The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-04-08


thus made available Some good roads
advocates look on the bill as almost too
conservative but approve Of its general
provisions.
When the house passed Mr. Brustet-
ter's tin relating to food adulteration,
Judge Littleton asked for an explana-
ton and Mr.. jacobson said it was a
"bill to appoint Coe pepper inspector, =
Mr.. Coe Of Minneapolis having been
active on the bill. Before the vote was
announced Mr.. Shell sent up resolu.
ton ''excusing Pepper Inspector Coe
from voting on this measure"
Aimed ut the Labor Commissio ner.
At the request of the state federation
Of labor Senator Stevens has intro
duced in the senate and Mr.. Barta in
the house, bill which in effect will
legislate Labor Commissioner Powers
out of office. It creates new labor
department. Of the state government,
abolishing the present bureau. The
new bill provides for commissioner
of labor, salary $4,000; assistant COM
missioner, salary, 81 200, and two fac
tory inspectors at $1,000 each. This
reduces the total force from seven to
four and at the same time the So, 900
for contingent expenses is reduced to
$1,000. In the senate the bill was re-
ferred to the special committee to in
vestigate the labor bureau and in the
house it went to the committee on labor
and labor legislation. Whether the
bill was intended as blow at the gov
ernOr or not is not admitted although
there have been SO veral statements to
that effect. It would, if passed, very
probably not be favorably looked on by
the governor, and another difference
of opinion between the legislative and
executive department is seems reason
ably sure
Busy Day on Bills.
Monday was the last day for the in
PRODUCTION of bills, and busy day it
proved to be for clerks and official re-
porters, all records being broken. In
the house "a new bills were introduced,
making total thus far for the session
1,0ll, as against $50 two years ago, an
excess of l51 bills for this session. In
the senate fewer bills have been intro
duced, that body being composed of
members who held over from two years
ago, and who introduced most Of their
pet measures at that time. However,
Monday came near the house record, 80
new bills being introduced in very
short order, making q total of 656 for
the session, as against 1888 two years
ago, Or " less for the present session.
The law is that for the last 90 days Of
the session no new bills may be brought
in except by the approval of the COVER
nor. Gov. Nelson decided that such a
requirement should be obeyed and
allowed very few bills to get past him,
his example being followed by Gov
ernor Clough, SO that two years ago
very few bills were introduced during
the last 20 days. One very important
bill was not completed in time and will
have to come in with his approval.
This is the reapportionment bill and
there is no doubt of his approval
In order to give the omnibus appro-
priation bill number and standing,
Chairman Dare of the house appropria-
lions committee, on the last day for
new bills, introduced blank bill,
leaving places to insert the amounts
decided on later by the committee.
The first bill of this session in the
house was the Ferriss bill to provide
for the execution of the death penalty
at the state prison, and the first in the
senate that of Senator Wyman to ap-
propriate money for the necessary ex-
penses of the session. AS the end to
the regular Introduction of bills came,
in the house, Mr.. Cray's bill to amend
the law relating to suits against stock.
holders Of insolvent corporations, and
the senate list ends with one by Sen
ator Pottgieser relating to policies Of
live stock insurance companies, pro-
hibiting riders on such policies.
With barely three weeks for the con.
sideration of measures now before the
committees and on general orders of
the two houses the remainder of the
session will take on a sort of feverish.
ness, with increasing heat as the end
approaches. Properly to 'scool off,
legislative crudeness will be CORE
spondingly difficult and the leaders
will be more on the watch than ever
The wisdom of their course in crowd
ing things from the opening Of the ses-
sion will daily become more apparent.
The law requires that each proposed
law shall be read in full when intro
duced, and it takes heavy flood of
bills, like on Monday, to test the
speech-speed abilities of a reading clerk.
In the senate the best ting was made,
81 bills being introduced IN 80 minutes,
while. in the house they got through
with many of them at almost as great
speed. It was working under pressure
in reality.
New Reapportionment scheme.
There is a new reapportionment
scheme on foot, appearing in a bill in
troduced by Senator ntis, providing for
a constitutional amendment. It allows
one senator to each organized county,
members of the house to be apportioned
according to population, as at present.
To get at the profits of the big eleva-