The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-24
SUGAR BEET BOUNTlES
NEW RuIS IN LEGISLATURE
WOULD GIVE THE BEET
GROWERS A SHARE
EIGHT-HOUR BILL IN FAVOR
Senate Yesterday Declined to Turn
Down the Polk County Mans
Togu for the Sake of Pattry
Rnifrond Switch "Shunter,''-
Upper House Has Reached the
Calendar ut Last.

Two new sugar bounty bills came
into the senate yesterday, one for the
manufacturer of sugar, and the othSr
t. give a bounty to growers of beets
upon their sale at any licensed fac
tory in the state. The other incident
arose from a pair of bills reported by
the labor committee.
TALKED OF LABOR LAWS
Not little debate was provoked by
the reports of the labor committee on
the bill requiring corporations to pay
their employees every two weeks or
oftener. The majority of the commit
tee submitted a substitute bill with
out recommendation, While Senators
Schellbach Rep), Yellow Medicine,
and Larson (Rep.), Sibley, moved the
indefinite postponement of both the
original and the substitute bills.
Senator Wilson Rep), Hennepin,
wanted to know if the law would not
compel the lumbermen to carry large
sums of money into the pineries and
on the drives.
Senator Mccarthy RepD, Itasca, said
it was, in his opinion, UNCONSTITUTIONAL,
but, whether so or not, it was an I'M
warranted interference with private
contracts, and would be an unneces-
sary hardship on the lumbermen es-
pecially.
Senator Schelbachs molten was
adopted.
The same committee showed a sim
liar split on the bill of Senator Nc
Gowan Dem), of Hennepin, making
eight hours a days work on pubic
contracts.
Senator Daugherty wanted the sub
stitute put on general orders, and Sen
ator Schellbach moved, as before, that
both bills be indefinitely postponed. He
said there was no call for such law.
Senator Ryder RepD. Polk, said the
senator from Yellow Medicine was
mistaken. There were eight-hour
leagues in nearly all the states, and a
national eight-hour league. Congress
had passed a law similar to the one
now asked. He thought it only just
that the laborers should have short
day, when the higher salaried officials
had to work but five or six hours.
Senator Wilson saw in the bill an
unjust limitation of the right of cities
to self government.
Senator Larson Rep), -Sibley, feared
that the passage of the bill would
make it practically impossible to get
men to work on farms fourteen or six
teen hours day.
Senator Sheehan RepD, Ramsey,
said he was not personally opposed to
the eight-hour day, but this act was
clearly unconstitutional, because 1T ap-
piled only to certain classes of en-
ployes. Unless it was made to apply
to laborers engaged in all industries.
including agriculture, the act would
be invalid.
Senator Daugherty demanded a roll
call and the motion to indefinitely post
pore was lost as follows:
Yeas-Barker. Buchanan. Dickey, Greer,
Helvors3n, Jones. 2: ]. Knatvold, Larson
Lord, Macarthur, Miller Potter, Schellbach,
Stockton UQQerieak YOung-16.
Nays-Ba,dwin. Chiffon. DAILY Dart, Daugh-
erty, Du Toit. Everett Hawkins. Jepson.
Govern. MCGOWAN: McKusick: McNamee.
Ryder Schaller Sheehan. Sivright, Snyder,
Stockwell, Wilson-24.
The new bill was then presented.
NEW CLERKSHIPS DENIED.
Another row is on over the distribu-
ton of the spoils. The legislative ex-
penseS committee turned down two
candidates for committee cerkships
Harry Caldwell and Mile Bunnell and
gave the work Of the committee on logs
and lumber and finance to w. E. Yer
ity and c. H. Biorn, clerks Of other
committees.
Senator Daugherty Rep), of ST.
Louis. appealed from the report He
wanted the finance committee to have
clerk He had been promised the
naming of this clerkship by the Re
publican caucus.
Senator Johnson Oem), Nicollet, de-
clared that MI Biorn was not only a
capable man. but had an abundance Of
time to attend to the duties, He was
now under pay of the senate at S. per
day. The committee had decided that
1t should appoint no more clerks. but
that the work must be done by those
already appointed.
Chairman Sivright Of the committee,
spoke to the same effect.
Senator Sivright said he had not been
q member Of the caucus, but favored
keeping down expenses.
Senator Greer supported Senator's
Knatvold and Daugherty. The finance
committee needed a clerk who could
devote all of his time to the work ST.
Louis county had not been given a
clerk, as had been promised, and this
appointment should be made. Three of
the four clerks of committees in the
senate came from the Twin Cities, and
1t was time that St. Louis county was
recognized. The tax committee had
given up its clerk to the committee two
years ago. and he was willing to allow
the committee the use of his clerk now
but he thought the senate should not,
for the sake Of saving 5000 or $500, de-
prive so important a committee of a
clerk
lie T6SOlUllOO was ldlQ Oh llle ldDl6
by vote Of % to II.
KICKED ON COST OF CAPITOL.
When the finance committee reported
the capitol bill with amendments, Sem
ator Knatvold dissented therefrom. He
said the committee had found, as he
had expected, that the capitol would,
if finished on the present plans. cost
between S2,5o0,000 and $4,000, 000 taking
Into account the charges for interest.
CONFIRMED MR. WAGNER.
to the board of trustees of the state
Insane hospitals was concurred in
WENT OVER AGAIN.
The bill of Senator Ryder Rep), Of
Polk, to make a number of officers now
appointive elective, which has been a
special order several times, went over
to Tuesday at 2:30
SNYDER WAS WARY.
The house amendment to S. F. q. by
Mr.. Snyder Rep), Hennepin. giving
rev powers to the Children's Home
society, was concurred in, but. in view
Of the small attendance, its author
would not submit the amended bill
for repassage, but had the bill laid on
the table.
ON GENERAL ORDERS.
Senator Vesselnan Dem), Martin.
the residuary legatee of the Day-Dunn
contest, presided in committee Of the
ehoie. He has not wearied the senate