The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-04-22

indefinitely postponed The bill Great.
ing forestry boards barely escaped de-
feat and the measure allowing drug
gists to sell liquors without physi-
clans license was killed. Among the
bills passed was the game and fish bill
and the bill regulating horse shoeing.
The house spent from II q. m. to p.
M. yesterday, considering the bill Gre
ating q legislative commission to sit
after the legislature adjourns and as
certain whether the state is entitled to
any lands now claimed by other par
ties. The commission is to consist of
two senators and three representatives
and they are empowered to employ at
torneys and appeal to the courts to Sc
cure state property. They are to be
paid IS per day and expenses. Twen-
ty-fve thousand dollars is appropriated
for the work. A determined effort was
made to give tho work to tho attorney
general instead of making commits
sion, but this failed by AZ yeas to 81
nays. After the protracted debate the
bill passed with only six negative
votes. Messrs. Hicks, Dahl, Johns and
McGrath spread protest on the jour
nal against the constitutionality of the
bill. The measure is especially aimed
at the Mountain iron mine and Duluth
and Iron Range land grant, though
other matters will doubtless be taken
up. There is no certainty, however,
that the bill will pass the senate.
The pending civil service bill, after
having been made to apply to only
three cities in the state, was further
amended in the house yesterday, pro-
viding that it shall not be put in force
in any city until it has been adopted by
majority vote in that city.
Notwithstanding the protracted de-
bate on the special commission bill,
an evening session was held and 20
bills ground out of committee of the
whole. The legislature adjourns next
Wednesday, and Tuesday night il the
last time for passing bills.
st. Paul, April 16.-The omnibus ap-
preparation bill went through both
houses yesterday, with very little
change from the manner in which it
came from the committee. The COM
mittee had pledged itself to stand by
its work, and it did SO with such effect
iveness as to carry all before it. The
bill first passed the house. There was
no effort made in that body to pay any
attention to the governors message
asking for a fourth insane asylum at
Anoka, but when the measure reached
the senate an effort was made to tack
on an 500, 900 amendment. This met
with little favor, and as the chairman
and several others of the finance COM
mittee, who had espoused the cause of
Anoka, were pledged to the bill as it
stood, the amendment simply occupied
a little time before it was overwhelm-
ingly defeated. The only other con-
test on the appropriation bill worthy
of the name, was an effort to raise the
appropriation for the normal school at
Duluth from $1,000 to $4,000. This
went down with 81 yeas to 81 nays.
Senator Howard endeavored TO cut
down the appropriation for publishing
the laws in the newspapers to $25. 900,
but on the standing vote he only mus
tered II, and when he had it excepted
from the committee of the whole re-
port and got roll call there were
only votes on his side.
The senate committee en- taxes re-
ported yesterday for indefinite post
ponement the famous house (Reeves)
bill taxing iron mines cents per ton
on the output. The matter comes up
for discussion today, but the report
will probably be adopted. In view OF
this, Mr.. Jacobson revived in the house
bill of his, providing similar tax on
iron ore without any of the extraneous
matter which the Reeves bill has. 1t
is not at all likely that this can pass
the senate, and it is practically settled
that there will be no tonnage tax i'm
posed on iron at this session.
The house passed the Sperry printing
bill yesterday but it was amended by
! Mr.. Dare very materially and several
| of the feature of the Dare bill incorpo-
rated. 1t was the Dare bill the secre.
tary of state was endeavoring to defeat
but if the senate accepts the house
amendments the Dare bill will substan-
TALLY win.
The bill making the terms of Senators
two and four years, so that one half OF
the senate only goes out at a time, was
killed in the house. The house also
refused to accept the senate game law
abolishing Spring duck shooting The
| house passed the bill increasing the
railroad tax fir ON 3 to 4 per cent on
gross earnings.
St. Paul, April 17.-Yesterday was
funeral day for important bills. The
senate had for its special order the
Reeves bill, which passed the house
some weeks ago, taxing iron mines {
cents per ton on their output. The
senate committee on taxes had re.
ported against it and, yesterday, i,
was debated loud and long resulting in
the bill being defeated by 10 to 49,
This ends the strongest contest of the
session and leaves the iron mines to be
taxed on assessed valuation like other
property.
| AS an offset for killing the mining
tax bill the senate proceeded to pass
house bills providing for taxing sleep
ing car companies, fast freight lines,
express companies and telephone com.
panies.
The bill introduced in the senate as