Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-04-06

or as nearly acceptable as was possible.
So far as the legislature is concerned
final action seems to have been taken
on the ka-Hastings hospital war
protocol and it is for the governor to APP
prove or disapprove what has been
done. In the house Representative
Staples and in the senate Senator Bark
or introduced the same bill providing
for the construction of fourth hospi-
tai at Anoka and the purchase Of q site
for another asylum at Hastings, this be-
ing the compromise or treaty of peace
from the old Anoka- Hastings mbroglio.
In this shape, which varies slightly from
the original, the Staples bill passed the
house and came to the senate. That
body after some delays, many debates,
amendments to its own bill, and post
ponements Of consideration, finally
passed the Staples bill. A single
amendment to require the use of Min
nesota stone in any buildings had been.
suggested but for fear it might endan-
ger the life of the bill it was withdrawn
and the bill was sent to the governor.
There will be no law enacted at this
session to permit pool selling and book
making at state and county fairs, and
further petitions on the subject will
simply serve to clinch the action already
taken. Senator McNamee's bill in the
senate has, at his request been referred
to him, and he will probably keepit, as
the flood of opposing petitions indicated
too strong feeling on the subject to
assure any possible success, while in the
house the O'Connor bill was killed by q
very decisive majority. The farmer
members were very bitter against the
proposal, asserting that their families
wanted to visit the state and county
fairs, but would not do so if bobkmak-
ing on the races was legalized. It was
further stated that the state fair had
made money ever since pool selling and
bookmaking had been forbidden in
Minnesota.
Shippers Of grain are much interested
in a house bill, which has already been
endorsed by the house committee on.
grain and warehouse, to prohibit the
collection of charges for switching at
terminals when no such charges have
incurred. It's purpose is to prevent the
cheating Of consig nees Of grain.
The national guard measure now
pending is not satisfactory to the mill
tiamen who showed their patriotism
last year by volunteering for the war
with Spain, and if their friends support
them they hope to accomp lish it's defeat.
It will be remembered that last fall
Governor Clough organized a fourth
regiment of the national guard the other
three regiments being in the service of
the United States. There was not full
provision by law for this but the Indian
uprising OF last October made evident
the need Of some soldlery at home.
Early in the present session a bill was.
introduced providing for the fourth
regiment. It was approved by
the committee on military affairs
but the committee on appropriation
reported a substitute on the advice Of
officers of the Fourth regime nt, and this
bill was sent by the house to the COM
mittee on military affairs which is now
considering it. This substitute bill
orders the consolidation Of any two
regiments falling below a strength Of
accompanies. AS the Fourth has had.
no war service to break into its com
.pleteness as a militia organization
while the volunteers by their patriio ttism
fell out Of line somewhat as ational
.guardsmen, the result apparently of
such measure would be to consolidate
the First and Second regimen ts, more
recently known as the Ii twelfth and
Fourteenth volunteers, and retire part
of their officers and comp anies, and to
retain the Fourth regiment in its en-
tirety. Naturally the volunteers object.
GOPHER.