good Roads
Amendment-Last Day for New Busi-
/ ness-New Reapportionment Scheme.
ST. PAUL, March 3O.-[Special. THE
sensation of the week in legislative cir
cles was Governor Clough's veto OF the
Hastings insane hospital bill. This
came as thunderclap, for none antici-
pated it, however much they now pro-
test that they did. It is thought to be
the end of the matter, for it does not
seem likely that the action of the gov
ernor can be overcome and the bill
passed over the veto. The veto and the
bill were a special order for this after
noon, and there will be vigorous at
tempt to force the bill through. The
veto was sent to the house, the bill
having originated there, and will have
to be acted on by that body first. AS
the bill received but 81 affirmative
votes in full house, when rs are
not seem as If the bill can get through
over the veto. In the senate the bill
had more friends, but it must pass the
house first.
A friend of Anoka today told me
that he thought the most sensible and
peaceable scheme was to divide the
matter, accepting both sites, and divid-
ing the total appropriation between
j Hastings and AnOka He believes two
such institutions will soon be needed,
and that this would be sensible solu-
ton of the present warlike situation.
1t has been apparent for several days
that the lobbyist would be out in force
when the veto comes up for action, and
this was emphasized when over 100
Anokans came into town at noon, pre-.
pared to battle for the honor Of having
insane people as fellow townsmen.
| Durham May Drop It.
It is not thought that, in view of the
veto of the Hastings hospital site bill,
Senator Durham of Anoka will further
push his attempt to prove that a fourth
hospital for the insane is unnecessary.
He was fully committed to that view
when that bill was pending in the sem
ate and even after it had passed that
body. However, fourth hospital in
Anoka doubtless seems to him now to
be very necessary institution and he
will let his opposition to such an in.
stitution drop 1t is yet to be learned
whether the Hastings contingent will
undertake the proving of the useless.
ness of this hospital now that Anoka
has won.
Unless there is a decided change in
sentiment in the two houses this legis-
lature can probably delay action on the
fourth insane hospital, for a majority
of both houses have favored Hastings
and could, if they wished prevent the
passage of bills appopriating money for
buildings at AnOka.
Was Technically Correct.
There are some technically correct
legislative actions that are so seldom
done as to arouse a feeling of impro-
priety. This was true in the case of a
committee report in the house Satur-
day. The committee on taxes and tax
laws presented a substitute for Senator
Pottgieser's bill regarding collection of
delinquent property tax. It was so un.
usual an action that several old timers
were at first inclined to question the
report, and Speaker Jones admitted
that it was very unusual, but it was
technically correct and the report was
adopted. 1t is the general custom for
one house in such cases to insert it's
substitute measure after the enacting
clause of the original bill, leaving the
bill nominally the same, and thereby
showing courtesy to the rights of the
other house.
On Saturday, after the judiciary
committee had judicially killed large
number of bills, bill relating to burial
of paupers was introduced and Mr..
Johns suggested it's reference to the
committee on public lands, whereupon
Mr.. Meyers of Hennepin quickly sug.
gested that the bill go to the judiciary
committee as that committee seemed
good burial place.
The distribution of "pie'' has begun
and the house has passed the road and
bridge bill, distributing little over
$50, 900 among the various counties of
the state. The bill went at once to the
senate and will be soon passed there
Mr.. Marin voted against the bill in the
house. the only negative, insisting that
the Red River valley had not been
given it's just share of the "pie."
Douglas Wants Good Roads.
Mr.. Douglas wants good roads and
has introduced conservative and APP
parently practicable bill looking to
that end 1t provides for constitu-
tional amendment to create and dis
tribute fund for good roads, and in
considerable detail provides how the
money shall be raised and distributed
In addition to the present internal i'm
provement fund, it fixes tax of one
! twentieth Of a mill for road purposes,
and in that way, it is estimated, from
$40, 900 to $4,000 annually can be
raised. This fund is to be distributed
by state board, who shall not only
apportion it among the counties, but
also designate the use to which it shall
BE- pnt in each county. This last pro-
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