The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-20

| purely by printers mistake. Mr.
Meyers called the attention of the house
tc the mistake and fled for record upon
| the journal a statement signed by Chief
| Clerk Dowlin and journal Clerk Slime
that the printed journal was In error.
This correction would have been of bur
trif1ing Importance bat that 1T effects one
of the most interesting parliamentary
points brought up aat-the present SEES
sion, the question whether the two
thirds provision Of the constitution in
case Of vetoed bills means two-thirds
of all the members or only two-thirtls
of a quorum. The Anderson bill was
declared passed, notwithstanding the
governors veto, when it received only
seventy-f1ve votes, IN spite Of the fact
that seventy-six votes are two-thirds
of the entire house, tse
This printers error cFept in and real
1y made the constitutional two-thirds
which would have defeated the oppor-
tunity for a test cases The statement
was ordered placed IN the journal and
the correction will be made
Directly upon the converting of the
afternoon session, the speaker called
Representative Staples to the chair to
preside over the committee of the
whole. Mr.. Staples briefly called the
attention of the members to the fact
that, if they sought to cover much
ground, they must maintain good or
der, pay close attention to the reading
Of measures before them and remain
as nearly as possible in their own seats.
In this way a big grist of bills was
taken up and disposed Of
STILL AFTER POWERS.
The house acknowledged the rights of
the labor people by recommending for
passage the Barta measure Oh. f. $50
to reOrganiZe the state labor bureau
and in effect legisIate l.. G. Powers out
of office. The senate, it was explained,
had killed a similar BILL but the house
sent the bill TO the calendar any way
The author explained that the State
Federation of Labor favored and, in
deed, urged the passage of the measure
He recited the number of salaries of
the attaches of the department at
present, and pointed out that a saving
of some Sc, 600 could be effected by the
proposed change. He felt that it was
but fair for the house to give the Ia
Dor people what they needed.
Mr.. Laybourn seconded the Ramsey
man with the plain blunt statement
that the bureau was not being run IN
the interest of the labor people or the
people of the state, but that the head of
it spent more time writing fine-spun
theories on the Purchasing Power OF
Cold than he did having the labor
ing population of the state protected
by proper and adequate factory in
spectiOn.
The department, he said, had accom-
plished practically nothing during the
past few years, and he thought the
house could do no better than pass the
bill
tom" Martin was just launching
into an argument in favor of the bill
when Mr.. Jacobson suggested that as
1t stood, the measure could easily be
favorably recommended. This action
was taken
The tri-city charter Bill, introduced by
Mr.. Cray, of Hennepin, which has had
place on the house. general orders for
several weeks without hope of passage,
was referred to it's author yesterday
to save it's being Indefinitely post
poned The only delegation which ia
vored it was Duluth, and even that was
divided
The idea that a judge of probate must
be learned in the law; that county
surveyor must know a theodoIite from
a rheOstat, or that the county attor-
ney must be a defacto attorney, is re-
pugnant to the legislature of Mime
sofa. A bill which provided that per-
sons elected to these offices must be
competent to fulfill the duties of the
offices, as would be certified by the
professional standing, was indefinitely
postponed The bill was introduced
by Mr.. Leach, and was known as H. F.
748, being in the form of proposed
constitutional amendment
Mr.. SCOTS bill (H, F. $50, to abolish
the offices of city comptroller, city at
tOTney and city treasurer in the three
large cities of the state, Minneapolis,
st. Paul and Duluth, and have their
duties performed by the county audi
tor, county attorney and county treas
urer, respectively, was amended so as
to make it apply only to the office Of
treasurer, in which form it was
recommended to pass The bill was
opposed by Mr.. Laybourn and Mr.
Schmidt, Of Duluth, who insisted that
the plan would not work we'll in st.
Louis county, while it would work very
we'll in the cases of Minneapo-
lis and st. Paul. Mr.. Snyder urged the
passage of the bill, as did Mr.. Stock
well, who urged the country members
to stand by the cities in this one case,
and for once the farmers voted with
the city members, and the bill was
recommended to pass
The bills taken up and acted upon
as indicated below are:
H. F. S95 CMcDonald)-1To appropriate $500
for books for the state library. To pass.
H. F. S12 CBigelow)-To provide for sys-
TEN of systematic taxation of both domestic
and foreign insurance companies upon pro-
portionate earnings business To pass.
II. F. 956 Ferris)-To provide for the pub
ncatlon OF tne proceedings OF the Little Falls
city council To be indefinitely postponed
5. F. GOT (Masterman)-1To provide for the
publication of the proceedings of the Little
Falls city council. To pass.
S. F. 449 (RingdaD-To provide for the or
ganization of new counties To be indefinitely
postponed.
H. F. 1876 CNarin)-To provide for the organ
ization Of new counties. To be indefinitely
S. F. 5s7 (stockton)-To fix the time for
opening and closing the polls at township
elections. To pass.
H. F. S49 (Goss)-To repeal the state forestry
law. To pass. Adopted. ff
S. F. 524 (Sheehan)-Relating to the winding
up OF foreign insolvent building and loan as
sOciations. To PASS
H. F. 1874 DEMONSTRATING to the winding
up of foreign building and loan associations
which are insolvent. To be indefinitely post
poned.
5. F. 5S1 MISUNDERSTANDING the law
relating to the discharge of prisoners from the
state prison. To pass.
s. F. 272 CWymanl-To require that docu-
ments filed with the state treasurer shall be
accompanied by fee of 81.
S. F. 1872 (Whitneyl-To annex certain I'M
attached territory to Wadena county. To
pass.
S. F. 543 Gones)-To perfect the evidence
record Of title. To pass.
s. F. 398 (Miller)- Relating to the destruc-
ton Of Russian thistles. To pass.
S. F. 262 Dunham}-To provide for the san
iteFy = regulation gu Inn1 Of bakeries To pass
disease among domestic animals in this state
To PASS.
S. F.. III (Crokhite)-Amending the penal
code referring to the crime Of grand larceny.
H. F. sss (smith)-To, authorize the. pay
ment or $1,000 to the architect who made
the plans for. the fourth insane hospital. To
pass.
H. F. $50 Barta)-To reorganize the present
state labor bureau. To pass.
T. Z. az CStonef-To encourage immigra-
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