The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-03-25

A new state printing law was also
brought in, It abolishes the present
classes under which the printing is
done and leaves the commissioners to
make the specifications and advertise
for bids. Among the bills passed was
the one appropriating $1,000 for the
dedication of the Gettysburg monu-
ment to the First Minnesota.
The house showed its good will for
Speaker Jones by presenting him with
large oil painting of himself. He &C.
copied with thanks.
The travelling library bill lacked two
votes of passing in the house. It has
been one of the most agitated bills of
the session and has been killed and
resurrected several times. It looks as
though it would stay dead now. The
bill extending the terms of county
auditors to four years produced a long
debate, and while it was allowed to 20
to the calendar for passage or rejec-
ton. it only developed strength of so
votes, which is eight minus of passage.
Three bills were passed by the house,
the one of Importance providing for
free text books in the schools.
st. Paul, March, 19-The bill regulat-
ing the state board of equalization was
the subject of sharp debate in the
senate yesterday. The bill authorizes
the board to increase, but not to de-
crease the assessments made by the
county officers. A strong effort was
made to allow them to decrease an
assessment as we'll, but it failed and
the bill was recommended to pass with
a proviso that a party should have
hearing before his assessment was
raised. Senator Knatvold endeavored
to resurrect his bill making village
license 81 ZOO, but failed. The bill was
put on the table very hard.
The judiciary committee gave hear
ing in the open senate to large num-
Der of merchants from the leading
cities in the state who appeared IN OPP
position to the proposed antitrust law.
They claimed it would not reach the
trusts, but would destroy mercantile
business in the state. Nothwithstand-
St. Panl and Minneapolis united in
favor of allowing the capital commits
sion to issue $500, 900 in certificates of
Indebtedness. the bill was laid over for
further consideration. As far as the
senate committee on insane hospitals
has gotten, the evidence is that fourth
asylum is necessary.
The Twin City Jockey club, having
expended $4,000 in building grand
stand at the state fair grounds, thought
it was hardly fair when the legislature
two years ago passed law forbiddlng
pool selling A bill was accordingly
introduced in the house repeating the
prohibitory law of 1895, and it was
recommended to pass, but the house
reconsidered the recommendation yes
terday, and now the bill is likely to be
killed. The bill permitting labor or
CARNATIONS to cooperate to maintain
wages caused quite a stir in the house.
Representative Johns claimed that
threats were being used of political
death to intimidate members to vote
for the bill. In spite of the heated de-
bate, the bill was recommended to
pass. The bill allowing organized
clubs to conduct glove contests, which
is designed to allow prize fighting in
Minnesota, was indefinitely postponed
by the house.
Though Saturday is the last day for
introducing bills, only thirteen were
offered in both branches yesterday.
Altogether, there have been ], 1888 bills
introduced, and before the Limitation
expires the number will exceed 1900.
1t will require pretty industrious work
the remaining month of the session to
give proper consideration to the meas.
ures still in the hands of the commit
tees.
st. Paul, March 2o.-'rhe legislative
storm center was in the house yester-
day very decidedly. 1t continued over
from the day before in the shape of the
bill taxing the output of the iron
mines cents per ton, and the mines
not worked on the supposed valuation
of the ore in the ground. The bill was
the special order and all other business
was sidetracked. A call of the house
was ordered and continued throughout
the day. The friends of the measure
were divided as to whether the tax
should be S or cents but finally
amended the bill to make it cents per
ton and the fight ragged all up and down
the line. More oratory was developed
than on any other measure this ses-
sion. AS the members were confined
in the hall owing to the call they
docked to the cloak rooms. to escape
the speeches but the orators made q
fair sized audience of themselves and
out of courtesy they remained to hear
each other. 1t was nearly 5 p. m.
when vote was reached and the bill
was lost by Sc yeas to so nays-it re-
curing SO votes to pass bill. Before
the vote was announced Mr.. Staples
changed his vote to nay for the purpose
of moving reconsideration, so that the
official record stood IS yeas to 81 nays.
There were seven absentees, and if
every member had been present the
bill would have passed. As it is, the
friends of the bill are very confident
tiey can get the requisite So votes
when the bill is reconsidered. Upon
they being reached the house i'm
mediately adjourned.
The senate also INDUCED in an elab-
crate debate, though not of so exciting
q character. The contest was over the