Warren sheaf., 1897-02-04

= 1900 ----
ment which, if made, probably benefits
more people than through any other
one institution in the state. There
was salsoSa bill providing for placing
the Legislative manual in every school
house in the state. This is supposed
to be owing to the fact that the manual
contains brief biography of the MEM
bers of the legislature and the rising
generation can have them pointed out
to them by their teachers, the illus
trious men of the state, so that they
can go and do likewise.
= In the house yesterday there was an
interesting passage concerning the
Heimerdinger resolution for commit
tee to cut county and state salaries
down 20 per cent. Mr.. Donnelly, who
perhaps differs from Messrs. Jacobson
and Feig, in that he does not expect to
be reelected. favored the resolution
cutting everything, including the sal.
aries of the members of the legislature.
Mr.. Jacobson was frank enough to say
that it was nonsense to expect them to
vote to cut their own salaries. They
were not getting too much now and he
moved to strike out that portion of the
resolution which included the legis-
lature in the cut. This was evidently
a happy thought, for his motion passed
and then the resolution was adopted.
And now the state and county officers
can begin to look out for bill reduc-
ing their salaries.
Mr.. Donnelly wants to find out what
the election tickets cost last fall, and
the amount of money the candidates
had to pay for them. He thinks the
state is speculating off the candidates
for Office, and regards it as bad enough
to be candidate without paying some
thing to the state for the privilege.
Out of the 81 bills introduced six were
making appropriations for roads and
bridges, and one appropriates 81. 900 to
buy seed for farmers in Otter Tail
county whose crops were destroyed by
drouth.
Representative Schmidt is still look
ing after the iron matters and had a
bill repeating an old law of 20 years
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to organize without any assets in the
shape of paid up stock. No decision
has yet been reached as to the relative
membership of the reapportlonmcnt
committee from the respective houses,
but an effort was made yesterday,
through the conference committee, to
agree upon the mooted question.
Meantime valuable time is being lost
and every days delay adds to the
chances of reapportionment being de-
feated altogether.
st. Paul, Jan. 29.-The legislative
event Yesterday was the debate in the
house concerning the arbitration treaty
now pending in the U. s. senate. It
may not effect the question of peace or
war during the centuries to come, but
it furnished an episode for day in the
Minnesota legislature. Senator Wy
mans resolution, which passed the
senate, was in favor of arbitration on
general principles, without committing
itself specifically to the pending treaty.
Mr.. Donnelly had offered resolutions
in the house opposing the pending
treaty, on the ground that it was more
favorable to England than to this coun-
try. 1t having been advertised that
these resolutions would be the special
order in the house, the largest audi
ence of the session assembled, many
ladies being included among the num-
ber. Mr.. Donnelly, of course, was the
leading orator. and also, of course, was
antagonized by Judge Hicks, of Mime
apolis, who favored the Wyman resolu-
tion. Donnelly's speech was phillip
pic against England, and was so long
protracted that an afternoon session
was necessary to conclude the debate
In the roundup, the Wyman resolution
was adopted, with an addition favor
ing the protection of the Monroe doc
trine.
The debate alluded to occupied so
much time that the other proceedings
of the house were not extended.
Among the resolutions offered was one
abolishing the Office of bank examiner,
and another opposing the passage of
a United States law making national
grain inspection.
The bill forbidding flowers being
sent to prisoners in Jail, and also the
bill making all tramps vagrants were
indefinitely postponed. This is first
blood for Weary Wraggles.
AS there is constitutional inhlbi-
tion against special legislation, a bill
was offered fixing the salary of assist
ant county attorneys in cities of not
less than 100 900 nor more than 1876. 900
at $4,000. This is about the fifteenth
or twentieth bill introduced which ap-
plies to st. Paul alone. As the same
modus operandi can be applied to any
town in tho cfata thero eaonoo to lo M