Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-01-26
collected. but itsks shis leg cut OF

ne MAY 8et q QASaesnsi44NNE sum-
The zothers 'ssI.lssyy ,also aimed at rail-
ployes,ss the penalty for doing
SO betnEsa fnSs of fss hundred dollars.
Two eats aaso ana i ftouf was made to
abolish. theso fnees state DE warden, and
ACCORDING to s hill !, offered yesterday the
attempt 4. 40 be renewed .this year. If
the lives in a
prairiea country the. sbiftt hay pass, but
those who inhabitss No DDS: are pretty likely
A large portion Of the House wanted to
adjourn until Monday or .fuesd lay sbut
jacobson said no and the noes carried,
SO there win be- q session Today.
st. Paul. jan % Considering that the
House was the only branch Of the legis-
lature In, session Saturday, a good deal
of business was done. AS rule: when
one branch has etl5oarned soyer. Saturday
the other branch. does: not feel like work.
ing much. but this time was an excep-
ton. A large portion of the time was
occupied in discussing bill in committee
ofetheS whole. Pho bill reimburs sing. the
citizens who furnished 'y the money to
make the state exhibit ct Omaha elected
"a good deaIo obposit ton, but was finally
recommended toepass. Minnesota would
have had a poor representative at the
+ World 8 Fair. sas .welt AS att Omaha, if
the matter had been left entirely to the
Legislature. The necessary money was
first pledged by citizens for. the World S
Fair and then the legislature shculdered
the burden. I'll I}yfS+t ~ y e stt
The bill reducing the rate of interest
on school lands purchased Of the state
from 5 to per cent and extending the
time of payment to fifty years, had an
other airing and was made the special
order for Wednesday. The argument for
the bill was that If the interest was re-
duced people would not hurry to pay the
principal, and If the state received per
cent from the deferred payments it would
be more than it would obtain if the prin-
cipal was paid in and reinvested by the
state. The argument against the bill was
that purchasers would not pay any faster
to relieve themselves Of per cent in
terest than of per cent, and that the
state would, merely lose one per cent in
terest by passing the bill.
: The committee reported in favor OF. in
definitely postponing the bill forbidding
state officers from receiving railroad
passes. There will be a fight on this
bill a little later, but it is not likely to
pass, as it, would set precedent which
would prevent members Of the legislature
from having passes. They are very con-
venient in going home to consult their
constituents.
The apti-black listing bill was held up
for amendment, one member joix1ngly
saying that they ought TO delay passing
it until they had received all their own
railroad Transportation 4 49, W. 7.
The usual bills taxing the express COM
panies have received an early start, and
three of them are under consideration in
the House. The, plea Of the express COM
panies against the proposed taxation, is
that they pay large rentals to the rail-
road companies and that the tax paid
by railroads on their earnings largely
covers the express business as we'll.
A public hearing on these bills was set
for next Friday night. " s5s{.
If pending bill passes, country mer-
chants who ship produce to the commits
sion houses Of the Twin Cities for sale,
will have some protection. It provides
that all commission men must secure a
license from the grain and warehouse
commission and give a bond, in proper
ton to the amount of business they do,
guaranteeing settlement with their Gus
toners.
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