The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-29
POPS JOIN REPUBLICANS IN TRY
Ing TO SOLIDIFY THE ANDER-
SON BILL.
RINGDAL'S SENATE MEASURE
is MEANT WELL, BUT MAY MEET
SOME CONSTITUTIONAL Oh
JECTIONS.
SENATOR KELLER'S COMMITTEE
Has an Enthusiastic Session in Ad-
vOcacy of His Beet-Sugar-Mak-
ing Movement.

Truly, the senate is in terrible
quandary over the proposition that the
unseating Of Frank Day may invali-
date the Anderson bill for the taxa
ton of railroad lands. When DR.. Cole,
OF Fergus Falls, moved to reconsider,
Wednesday morning, the vote by which
the motion unseating Day was adopted,
it was at once seen that this was not
exactly the right way to go at it, but
just how it could be fixed was not
apparent.
However, the bright idea seized one
Republican senator that by laying the
motion on the table the senate could
save all it's rights and be in position
to take advantage of any bright idea
that might subsequently occur to the
dilettante Republicans.
Senator RingdaI, the Polk county
Pcpulist, however, yesterday took his
bow and arrow and tried to bring down
the game himself by the introduction
OF bill which is practical, at least an
e& act duplicate Of the Anderson bill
1t provides for submitting to the vote
OF the people at the next election a
proposition for taxing all railroad
lands in the state which are not act
uaily used for right of way or business
purposes by the railroads, this is not to
interfere in any way with the gross
earnings tax, and ali acts heretofore
eXempting such lands are repealed bv
this act. If this act is held void in
regard to the lands Of any particular
company, it is stipulated that this
shall not disturb the operation of the
bill in regard to other companies. The
bill provides that the act shall be sub
mltted to a referendum vote Of the
people at the general election in 1898.
1t appears, however, that the Polk
county man has overlooked the pro-
vision OF the constitution that all bills
10Y raising revenue shall originate in
the house Of representatives, and that
makes it almost certain that the bill
Will be killed by the judiciary commit
Tee, even II it should get by the COM
m1ttee on railroads, to which it was re-
ferred yesterday.
The joint committee of the house and
senate to investigate the beet sugar
industry, with a view to fostering it in
Minnesota, held an informal meeting
at the senate chamber last evening.
Whlie the attendance was small il
comprised none but enthusiastic believ-
ers in the future of Minnesota sugar.
and after listening to addresses by Mr..
Clark formerly connected with a sugar
refinery in Nebraska Charming Sea-
bury, of this city; D. r. McGinnis and
representative Abbott, the committee
instructed Chairman Keller to name a
committee of three, including himself,
to wait upon the attorney general, with
view to having drawn up, if practi-
cable, bill that will tend to the foster
ing OF beet sugar making in the state
without contravening any Of the con
st1tutional inhibitions
The advocates of the proposed law to
provide for a forestry reserve area in
the Vicinity of Lake Itasca and the
Height of Land, held a conference at
the capitol late yesterday afternoon
and talked over the bill, which an eff
fort will be made to pass at the pres
ent session Of the legislature. The pro-
visions of the bill having been pub
I1shed at some length in the Clio b
heretofore, it may be said briefly that
1t provides for a forest reserve area
and commission to take care of the
same, not only in protecting from the
ravages of forest fires, but preserving
it in its virgin forest condition as near
ly as consistent with the practical and
heaIthful purposes of the act