Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-02-02
LEGIS,l1A 4, 1--WE 3 GOsSIRl
Our Special Correspondent Yel1s Of
the solons' Doingss.
Bill In tho House Proposes an Increase In
the CAPACITY Of the Binding Irvine
Plant in the Penitentiary.

= Oil y - gne House Proposes an Increase in
the CAPACITY of the Binding Twlne .
Plant in the Penitentiary.
st. Paul. Jan. 25-Both houses of the
legislature were In session yesterday, but
the senate session was very brief, SEN
atorf wilson introduced his second divorce
Dill Tor this session. this later Bill pro-
wang that the court cannot allow the
WlIe more than one-third of the hus-
panus real estate. but lis permitted to go
TO that extent unless the wife has COM
mitted adultery. ,....3
Wheelmen will, perhaps, be interested
IN hearingtthat the senate passed the bill
exempting bicycles from execution for
debt! Another bill of some Importance
was one offered by Senator McGifr: which
allows banks: having one million or more
capital to establish q branches. The
strength Of the English and Canadian
banking system lies in; the fact that the
great banks with large capital, establish
branches giving the smaller places bank
ing advantages they could not hope to
secure if dependent upon the local field
The old, school" of physicians seem in
clined to recognize Osteopathy as pro-
fession and have announced that they do
not propose to fight the pending bill
recognizing QosteopathX but will seek. in
stead, to- secure some amendments. z,=ss,s4a,
1t has been generally supposed that the
private secretary of the governor received
about $1,000 per year salary, including
fees the salary itself is but $1,000, but
the secretary receives IS for every, notary
commissien ISSUED ! as his personal per
quisite.. When Gem Jennison. was: Gov
Hubbard $ Secretary he and his friends
engineered the bill which extended the
term of notaries and increased the fee
from two to five dolTars#andSat that time
1t brought the secretaryship up to an in
come of seven or eight thousand dollars
Mr.. sRosing, Gov. Linds secretary, how
ever, sent a report to the senate to-day
showing that his predecessor in 1898 only
secured $4,000 salary and all. -
IT,. the action of the house to-day can
be taken as a criterion the bill making
the railroad commissioners elective, in
stead of appointive, will pass, as it was
unanimously recommended by the COM
mittee of the whole. There; was more
contention upon the length of the: term
than upon the bill itself and it was finally
decided to make it a two years office.
The bill reimbursing citizens, who ad-
Omaha was passed by a large majority.
One of the bills introduced to-day pro-
vides that the state shall pay the surety
company for the four hundred thousand
dollar bond Of the state treasurer. Here
tofore the state treasurer has been in the
habit of getting bankers to go on his
bond thus placing himself under ,obliga-
ton to divide the deposits among his
sureties. This was liable to place the.
state money in weak banks, but where
a surety conpanys,is usedeit becomes 4,
pure matter of commission and the.
treasurer is under obligation to no one.
AN. important resolution was. offered by
Mr.. tDonohuetin favor of a Northwestern
International Exposition in 1902 If such
an exposition should be held it would
doubtless be located Between; the Twin
Cities. The resolution went over under
notice Of debate. - - n...A -
Fifteen new bills were introduced in the,
house, bringing the total up to date to 14S.
st. Paul, Minn.-Jan. 26.-The session of
the Senate yesterday was chiefly after
that body adjourned. The official meet
ing was very brief, after which the Oste-
opaths were given. hearing in the SEN
ate chamber. While it was nominally for
the benefit of the judiciary committee,
a large portion of the Senators remained
and the ladies and gentlemen spectators
completely filled the chamber. There ap-
pear to be two branches of Osteopathy
and they were both represented. While
both desire recognition, they were more
hostile to each other than to the old
. school of physicians. No decision was
reached after all the talk. D..
Senator Horton offered an amendment
to the new capitol bill of much i'm,
portance. The original bill allowed tax
of two-tenths of mill to be levied for
ten years for the new capitol, the entire.
sum expected to be raised being 81, 900 O00s;
Since the bill was passed valuations have
been so reduced that that tax, will not
raise the necessary sum and the pend.
ing bill proposes to allow the levy to- cons
tinue more than ten years. In order to
raise two millions, but expressly forbids
allowing the building to cost%more than.
that sum. which was the original: figure
named. @S' s s i s&$ %ssS
The death of Senator Young's father
was announced. -. afstss 1s%
Yesterday was the liveliest the House
has seen since the session began. The
bill in controversy was the one which
reduces the rate of interest on school
lands from five to four per cent and the
entire session was devoted to discussing
the measure. The advocates of the bill
argued that if the purchasers of these
lands only had to pay four~per cent in
terest, they would not hasten to pay the
principal before it became due. and as
the lands are sold on long, time the state
would be getting four per cent interest
/Jafo -
having the money paid into the treasury
and being reInyested for the benefit Of
the school fund at even a lower rate than
fo,IY nov apponorte. of +lo 11;11