Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-03-30

The bill taxing iron mines cents per
ton on their output was under consid-
Grafton, having been reconsidered after
its defeat last Friday. Messrs Reeves,
Donnelly, jacobson and Staples led the
forces favoring the bill while Schmidt,
Feig, Stockwell and Hicks led the op.
position. Efforts were made to re-
duce the tax to cents, and
that failing to cents. but that also
failed, and after two hours debate the
the bill was passed by g. to 46. Rep
resentative Johnson created sensation
by announcing that he had been offered
money to vote against the bill.
Mr.. Donnelly said he wanted to say
to the republican party, of which he
was once an ornament, that they would
have no party if they allowed this bill
to be defeated.
1t looks as though Anoka had been
given its quietus in the fourth insane
asylum fight. The senate committee
on insane asylums, to whom had been
referred the resolution to inquire as to
the advisability of enlarging present
asylums instead of building a fourth
one, submitted two reports yesterday,
Senators Cole, Stebbins and Schaller
favoring the fourth asylum and Sena-
tors Durham and Peterson opposing.
The m jority report was adopted after
several hours debate, and the bill ap-
propriating SIS, 600 to buy the Hastings
site, which has already passed the
house, was placed on the calendar for
passage by 81 affirmative votes, which
is nine more votes than is REQUIRED to
pass the bill.
st. Paul. March 25.-The new mill
tary code bill, which has passed the
house, received backset in the senate
yesterday, where it was attacked by
Senator Ringdahl. The bill was ready
for passage, but was reconsidered and
sent to the committee of the whole for
further consideration. The bill pro-
viding that Olmsted county shall share
alike with her sister counties in the
agricultural fair fund, instead of re-
ceiving $4,000 for the Southern Mime
sofa fair, was passed.
The committee on railroads submit
ted a majority report against the house
bill making the railroad commissioners
elective. Two members of the COM
mittee favored the bill, and it was
made the special order for next Tues
day.
The senate banking committee SUBJ
mitted a report which was favorable
to the work of the bank examiner.
The railroad commission sent in a
statement that the Milwaukee road de-
clined to change its time table at Aus
tin to make connections with trains
for the Twin Cities. A bill is to be in
troduced compelling the road to do so.
The senate finance committee has
Topped off 200 from the bill presented
for the expenses of the Day-Dunn con-
test. The saving is chiefly on the at
torneys' fees, each side being allowed
$500 for attorneys instead of ST, 500. AS
pruned the bill is 81, 346.25.
A large portion of the day in the
house yesterday was devoted to con-
sidering the new banking bill. 1t en-
tirely revises the present law relative
to state banks, and is designed to sur.
round them with more safeguards in
the interest of the public. The changes
are very radical. Late in the after
noon the bill was passed by SO to 8.
An unsuccessful effort was made to
revive the bill extending the terms of
county auditors to four years. A bill
was introduced making the salaries of
county auditors and treasurers based
on the assessed valuation of property
in the various counties.
The senate bill giving the publica-
ton of the supreme court reports for
six years to Frank 2. Dufresne at $3.50
per volume was passed.
The joint reapportionment commit
tee has decided on bill making the
senate consist of 60 members and the
house of 119. This is an increase of
six in the senate and five in the house.
st. Paul, March 26.-As was ex.
pected the senate, yesterday. passed
the bill appropriating $4,000 to buy
the site at Hastings for fourth insane
asylum. Senators Durham. Culkin
and Howard filed formal protest to
be spread on the Journal, but the bill
received 38 yeas to Is nays. A strong
effort was made to increase the attor-
neys' fees in the Day. Dunn election
contest. The finance committee had
agreed to make it $500 for each side.
An effort was made to increase it to
81, 900 and that failing to make it $3.50.
This also failed and the amount as re-
ported stood.
The triune city charter bill, gotten
up especially for Minneapolis, st. Paul
and Duluth was introduced in both
houses, and judging from the objec-
tions made to gong to the expense Of
printing it, it has but few friends. AS
no one seems to want it, it seems to be
u wonder that it was ever born.
The senate, by 20 yeas to 20 nays, de-
feated the bill for the organization Of
Cass and Beltrami counties. The bill
levying special tax on department
stores was discussed at great length in
the senate yesterday afternoon and
every available foot of space was occu-
pied, a large number of ladies being
present. At the end of long debate
the bill was referred back to the spe-
cial committee to be amended. The
amendments proposed materially
change the bill.
The most important contention in