Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-04-22

An effort will be made, when the APP
preparation bill is considered, to add
the amount asked for by the governor.
The senate passed only four bills
yesterday. but spent most of the day
discussing bills in committee of the
whole. One bill which occupied good
deal of time extends the terms of Office
of county auditors to four years. 1t
was finally recommended to pass but
not by sufficient vote to make it's
passage probable. The bill creating =
pension for teachers was debated and
definitely postponed. The bill Great
ing forestry boards barely escaped de-
feat and the measure allowing drug
gists to sell liquors without physi-
clans license was killed. Among the
bills passed was the game and fish bill
and the bill regulating horse shoeing.
m., yesterday, considering the bill Gre
ating legislative commission to sit
after the legislature adjourns and as
certain whether the state is entitled to
any lands now claimed by other par
ties The commission is to consist of
two senators and three representatives
and they are empowered to employ at.
torneys and appeal to the courts to Sc
cure state property. They are to be
paid IS per day and expenses. Tween
ty-tive thousand dollars is appropriated
for the work. A determined effort was
made to give the work to the attorney
general instead of making a commits
sion, but this failed by AZ yeas to 81
nays. After the protracted debate the
bill passed awith only six negative
votes Messrs. Hicks. Dahl, Johns and
McGrath spread a protest on the jour-
nal against the constitutionality of the
bill. The measure is especially aimed
at the Mountain Iron mine and Duluth
and Iron Range land grant, though
other matters will doubtless be taken
up. There is no certainty. however,
that the bill will pass the senate.
The pending civil service bill, after
having been made to apply to only
three cities in the state, was further
amended in the house yesterday, pro-
viding that it shall not be put in force
in any city until it has been adopted by
majority vote in that city.
Notwithstanding the protracted de-
bate on the special commission bill,
an evening session was held and 20
bills ground out of committee of the
whole. The legislature adjourns next
Wednesday, and Tuesday night is the
last time for passing bills.
st. Paul, April 16.-The omnibus ap-
preparation bill went through both
houses yesterday, with very little
change from the manner in which it
came from the committee. The COM
mittee had pledged itself to stand by
its work, and it did SO with such effect
iveness as to carry all before it. The
bill first passed the house. There was
no effort made in that body to pay any
attention to the governors message
asking for fourth insane asylum at
Anoka, but when the measure reached
the senate an effort was made to tack
on an 100000 amendment. This met
with little favor. and as the chairman
and several others of the finance COM
mittee, who had espoused the cause of
Anoka. were pledged to the bill as it
stood, the amendment simply occupied
little time before it was overwhelm-
ingly defeated. The only other con-
test on the appropriation bill worthy
of the name, was an effort to raise the
appropriation for the normal school at
Duluth from $1,000 to $4,000. This
went down with 21 yeas to 81 nays.
Senator Howard endeavored to cut
down the appropriation for publishing
the laws in the newspapers to $4,000,
but on the standing vote he only mus
tered II, and when he had it excepted
from the committee of the whole re-
port and got roll call there were
only votes on his side.
The senate committee en- taxes re-
ported yesterday for indefinite post
ponement the famous house (Reeves')
bill taxing iron mines cents per ton
on the output. The matter comes up
for discussion today, but the report
will probably be adopted. In view of
this, Mr.. jacobson revived in the house
bill of his, providing similar tax on
iron ore without any of the extraneous
matter which the Reeves bill has. 1t
is not at all likely that this can pass
the senate, and it is practically settled
that there will be no tonnage tax i'm
posed on iron at this session. s s,s.Nr Ut.
The house passed the Sperry printing
bill yesterday but it was amended BY
Mr.. Dare very materially and several,
of the feature of the Dare bill incorpo-
rated. It was the Dare bill the secre-
tary of state was endeavoring to defeat
but if the senate accepts the house
amendments the Dare bill will substan-
TALLY win. < " ;5S.
The bill making the terms of Senators
two and four years. SO that one half of
the senate only goes out at time, was
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