The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-31

debate Is to be renewed this morning, and
| q vote Is expected during the. day.
As nervous horses do not seem to be
strong IN the house, as the bill requiring
Wheelmen to dismount when 80 feet dis
| tant from horse that looks nervous was
defeated. The bill levying text of two
and one half per cent on all insurance
companies lacked two votes of passing.
Ihe Dill making nonresident stockhold-
ers liable and providing to reach them
through the U. s. courts, was passed,
ihe Roberts bill granting bounty for
beet sugar, with limit as to the aggre-
gate sum to be paid, was debated at some
length but no conclusion reached.
st. Paul, Mimi. March 25.-The senate
put IN busy day yesterday in discussing
and finally voting upon the Anoka-Hast.
ings asylum bill. After debating until
2:sO p. m, call of the senate was or
dered and it took two hours to round up
all the senator's: save two. who had been
excused. The call was then SUSPENDED
and vote taken. The gallery and floor
OF the senate were crowded with visitors,
many of them being ladies. Senators and
spectators were armed with roll calls and
followed the vote closely as the secre-
tary called the names. When the voting
began, the opponents of the bill were
confident of success, but two or three
they had relied upon failed them and the
bill was passed by "a to e. 1t requires 81
votes to pass bill, and considering the
fullness of the senate, it was an exceed
ingly narrow margin to go upon. AS the
house has favorably acted upon a similar
bill, the vote practically settles the point
that the state will have two additional
insane asylums' instead of adopting the
county plan. The vote in detail was as
follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Baldwin, Barker. Brow
er, Buchanan, Chiffon, Dougherty, Du
Toit, Everett, Greer, Horton, Hospes,
Ives Jepson, Jones q. d., Mccarthy,
McGill. McGovern, MCGOWAN, McKusick,
McNamee, Myran, Nixon, Potter, Reeves,
Ryder, Schaller, sheehan, Sivright,
Smith &c. E.), Smith II. H:), Snyder,
Stockton, Viesselman, Wilson-34.
Nays-Messrs BATE, Benedict, Collier,
DAILY, Dart, Dickey, Fitzpatrick. Cause
weitz, Grindeland, Grue, Halvorson,
son, Lord, Macarthur, Meilicke, Miller,
Stockwell, Sweningsen, Thompson, I'm
derleak-27.
Next Monday is the last day when bills
can be introduced in the legislature, ex-
cept by request of the governor and in
view of that a large number came into
the house yesterday. Notwithstanding
this, they were not of very general i'm
portance, which shows that all of the
LII
must have already been introduced. AS
on Offset for the new bills which came
in, a number of bills were killed by adj
verse reports of committees. The most
of the day was spent in considering bills
In committee of the whole. The bill tax
ing insurance companies 2h per cent,
which was lost yesterday and reconsid-
cred, had vitality enough to be again rec
commended to pass, and next time will
probably go through.
The Roberts bounty bill for sugar
manufactured from beets was again
considered, but definite action finally
postponed. Representative Yale said that
there were parties in Winona waiting to
see what action the legislature would
take, and if the bounty was retained they
would start a sugar beef factory there.
The bill making a state reward of $50
for the capture Of horse thieves, and $40
for the capture of bicycle thieves, was
recommended to pass as was also the bill
reducing the legal rate of interest from
per cent to s per cent. This is senate
bill, and the action of the house indicates
that the legal rate of interest will be so
reduced. This will be one of the most i'm
portant bills of the session If it finally
becomes a law.
st. Paul. March Saturday being the
last day for the introduction of bills in
the legislature was busy one. "A stream
of embryo laws poured into the senate
and a torrent into the house. The senate
was ahead on the count in the morning,
but the house kept at it an hour longer
and finished four bills ahead. The grand
total in the senate was ego ard in the
house, 664.
The only incident of the day in the SEN
ate was temperance lecture by Senator
Ialvorson. on a resolution by Senator
Grindeland to call the county option bill
back from the committee. The resolution
would probably have been agreed to, had
not Senator Halvorson made his speech
and thereby put the opponents of the bill
on their guard.
In the house among the proposed laws
might be mentioned H. F. 645. by Mr..
Dunn. 1t provides for the revision of the
general laws of the state and for the an
rotating of the same. The revision is to
be reported to the next legislature. An
appropriation of $25,0 900 is carried by the
bill.
A bill by Mr.. Norris Of Hennepin, fixes
the tax of insurance companies at per
cent of the gross premiums and 1t is also
provided that 1 per cent of the tax COL
lected on premiums of policies written in
towns and cities in which there is an Or
ganized fire department shall be applied
towards paying the expenses of such de-
partment.
H. F. 633 cuts down the liquor license
fee in cities of over ten thousand inhab-
itants from the present amount of 81, 900
to $780, A measure by Mr.. West, of Now
er. allows the commander-in-ch of the
state militia, when he deems necessary,
to organize and 0uip company of en-
gineers.
If H. F. $40, by Mr.. Demng. becomes a
law. an employer will be required to fur.
nish to a discharged employe the reason
for his discharge. H. F. 64S by the same
member, fixes the amount of the earnings
of wage earners which shall be exempt
from execution at $50. Mr.. Hazlett de-
sires that the term of office Of sheriff
may be four years. He introduced bill
which so provides, and which also pro-
vides that the term of the present sheriffs
shall not expire until 1903.
BY H. F. 654 Mr.. Ferris would prevent
fraudulent sales of stocks of merchant
disc. His measure would have a sale of
any portion of a stock of merchandise, if
made otherwise than in the ordinary
course of trade deeraed fra,,dIlont