Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-03-09

Tue c3p1LOl commission TO issue half
million dollars in certificates of indeb
edness. The house appropriation COM
mitree has taken similar action, and
the passage of the bill seems favorable
If it becomes law, work on the new
capitol will be rapidly pushed the COM
ing summer.
Another bill, which was killed, was
one giving state aid to the establish
ment of village libraries. Economy
was uppermost in the senate when the
bill appropriating $4,000 to take the
surviving mem bers of the First Mime
sofa to Gettys burg next July, when the
Minnesota monument is to be ded1
Gated, and it was cut to $1,000. This is
additional evidence that states as well
as republics are ungrateful. A resolu-
ton was adopted in the senate requir-
ing the railroad commissioners to re-
port within a week what legislation is
necessary to enable them to reduce
railroad rates. There were seven bills
passed in the senate, and 10 intro
duced. One of the new bills forbids
any corporation subscribing money for
the purpose of aiding political party.
AS the big corporations usually keep
on the safe side by subscribing to both
political parties. this bill is sort of
two edged sword which limits the
amount of campaign funds, without
making political morals better or
worse. AS nine Of the senate bills
were for roads and bridges the whole
budget contained but little that was
startling.
The house was enlightened yester-
day by President Northrop of the state
university, as to the income of the in
stitution. He showed that the reye-
nues last year were s252, $685.. Of this
amount 800, 1871 were obtained from
taxation. The cost per year per STU
dent is S93.72. In Iowa it was sos,
Michigan S14s, Illinois SIS, Nebraska
sl75, Wisconsin $3.50. The total amount
paid by the state in 30 years since the
establishment of the university, both
for it's support, the erection Of build
ings and all other expenses he gives as
g.. 147,975
In order to keep it's end up, Is new
bills were introduced in the house, but
they were of the class tn at if every one
of them should fail to become a law
no one would ever realize that any
thing had been lost. The house, how
ever, was more liberal than the senate
and its committee reported in favor of
expending $4,000 to take the veterans
of the First Minnesota regiment to the
Gettysburg dedication.
St. Paul, March, 5.-The legislature
held f0inf
which resolutions were adopted extend
ing congratulations to President Nc
kinley and wife and mother. The re-
solutions expressed the wish that his
administra ration may be the most Ameri-
can and the most successful Of all the
many illustrious administrations in the
in the history Of this country That it
may mark the dawn OF broader
Americanism greater prosperity and
higher civilization.
A number of speeches were made.
among them being one by Mr. Donnelly,
during -hich he assailed President
Cleveland Senator Keller came vail
antly to the defense Of the ex-presi
dent, after the Mckinley resolutions
were unanimously adopted.
Senator Wyman sprung something of
sensation yesterday by offering bill
repeating the law of 1881, which i'm
poses tax of one cent per ton on iron
ore, and asked to have it passed under
suspension of the rules. The reason
for this hasty action was the fear that
LOBBY, representing the iron interest,
would be formed at once if such a
M
that the law was unconstitutional, be-
cause it was not equal taxation, and
that the mining companies were de-
sirous of paying their taxes, before it
could be repealed. The state auditor
and treasurer having refused to accept
the taxes, there was still time to pre-
vent the payment, if action was taken
at once. The debate was quite warm,
relative to the proposed hasty action,
but the bill finally passed with only
four negative votes. The intention
now is to tax the ore upon it's intrinsic
value instead of the arbitrary ton tax.
bill making the tax five cents per ton
The house put the bill through under
suspension of the rules at the after
noon session and it only awaits the
governors signature to be final.
The house finally passed the Georgia
antitrust bill, after amending it SO
that it did not apply to farmers or la
boring people. The bill creating a
fund of SIS, to be known as 1.-The
farmers relief fund.- and to be used
to buy seed grain for the farmers, was
resurrected after having been indefin-
4tely postponed the day before. 1t
will be given another chance, though
not likely to pass in the end.
1t was field day in the senate over
the location of the fourth insane asy-
lum. From 900 p. m. to IL p. M. the
question of Hastings and Anoka was
fought over, with the result of di-
v1ded victory, though Hastings was in
the lead. It developed into fight be-
tween Minneapolis and St Paul, the
former favoring Anoka and the latter
Hastings. The story in brief is that
the commission, by one majority, first
located the asylum at Hastings Two
or three days later one of the commits