The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-04-21
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Our Special Correspondent Tells Of
the Solons' Doings.
The Members are Busily Engaged, as the
Session Draws Towards Close, In the
discussion and Passage of va
riOus Measures. .s-


thoroughly disposed of the so-called
Younger brothers parole bill, and in q
way that savored of snap judgment.
~ came up as special order and was
advocated by ex-Gov. Gale Messrs.
Abbott, Plummer and Kelly spoke in op-
position. and then Mr.. Fosness spoke in
favor of the bill. Following this, Messrs.
van Lehe, Grendahl, Wheaton and ALL
strom spoke in opposition. There were
number OF. others prepared to advocate
the bill who had been taking notes of the
hostile arguments with a view of reply
ing, but the opponents of the bill had
sotten up so much steam that they
moved the previous question and cut of
all further~debate. The vote on the bill
was 80 yeas to GO nays. Probably the
Dill would have been defeated any way,
but 1t would have come with a better
grace If the gag rule had not been ap-
piled.
Representative Kinnes bill for good
roaos went the way of all the earth. 1t
had been so emasculated by amendments
that Mr.. Kline said he didn't care
whether 1t passed or not, but it received
% votes, nevertheless, only lacking one of
passing.
OF the National Guard a reserve regiment
during the absence of the Thirteenth
volunteers at Manila, which is the first
passed.
A bill was passed permitting licenses
to sell liquor within 400 feet of school
houses in towns of less than 5000 inhabi-
tants.
The senate did big days work in
passing bills. Some of the obstruction
lists tried to force the senate into COM
mittee of the whole, but the effort failed
and the whole day was spent in passing
bills, some 40 or so going through and
two or three being killed. The binding
tWine bill was amended by striking out
the provision requiring purchasers to
make affidavit as to the amount of Irvine
they will need. leaving it optional with
the prison board, as at present, and in
that form it passed.
st. Paul, April 12.-The Senate took an
other turn at killing the per cent. gross
earnings railroad tax yesterday. It will
be remembered that the judiciary COM
mittee reported in favor of indefinitely
postponing the house bill raising the
figure from to per cent. Then a mo-
ton to reconsider was laid upon the table
and motion to take it from the table
failed. The opponents of the bill argued
that this killed it. Lieut.. Gov. Smith
cited the rules of Congress, showing that
in both branches bill in that condition
would be considered dead, and followed
this with ruling that this bill is alive
and can be taken from table at any time
majority of the Senate recorders. At
p m, a call of the Senate was ordered
and Senators Schaller and MCGOWAN
were found to be absent. Senator Schal-
Ter soon appeared and then the hunt for
MCGOWAN was prosecuted. A Sargeant-
alarms was sent to MS nome in Mime
apolls, but failed to produce him and af-
ter three hours of futile effort it was
given up and vote was taken on taking
the bill from the table. This was de-
.feated by q yeas to "a nays. After the
vote was announced two of the twenty
seven announced that they would not
vote again to take it from the table, SO
the bill can now be considered as being
dead.
The omnibus appropriation bill was re-
ported In both houses and made the
special order in each for today.
resolution was passed by the Senate
to have statute of Henry M. Rice, one
of the first U. S. Senators from Mime
sofa, placed in one Of the two Minnesota
inches in the national capitol.
One of the bills passed requires rail-
roads to build platforms at stations to
facilitate the handling OF grain and live
stock. Another one is for the preserva-
ton Of forests and to create fever boards.
In the House an AnOka-Hastings asy-
lum bill was sprung which obviates the
objection Of the Governor in that it gives
each town county asylum at an aggre-
gate cost not to exceed $3.50 An at
tempt to rush the bill through failed and
it was made the special order for today.
The bill allowing public officials to have
their salaries garnisheed for debt was
passed.
st. Paul, April 13, 1899.-Though the SEN
ate refused to raise the gross earnings
tax on the railroads, it treated the ex-
press companies differently yesterday.
The express companies have been paying
3 per cent on their gross earnings but
Representative Dwyer got a bill through
the house raising it to per cent. The
senate compromised on AZ per cent and
passed the bill with only one dissenting
vote. Senator MCGOWAN made an elabo-
rate explanation of his absence yester-
day, claiming that he had not promised
to be present and did not expect the gross
earnings tax bill would be taken I'm at
that time. The omnibus appropriation
bill occupied the entire afternoon in the
senate and was less than half completed
when an adjournment was taken. The
only notable change made was relative
to the amount for publishing the laws in
the newspapers. The appropriation has
usually been $4,000, but the committee
had cut it to $4,000 The senate, with but
one dissenting vote, reinstated it at the
old figure.
The house passed the amended Anoka-
1 Hastings s asylum bin with but little
against it, but its friends relied on the
votes and did not talk. 1t passed by IS
to 81 e. 1T It not OF. only limits the Anoka plant
fully equip. the building. It. is also to be
used, at the discretion of the trustees.
for ehr tS;s insane only II the senate
entering wedge for ultimately two large
institutions at Hastings and Anoka re.
spectively.
The house also had the omnibus appro-
priation bill as special order and made
that the bill was passed before adjourn
ment. It went through almost as it came
from the committee. with the exception
of raising the appropriation for publish.
ing the laws in the newspapers to the old
figure of $4,000. just as the senate did
Mr.. Jacobson. chairman of the appropria-
ton committee was the only one who
spoke against the change.
An effort to tack. on an amendment
making an appropriation for continuous
sessions of the normal schools failed. Tc
the surprise. even of the Duluth delega.
new normal school at Duluth passed. The
present normal school management