Warren sheaf., 1899-02-02

ate among them one appropEiating $4,000
tor making roads III the Interstate park.
It costs something to Investigate, as was
shown by the presentation Of a bill. ap-
propr1ating $1,000 to pay the expenses Of
the binding twfr1e Investigating commit
tee
The judiciary jci ommittee evidently ia
'Vors keeping the divorce. laws as they
are, as they have recommended both OF
Senator Wilson's bills for indefinite post
ponement.
The prominent feature in the house was
the discussion of the bill abclishing the
payment of taxes on mortgages by the
parties giving the mortgage. The COM
m1ttee had reported in favor of indefin-
1te postponement, but after vigorous
speech by Mr.. Foss the bill was sent to
committee of the whole for further con-
sideratioH: A.-Ittle. later in the session,
after having refused to turn down the
railroad committee report, some one
moved to reconsider the action whereby
Mr.. Foss' bill was sent to committee of
the whole. The mover said he had been
| so carried away by Mr.. Foss' eloquence
that he voted against his more sober
convictions. The result was that the
| motion was re-considered and the COM
mittee report indefinitely postponing
! adopted
An attempt was made to repudate the
| report Of the railroad committee on the
| Dlll> regulating railroad fares and for
| bidding public officials from receiving
| railroad passes. The committee recon-
| mended its indefinite postponment and
after lively debate the committee re-
| port was adopted and the bill goes to the
| bone yard.
| One of the bills offered in the House
appropriates $19,975 to the Minnesota
| Sugar Co. in payment of beet sugar
bounties.
A good deal of interest is being taken
| in>the bill. pending in the Senate regulat-
ing commission merchants, and at a
| public hearing in the Senate chamber
! this afternoon large delegations of COM
| mission men were present from the Twin
Cities to protest against it. Judging
from the outside talk Of Senators the bill
will not pass.
st. Paul, Jan. Ex-senator Miller Of
fered the most important bill of the day
| in the form of an antitrust measure
which makes it felony, punishable by
a tine of not less than $100 nor more than
| $l0oo, to issue or own a stock certificate
IN trust. It also provides that a debtor,
II sued by trust can set that fact up
in defense and the plaintiff cannot COL
lect. This is a pretty vigorous measure
! but is similar to law which has been
adopted in several states.
| The bone of contention of the session
was Senator Snyders bill allowing the
| children's homes societies to take charge
| OF children. up to the age of fourteen
| years. 1t was almost defeated several
times but finally got place on the
calendar and if it can obtain as many
votes as it did yesterday will pass.
The agricultural committee having the
commission bill in charge sent the bill
/ back to it's author, Mr. Grindeland, to
be amended to eliminate the objections
] raised by the commission men. If this
bill: is pushed it Will develop one of the
4 liveliest contests of the winter. :.
| The Senate adhered to the custom
which it has So far followed thu, session
and adjourned until ten o'clock Tuesday,
The House passed the bill yesterday for
| the collection of the Railroad and Ware
house Commission by the people. the in
cumbents to hold office for four years.
| There was quite a contest as to whether
the term should be two or six years, and
four was finally agreed upon as a COM
promise. The bill will undoubtedly pass
the Senate, and while this result might
have been accomplished anyway, it seems
to have been accelerated by the fact that
| the governor, who now does the appoint
| ing, is not of the same political per-
! suasion as the legislature.
A few months ago the newspapers
forced an investigation into the conduct
of Deputy Warden Lemon, of the state
prison. and now a bill is offered to re-
imburse him for his expenses. Perhaps.
as he was acquitted this is fair, but the
result would have been the same if he
had been convicted, for in the end, when
the state investigates man it pays it's
own and his expenses as well.
Mr.. Jackobson concluded to let the
House follow the example of the Senate
this week and an adjournment was taken
until ten O'Clock Tuesday.
! = Narrow Escape.
:, Mrs. John :Connery, wife of a farmer
who lives near Fertile, had narrow
escape from being severely burned one
day last week. She was on. her way
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