The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-07

At the end OF the debate the bill was
lost by IS yeas to 45 nays. 1t requires
two-thirds, or &c votes, to pass bill
over the governors veto. When the
bill originally passed the house it had
81 votes. Yesterday quite a number
who voted for it before voted to sus-
tain the governor while others who
had opposed it before now favored it.
The verdict was a net gain of one
This ends the matter for Hastings, SO
far as this legislature is concerned.
The state owns site at Anoka for a
fourth asylum but the legislature will
not appropriate any money to build an
asylum at Anoka, SO that for two
years at least, neither town gets an
asylum.
The senate also had an exciting topic
under consideration while the asylum
fight was in progress. 1t was the
house bill making the railroad COM
missioners elective instead of appointed
by the governor. This led to long
and lively debate resulting in the over
whelming defeat of the bill
The senate killed the bill for a
woman's reformatory. Mr.. Donnelly
rendered this institution to Anoka as
an olive branch, but at the very time
he was doing SO the senate was killing
the bill.
st. Paul, April IA good many peo-
pie who run for Office will be pleased
to learn that the senate killed the bill
yesterday requiring candidates to make
an itemiZed account of their expenses.
The present corrupt practice act re-
quires a statement of expenses, but
not SO much in detail as the new bill
proposed. 1t is bad enough for the
candidates as it is, and they will re-
joice that it is to be made no worse.
1t is possible that one bill will be-
come a law through an attempted
joke. Of the four senators from st.
Paul all are lawyers except Nick Pott-
gieser. The judges in Ramsey county
are paid $500 by the county IN addi-
ton TO the So, 500 paid by the state.
Some time ago Senator Pottgieser Of
fered bill repeating the bill allowing
Ramsey county to pay this extra 81. 500.
The senators thinking it would be a
good joke on the three lawyers from
st. Paul, encouraged Pottgieser and
while he was in dead earnest, to every
one else the bill was josh. The three
lawyer senators from St. Paul did not
pay much attention to it, thinking of
course it would be defeated, while
Pottgieser, who is personally popular.
was going about and pledging every
senator possible. When the bill was
Lad 20 ~ he
of the whole, last week, every one said
this will end the joke, and the three
lawyer senators from st. Paul laughed,
with the rest, when it went through
the committee. Yesterday it came up
for passage, and to their establishment
received so votes, two more than neces-
sary. Then Senator Stevens, of St
Paul. changed his vote to aye in order
to move a reconsideration, but Pott-
gieser moved immediate reconsidera-
ton, asking his friends to vote his mo-
ton down. Speeches were then made
showing the hardship on the st. Paul
judges in having their salaries cut
ST, 500. The fact that three-fourths of
the ST. Paul delegation opposed il, was
cited. And the lawyer senators from
st. Paul rushed about the senate floor
asking votes for reconsideration This
had some effect, but the senate finally
refused by 26 to 81 TO reconsider. The
bill now goes to the house. with the
chances decidedly in favor of its pass
ing that body. A good many now fail
to see the joke, but Pottgieser per-
ceives it very clearly. There was quite
a wrangle in the senate over the omni-
bus road and bridge bill, and it was
finally referred for amendment.
The house had for special order the
senate bill allowing three-fourths of
the creditors of suspended bank to
reorganize- There was an animated
debate, during which Representative
Scott, of St. Paul, president of the
Northern Exchange bank. sought to
amend the bill in such manner as, its
friends claimed, would make it inef-
fective. In the end, however, the bill
passed by 90 to 10. The Douglas bill
regulating railroad freight rates. which
is another hard fought measure, was
made the special order for next Tues
day. Anoka people are now working
to get an appropriation to start the
fourth asylum building at their town.
Prospects of success are not good.
The senate passed the house concur
rent resolution compelling the Roches-
ter asylum authorities to buy their
supplies within the state. The senate
also concurred in the house amend
ment to the Gettysburg monument bill,
adding Col. Colville's name to the COM
mission appointed to expend the S., 900
appropriated. The house killed the
bill appropriating $1,000 for monu-
ment to the late ex-Gov. Marshall. and
also the bill for state fire marshal
The primary election bill called forth
log debate, but was lost by Sc votes
for to 62 against
st. Paul, April 2.-The legislature
has devoted a great deal of attention
this session to amending and revising