The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-15
TIRE OF A HANDICAP
SOME AMBITIOUS ST. PAUL POLITI-
CLAN IS ANXIOUS TO Go
HIGHER
BILL FROM Mr.. KRAYENBUHL
To Repeal the Statute of 1897
Which Prevents Any Councilman
Or missioner From Accepting
Any Office Other Than That for
teen New Bills in the House.

The session of the house yesterday
was devoted to routine business and
was enlivened only by the address of
William J. Bryan, which will be found
in another column.
Thirteen new bills were introduced
and eleven passed, one of the measures
being senate bill.
Mr.. Krayenbuhl Rep.), of Ramsey
introduced a bill in the house, repeal
ing chapter 131 of the General Statutes
of 1897, which now prevents any coun-
Gilman, assemblyman or alderman in
any city, or any county commissioner
in any county, holding any ether city
or county office during the term for
which he was elected or appointed.
Mr.. krayenbuhl stated that he was
ignorant of any particular case in
which any official would be benefited
by the repeal of the law. 1t had been
handed him by a friend and he suppos-
ed he should have made it a "by re-
quest measure. 1t is claimed that a
number of the members of the st.
Paul council are anxious to have the
law repealed, in order that they might
be able to step from job paying 500
per year to something better.
The ST. Paul council will, in a few
weeks. have the election of a city clerk
under consideration, and as the posi-
ton pays $4,000 per year there are MEM
hers of the council who would gladly
accept the place if the present law was
repealed. If the law is repealed it
would also allow the appointment of
a member of the council to the board
Of public works.
PAYMENT OF TAXES.
Mr.. Jackson (Rep.), of Ramsey in
troduced bill yesterday which, if
passed, will simplify the payment of
taxes and assessments in ST. Paul
The bill provides that county audi
tors shall include all taxes, general,
special, and all local assessments in
tax statements, and that county treas
urers shall receive and collect all as
sessments for local improvements,
grading, paving, sprinkling and side
walks, as well as other taxes, and re-
peals anything in charters of cities to
the contrary. The measure went to the
judiciary committee.
STILL AT RAILROADS.
H. F. 16, by Mr. Jackson (Rep.), of
Lac qui Parle, passed without dis
senting vote. The measure prevents
railroad companies from raising freight
out the consent of the railroad and
warehouse commission. The provisions
Of the bill, however, extend only to
grain, flax, live stock coal and lumber.
The bill as originally drawn made no
provision for lumber, but this amend
ment was inserted at the request of
Mr.. Lynds (Rep), of Carlton, in the
committee of the whole. Yesterday
when the bill came up for passage, Mr..
Lynds asked to have lumber excepted
from the provisions of the bill. He
stated that there was considerable luIn-
Der manufactured in Wisconsin, and
the BILL as he had amended it. niSht
be unjust to the lumbermen Of the
Badger state.
Mr.. McGrath Rep), of Clay, held
that he same argument advanced by
Mr.. Lynd would apply to grain which
was raised in the Dakotas, and he OPP
posed the motion to strike lumber from
the bill.
The measure being on its third read
ing, and unanimous consent being nee
essary to amend it, Mr.. Lynds did not
press his motion.
SALTWATER STREET RAILWAY.
Four bills introduced yesterday by
Messrs. Hillary and Neubauer, of
Washington county. provided for the
proposed street railway extension be-
tween ST. Paul and Saltwater.
Two Of the bills authorized boards of
county commissioners and common
councils to grant permission to street
railway companies the use of highways
and streets for terms of not to exceed
twenty-five years. The other two bills
legalized such actions taken by the
county commissioners or common coun-
ellis since Jan. 1, 1899. The measures
went to the comittees on towns and
counties and municipal legislation.