Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-03-09
LEGISLATIVE LETTER

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CONTEST OVER INSANE :-HosPiTALs
ON IN BOTH HOUSES. -:
Fight IL Between the Hastings-Anoku
Combine and tho County syste,n-Su.
gar Beet Bounty-Foreisn Corporations.
Temperance Legtslation-Threo Rail.
road Measure-st! raurs New Library
Binding Railroad and Warehouse
Commission-For I.etter Roads. q.
ST.. PAUL, Marcha6. Both houses are
now engaged in a. contest over insane
hospitals, the various bills being made a
special order in each house on the Same
day., The debate commenced in the
house last week when the conflicting
bills came from the committee for hos
p,tals of the insane. One bill, by Rep
resentative Grondahl, provided for
county hospitals, while the other by
Representative Staples established dis
trict hospitals. Anoka and Hastings be-
ing designated as the location for these
district cottages. The committee fay
ored the Staples bill and so reported.
Mr.. Grondahl became suspicious when
no action was taken at that time en- his
Till also. Considerable talk. which ap-
parently resulted from a general mis-
understanding, followed, resulting in
setting this special time for considera-
ton of the two bills. The Staples bill,
which is the compromise on the
old Hastings-Anoka war, seems
the more likely to succeed in the house,
but predictions are never srfe, especially
in legislative matters.
Senator BATE allowed his bill to- repeal
the beet sugar bounty to rest in commit
tee till after the bounty appropriation
had been passed, vetoed and passed over
the veto, and then set out to secure its
passage. He has succeeded in the SEN
ate Lut the house is a hard body to man.
age, and he may think 50 very emphatic
ally before he finishes the session. The
numerous bills limiting the amount of
bounty and the period during which
bounty may be paid will act as stun
bling blocks for the BATE bill. which
some have thought: was simply an at
tempt on the part of that senator to hit
at his predecessor in the senate, the i'll
Irritable Henry Keller, who is managing
the beet sugar factory.
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The scmerv;lle bill requiring foreign
corporations to Iss3.e resident agent in
Minnesota and to pay generous fees or
taxes before doing business in the state,
had hard time in the senate, where
its author could speak: for it, and there
was scarcely i any improvement in it's
Giro stancesi when it came up il the
house. zHoweve:', tho latter body also
passed the bill after: making few
amendments which had been suggested
by a fear lest banking institutions would
hereafter refrain from loaning money
on Minnesota real estate.
Saloon licenses will not change for the
next two years., the attempt to. raise
them to ST. in larger and 81, 900 III
smaller cities having been unsuccessful
both in the temperance committee and
in the house. = 49,.
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A somewhat innocent looking amend
ment to the patrol limits of cities, just
introduced, is liable. to cause stir in
the most exclusive circles of the capital
city. According to. the provisions of
the bill previous acts are repealed,
which would kill the charter provision
that the St. Anthony hill and Midway
districts in St. Paul should be prohibit
tive territory so faras the sale of liquor
is concerned. Objection to the bill is
consequently expected.
The senate has amended the bill plac-
ing the oil inspector on a salary basis SO
that its provisions shall not apply to the
present incumbent, whom Governor
Lind named, and the fusion hosts are
unable to understand such generosity.
T However, most of them will not admit
their inability to appreciate anything,
but anxiously ask why there are no more
fat fee Offices to appreciate. 1890
Senator Du Toit, a Carver county
Democrat, has introduced a bill to cut
down the pay Of the clerk of the su-
prelne court. Oar Reese, giving him a
salary of s., 400 per year in place of the
fees that now go to him. A recent re-
port showed his annual income from the
Office to average $500, which is not
considered al excessive amount for so
responsible q position. If the bill be.
comes law, it seems reasonable to ex.
pect that the Republican senate, which
exempted the present Democratic Oil
inspector from the cut in compensation
proposed for that Office, will not allow
SO loyal Republican as Oar Reese to
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