The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-04-07
MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.

81. PACL, April 4.-NO person WIZ
looked in on the senate last week and
listened to its deliberations would have
dreamed that the season was nearing It's
close or that there was the slightest need
Of hurry. Hours We're spent day after day
in the discussion of bills which did not
seem to have any great interest for the
general public. There was not a day on
which there was any attempt to clear up
general orders. AS q result there are more
than 100 bills on general orders and the
calendar has had so few bills that it has
hardly been worth while to take them up.
The bills must be discussed on general or
ders before they can go on the calendar
and the dilatory tactics pursued all the
week makes the net result of legislation
very little. To be sure the capitol bill has
been passed and the salaries OF the Ram
Sey county judges reduced and the helghth
of water fixed in lake Minnetonka, but
these are not very important. 1t could be
added that the Inheritance tax bill has been
passed by both houses and will be ready for
the governors signature soon as the
amendments are agreed upon by Il Joint
committee of conference.
The banking bills are progressing The
Spencer bill to permit banks to reorganize
has passed and only needs the formality of
having its amendments concurred in to be-
come Il law. The Wyman bill has been
thoroughly discussed and will be ready for
vote tomorrow. The anti-department
called, Will be a special hearing again next
Wednesday. The reapportionment bill is in
pretty falr shape and the senate is likely
TO pass it without much opposition.
The senate spent Saturday afternoon in
arriving at the conclusion that it would be
a good thing to have the supreme court
judges advise the Legislature when it wants
information on points of law but there is
no expectation that it VIII pass the house.
There is scarcely anything in the way OF
temperance legislation. The senate has
recommended a minor amendment TO the
penalty for selling liquor without a license
but the members are 10th to take I'D any
radical measures. They say the laws are
IN pretty good shape now and the sentiment
varies SO in different parts of the state
mat there Is no use trying to evolve any
thing new. The petitions which po,;r in to
the senator's for this or that pending measure
do not indicate that all their constituents
beileVe the same way but this does not
altar the opinion of those who consider the
state as a whole.
The labor bureau investigation is finished
ana the bill amending the bureau recon-
mended to pass by the special committee.
It's formal report will be made tomorrow
ara Will find the important CHARGES
against the bureau sustained
DOINGS OF THE HOUSE.
The passage and approval of the st. Paul
capitol bill, which will enable the board
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without delay, is very much to the satis
faction of the people Of the CAPITOL civ
1t also illustrates how much more clever
ST. Paul is in connection with any of its
PET legislative schemes than Minneapolis
Nothlng new has transpired within the
past week 10 indicate that any action will
be taken in the present house toward tho
appropriate ton of an amount necessary m
build the hospital located at Anoka Tho
chances are that any Legislation looking
that way will have a hard road to travel
Much to the surprise of those who We're
looking for fight on the tri-c,ty civil
service bill Saturday. the matter was not
taken from the table. 1t is claimed now
that some of the members who onnose5
the bill did so under Observation-Disclosures
A plan is proposed to get together lInon
some compromise line, which will be fairly
satisfactory to all concerned. Several of
the members voted against the bill be-
cause they said it was a scheme to mako
an office brokerage job for a prominent
Minneapolis man who had been lobbyine
for the bill. Charges have been made that
the Minneapolis fircmen have been assess
ed to pay for this lobby, and consdera hla
feeling has existed. On the other hand
some of the firemen and policemen have
been interviewing their Representatives.
and urging them to vote against the Hill
because it would legislate them out Of a
job.
The two East Side Democrat tic members
We're opposed to the bill for this reason
both Mr.. Lehman and Mr.. Foell having
voted against the bill when it was consid-
cred in the delegation meeting, although
the Democrats would be decidedly the
gamers by having the departments taken
out Of politics.
TWO important special orders arc sched-
uled for the coming week. They are the
Douglas rate bill, Tuesday morning which
seeks to fix distance tariff upon hard
coal. grain and potatoes to and from the
Paul and Duluth This bill is practically
doomed to defeat from the start but il
VIII be the occasion of a determined and
interesting struggle between the two par
tles, and one which will have something
10 90 with the political history of the state
In the future.
Inc other measure is the reapportion-
meht Dill which comes up Thursday The
chances are that the latter bill will de-
Nelop considerable wirepuling between
now and the date for it's consideration
and there is no certainty that it will not
be considerably amended Indeed. the
friends of reapportionment from the north
ern part of the state have had so much
less consideration than they expected that
lncy say they do not care whether the
bill passes or is defeated
VI course, this is not universally the
case, but it illustrates the dangers which
lie .nead or the measure, because it will
only require little northern exposure
III addition to that from the southern
counties, to knock out the whole measure
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