The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-04-01

tho interest of the public. The changes
are very radical. Late in the after
noon the bill was passed by SO tos.
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 p. Dufresne at $1.5o
per volume was passed.
The joint reapportionment commit
tee has decided on q 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 SO 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
$1,000 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
a wonder that it was ever born.
The senate, by 22yeas to 20 nays, de-
feated the bill for the organization of
Cass and Beltrami counties. The bill
levying a special tax on department
stores was discussed at great length in
the senate yesterday afternoon and
every available foot of space was occu-
pied, large number of ladies being
present. At the end of a 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
the house was the bill allowing FIVE
sixths of a iury-10 mcn-to render a
! verdict in civil cases. Messrs. Don
nelly and Douglas led the debate for
the bill and Messrs. Abbott and Jacob
son were leaders of the opposition.
The hill DaSsed nv f;fS to a.
The house passed bill yesterday,
under suspension of the rules. ordering
the American flag to be displayed at
election booths on election day.
St. Paul, March 27.-The end is not
yet. Anoka has been holding card
up her sieve for emergencies. Yester-
day it was played when Gov. Clough
sent a message to the house vetoing
the bill appropriating $4,000 to buy a
| site at Hastings for the fourth insane
asylum. The coming Of the message
its reading created great surprise in
the house and an excitement which
spread throughout the capitol. The
governor based his objections on two
points: First, considerations of public
policy; and, second, his desire to main
tain unimpaired and unimpeached the
honor and the reputation for good faith
and fair dealing of our state" From
these premises he argued that the COM
mission to select the site was duly au-
thorized by law, and its acts were
therefore the acts of the state. They
had purchased the Anoka site and the
citizens of Anoka had voluntarily con-
tributed $4,000 to aid in that pur-
chase. The action of the commission
was approved by the district court of
Ramsey county and this decision was
affirmed by the supreme court. The
Legislature investigated and found
nothing improper or illegal had been
done by the commission. The bill
purchasing the Hastings site would
annul the work of the commission and
besides, as Anol1a has already received
SIS, 200, 1t would involve another ex-
penditure of q similar sum which in
view of the hard times is not wise.
For these reasons the governor refused
his signature. The bill was made the
special order for next Tuesday after
noon when an effort will be made in
the house to pass it over the veto.
The bill passed the house original
ly by nine less than two-thirds vote,
and that will not be sufficient to pass it
over the governors objections. The
general belief now is that it will fail
of passage. The senate had two more
than two thirds, but the house must
keep ell it has and gain nine more.
Unless the house does this the bill will
never reach the senate.
As a result in part of the labor bu-
reau investigation a bill was intro
duced yesterday in the senate reorgan-
izing the whole department and cut
ting down salaries. Another bill offered
allows papers printed in foreign Ian
guages to publish the state laws. Sen
ator Dunn also introduced bill COM
polling the Milwaukee & St. Paul road