Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-04-19
LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP
Our Special Correspondent Tells Of
the Solons' Doings.
The Members arc Busily Engaged, as the
Session Draws Towards Close, In the
Discussion and Passage of Va
riOus Measures.

Session Draws Towards Close, In the
| Discussion and Passage of Va
| rious Measures.
st. Paul, April 1.-The senate yesterday
| passed quite a number of bills during the
day. with very little discussion as rule
! An exception to this was in the case
of the BATE bill, providing for the ap-
! pointment of state inspector of cream
cry butter, to be located at New York
! city, whose duties it would be to inspect
butter offered for foreign shipment. The
bill was defeated, IA ayes, Al nays. Dur
| ing the debate Senator Halverson stated
that, according to his figures the bill
allowed fees for the inspector which
| would amount to over $50 900 annually,
| and Senator BATE, speaking to the same
point. contended that if any such a sum
| was to be the fortune of the inspector
the better it would be for the state, and
| he showed that for every 500 of fees
collected the value of the butter would
have to amount to $2,125,000.
| The house defeated the Daugherty
| peddlers' license bill, which had passed
| the senate by one majority. The friends
| of the bill in the house made strong
| effort to have it placed on general orders.
The committee on general legislation, to
| which it was referred reported Wednes-
| day night in favor of an indefinite post
ponement by seven votes. There was
minority of three which yesterday was
>sWeiled to seven, equally dividing the
committee. Mr.. Laybourn submitted a
minority report, signed by himself,
Messrs. Stivers. Mausten, Staples, Truwe.
| Fosnes and O'Neil. recommending that
the bill be passed and advanced to gen.
| eral orders for full consideration. The
! tight was over this recommendation,
! which, however, was defeated.
st. Paul. April s.-There was a genuine
! sensation in the legislature yesterday
over the veto sent in by Gov Lind Of the
Anoka- Hastings insane asylum bill SEN
ator Schaller evidently labored under a
! mistake when he announced during the
| debate on the bill that he had the assur-
| ance of the governor that he would sign
| the bill. The governor recommended the
| county or colony plan of caring for the
| insane In his message and does not seem
to have changed his views. His argu-
nent IN the veto message was that it is
the chronic. incurable insane who are
| oVercroWdmg our present hospitals and
that if the hospitals were relieved of the
chronics they have twice the necessary
| capacity for the acute or possibly curable
| insane. The chronic, he argued, are best
| cared for on the county or colony plan,
where they can be given out door work
| and made largely self-sustaining, but
that the erection of two more hospitals
on the old plan of mingling the chronics
for maintenance which should not be
assumed and that the state does not
| need two more asylums which receive
patients Of al grades. There was lit
tie string to the veto where the govern
or said he would have signed the bill,
| though he approves the county plan, if it
had been so framed that the hospital
| trustees could, at their discretion, send
only chronics to the new institutions.
| The bill as passed was house bill which
the senate accepted. Prior to this the
| senate had passed similar bill and that
is still on the table in the house. The
talk now is that this bill can be amended
as the governor suggests, limiting the
new institutions to the chroncs, and in
case this is done, he is now publicly
pledged to sign it. There is no proba bill
ity that the bill can be passed over the
governors veto, and some such amend
ment must be accepted, or the much
| mooted Anoka-Hastings asylums will go
gimmering.
| AS usual when such an important event
as this occurs. it acted check
on general legislation. The senate made
no attempt to pass bills at the morning
session, but worked in committee of the
whole on bills which have no opposition,
making disputed bills special orders for
future dates. The next two or three days
will be largely devoted to discussing
these bills. This afternoon the senate
spent most of the time in discussing the
game and fish law. AS it came from the
house it allows the shooting of ducks
for limited time in the spring. This
provision was stricken out and the bill
passed. so it now goes back to the house
| for concurrence. There was a lively
tight in the house over the provision be-
fore the bill passed that body, the city
| members opposing and the country men,
bers favoring it.
The house devoted it's work to consider
| Ing bills in committee of the whole which
had no opposition.
| The governor has signed the bill Great
ing the Office of custodian of public doc
uments as an attache of the secretary
| of states office. with a salary of 81, 900.
| The secretary of state makes the ap-
pointment, and it is understood Mr.. Berg
will select Charles Rose. for many years
! janitOr OF the capitol prior to the pres
ent administration.
st. Paul. April 10.-The governor sent
three communications to the legislature
Saturday. but none of them were vetoes
| With the present facilities at the state
prison for manufacturing binding Irvine
all has been ordered which can be made
up to the LIST of next August. and hun.
dreds of remittances have been returned
to farmers because the capacity of the
plant has been exhausted. Gov Lind
recommended that $4,000 be appropriated
to buy additional machinery and increase
the output A bill of this character Is
already pending and will doubtless pass
Another message concerned the interests
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