The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-04-29

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Another inwestig ton, was had OF the |
circumstances of the REIMBURSEMENT Of
tn. vastly valuable M onntain Iron mining |
property, which fortified the eom-iu-
sion, previously: entertained, THAT the
state had never lost title to, this property,
now in the hands Of the Rockefelaers. The
provision made by the house for the pros
ecution of suits in these two matters and
others, by a joint legislative committee
sitting during the recess, was rejected by
the serate, but it is probable that some
ueanS will be found to take up the work.
Ranking Iegis1ntion.
The legislature of 1895 passed q general
banking act, but the events of the past
two years have proved that there was
something at fault in the law. Each house
has made it's attempt at a remedy. The
house bill was the more drastic Of the
two and provided efficient remedy for it's
violation in the shape of penal pro-
visions. The senate bill was more mod
crate and did not reach the points which
the Judgment of the house deemed vital.
Accordingly the hose returned to the
senate it's bill with all the provisions Of
the house bill added thereto and last
night the matter was still in controversy
between the two bodies. The house took
the ground thai it would prefer to see
no legislation at all than that proposed
by the senate, and on that it was willing
to stand or fall. That there was no doubt
about it's position may be seen from the
! fact that the senate bill with the house
| amendments passed the latter body yes
! terday afternoon with 50 affirmative
votes and none recorded in the negative.
! There have been comparatively few
constitutional amendments approved by
! both houses. One has passed allowing
women the right of suffrage on library
questions. The sheehan home rule
amendment was agreed to by the house
yesterday. This follows the line of the
! amendment which bore the same name
and which was ratified by the people
/ last fall. It perfects that proposition,
however, by limiting the terms of the
/ board of freeholders, providing that
4 amendments must be submitted upon pc
i tition of 5 per cent of the electors and
makes a new classification Of cities for
purposes Of general legislation. The
| other Sheehan BILL the enabling act
under the amendment Of two years ago
i was also passed by the house yesterday.
1t allows each city of the state to frame
its own charter. .. -. -,-~a- g.. .:s.
In this connection it may be noted that
the attempt to frame a charter that
would fit the needs of st. Paul, Minneap-
oils and Duluth failed utterly. Such bill
was prepared and introduced, but 1T end
ed there. The same is true of the at
tempt to secure civil service reform for
these same cities. Senator OZmun start
ed out with general civil service bill.
i 1t was gradually trimmed down and
modified until it only applied to the
water, fire and police departments of the
three large cities and then was laid
away.
Civil service in the grain inspection
force had not been secured up to last
evening. Such a bill passed the senate.
It was killed in the house, resurrected
again adversely acted upon and allowed
to lie on the table in a state of suspend
ed animal ton.
The provisions of the grain inspection
and weighing act as applied to terminal
points have been extended to Little Falls
Fergus Falls and Winona.
Provision has been made, under the
; constitutional amendment of last fall
for the loaning of the millions in the
permanent university and school fund tc
the counties, municipalities and school,
districts of the state, upon their bonds
This law is surrounded by abundant safe
guards. The bonds must not increase
the bonded Indebtedness of the borrow
ing city, village, county or school district
above per cent of its assessed Valu.
alton, and the money is to be loaned al
: per cent. With this bill goes a com
panion piece authorizing the sale of Sc
curities now held, so that the ultimate re
: suit will be the loaning of this money
: to home borrowers at lower rate Of
interest than they would have to pay
!, while at the same time it increases the
accretions of the school fund. e,
Two new judicial districts have beer
5 organized, the Seventeenth, out of thu
counties of Faribault. Martin and Jack
son, and the Eighteenth out of the coun
ties of Anoka, Wright, Isanti and Sher
burne. The Twelfth district has been en-
larged by the addition of Renville coun
: ty, taken from the Ninth district, an(
: the new Twelfth has been given SECOND
i judge. 4 f." ~
y The above review of the legislation O.
the session includes only few of tn,
: more important matters handled. Of tn.
q hot I1e 70: 111 =,
:. incidental reference has been made TIN
q tight over between the communities O.
Hastings and Anoka over the location
:, of the fourth hospital for the insan,
makes up long chapter Of the histor!
of the session, beginning with the in
! vestigation of the action of the commits
> sion that finally settled upon Anoka an,
:. ending with the attempt to pass over tn
L veto Of the governor the bill transferrin.
the institution to Hastings. The result
e of this quarrel defeated all legislatio,
vt looking to increased accommoda tions TO
l. the insane of the state.
> Another chapter might be devoted t.
= the attempt on the part of what prove,
) to be a minority of the house to enac
s. law fixing maximum rates To h
e charged by the railroads upon distanc
S basis. The house did declare decisivel,
: for the election Of the railroad and wa re
IS house commissioners by vote of the PEG
/ pie, but the senate refused to be part,
" lliIOWllAS Tie SeleCLlOn or these OF
q ficers into the grab-bag of politics. h.
: There were Investigations of the stat
> labor bureau, of the operation Of depart
l. ment stores and of the soldiers home, a
l. we'll as of the charges made by tn
l. stock yards of the state, but none of Their
n had resulted in affirmative action up t
} last night although there were the
s. pending in the senate a constitutions
amendment looking to the regulation q
le department stores and a bill providing
o schedule of charges for the stock yards
D The list of bills below includes, as ha
N been stated, those which had been ap
ID proved by the governor up to and in
20 Guiding yesterday. Most Of the othe
= bills which will call for the executiv
N approval or disapproval may be foun
lie in the list of bills passed in the proceed
" ings of the Two houses which appea
ID elsewhere.
d The Nubian Whistling Tree.
f. In the great forests OF Nubia grow