The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-13
DECREASE OF $4,000
HOUSE STRUGGLED WITH THE ON
NIBUS APPROPRIATION BILL
SUCCESSFULLY
DULUTH NORMAL A WINNER
Continuous Sessions at the Other
NOrmnls Were Struck Out-New
Hospital Bill Is Passed and VIII
Was Hard Day In the
House.

The house disposed of the omnibus APP
preparation bill yesterday afternoon but
it took five-hour session to do the bust
ness, and the wind-up was more excit-
ing than at any previous day of the ses-
sion.
The row was over the last section in
the omnibus bill, which gave Duluth $75,-
coo, divided into two even bites for the
erection of a normal school building in
that city. The Duluth delegation won
out, but 1t was by scratch, and that
really made the contest more exciting
There were roll calls ana previous ques-
tons and divisions, and an attempt made
by Mr.. Jacobson Rep.), of Lac qui
Parle, to '.trow a scare into Speaker
Dare, but the speaker stood his ground
and refused to be browbeaten- by the
Lac qui Parle statesman.
The bill. as prepared by the subcommit-
tee and amended by the joint appropria-
ton committees of both. houses, called
for 81, ,294 when it came to the house.
Minor amendments were made which
added $25,250 to this amount, and then
Mr.. Jacobson sprung surprise by strik-
ing $4,000 from the bill, which reduced
the total to s1.S27.144 and as passed this
is the sum 1t carries.
The bill was made a special order for
2 o'clock. but the printer had made
mistake and scheduled the order for 2:30
and 1t was not taken up until that time.
1t took half an hour for the clerk to
wade through the figures, and then Mr.
Yale started the amendments by offering
one which would give 200 per year for
continuous sessions of the Winona nor
NAL school. He said he was surprised
that the subcommittee had failed to put
these amounts in the bill for the next
two years, the same as had been done at
the last session. The Increase in the
number of scholars had been over 200
owing TO the continuous sessions and 1t
was against the educational interests of
the state to leave out the $4,000 for the
two years 1t looked to him as though
1t was a personal thrust. In conversa-
ton with Gov. Lind, who, he said, would
always be remembered for one trait, and
that was that he was a friend of educa-
ton, the chief executive had said that
the failure for continuous sessions of the
normal schools looked as though the
state was going backward He asked as
n special favor, not for himself, but for
the educational interests of the state,
that the amendment be adopted.
Mir. Jacobson explained that the sub
for continuous normal schools for the
reason that the committee found itself
confronted with larger demands than
could be granted. The bill had been
drawn so as to provide for the state in
Ctif hot Io.1 h.
When it came to the care of the educa-
tional interests of the state the commit
tee believed that ample appropriation
had been made along this line. In fact
more money had been appropriated dur
Ing the present session for educational
purposes than ever before. The gentle
man from Winona who now posed sas
4he friend of education and imagined
nat there was but one educational In
eitution IN the state, and that was Wi
mona, had voted against the Argetsinger
bill which gave money to 100 high schools
besides large sums to graded, semi-grad-
ed and rural schools. 1t would cost $780,
coo to provide for continuous sessions of
all the normal schools, and If Winona
was to have such sessions all the other
normal schools were rightfully entitled to
the same thing.
MI Mdllelle (Itep.J, OIL Mlll0 Laos, sent
up an amendment giving the st. Cloud
normal school $1,000 year, and Mr.. Nc
Grath RepD, of Clay, was ready with
one giving the Moorhead school $1,000
each year for the same purpose.
There was rising vote on the motion
to adopt the amendment for the Winona
school appropriation, which was defeated
by vote of IS to So At this showing
Mr.. Mallette and Mr.. McGrath both with
drew their amendments.
Mr.. Guttersen (Rep9, of Blue Earth.
wanted the clause in section 3, appropriat-
ing $4,000 for the publication and distri-
button of the laws of the present session
by the newspapers raised to $4,000
Two years ago there were 479 legal
newspapers in the state, and now there
were $40. The cut of Is per cent, in view
of the increase in the number Of papers,
was bad policy, and he offered an amend