The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-18
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MINNEAPOLIS BILL
COUNTY MEMBERS FOUGHT

Unpopular With the Members
From Southern Minnesota.
The house did considerable work yes
terday advancing to the calander twenty
nine of the eighty-one bills on general
orders. and indefinitely postponing eight
others.
AS soon as the routine business COM
menced Mr.. Yale (Rep), Of Winona,
brought up the question Of adjourning
over to Monday morning at 10 o'clock.
There was plenty of business to be done.
but Mr.. Staples recalled the attention Of
the house to the invitation extended by
the dean Of the agricultural college to
the members, and said he understood
that a number of the members intended
to visit the institution today. The invi-
tation had not before been accepted, but
1t was instantly seized upon as the best
way to secure an adjournment. and the
motion of Mr.. Yale was adopted unani-
mously.
RURAL MEMBERS SOLID.
The only thing to liven the proceedings
Of the day was the spat over the bill
changing the manner Of appointing the
members of the state board of equaliza-
ton. The bill, H. F. 337, introduced by
Mr.. Dwinnell, was on general orders,
having been reported out by the COM
mittee on general legislation with the
recommendation that it pass.
1t provided that after Jan. l, 1900 the
state board Of equalization should con-
sist Of three qualified electors from each
congressional district in addition to the
governor, state auditor and attorney gen.
eral.
Speaking to the motion to recommend
the bill for passage Mr.. Dwinnell con-
tended that the present board of equali-
Zation, consisting of the three state off,
GERS and one member from each Of the
eighteen judicial districts, was taxation
without representation for certain parts
of the state. The law was passed TWEEN
ty-one years ago when the population
and property valuations in each of the
districts was about uniform. Now one
judicial district, with property valua-
ton of $S,000,000, had one member on the
board, and another with property val
uation Of Sis, 600 was only entitled to
one member. The assessed valuation Of
Hennepin county, as we'll as the popula-
ton, was greater than one-half of the
districts Of the state. ST. Paul and Min
neapolis, which, together, paid two-fifths
members on the board of equalization.
This was not right, and the bill should
pass and the matter be remedied.
Mr.. O'Neill Union), of Big Stone, ques-
toned If there had been any discrtm1na-
ton by the present board Of equalization
against the district which Mr.. Dwinnell
represented. The bill was nothing more
or less than a Hennepin county fad. Hen
nepin county had fifteen members in the
and but short time ago a United States
senator. The people of that county had
not as yet recovered from the shock Of
having the country districts step in and
select their own nominee as senator The
talk about taxation without representa-
ton after studying these facts fell very
fiat. The figures from the reports of the
state auditor showed that the valuation
Of property in Hennepin county had
been reduced by the state board Of
equalization In 1897 over 100000, and the
assessed valuation in the county had
fallen off from S154, 0e0 in 1892 to $l21,-
600, 900 in 1887. The county wanted to be
a little kingdom by itself.
Mr.. Roberts (Rep.), of Hennepin. denied
the statement that Hennepin county
wanted a board Of its own. The bill only
gave the county three of the twentyfour
members. He saw no reason why judi
cial district with a population of 2l7, 900
should not have more representation on
the board of equalization than one with
a population of 5000
The motion of Mr. O'Neill to indefinite
ly postpone the bill was adopted by the
committee, but when the committee rose
the bill was excepted.
Mr.. Laybourn (Rep.), Of st. Louis, NOV
ed the bill lay on the table, and Mr.
ONeiu moved the report OF the commit
tee be adopted.
Mr. Roberts demanded a roll call and
a call of the house and becoming warm
ed up said 1.-The ungodly manner in
which the measure was being treated was
unjust and unfair
He was promptly called down for I'M
parliamentary talk by Mr.. Jacobson and
Mr.. Yale and apologized. On the roll
call the motion to indefinitely postpone
the bill was carried by a vote of "a to 80.
BROWER'S BILLS PUNCHED.
The four senate bills by Senator Brewer
Dem), Of Stearns, relating to the state
reformatory, were placed on the calendar
in the house yesterday.
One repeats the law requiring the SUI
perintendent Of the reformatory to notify
the judges of the district court monthly
as to the number of inmates. Another
allows the board of managers to dis
charge a prisoner at any time after ne
has served the lili16 piOFidSu
in the law for the offense committed, In
case the law had been changed after the
sentence.
The third repeats the law which re-
uuires the board Of managers to make a
semi-annnual report to the secretary of
state, giving the name, date of adnis-
sion, age and present situation. whether
in the reformatory or elsewhere. of each
prisoner.
The fourth bill made 1t a misdemeanor
for any person., without the consent Of
the superintendent Of the institution, to
have any verbal communication with a
convict, or to bring in or convey out any
clothing, food, tobacco or any other arti-
Gle.
Mr.. Hennessy Oem.), Of Ramsey, OBJ
jected to the word verbal, in the fourth
BILL and said it was intended to shut off
all communication between prisoners and
the outside world. 1t was not at ali like
ly that there would be much of a crowd
of outsiders in the reformatory, III the
management did not 80 wish, and unless
the word was stricken from the bill he
would ask that 1t be Indefinitely post
poned.
Mr.. Donohue Dem.), Of Stearns, con-
sented to the amendment, and then all
four of the bills were recommended to
pass.
HOW THE MONEY GOES.
Appropriations Committee of the